I drive a standard car and the thing that drives me insane is people who ride the damn brake. If you watch while driving in traffic, you'll see one idiot tap the brake, then another person will tap there, and eventually you'll be stopped in traffic for no reason at all.
Recently I drove my brothers car which is automatic because of bad weather. now please understand, I have driven a standard car for the past 5 years and haven't even driven an auto once in that whole time. My experience was terrible! I can not believe how difficult it is to control your speed without tapping the brake. Yes large volumes of traffic will create a traffic jam, but most of the times if traffic moves I don't really care. It's when people RIDE the brake is when the real shit happens.
If everyone drove standard I suspect it would still be an issue, but it wouldn't be as severe. So remember everyone! DON'T RIDE THE BRAKE! Or tailgate !
I own both the 360/ps3 (and the wii, I know, stupid:)
I had an older style hdtv I picked up about 4 years ago. So I got the ps3 a few weeks back, hooked it up and was really not impressed with the ps3(no upscaling which really screwed me). Then gran turismo came out, i downloaded it, again. Bleh, not impressed at all.
So, today I decided to pick the Sony SXRD 50" LCD Projection TV, and after hours of dealing with boxing day lines I finally got it home, unpacked and set up (many hours later).
All I have to say is WOW! Gran Turismo looks amazing, I can really tell the difference now. At first I thought PGR3 looked better but now it's a totally different story. And when it comes to 1080p at first I was not a believer, but from what I've seen so far that's changed significantly. Damn, it's been mind boggling, hell even Rainbow 6 for the 360 looks way better.
So that got me thinking, the ps3 isn't so bad if you have a new tv, it's only bad when you have older style tv's(dont' like that personally) but now I'm not so pissed at the ps3(I like the 360 controller better though:)
And Gran Turismo is free and it does have a few things to do even if it's the same track over and over again..
Telecom companies dont' usually have fiber that long because of the risk of breaks and really costly repair processes, it's not because of degradation. Also the distance doesn't really matter(remember, how do you think the contients are connected? single link fiber), because if it's a good cable the data should travel at the speed of light. It depends on the recieving ends how fast your can process it.
Also the infrastructure for telecom is quite large, you'd be surprised how much stuff is running underground.
I didn't know gorilla's are subject to the same laws as humans in the United States. Eventhough it is a serious matter, it is kinda strange he's being charged with sexual harrassment.
all of the virtual console games will work with the wii classic/gamecube controllers. The NES games work with the wiimote thingy because you can turn it on it's side and use the 1 2 buttons on the bottom as the old school A/B .
I only grabbed mario 64, and well it's mario 64:) I really hope they release SF2 for superNES. i grabbed SF2 for xbox live and I hate the directional pad on the 360 controller, over all it's the best controller i've used for that type of console. but directional SUCKS!
I preordered it a month or so back so my Wii (still looks really strange writing that) was all ready to go when I picked it up on Sunday at 10am. Bestbuy, which was next to the store I bought mine from opened at 8am, so I figured hey why not stop by at 8:15 or so just to see if I can grab zelda and the classic controller.. heh, there must of been 200 people there trying to push they're way into the doors! screw that, i'll wait till 10am and grab it with the system.. Went to the store, no problems at all, grabbed it, played all yesterday, etc..
And ya, now my friggin arms hurt! a good workout hurt, but still. This game system may single handledly change the fat kid playing video games generalization to in shape kids. Popped in wii sports when a few friends came over and I must say, we had a great time and had many laughs (heh, boxing is jokes, not perfect but it still gets the heart rate up and kinda makes you look foolish)
I thought this would be a gimmicky system, but so far everything has run perfectly(controller, setup, virtual console, etc).. I'll see how I feel about it in a few months, but so far it's been an awesome experience. Good work nintendo
I actually just picked up an HD-DVD for the 360 on Tuesday. So far on my 47" old HDTV(purchased in 2003) it is displaying the movies beautifully!
King Kong that came with it was pretty good. I REALLY noticed a difference when the scenes were in the forest or something with a lot of color. The colors and the brightness in the picture is much better. But I picked up Fast and the Furious Tokyo drift (ok ok, I know, terrible movie but the scenes in Tokyo was great) . And I could see a noticeable difference with the picture quality especially the reflection in the cars, etc.. It was like I was watching the movie through a window in Tokyo.
