Why? It took even longer for the SNES to overtake the Genesis in North America. Hell, it took Sega dropping out of the 16-bit market for the next generation to make it happen.
Yes, he would be talking U.S. In Canada most DS games are between $40-50Cdn. whereas PSP games are $60 and up. This has pretty much made sure that when I get a PSP, I'll primarily be getting my games through the used market. I'm waiting till the hardware gets a price cut first, though.
I like my GC as much as the next guy, but the poor showing for the XBox likely has to do with the 360 being on the same poll. For XBox owners who upgraded, it makes sense that the 360 would pass the original XBox in their affections since it's just like the original, but (supposedly) better.
We saw this demonstrated years ago in the Sega/Nintendo wars. No matter what Sega tried, they just couldn't cut it, and succumbed.
This isn't entirely true. In fact, in the U.S. and Europe at least, Sega dominated most of the 16-bit generation, the SNES only beat the Genesis in sales after the 32/64-bit generation started. Even that was mostly because Sega pretty much pulled the plug on the Genesis to concentrate on the Saturn, while Nintendo kept supporting the SNES because it was entering the new generation late with the N64. The company that really defeated Sega was Sony. The Saturn couldn't compete with the PSX and they ducked out of the race early. Then with the Dreamcast there was the sentiment that Sega wouldn't stick around and support the console combined with anticipation of the PS2. The GC was nowhere to be seen when Sega bowed out of the hardware market, and likely wouldn't have been a huge factor in it anyway.
If you look at the numbers and really compare say, a Star Destroyer to the U.S.S. Enterprise (pick any iteration of the ship, it really doesn't matter) then the comparison is tipped HEAVILY in Star Wars' favour. A Star Destroyer is so much more powerful than any ship in the Star Trek universe that such a comparison is almost meaningless. Hell, an X-Wing is more powerful than a Federation ship. I've heard it argued, though, that since Star Trek came first, George Lucas purposely tipped the scales in his series' favour for the inevitable comparisons, but that is getting a little too passionate about it. Also, this doesn't take into account the so-called "human factor". The characters on Star Trek were endlessly resourceful which bodes very well for them in any such comparison. The characters on Star Wars, on the other hand, were typically dumb as bricks. Yes, even the "heroes".
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go wash this nerd stench off before the normals suspect I'm not one of them.
Of course the real question is....what kind of moron wants to go back in time and kill their grandfather?
Someone who wants to become their own grandfather, thus leaving them without a delta brainwave. This would then make them immune to any attacks from flying brains who are hell bent on destroying the universe.
I don't think it's too improbable, but you're never going to see Cell workstations or laptops sold at x86 prices. IBM has invested a lot of money in Cell development, I wouldn't be surprised to see it put in workstations if IBM think they can make a few dollars off of it. Just don't expect them in the price range of the average Dell.
Except it's nothing at all like that. It's more like asking why quality assurance didn't perform more thorough testing on this sort of thing. That's a pretty big bug, you'd think someone might have noticed it. But that phase of development probably got cut back as deadlines started looming.
Intuitively: I had to replace two hard drives on my machine because of failure while all other components have been working without a glitch for 5+ years. The main difference is that hard drives contain fast moving parts (fans also move fast - so once in a while I have to check them or at least clean the dust away from them).
I, on the other hand, have just bought a new computer because the motherboard on the old one died. The computer was about 4 years old. Its hard drives are still going in the new machine without any trouble.
Perhaps it mixes those genres together perfectly? Also, when he says "shooters" I think he is referring more to Contra type shooters than space shooters.
Yeah, Propeller Arena was pretty good. I downloaded it after the last Slashdot article about cancelled games. I grabbed Red Star for XBox at the same time, too, but I haven't gotten around to modding my XBox yet so it's just sitting on my HD waiting to be burned.
I'm kinda hoping this time around I'll hear about some more finished-but-unreleased games that were leaked that are as good as Propeller Arena.
Are you referring to "a board, typically with a hole for the thumb, which an artist can hold while painting and on which colors are mixed" or "the range of qualities inherent in nongraphic art forms such as music and literature"? Oh, you mean palate!
Honestly, I think the biggest stumbling block for internet appliances these days is the penis-size contest that most consumers seem to get into these days. My girlfriend's dad got a new computer about a year ago and was constantly showing it off to us. I was still using my then-3-year-old PC and it worked fine for what I was using it for, but I got the impression that he was trying to show me how much "better" his computer was. "Look at these graphics!" "Isn't this LCD nice?" Nevermind that he doesn't have a clue what he's doing with it. Recently the mobo on my old PC died, so I figured it was a good time to upgrade. I still went with a fairly modest machine all things considered, but I did overbuild a little because I don't plan to buy another machine for another 4 years. When it turned out that my new machine was faster than his, he immediately went out and started upgrading components in his, and after that he began to show it all off again.
