The obvious answer is so they don't have to worry about supporting people's bargain basement gimp hardware that they've had laying on a shelf in the garage for six years or has weird compatibility problems they couldn't anticipate.
They were really reaching for things to praise about the games. A sampler.
- Hundreds of characters on screen at once - Take down hundreds of enemies at once - First-person RPG with stunning visuals - Will undoubtedly look stunning - The smoke looks stunning - The explosions look brilliant
And finally, the only evidence needed to know that this entire article was a big troll:
- Would Microsoft back a loser?
Xbox360: stunning, stunning, brilliantly stunning smoke and detritus.
I haven't worked retail for 10+ years, so I'm not sure how it works. Looking at the amount of hardselling, shelf space, and wall/window ads they have for the Xbox and Xbox 360, I can only assume they are paid well by MS/Sony for the additional room.
I've heard the sales guys say some outlandish shit to move PSPs and Xboxes, though. The only thing I've heard them say about the DS is "Please come buy one. We have way too many."
At GameStop they use the UMD movies to pad out the tiny selection of PSP games so it takes up more wall space. "Look how much is available! Nintendo's tiny wall for their cheaper device cannot compete!"
GameStop hides the DS games back near the carrying cases and accessories rack where nobody can see them. It's the only way they can have enough room for the 30 foot long Xbox banners.
If your internet connection is so critical that you have emergency backup power to keep your equipment running for days, then you probably have redundant connections to the internet, no?
Really? That's funny, because this pretty graph says otherwise. Microsoft has split their stock over the past few years, which was responsible for one large drop. And of course there was the anti-trust case. Aside from that there has been a fairly steady upward creep for the past few years.
Your graph is a bit misleading. Why don't you try this pretty graph?
Compare any five year stretch of their history with the 2000-2005 period. It's a fairly dramatic shift.
Sounds great, except that a low end computer can't play the games a new console can. It's also a pain in the neck for non-techies to setup and maintain. The chances of the console market making a mass move to PC gaming is exactly 0%, even if the Xbox360 and PS3 launch at $500.
People will just wait until Sony and MS realize they aren't going to make any money selling that high and come forth with the inevitable price drop, or they will buy a Nintendo.
Your post would have been correct if you'd only said:
"If console price points get much higher than a low end computer, the mass market will abandon them."
It's offensive in much the same way that the comedian Gallagher is offensive. It's not obscene, just moronic to the point that it offends me to be in the same room...no, the same world...with it.
An analyst with Piper Jaffray believes that......by making wild claims to the gaming press he'll get his name and his company's name smeared all around the news for free! Look at me! Look at me! Look at me!
You're really new here [to life] then. No matter what, and I mean anything, you do, good or bad, proper intentions or not, no matter what you do, someone will find a fault with it.
You mean like how you ripped on the original poster without provocation?
You could donate 1000s of hours of work and still someone would troll you, emailing hate mail and posting nonsense shit in [for instance] usenet. All because you accomplished something with your life and they haven't.
In light of your mean spirited snotty comments to the original poster, is this actually a cry for help?
Maybe I could do something to make YOU SPECIFICALLY like me more but that wouldn't make everyone like me and in the grand scheme of things it's a trade off.
I don't like you, Tom. I love you. I'm here to help.
Why do I talk smack about the business?
Because you think it makes you look smart and cool?
I mean really, if they spent less time commercializing things and more time making the demand for it justifyable
There's that "they" again. A sign of paranoia or inability to argue without resorting to strawmen and over generalizations.
haha. You are indeed correct. This ID is new. Obviously, it's my only one. The technological obstructions set up by the master coders at slashdot have rendered it impossible to create multiple accounts. This much is true! I have been speared by the throbbing bulb a-top your bobbling staff of wisdom!
I'm sorry for being so stupid and new. I bow before your superior knowledge and ancient slashdot wisdom. If I give you a quarter will you fondle my buttcheeks, hands covered in the dust of slashdot past? I think we'd both like that.
Suffice it to say there are WAY MORE businesses that are lame ducks then good ones.
What does that have to do with anything? I guess if your original ["points"] suck, it's easier to just toss them aside and create new ones. You truly are the master, good sir.
If you need me to show you evidence of self-serving products then you need to open your fucking eyes.
I'd be happy if you just got over yourself. Alternatively, you could MAYBE just be LESS [annoying].
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It's always nice to hear that Linux/WINE users can download updates from Microsoft.com, menwhile my legit Windows 2000 install can't.
Just because you downloaded it with a usenet account you paid for doesn't mean it's legit.
Seems like the more they try, the worse things get.