And to think, I think my HDTV is kinda shitty now compared to what's offered now (projection, doesn't look as good as my other friends tv's)
I just typed in "hd-dvd" on that searchmash.com website. And at the bottom of the page was a guy sucking another guys dick. Don't believe me? Try it yourself.. that's not the type of thing I'd expect to be seeing on a Sunday morning.
Work on getting a working relationship with vendors, contract out a desktop hardware support company to manage the hardware breaks, contract out a helpdesk function. So that should leave you and your very small but focused team on dealing with managing the vendor and processes, and all of the projects relating to this small company (hardware refresh, software deployments, etc).
I say small because 200+ workstations is not the enterprise, the enterprise is something much much bigger (talkin multiple platforms, across thousands of desktops, across multiple timezones, and that's a small enterprise infrastructure). But, you can use automation tools from enterprise class platforms to help with software deployments (altiris), patch management, remote access(citrix/softricity), etc..
You get that all down pat you can have a small team to keep all the money!!:)
I personally don't care if the custom guys want to take my "executive data" . We actually force our laptops to save by default to our home directory on our intranet. if we don't have the laptop joined to the network it will prompt with a few errors, but we require everyone to connect via citrix to our backend so they can save those important documents to our network.
If we actualy save data to our personally laptops, they'll have to get through out lawyers to get at the data legally..
I'm Canadian so we still have rights, if you use your corporate laptop for personal use that's your own problem.. but we'll still protect you (aka. the corp lawyers)
In the US, can't comment.. but I use my laptop for pure corporate use, so good luck trying to find anything that is ACTUALLY incriminating.. take the laptop, eh, no big deal... I'll just order another one..
I'm sure everything is hackable, but if that were the case why give anyone in the business laptops?
I saw the article a few weeks back about having a GPU client for the 1900xt. Decided to try it out on my mac pro booting in XP. Must say it may be giving off great numbers, but I'm not sure how it's affecting the card itself. Once the client starts the fan is running non-stop (which is obviously understandable).
Not sure how my vid card will be in a month or so because i don't think they're designed to be in game play mode for more than 12 hours or so (can't think of anyone who plays more than 12hours at a time besides WoW players)
And yes I have WoW and it doesn't even spin the fan up on the 1900, with the client it's at max.
Believe it or not Zellers has been quietly doing Wii pre-orders. I ordered mine on the 6th and just recieved a call from Zellers headoffice asking for the date of purchase because the person forgot to put the date of purchase in their book (they could of checked the receipt but i'm sure a call was easier).. But anyways, that followup call confirms I'll have it on the 19th..
Cout your local Zellers and they may have some avail, I think it was 15 per store.. Good luck!
You can't rule out this being a huge issue for stockholders. Remember the stockholders have brokers who advise them what to do, and they have the best and most up to date access to news of all companies. Sure there is a ton of discount brokerage firms, but they make up a small % of the overall assets under management than a full service brokerage house
Considering the negative press Sony has been getting with the batteries, rootkit, and PS3 you can be sure the big players in the industry will start dumping their stocks(including the money managers).
I understand a lot of brokers are just salesman selling products from different fund companies, but the brokers that can have an impact are the ones that take the time to research and predict what will happen when x,y,z occurs..
Regardless, if they pull off the ps3 properly you'll see a rebound pretty quickly.. only time will tell
Your not factoring in the cost of actually paying for the full cable service (basic cable with no movie channel let's say)
The people who can benefit from this are the people who don't traditionally sit in front of a TV night after night (I fall into this category) .
I've literally given up on watching TV because I watch maybe a few shows a year that play during a time when I'm not around. But if the cost of DVR + Cable is lower than downloading the specific content you want then yes, it's pointless. But for everyone else it may be a solution to our problems.
MrJynxx
P.S I think it's a cool product, but I wouldn't buy it:)
I've spent well over 7k on my amp and speakers. I'll be honest with you, I'm a digital junkie as well. But regardless for the type of music I spin (house, tech, trance, etc) I honestly believe vinyl sounds much better. Yes it's old school, but hey it sounds good to me. I find it has a very rich sound, but as per the previous poster it may be my CD player(which isn't cheap either, but it didn't come close to the cost of 2 tables, mixer, 2 needles).
I picked up DJ'ing a few years back and bought a pair of techniques 1200's and a pair of expensive needles (about 200 bucks each)
And to be honest with you I had no idea how good vinyl sounds. It seems to have much more "life" than a CD, the lows are lower, the mids and highs are nice. I couldn't believe how good it was because I grew up in the digital age and used to turn my nose up at vinyl (thinking it was old school crap). I was totally wrong in my assumptions.
