Price points to me are irrelevant and should be for any semi-intelligent buyer. Look at the product, look at the price and see if it's worth it. I'd be happy to pay $200 for a game that was worth $200. BF4 however I doubt I'll pick up even at $10 as that series (and CoD) have been downhill since BF1942 and CoD4.
However I'm not naive enough to think that most people will take that stance. Many people happily go to get fleeced at a local, highly over priced store rather than shopping for physical copies online, or getting a digital copy - ie. steam specials.
The more EA gets hammered pulling silly stunts like this the better it'll be for gaming as it's bound to sink in sooner or later that they're being idiots. "Here's the same thing we sold you last year, but you get to pay an extra $10 on top of what you paid last time, whooooo!!!"
The two main courses now of action seem to be: the media companies start offering media in a reasonable format in a reasonable timeframe at a reasonable price, or they lobby government and pursue backroom deals. The first is supported by many and has been proven to work fairly well with PC games by Valve with Steam, and iiNet has said it would be happy to help with this. The second however is much more in character, despite having been proven fairly well to not work.
No one expects admin as a password anymore so I use it for all my accounts - easy to remember and great for the ego. nimda is a close second or 12345, works great for luggage security.
"Unlimited" plans that aren't unlimited were somewhat recently shot down in Australia by the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Cmmission). No more calling plans unlimited if they're shaped to 64k after 500 meg of DLs... that plan caused a big fuss on www.whirlpool.net.au. This was one decent move in the industry at least.
So long as ISPs are upfront about what they do there should be no problem. Anyone with half a brain and cares about the type of service they get reads up on ISPs and knows what they're getting into. Is the ISP good for leeching or gaming, high quota or low price, good support or no support.
US vs. the world.... you're having trouble in Iraq even with allies. We don't have to worry about much except mutual destruction. As we say in Australia when the nukes start flying, WTF mate?!
"I won't rest until we can eliminate wrongdoing,"
They'd best eliminate paypal (which they own) first then, if they're talking about wrongdoings. http://www.paypalsucks.com/ for the few who don't know about it. Taking the easy road out and getting money from the person they know is in the right just because it's easier then getting it form the scammer is the name of the game with Ebay and their wholely owned paypal.
"Iraq would be better off under the regime of a mass murderer?"
That might hold some weight, if something like 10,000 Iraqi citizens hadn't died under Bushes regime in Iraq.
I'm pretty sure most people using alternative OSes have access to a windows box at work/uni/friends house. Why make the government waste more money then they already do?
You're assuming people are using copies of Winblows that they've bought ; ) I think it's nice to know that people in Redmond are working on creating good OSes that I.... borrow.
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Price points to me are irrelevant and should be for any semi-intelligent buyer. Look at the product, look at the price and see if it's worth it. I'd be happy to pay $200 for a game that was worth $200. BF4 however I doubt I'll pick up even at $10 as that series (and CoD) have been downhill since BF1942 and CoD4. However I'm not naive enough to think that most people will take that stance. Many people happily go to get fleeced at a local, highly over priced store rather than shopping for physical copies online, or getting a digital copy - ie. steam specials. The more EA gets hammered pulling silly stunts like this the better it'll be for gaming as it's bound to sink in sooner or later that they're being idiots. "Here's the same thing we sold you last year, but you get to pay an extra $10 on top of what you paid last time, whooooo!!!"
The two main courses now of action seem to be: the media companies start offering media in a reasonable format in a reasonable timeframe at a reasonable price, or they lobby government and pursue backroom deals. The first is supported by many and has been proven to work fairly well with PC games by Valve with Steam, and iiNet has said it would be happy to help with this. The second however is much more in character, despite having been proven fairly well to not work.
No one expects admin as a password anymore so I use it for all my accounts - easy to remember and great for the ego. nimda is a close second or 12345, works great for luggage security.
"Unlimited" plans that aren't unlimited were somewhat recently shot down in Australia by the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Cmmission). No more calling plans unlimited if they're shaped to 64k after 500 meg of DLs... that plan caused a big fuss on www.whirlpool.net.au. This was one decent move in the industry at least. So long as ISPs are upfront about what they do there should be no problem. Anyone with half a brain and cares about the type of service they get reads up on ISPs and knows what they're getting into. Is the ISP good for leeching or gaming, high quota or low price, good support or no support.
US vs. the world.... you're having trouble in Iraq even with allies. We don't have to worry about much except mutual destruction. As we say in Australia when the nukes start flying, WTF mate?!
"I won't rest until we can eliminate wrongdoing," They'd best eliminate paypal (which they own) first then, if they're talking about wrongdoings. http://www.paypalsucks.com/ for the few who don't know about it. Taking the easy road out and getting money from the person they know is in the right just because it's easier then getting it form the scammer is the name of the game with Ebay and their wholely owned paypal.
"Iraq would be better off under the regime of a mass murderer?" That might hold some weight, if something like 10,000 Iraqi citizens hadn't died under Bushes regime in Iraq.
I'm pretty sure most people using alternative OSes have access to a windows box at work/uni/friends house. Why make the government waste more money then they already do?
You're assuming people are using copies of Winblows that they've bought ; ) I think it's nice to know that people in Redmond are working on creating good OSes that I .... borrow.