So you passed on a Video Game Console because of the way it looked? Where the hell does the looks of the thing even come into the discussion of a game console?
What if it looked like a pink dildo? You have to admit, you probably wouldn't buy it.
It's that the case for the thing is gigantic and top heavy and the buttons are tiny and awkwardly placed way over on the edge. Since it's already so gigantic, I wish they'd go the extra mile and add some grips to the bottom of it. It would alleviate the "crab pinch" grip you have to use.
For games like Metroid where using my thumb on the screen is required, I cramp almost immediately. There is no way you can reach the top or far left side of the touch screen without causing pain. My thumbs are fairly long, too.
I'll save griping about the tiny stylus for tomorrow.
Metroid Prime will use it to simulate mouselook (it works awesomely in the demo).
If by "awesomely" you mean "induces agonizing hand and wrist pain," yes.
That is the biggest problem I have with the DS. I enjoy most of the games, but it is the least ergonomic device I've ever used. I can only play Mario Kart DS for 20 minutes or so before I have to put it down. I hope that they release a revised version some day that isn't so painful to use.
I would imagine you would be able to calibrate the joystick... But that brings up another annoyance... Having to calibrate it every time you boot up, or readjust your bean bag:/
Yes. It's nearly as bad as using a PC. Every time my mouse goes over the side of the pad, I have to reboot.:(
Oh boo hoo. Someone bought you something and it wasn't exactly what you'd been pining away for all year. Just smile and say thanks and be glad that someone cares about you enough to buy you anything. If you don't like it you give it to charity.
Just trying to be pedantic---this is, after all, an article on writing....
Much like a spelling flame will generally include a misspelling, your punctuation rant includes incorrect punctuation. An ellipsis is three space seperated periods. I'm guessing that the tiny wobbling erection you obtained during your sweaty stabs at the "-" key got you flustered and you simply forgot.
You seem to forget something: "kids and non-regular gamers" >> "regular gamers." The first category is more commonly referred to as "normal people." Nintendo may not win the "hearts and minds" of the "regular gamers," but stuff aimed at "regular gamers" won't be picked up by peoples' grandmothers. The Revolution has the potential to reach this untapped market.
Keep dreaming. The reason that "market" is untapped is because those people aren't interested enough in video games to shell out $200 + games and accessories to play them.
Other than the virtual boy there is the N64 controller that was really cheap and easily broken, but this put asside, everything as been succesful so far with Nintendo.
Yes, the N64 was a raging success that ensured their continued success dominating the home console market.
Oh wait. No it wasn't.
The Gamecube is widely heralded as one of the most successful consoles of all time!
The only reason the parent is marked as "offtopic" is because slashdot provides no official public channel for user feedback. Sending mail to the various "editors" is an excersize in futility.
The reasons for this are sadly obvious.
The person who wasted a mod point to smash an contrary (and true) post in a thread nobody is reading is just sad.
Maybe that artificial shortage is a way of building hype without the same killer-app that the original XBox had?
Yes, that sounds like a winning plan. Drive them into a frenzy and then purposely fail to sell them anything at all, leaving them sad and disenchanted.
So true, and the hospitals and morgues are full of them.
Yes, the sheer number of injuries and deaths from irrational console purchasing has brought our healthcare and funerary industries to a screeching halt.
*To anyone who is going to suggest remedies to replace the drive/find a use for the X-Box, thank you, but I'm aware of most of them I just stopped caring.
Then why are you still whining about it on slashdot?
Racing games (and sports games in general) are trying to reproduce television reality, not actual reality. Television images are where the blur comes from.
And sadly, "lens flare."
God I hate lens flare. Just when the horrible memories of late 90's Photoshop/KPT users were fading, here comes our old friend, lens flare.
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if it looked like a pink dildo, I would have bought it.
I think it's safe to change "it" to "as many as I can fit in my..."
(wait for it)
"...car."
So you passed on a Video Game Console because of the way it looked? Where the hell does the looks of the thing even come into the discussion of a game console?
What if it looked like a pink dildo? You have to admit, you probably wouldn't buy it.
That's not the issue.
It's that the case for the thing is gigantic and top heavy and the buttons are tiny and awkwardly placed way over on the edge. Since it's already so gigantic, I wish they'd go the extra mile and add some grips to the bottom of it. It would alleviate the "crab pinch" grip you have to use.
For games like Metroid where using my thumb on the screen is required, I cramp almost immediately. There is no way you can reach the top or far left side of the touch screen without causing pain. My thumbs are fairly long, too.