But the what annoys me is the cost! I buy vinyl at almost $20 a record and that contains no more than 4 tracks (most are remixes) so it can be a very costly hobby.
They're not silly enough to keep the price 250 across the board. You're only taking into account the american/euro/pound and comparing the exchange rates from american ->euro/pound which of course will mean more money than just 250USD.
They've confirmed the Canadian WII will cost 279.99(which is pretty much bang on in terms of exchange rate) and not 250 so I suspect they are careful about the exchange rate.. I'm sure if it was 250 in Canada all of the americans will come up here to buy it!
There's a ton of condos in and around the area coverage, now that being said most condos have T1's running into the building so access from you condo isn't an issue.
However, a lot of people in this area are pretty active and tend to wander around the downtown core a lot so really it'll let these people take their laptop and goto the local coffee shop and surf they're lives away..
But they are already having issues with users in office buildings, more specifically offices with reflective glass. There's even a Royal Bank building that has a trace amounts of gold in the glass to have a gold reflection which doesn't let ANY radio in (at least not until they increase the signal strength).
I'm personally going to give it a try this week to see how good it really is.
huh Canadian dollar isn't worth much in "real money". If your referring to USD, it's costing you guys almost.91cents for one of our dollars which is the best it's been since the 70's.:)
Good points and thank you for viewing my post and commenting insightfully.
Since I live in Canada our market for 1080p is quite small. Futureshop which is one, if not the largest electronics retailer in canada (aka. bestbuy) is only offering two 1080p sets which are VirtualHD 1080p(i suspect they're not true 1080p) http://www.futureshop.ca/marketing/ps3/04.asp?logo n=&langid=EN , sorry I was off on my estimate of 1. Personally Im' not going to refresh my HD set for quite sometime, and if your willing to shell out 600USD for a gaming console I'm quite sure you already have an HD set and will be in a similar situation.
I agree 100% PS3 will be sold out for quite sometime and we'll be in the 360 shortage that was experienced last year. But everyone is commenting that PS3 is really the only next gen system. But what REALLY makes it any different than the 360? Ok, it may have some unproven and really interesting components(cell, blu-ray) but that doesn't mean it's next gen. I actually believe next gen really is HD and of course Wii controller which has changed the way you interact with the console. I do have a 360 and viewing all games on a large high def HDTV is really pleasant and actually breathed new life into my projection HDTV.
Honestly I will own all consoles just because I can afford it, but that's me and not your average person who looks at this stuff and thinks "what is all this techno crap, i just want to play!".
Now what will be REALLY interesting is how these systems will be 4 years out once the devs fully understand the ps3. I suspect that is what Sony is banking on, but getting to that point is going to be really painful for them.
your points are a little off and it appears your using your magic 8 ball again. Also I swear I've seen an identical post on another sony bashing article a few months back..
"sets are dropping in price like mad right now. Every electronic store is pimping 1080p sets with older sets getting pushed into the back. You will almost certainly be able to get a 1080p set for less than a grand by the start of next year. And here comes Sony with the cheapest 1080p HD BluRay player"
uhh yea ok buddy, dropping like mad. After checking bestbuy.ca and futureshop.ca I found 1 1080P HDTV and it was not 1000 bucks, it wasn't even close.. I've only seen a 1080p TV in a super high end audio/video store. And they didn't even have anything that could drive 1080p at the time. So I doubt this point has any merit what so ever for driving sales of the PS3.
another bad point
"HD-DVD sales are in the toilet, while Sony has been stockpiling hundreds of thousands of BluRay drives to launch in a couple million PS3s in November"
so they're stockpiling hundreds of thousands of bluray drives to launch a couple million PS3's. Anybody else see what's wrong with this statement? what about the other 1.5million PS3's that will supposedly be ready?
"Pre-orders are stronger than the 105+ million selling PS2 - and the demand is greatest for the 60gig/HDMI PS3"
Ah this must be the mystical 8-ball I was referring to. Where the hell did you get this information? Also NO MAJOR RETAILER HAS YET TO HAVE ANY PRE-ORDERS. Maybe it's different in Japan, but since I don't live there I can't comment on it.
