Did you write this comment in 2001? Geeks love OSX and they've been buying apple laptops for years. Only the recent dryrun of powerbooks has slowed sales, but they'll definitely pick up now.
But more importantly, who the hell cares what they think? Try one out for yourself and if you like it, buy one.
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Wow, what an angry crowd. You really need take this a little less seriously. It's just an internal messin' around at yahoo. They're trying have some fun and the same sort of thing goes on at google.
For starters, they're obviously talking about they're next email encarnation, which is still in testing. It's been well publicized that they're working on a new version, so please stop posting silly "Yahoo mail be looking teh same for years".
Secondly, NO, they don't seriously think they're new email is comparable to breaking enigma. There's just exagerting to make things funny. (Am I really explaining what humor is?)
Finally, please do realize that you guys *don't* actually work a google. So stop pissing in a circle around Mountain View.
No, see in this strange thing called democracy, people get have a--marginal--say in what their government does. When 90% of the population doesn't want something, they should be listened too.
Also, as far as I understood it, this wasn't a war on terrorism but a war against a madman with WMDs. So any army that participated in the war can't be expected to participate in a new objective.
Another fact that should be highlighted is that Spain didn't capitulate in perhaps the most important way: it didn't change its lifestyle. Every continued as normal, which is the strongest message that can be sent to terrorist. "You can't scare me, punks!"
No crazy laws were enacted, people didn't hide in their houses, no new anal probes were purchased. All that changed is that intellegence decided to devote more resources to radical islamist terrorism.
Spain won.
1. Concerning profitability: I was merely countering the argument that Nintendo as doomed as a company.
2. Graphics: I agree that they are an integral part of the gaming experience, and an important factor. However, I wasn't voicing my opinion, but rather Nintendo's (see the "(Nintendo)"). If Nintendo thinks that we are reaching a plateau for the relevence of graphics, then it would be silly to show flashy graphics. As a side note, I do personally agree that the ratio of investment for graphics and gameplay is too skewed towards the former on consoles, but I wasn't discussing my opinion on the matter.
3. Fanboy: That's quite an unfair comment. I merely countered the line of commentary about Nintendo's conference because I think it's flawed and no one else seems to be expressing contrary opinions, unless we count "IT'S GONNA TEH ROCK".
I find that many people are concluding that Nintendo doomed just because they didn't show much, even though they said they weren't going to show much.
Each of my arguments was based on publically known facts, and I was just exposing the "unheard" voice concerning this E3 event.
Nintendo's "dream" is certainly attractive in the abstract, but I certainly won't speak well of it if I end up disliking the end result. Further, nowhere in my post did I push for people to buy the Revolution. I just pointed out that people were making conclusions based on something no one has seen.
Having been stunned and dismayed by the quality of commentary that I've read in last 24hrs concerning Nintendo's E3 conference, I was excited that this article might perhaps shine some light on the messages from doom that are being put forth. Sadly, it's not exception, and once again shows complete ignorance on well publicized facts, both on Nintendo as a company, and on their upcoming console.
The buzz on most gaming sites is, expectedly, represented by two extremes. On one side, Nintendo fans and some "undecideds", praise the looks of the Revolution, and it's legacy game download feature. On the other side, statements that have a stinky ting of "BSD is Dead" come in the following shapes and flavors (paraphrasing): - "What a weak showing, Nintendo is going to hell, gonna get trounced, dead meat" - "Legacy gaming?! Some revolution!" - "PS3 and Xbox are going to smoke the Revolution." - "Nintendo has made a huge mistake, and it's going to pay for it."
Let's clarify some facts: - Nintendo made profit on the N64 and the Gamecube, both on consoles sales (they didn't sell at a loss), and games sales. So Nintendo did not lose this generation's "war". It made a profit, and that's always more important than being "first". (Yes Sony also made an overall profit with PS2, if we count games). Nintendo will almost definitely make profit on the Revolution, so even if it's third, Nintendo won't "die".
- Nintendo did NOT intend to show anything important about the Revolution at this E3. They said it before the conference. So what is everyone whining about? We also know (if we read the news from these months) that the console isn't finished, and that includes the controller. Why is that so difficult to understand? Even the Iwata should, is not the final version. It will be ready in a few months, and he invited user participation to make suggestions on things like color, etc...
Furthermore, they consider they have very revolutionary ideas, and hence don't want those copied early in the game.
So what was Nintendo supposed to show? Some freaky , wacky, OMFG graphics. NO, once again, you're not listening. "It's not about the graphics anymore (Nintendo)".
In conclusion, Nintendo is right on track, and when it's ready it will show it's console. When that happens, you can all open the floodgates of opinion and commentary, but until then read up on Nintendo before making uninformed comments.