Uh huh. DOS < 3.1 < 95 < 98 < 2K < XP. I'm sorry, but if you can't see that you're blind. I'm not saying MS makes the best OS's in the world, but there has been steady progression and improvement. The exception to this is NT4 which is bad even by Microsoft's standards.
I'm really thinking of wiping the drive and installing good-old NT4.
Oh geez. Here we go.
Never had any problems with it, and it smokes 2000/XP by a longshot.
haha! If you'd actually used NT4 you would be familiar with Mr. PageFileError and his good buddy BSOD.
One comment that almost always pops up is that deragatory line "Some people have more money than sense".
It cracks me up when nerds turn on each other. One guy looking down his nose at another guy for buying an imaginary sword while his own credit card is billed each month so he can fight imaginary monsters with an imaginary sword he obtained by spending three weeks...battling imaginary monsters.
So maybe they could delay the launch in both markets until they had built enough units?
Yes, letting the company that has been utterly dominating the handheld market for the last 16 years gain an even bigger foothold with their new system would guarantee Sony's success!
Hooray for Sony!
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For cripes sakes, i know already. You're the 500th person to post that. I KNOW ITS A LIE. I like the message the urban legend has to tell.
What message? That our astronauts drew pictures on the moon with their amazing space pens while the Russians inhaled pencil shavings in their non-moonbound capsule?
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I'm not sure how accurate this is, but saw the link in a fark.com thread.
Amazon PS3 page.
Note the price: $299. If that's the case MS really is doomed.
The obvious answer is so they don't have to worry about supporting people's bargain basement gimp hardware that they've had laying on a shelf in the garage for six years or has weird compatibility problems they couldn't anticipate.
Also, to make more money.
It's a known fact that a game from 1990 running at 800x600 has the same level of graphics as Doom3 running at 800x600.
Why do they even bother??? That's what I want to know.
They were really reaching for things to praise about the games. A sampler.
- Hundreds of characters on screen at once
- Take down hundreds of enemies at once
- First-person RPG with stunning visuals
- Will undoubtedly look stunning
- The smoke looks stunning
- The explosions look brilliant
And finally, the only evidence needed to know that this entire article was a big troll:
- Would Microsoft back a loser?
Xbox360: stunning, stunning, brilliantly stunning smoke and detritus.
I haven't worked retail for 10+ years, so I'm not sure how it works. Looking at the amount of hardselling, shelf space, and wall/window ads they have for the Xbox and Xbox 360, I can only assume they are paid well by MS/Sony for the additional room.
I've heard the sales guys say some outlandish shit to move PSPs and Xboxes, though. The only thing I've heard them say about the DS is "Please come buy one. We have way too many."
Weird.
At GameStop they use the UMD movies to pad out the tiny selection of PSP games so it takes up more wall space. "Look how much is available! Nintendo's tiny wall for their cheaper device cannot compete!"
GameStop hides the DS games back near the carrying cases and accessories rack where nobody can see them. It's the only way they can have enough room for the 30 foot long Xbox banners.
I don't know how they do it at other stores.
I'm hoping that you'll be able to wifi transfer them from the Revolution to the DS.
Remote starters have been around for a while, usually on keyfobs. They can be nice if you're stuck somewhere that gets extremely cold or hot.
If your internet connection is so critical that you have emergency backup power to keep your equipment running for days, then you probably have redundant connections to the internet, no?
Apologies if I'm missing something.
You can pretty much tell what to avoid in the next three months by what is on the cover of the current Game Informer.
The quality of the game is also usually inversely proportional to the number of times they refer to part of it as "compelling."
Sad but true.
The next step will be to start a gaming magazine and hire Zonk on as the editor.
Really? That's funny, because this pretty graph says otherwise. Microsoft has split their stock over the past few years, which was responsible for one large drop. And of course there was the anti-trust case. Aside from that there has been a fairly steady upward creep for the past few years.
Your graph is a bit misleading. Why don't you try this pretty graph?
Compare any five year stretch of their history with the 2000-2005 period. It's a fairly dramatic shift.
Sounds great, except that a low end computer can't play the games a new console can. It's also a pain in the neck for non-techies to setup and maintain. The chances of the console market making a mass move to PC gaming is exactly 0%, even if the Xbox360 and PS3 launch at $500.
People will just wait until Sony and MS realize they aren't going to make any money selling that high and come forth with the inevitable price drop, or they will buy a Nintendo.
Your post would have been correct if you'd only said:
"If console price points get much higher than a low end computer, the mass market will abandon them."
It's offensive in much the same way that the comedian Gallagher is offensive. It's not obscene, just moronic to the point that it offends me to be in the same room...no, the same world...with it.
Maybe they got spooked at E3 when they realized Sony was including a free boomerang with every Playstation 3?