Look, I want PS3 to be kickass, make me grill cheese and do my homework. But if they don't get they're shit together and stop being arrogant assholes they're going to fall like sega (Next gen doesn't start until we say so, ok buddy, piss off).
Sorry, I usually try to keep my posts very very clean and I'll probably be modded as a troll, but this is directly pointed at the SwG "managers"
FUCK YOU FOR FUCKING EVERYTHING UP
Never in my entire life have I seen something handled SO poorly in my life. There was ZERO change controls, they release something it breaks something, they nerf it and it breaks it again. Remember, you clowns basically completely IGNORED PAYING CUSTOMERS. Yes, I paid a bunch of money every month to play this game which in the beginning was actually really good. And the amount of time I spent developing my guy into an armorsmith was washed down the drain for a WOW look a like. If I wanted to play WOW at that time I would of!
Do you have any idea how boring an online game is when there is nobody online! SHIT!
If your an ex-SWG'er check out eve-online. Probably the closest thing you'll get to the old school SWG. A bit more complicated, but there's no mindless grinding and you can actually build something.
Sorry for the vulgarities but I just can't explain in words how frustrating that game became..
Futureshop.ca had something that was even better than this idea.
Once they had a tentative allocation # from MS. They began allowing pre-orders of 10 xbox360's per day for a month or two (basically had an allocation of approx 600 or so). So if all of the 10 were gone you'd have to wait for the next day.
One night I was up really really late, and it turns out futureshop.ca is PST time, so I jumped online at 3am EST and was able to secure a pre-order (didn't charge my card until the day of shipping) . And surprisingly futureshop(Bestbuy actually owns them) got my 360 out to me on launch day!
So I laughed at all the hordes of people lining up at bestbuy/futureshop on launch day.. and have been loving it ever since (well, until some good games came out, launch day games kinda sucked).
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I drive a standard car and the thing that drives me insane is people who ride the damn brake. If you watch while driving in traffic, you'll see one idiot tap the brake, then another person will tap there, and eventually you'll be stopped in traffic for no reason at all.
Recently I drove my brothers car which is automatic because of bad weather. now please understand, I have driven a standard car for the past 5 years and haven't even driven an auto once in that whole time. My experience was terrible! I can not believe how difficult it is to control your speed without tapping the brake. Yes large volumes of traffic will create a traffic jam, but most of the times if traffic moves I don't really care. It's when people RIDE the brake is when the real shit happens.
If everyone drove standard I suspect it would still be an issue, but it wouldn't be as severe. So remember everyone! DON'T RIDE THE BRAKE! Or tailgate !
MrJynx
I own both the 360/ps3 (and the wii, I know, stupid :)
:)
I had an older style hdtv I picked up about 4 years ago. So I got the ps3 a few weeks back, hooked it up and was really not impressed with the ps3(no upscaling which really screwed me). Then gran turismo came out, i downloaded it, again. Bleh, not impressed at all.
So, today I decided to pick the Sony SXRD 50" LCD Projection TV, and after hours of dealing with boxing day lines I finally got it home, unpacked and set up (many hours later).
All I have to say is WOW! Gran Turismo looks amazing, I can really tell the difference now. At first I thought PGR3 looked better but now it's a totally different story. And when it comes to 1080p at first I was not a believer, but from what I've seen so far that's changed significantly. Damn, it's been mind boggling, hell even Rainbow 6 for the 360 looks way better.
So that got me thinking, the ps3 isn't so bad if you have a new tv, it's only bad when you have older style tv's(dont' like that personally) but now I'm not so pissed at the ps3(I like the 360 controller better though
And Gran Turismo is free and it does have a few things to do even if it's the same track over and over again..
MrJynx
Telecom companies dont' usually have fiber that long because of the risk of breaks and really costly repair processes, it's not because of degradation. Also the distance doesn't really matter(remember, how do you think the contients are connected? single link fiber), because if it's a good cable the data should travel at the speed of light. It depends on the recieving ends how fast your can process it.
Also the infrastructure for telecom is quite large, you'd be surprised how much stuff is running underground.
I didn't know gorilla's are subject to the same laws as humans in the United States. Eventhough it is a serious matter, it is kinda strange he's being charged with sexual harrassment.
If my puppy humps my leg can I sue him?
all of the virtual console games will work with the wii classic/gamecube controllers. The NES games work with the wiimote thingy because you can turn it on it's side and use the 1 2 buttons on the bottom as the old school A/B .