This is why internet appliances will fail. Sure, they'll more than meet the needs of 90% of consumers, but most of these people will walk into Best Buy, and instead of saving a few bucks and buying something simple that will do what they need it to, they'll want a computer that's "faster than what the other guy has".
Actually, the U.S. (and Canada) needs a "loser pays" system so that large companies can't just throw money at their lawyers until the other side runs out of money. In this case, for example, the lawyer probably would have kept working for Ms. Santangelo because if/when the RIAA lost, then he'd receive the money he's owed and she wouldn't have gone bankrupt fighting them. More people would probably fight back in such an instance and the potential costs would make the RIAA more hesitant to start filing these suits in the first place.
This is a civil suit, so the burden of proof is not quite as rigorous. Recall OJ Simpson winning his criminal trial but losing his civil one (wrongful death, I think?) on the same evidence.
It's doubtful that she could get that money back. The U.S. doesn't have a "loser pays" legal system like much of the rest of the world, which is a shame because it's sorely needed to prevent cases like this.
The thing is, though, is that the Alliance in Firefly isn't really "evil" in the sense you're getting at. It's simply viewed through the same sort of lense that a Confederate soldier would view the Union. Even their most atrocious acts are committed in the name of some greater good that they believe in, which doesn't make them right, but it's certainly not as black and white as you portray it as. I could go on about this but it would probably be very boring and fanboyish so I'll just leave it at this.
Isn't the Kevtendo now called the FPGA Console? I checked the website for that machine and it doesn't look like there's been an update since May. Sounds like a good machine, but I wouldn't be holding my breath.
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Why? It took even longer for the SNES to overtake the Genesis in North America. Hell, it took Sega dropping out of the 16-bit market for the next generation to make it happen.
Yes, he would be talking U.S. In Canada most DS games are between $40-50Cdn. whereas PSP games are $60 and up. This has pretty much made sure that when I get a PSP, I'll primarily be getting my games through the used market. I'm waiting till the hardware gets a price cut first, though.
I like my GC as much as the next guy, but the poor showing for the XBox likely has to do with the 360 being on the same poll. For XBox owners who upgraded, it makes sense that the 360 would pass the original XBox in their affections since it's just like the original, but (supposedly) better.
We saw this demonstrated years ago in the Sega/Nintendo wars. No matter what Sega tried, they just couldn't cut it, and succumbed.
This isn't entirely true. In fact, in the U.S. and Europe at least, Sega dominated most of the 16-bit generation, the SNES only beat the Genesis in sales after the 32/64-bit generation started. Even that was mostly because Sega pretty much pulled the plug on the Genesis to concentrate on the Saturn, while Nintendo kept supporting the SNES because it was entering the new generation late with the N64. The company that really defeated Sega was Sony. The Saturn couldn't compete with the PSX and they ducked out of the race early. Then with the Dreamcast there was the sentiment that Sega wouldn't stick around and support the console combined with anticipation of the PS2. The GC was nowhere to be seen when Sega bowed out of the hardware market, and likely wouldn't have been a huge factor in it anyway.
Remaking it? What's the title of the remake? I can't find anything under the original title but maybe I'm just retarded.
No, I'm pretty sure GBA games still use battery-backed SRAM, unfortunately.
I hate myself for getting into this, but...
If you look at the numbers and really compare say, a Star Destroyer to the U.S.S. Enterprise (pick any iteration of the ship, it really doesn't matter) then the comparison is tipped HEAVILY in Star Wars' favour. A Star Destroyer is so much more powerful than any ship in the Star Trek universe that such a comparison is almost meaningless. Hell, an X-Wing is more powerful than a Federation ship. I've heard it argued, though, that since Star Trek came first, George Lucas purposely tipped the scales in his series' favour for the inevitable comparisons, but that is getting a little too passionate about it. Also, this doesn't take into account the so-called "human factor". The characters on Star Trek were endlessly resourceful which bodes very well for them in any such comparison. The characters on Star Wars, on the other hand, were typically dumb as bricks. Yes, even the "heroes".
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go wash this nerd stench off before the normals suspect I'm not one of them.
Thanks for the link, I figured they were behind Nanostray. That was a good game but way too short.
Also, I wonder if this means that A Boy and His Blob is cancelled. I was looking forward to it.