I'll save griping about the tiny stylus for tomorrow.
Metroid Prime will use it to simulate mouselook (it works awesomely in the demo).
If by "awesomely" you mean "induces agonizing hand and wrist pain," yes.
That is the biggest problem I have with the DS. I enjoy most of the games, but it is the least ergonomic device I've ever used. I can only play Mario Kart DS for 20 minutes or so before I have to put it down. I hope that they release a revised version some day that isn't so painful to use.
I would imagine you would be able to calibrate the joystick... But that brings up another annoyance... Having to calibrate it every time you boot up, or readjust your bean bag :/
:(
Yes. It's nearly as bad as using a PC. Every time my mouse goes over the side of the pad, I have to reboot.
You are an abomination upon society.
You know who else is an abomination upon society?
Your mom.
Not that I'd ever waste money on an Xbox360, or a PS3 or a Revolution for that matter.
Then STFU, Mr. Cool.
Thanks.
Before you correct me, make sure you're right.
No.
Oh boo hoo. Someone bought you something and it wasn't exactly what you'd been pining away for all year. Just smile and say thanks and be glad that someone cares about you enough to buy you anything. If you don't like it you give it to charity.
Snooty bastard.
Just trying to be pedantic---this is, after all, an article on writing....
Much like a spelling flame will generally include a misspelling, your punctuation rant includes incorrect punctuation. An ellipsis is three space seperated periods. I'm guessing that the tiny wobbling erection you obtained during your sweaty stabs at the "-" key got you flustered and you simply forgot.
Jerk ass . . .
Punctuation is for losers.
If no one wants to buy the game at the initial price, the developers don't have any incentive to drop the prics of the game.
Nobody buying the game is the incentive to drop the price. Are you sniffing glue? You are, aren't you?
NeMon'ess is a friend of mine and came over to visit. He forgot to logout when he was done using my computer so my post was through his account.
What he's trying to say is that he has several accounts and he was posting from the wrong one.
Whoops!
You seem to forget something: "kids and non-regular gamers" >> "regular gamers." The first category is more commonly referred to as "normal people." Nintendo may not win the "hearts and minds" of the "regular gamers," but stuff aimed at "regular gamers" won't be picked up by peoples' grandmothers. The Revolution has the potential to reach this untapped market.
Keep dreaming. The reason that "market" is untapped is because those people aren't interested enough in video games to shell out $200 + games and accessories to play them.
Other than the virtual boy there is the N64 controller that was really cheap and easily broken, but this put asside, everything as been succesful so far with Nintendo.
Yes, the N64 was a raging success that ensured their continued success dominating the home console market.
Oh wait. No it wasn't.
The Gamecube is widely heralded as one of the most successful consoles of all time!
Oh wait. No it isn't.
They know better than us what they do and have surely tought about it more time than everyone of us.
Yes. This is why no company has ever put out a bad product. Ever.
The only reason the parent is marked as "offtopic" is because slashdot provides no official public channel for user feedback. Sending mail to the various "editors" is an excersize in futility.
The reasons for this are sadly obvious.
The person who wasted a mod point to smash an contrary (and true) post in a thread nobody is reading is just sad.
Maybe that artificial shortage is a way of building hype without the same killer-app that the original XBox had?
Yes, that sounds like a winning plan. Drive them into a frenzy and then purposely fail to sell them anything at all, leaving them sad and disenchanted.
PERFECT!
Unclench your anus for a few seconds, chief. There's a whole world of things out there to be legitimately angry about.
That was both pointless and lame.
You've scored a slashdot double!
So true, and the hospitals and morgues are full of them.
Yes, the sheer number of injuries and deaths from irrational console purchasing has brought our healthcare and funerary industries to a screeching halt.
Sheesh.
*To anyone who is going to suggest remedies to replace the drive/find a use for the X-Box, thank you, but I'm aware of most of them I just stopped caring.
Then why are you still whining about it on slashdot?
The original PS2 and controllers fit into a backpack or plastic grocery sack with no issues.
You have provided the most retarded thread I've read on slashdot in ages, and that's saying quite a bit.
Thanks for that.
Because for many people there is inherent pleasure in experiencing something new.
Many people don't feel the need to regulate and restrict their fun to careful guidelines based on what is "prudent."
Racing games (and sports games in general) are trying to reproduce television reality, not actual reality. Television images are where the blur comes from.
And sadly, "lens flare."
God I hate lens flare. Just when the horrible memories of late 90's Photoshop/KPT users were fading, here comes our old friend, lens flare.