:) I really hope they release SF2 for superNES. i grabbed SF2 for xbox live and I hate the directional pad on the 360 controller, over all it's the best controller i've used for that type of console. but directional SUCKS!
I only grabbed mario 64, and well it's mario 64
I preordered it a month or so back so my Wii (still looks really strange writing that) was all ready to go when I picked it up on Sunday at 10am. Bestbuy, which was next to the store I bought mine from opened at 8am, so I figured hey why not stop by at 8:15 or so just to see if I can grab zelda and the classic controller.. heh, there must of been 200 people there trying to push they're way into the doors! screw that, i'll wait till 10am and grab it with the system.. Went to the store, no problems at all, grabbed it, played all yesterday, etc..
And ya, now my friggin arms hurt! a good workout hurt, but still. This game system may single handledly change the fat kid playing video games generalization to in shape kids. Popped in wii sports when a few friends came over and I must say, we had a great time and had many laughs (heh, boxing is jokes, not perfect but it still gets the heart rate up and kinda makes you look foolish)
I thought this would be a gimmicky system, but so far everything has run perfectly(controller, setup, virtual console, etc).. I'll see how I feel about it in a few months, but so far it's been an awesome experience. Good work nintendo
MrJynxx
I actually just picked up an HD-DVD for the 360 on Tuesday. So far on my 47" old HDTV(purchased in 2003) it is displaying the movies beautifully!
King Kong that came with it was pretty good. I REALLY noticed a difference when the scenes were in the forest or something with a lot of color. The colors and the brightness in the picture is much better. But I picked up Fast and the Furious Tokyo drift (ok ok, I know, terrible movie but the scenes in Tokyo was great) . And I could see a noticeable difference with the picture quality especially the reflection in the cars, etc.. It was like I was watching the movie through a window in Tokyo.
And to think, I think my HDTV is kinda shitty now compared to what's offered now (projection, doesn't look as good as my other friends tv's)
Ok,
Is this some kind of joke?
I just typed in "hd-dvd" on that searchmash.com website. And at the bottom of the page was a guy sucking another guys dick. Don't believe me? Try it yourself.. that's not the type of thing I'd expect to be seeing on a Sunday morning.
MrJynxx
Work on getting a working relationship with vendors, contract out a desktop hardware support company to manage the hardware breaks, contract out a helpdesk function. So that should leave you and your very small but focused team on dealing with managing the vendor and processes, and all of the projects relating to this small company (hardware refresh, software deployments, etc).
:)
I say small because 200+ workstations is not the enterprise, the enterprise is something much much bigger (talkin multiple platforms, across thousands of desktops, across multiple timezones, and that's a small enterprise infrastructure). But, you can use automation tools from enterprise class platforms to help with software deployments (altiris), patch management, remote access(citrix/softricity), etc..
You get that all down pat you can have a small team to keep all the money!!
MrJynxx
Lik-sang will be back. They put themselves out of business in order to get around the sony lawsuits.
But what's the stop the owners to open it up under a different name all together?
MrJynxx
I personally don't care if the custom guys want to take my "executive data" . We actually force our laptops to save by default to our home directory on our intranet. if we don't have the laptop joined to the network it will prompt with a few errors, but we require everyone to connect via citrix to our backend so they can save those important documents to our network.
If we actualy save data to our personally laptops, they'll have to get through out lawyers to get at the data legally..
I'm Canadian so we still have rights, if you use your corporate laptop for personal use that's your own problem.. but we'll still protect you (aka. the corp lawyers)
In the US, can't comment.. but I use my laptop for pure corporate use, so good luck trying to find anything that is ACTUALLY incriminating.. take the laptop, eh, no big deal... I'll just order another one..
I'm sure everything is hackable, but if that were the case why give anyone in the business laptops?
MrJyynxx
I saw the article a few weeks back about having a GPU client for the 1900xt. Decided to try it out on my mac pro booting in XP. Must say it may be giving off great numbers, but I'm not sure how it's affecting the card itself. Once the client starts the fan is running non-stop (which is obviously understandable).
Not sure how my vid card will be in a month or so because i don't think they're designed to be in game play mode for more than 12 hours or so (can't think of anyone who plays more than 12hours at a time besides WoW players)
And yes I have WoW and it doesn't even spin the fan up on the 1900, with the client it's at max.
MrJynx
Here's a tip for Canadian's pre-ordering the Wii.