Of course the real question is....what kind of moron wants to go back in time and kill their grandfather?
Someone who wants to become their own grandfather, thus leaving them without a delta brainwave. This would then make them immune to any attacks from flying brains who are hell bent on destroying the universe.
I don't think it's too improbable, but you're never going to see Cell workstations or laptops sold at x86 prices. IBM has invested a lot of money in Cell development, I wouldn't be surprised to see it put in workstations if IBM think they can make a few dollars off of it. Just don't expect them in the price range of the average Dell.
Except it's nothing at all like that. It's more like asking why quality assurance didn't perform more thorough testing on this sort of thing. That's a pretty big bug, you'd think someone might have noticed it. But that phase of development probably got cut back as deadlines started looming.
Intuitively: I had to replace two hard drives on my machine because of failure while all other components have been working without a glitch for 5+ years. The main difference is that hard drives contain fast moving parts (fans also move fast - so once in a while I have to check them or at least clean the dust away from them).
I, on the other hand, have just bought a new computer because the motherboard on the old one died. The computer was about 4 years old. Its hard drives are still going in the new machine without any trouble.
It's even more difficult to have high-quality conversations of any kind with people who are incredibly anal-retentive.
Perhaps it mixes those genres together perfectly? Also, when he says "shooters" I think he is referring more to Contra type shooters than space shooters.
Yeah, Propeller Arena was pretty good. I downloaded it after the last Slashdot article about cancelled games. I grabbed Red Star for XBox at the same time, too, but I haven't gotten around to modding my XBox yet so it's just sitting on my HD waiting to be burned.
I'm kinda hoping this time around I'll hear about some more finished-but-unreleased games that were leaked that are as good as Propeller Arena.
Are you referring to "a board, typically with a hole for the thumb, which an artist can hold while painting and on which colors are mixed" or "the range of qualities inherent in nongraphic art forms such as music and literature"? Oh, you mean palate!
Honestly, I think the biggest stumbling block for internet appliances these days is the penis-size contest that most consumers seem to get into these days. My girlfriend's dad got a new computer about a year ago and was constantly showing it off to us. I was still using my then-3-year-old PC and it worked fine for what I was using it for, but I got the impression that he was trying to show me how much "better" his computer was. "Look at these graphics!" "Isn't this LCD nice?" Nevermind that he doesn't have a clue what he's doing with it. Recently the mobo on my old PC died, so I figured it was a good time to upgrade. I still went with a fairly modest machine all things considered, but I did overbuild a little because I don't plan to buy another machine for another 4 years. When it turned out that my new machine was faster than his, he immediately went out and started upgrading components in his, and after that he began to show it all off again.
This is why internet appliances will fail. Sure, they'll more than meet the needs of 90% of consumers, but most of these people will walk into Best Buy, and instead of saving a few bucks and buying something simple that will do what they need it to, they'll want a computer that's "faster than what the other guy has".
Because, as we all know, Walmart wants to kill all our mother-in-laws.
If they could find a way to offer it at a low low price and get a third-world labourer to do it, you know they would be all over that shit.
Not yet, but it should be fairly easy for an SDL-based one to get ported. It all depends on whether or not someone wants to do it.
Actually, the U.S. (and Canada) needs a "loser pays" system so that large companies can't just throw money at their lawyers until the other side runs out of money. In this case, for example, the lawyer probably would have kept working for Ms. Santangelo because if/when the RIAA lost, then he'd receive the money he's owed and she wouldn't have gone bankrupt fighting them. More people would probably fight back in such an instance and the potential costs would make the RIAA more hesitant to start filing these suits in the first place.
This is a civil suit, so the burden of proof is not quite as rigorous. Recall OJ Simpson winning his criminal trial but losing his civil one (wrongful death, I think?) on the same evidence.
It's doubtful that she could get that money back. The U.S. doesn't have a "loser pays" legal system like much of the rest of the world, which is a shame because it's sorely needed to prevent cases like this.
The thing is, though, is that the Alliance in Firefly isn't really "evil" in the sense you're getting at. It's simply viewed through the same sort of lense that a Confederate soldier would view the Union. Even their most atrocious acts are committed in the name of some greater good that they believe in, which doesn't make them right, but it's certainly not as black and white as you portray it as. I could go on about this but it would probably be very boring and fanboyish so I'll just leave it at this.
Isn't the Kevtendo now called the FPGA Console? I checked the website for that machine and it doesn't look like there's been an update since May. Sounds like a good machine, but I wouldn't be holding my breath.
I thought that was doublethink.