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Did you write this comment in 2001? Geeks love OSX and they've been buying apple laptops for years. Only the recent dryrun of powerbooks has slowed sales, but they'll definitely pick up now. But more importantly, who the hell cares what they think? Try one out for yourself and if you like it, buy one.
Wow, what an angry crowd. You really need take this a little less seriously. It's just an internal messin' around at yahoo. They're trying have some fun and the same sort of thing goes on at google. For starters, they're obviously talking about they're next email encarnation, which is still in testing. It's been well publicized that they're working on a new version, so please stop posting silly "Yahoo mail be looking teh same for years". Secondly, NO, they don't seriously think they're new email is comparable to breaking enigma. There's just exagerting to make things funny. (Am I really explaining what humor is?) Finally, please do realize that you guys *don't* actually work a google. So stop pissing in a circle around Mountain View.
No, see in this strange thing called democracy, people get have a--marginal--say in what their government does. When 90% of the population doesn't want something, they should be listened too. Also, as far as I understood it, this wasn't a war on terrorism but a war against a madman with WMDs. So any army that participated in the war can't be expected to participate in a new objective. Another fact that should be highlighted is that Spain didn't capitulate in perhaps the most important way: it didn't change its lifestyle. Every continued as normal, which is the strongest message that can be sent to terrorist. "You can't scare me, punks!" No crazy laws were enacted, people didn't hide in their houses, no new anal probes were purchased. All that changed is that intellegence decided to devote more resources to radical islamist terrorism. Spain won.
1. Concerning profitability: I was merely countering the argument that Nintendo as doomed as a company.
2. Graphics: I agree that they are an integral part of the gaming experience, and an important factor. However, I wasn't voicing my opinion, but rather Nintendo's (see the "(Nintendo)"). If Nintendo thinks that we are reaching a plateau for the relevence of graphics, then it would be silly to show flashy graphics.
As a side note, I do personally agree that the ratio of investment for graphics and gameplay is too skewed towards the former on consoles, but I wasn't discussing my opinion on the matter.
3. Fanboy: That's quite an unfair comment. I merely countered the line of commentary about Nintendo's conference because I think it's flawed and no one else seems to be expressing contrary opinions, unless we count "IT'S GONNA TEH ROCK".
I find that many people are concluding that Nintendo doomed just because they didn't show much, even though they said they weren't going to show much.
Each of my arguments was based on publically known facts, and I was just exposing the "unheard" voice concerning this E3 event.
Nintendo's "dream" is certainly attractive in the abstract, but I certainly won't speak well of it if I end up disliking the end result.
Further, nowhere in my post did I push for people to buy the Revolution. I just pointed out that people were making conclusions based on something no one has seen.
Having been stunned and dismayed by the quality of commentary that I've read in last 24hrs concerning Nintendo's E3 conference, I was excited that this article might perhaps shine some light on the messages from doom that are being put forth. Sadly, it's not exception, and once again shows complete ignorance on well publicized facts, both on Nintendo as a company, and on their upcoming console.
The buzz on most gaming sites is, expectedly, represented by two extremes. On one side, Nintendo fans and some "undecideds", praise the looks of the Revolution, and it's legacy game download feature.
On the other side, statements that have a stinky ting of "BSD is Dead" come in the following shapes and flavors (paraphrasing):
- "What a weak showing, Nintendo is going to hell, gonna get trounced, dead meat"
- "Legacy gaming?! Some revolution!"
- "PS3 and Xbox are going to smoke the Revolution."
- "Nintendo has made a huge mistake, and it's going to pay for it."
Let's clarify some facts:
- Nintendo made profit on the N64 and the Gamecube, both on consoles sales (they didn't sell at a loss), and games sales. So Nintendo did not lose this generation's "war". It made a profit, and that's always more important than being "first". (Yes Sony also made an overall profit with PS2, if we count games).
Nintendo will almost definitely make profit on the Revolution, so even if it's third, Nintendo won't "die".
- Nintendo did NOT intend to show anything important about the Revolution at this E3. They said it before the conference. So what is everyone whining about?
We also know (if we read the news from these months) that the console isn't finished, and that includes the controller. Why is that so difficult to understand? Even the Iwata should, is not the final version. It will be ready in a few months, and he invited user participation to make suggestions on things like color, etc...
Furthermore, they consider they have very revolutionary ideas, and hence don't want those copied early in the game.
So what was Nintendo supposed to show? Some freaky , wacky, OMFG graphics. NO, once again, you're not listening. "It's not about the graphics anymore (Nintendo)".
In conclusion, Nintendo is right on track, and when it's ready it will show it's console. When that happens, you can all open the floodgates of opinion and commentary, but until then read up on Nintendo before making uninformed comments.