On the other hand being dedicated gaming machines means that consoles don't have to have as bloated an OS as PCs do.
Added to that you know when you buy a console game that it is definately going to work on your console (what with the homogeneous hardware environment).
Basicly its the whole "I just want it to work!" thing. Consoles just work, where as PCs work when you have prodded then with a big stick a few times (and once you have done so proceed to whup a consoles ass).
All that said, I'm still a PC fan and wouldn't go buying any new console simply because:
a) strategy games and consoles don't mix
b) games last longer on PC. (modding, on a console? *laughs*
c) I can get most of it on my pc anyway.
As shiny and pretty 3D as this new one is, it doesn't really provide what the majority of users need. The users being the viewing public, and what they need being the ability to see at a glance what the weather will be like.
This means that less, not more detail is needed. We (on the whole) don't need to see each individual rain drop, nor see the whole thing in a pretty 3D display. The simplicity of the older system provided this at-a-glance representation.
It seems to me that whoever designed the new system didn't use a User Centered Design approach.
see: http://www-3.ibm.com/ibm/easy/eou_ext.nsf/Publish/ 570
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On the other hand being dedicated gaming machines means that consoles don't have to have as bloated an OS as PCs do. Added to that you know when you buy a console game that it is definately going to work on your console (what with the homogeneous hardware environment). Basicly its the whole "I just want it to work!" thing. Consoles just work, where as PCs work when you have prodded then with a big stick a few times (and once you have done so proceed to whup a consoles ass). All that said, I'm still a PC fan and wouldn't go buying any new console simply because: a) strategy games and consoles don't mix b) games last longer on PC. (modding, on a console? *laughs* c) I can get most of it on my pc anyway.
I can see a great new market for tinfoil hat manufacturers...
As shiny and pretty 3D as this new one is, it doesn't really provide what the majority of users need. The users being the viewing public, and what they need being the ability to see at a glance what the weather will be like. This means that less, not more detail is needed. We (on the whole) don't need to see each individual rain drop, nor see the whole thing in a pretty 3D display. The simplicity of the older system provided this at-a-glance representation. It seems to me that whoever designed the new system didn't use a User Centered Design approach. see: http://www-3.ibm.com/ibm/easy/eou_ext.nsf/Publish/ 570