An analyst with Piper Jaffray believes that... ...by making wild claims to the gaming press he'll get his name and his company's name smeared all around the news for free! Look at me! Look at me! Look at me!
Shut up, already.
I am about sick of hearing random aspects of games described as compelling. It's meaningless in this context.
Stop it!
You're really new here [to life] then. No matter what, and I mean anything, you do, good or bad, proper intentions or not, no matter what you do, someone will find a fault with it.
You mean like how you ripped on the original poster without provocation?
You could donate 1000s of hours of work and still someone would troll you, emailing hate mail and posting nonsense shit in [for instance] usenet. All because you accomplished something with your life and they haven't.
In light of your mean spirited snotty comments to the original poster, is this actually a cry for help?
Maybe I could do something to make YOU SPECIFICALLY like me more but that wouldn't make everyone like me and in the grand scheme of things it's a trade off.
I don't like you, Tom. I love you. I'm here to help.
Why do I talk smack about the business?
Because you think it makes you look smart and cool?
I mean really, if they spent less time commercializing things and more time making the demand for it justifyable
There's that "they" again. A sign of paranoia or inability to argue without resorting to strawmen and over generalizations.
You're new here.
haha. You are indeed correct. This ID is new. Obviously, it's my only one. The technological obstructions set up by the master coders at slashdot have rendered it impossible to create multiple accounts. This much is true! I have been speared by the throbbing bulb a-top your bobbling staff of wisdom!
I'm sorry for being so stupid and new. I bow before your superior knowledge and ancient slashdot wisdom. If I give you a quarter will you fondle my buttcheeks, hands covered in the dust of slashdot past? I think we'd both like that.
Suffice it to say there are WAY MORE businesses that are lame ducks then good ones.
What does that have to do with anything? I guess if your original ["points"] suck, it's easier to just toss them aside and create new ones. You truly are the master, good sir.
If you need me to show you evidence of self-serving products then you need to open your fucking eyes.
I'd be happy if you just got over yourself. Alternatively, you could MAYBE just be LESS [annoying].
Hahaha, that's cute.
Condescending intro.
You think companies that have differing standards are "innovating".
Pointless use of quotation marks in an attempt to sound "smart." Stating the obvious.
You must work for Microsoft...
Lame ad hominem.
Unfortunately if they could [and they do] they'd change just enough to lock out competitors.
Paranoid reference to undefined "they," who are obviously up to no good. Pointless use of brackets.
It isn't about being better anymore.
Attempt at definitive statement with no supporting arguments.
Same for many others [Atrac3 anyone?].
More pointless brackets. Appeal to nameless and unresponsive others. Who are you talking to?
Business is not about being fair and open market'ish. It's about making lots of money doing $ANYTHING.
Another blanket and unsubstantiated statement. Lame programming reference thrown in for nerd support that will never come.
You pass all the tests! You're not just an idiot, you're a [CERTIFIED] idiot. [Idiot $certifications, anyone?]
Feel free to sign your posts with tomstdenis, SDCI.
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It's always nice to hear that Linux/WINE users can download updates from Microsoft.com, menwhile my legit Windows 2000 install can't.
Just because you downloaded it with a usenet account you paid for doesn't mean it's legit.
Seems like the more they try, the worse things get.
Uh huh. DOS < 3.1 < 95 < 98 < 2K < XP. I'm sorry, but if you can't see that you're blind. I'm not saying MS makes the best OS's in the world, but there has been steady progression and improvement. The exception to this is NT4 which is bad even by Microsoft's standards.
I'm really thinking of wiping the drive and installing good-old NT4.
Oh geez. Here we go.
Never had any problems with it, and it smokes 2000/XP by a longshot.
haha! If you'd actually used NT4 you would be familiar with Mr. PageFileError and his good buddy BSOD.
Who really wants DirectX 7+ anyhow?
~95% of all computer users on the planet?
One comment that almost always pops up is that deragatory line "Some people have more money than sense".
It cracks me up when nerds turn on each other. One guy looking down his nose at another guy for buying an imaginary sword while his own credit card is billed each month so he can fight imaginary monsters with an imaginary sword he obtained by spending three weeks...battling imaginary monsters.
(imaginary) comedy gold!
So maybe they could delay the launch in both markets until they had built enough units?
Yes, letting the company that has been utterly dominating the handheld market for the last 16 years gain an even bigger foothold with their new system would guarantee Sony's success!
Hooray for Sony!
For cripes sakes, i know already. You're the 500th person to post that. I KNOW ITS A LIE. I like the message the urban legend has to tell.
What message? That our astronauts drew pictures on the moon with their amazing space pens while the Russians inhaled pencil shavings in their non-moonbound capsule?
Yes, I can see your point.