GOTO ZELLERS!!!
Believe it or not Zellers has been quietly doing Wii pre-orders. I ordered mine on the 6th and just recieved a call from Zellers headoffice asking for the date of purchase because the person forgot to put the date of purchase in their book (they could of checked the receipt but i'm sure a call was easier).. But anyways, that followup call confirms I'll have it on the 19th..
Cout your local Zellers and they may have some avail, I think it was 15 per store.. Good luck!
MrJynxx
You can't rule out this being a huge issue for stockholders. Remember the stockholders have brokers who advise them what to do, and they have the best and most up to date access to news of all companies. Sure there is a ton of discount brokerage firms, but they make up a small % of the overall assets under management than a full service brokerage house
Considering the negative press Sony has been getting with the batteries, rootkit, and PS3 you can be sure the big players in the industry will start dumping their stocks(including the money managers).
I understand a lot of brokers are just salesman selling products from different fund companies, but the brokers that can have an impact are the ones that take the time to research and predict what will happen when x,y,z occurs..
Regardless, if they pull off the ps3 properly you'll see a rebound pretty quickly.. only time will tell
Your not factoring in the cost of actually paying for the full cable service (basic cable with no movie channel let's say)
:)
The people who can benefit from this are the people who don't traditionally sit in front of a TV night after night (I fall into this category) .
I've literally given up on watching TV because I watch maybe a few shows a year that play during a time when I'm not around. But if the cost of DVR + Cable is lower than downloading the specific content you want then yes, it's pointless. But for everyone else it may be a solution to our problems.
MrJynxx
P.S I think it's a cool product, but I wouldn't buy it
I've spent well over 7k on my amp and speakers. I'll be honest with you, I'm a digital junkie as well. But regardless for the type of music I spin (house, tech, trance, etc) I honestly believe vinyl sounds much better. Yes it's old school, but hey it sounds good to me. I find it has a very rich sound, but as per the previous poster it may be my CD player(which isn't cheap either, but it didn't come close to the cost of 2 tables, mixer, 2 needles).
MrJynx
I picked up DJ'ing a few years back and bought a pair of techniques 1200's and a pair of expensive needles (about 200 bucks each)
And to be honest with you I had no idea how good vinyl sounds. It seems to have much more "life" than a CD, the lows are lower, the mids and highs are nice. I couldn't believe how good it was because I grew up in the digital age and used to turn my nose up at vinyl (thinking it was old school crap). I was totally wrong in my assumptions.
But the what annoys me is the cost! I buy vinyl at almost $20 a record and that contains no more than 4 tracks (most are remixes) so it can be a very costly hobby.
MrJynxx
They're not silly enough to keep the price 250 across the board. You're only taking into account the american/euro/pound and comparing the exchange rates from american ->euro/pound which of course will mean more money than just 250USD.
They've confirmed the Canadian WII will cost 279.99(which is pretty much bang on in terms of exchange rate) and not 250 so I suspect they are careful about the exchange rate.. I'm sure if it was 250 in Canada all of the americans will come up here to buy it!
MrJynxx
There's a ton of condos in and around the area coverage, now that being said most condos have T1's running into the building so access from you condo isn't an issue.
However, a lot of people in this area are pretty active and tend to wander around the downtown core a lot so really it'll let these people take their laptop and goto the local coffee shop and surf they're lives away..
But they are already having issues with users in office buildings, more specifically offices with reflective glass. There's even a Royal Bank building that has a trace amounts of gold in the glass to have a gold reflection which doesn't let ANY radio in (at least not until they increase the signal strength).
I'm personally going to give it a try this week to see how good it really is.
MrJynx
huh Canadian dollar isn't worth much in "real money". If your referring to USD, it's costing you guys almost .91cents for one of our dollars which is the best it's been since the 70's. :)
MrJynx
PS3 was to be launched Q1 2007 which is correct. However Q1 2007 starts in november of the previous year. So yea, they've missed the mark.
I do find it VERY strange they're only giving 100k to Japan and 400k to the US. I thought it would be the other way around
MrJynx
Good points and thank you for viewing my post and commenting insightfully.
o n=&langid=EN , sorry I was off on my estimate of 1. Personally Im' not going to refresh my HD set for quite sometime, and if your willing to shell out 600USD for a gaming console I'm quite sure you already have an HD set and will be in a similar situation.
o n=&langid=EN
Since I live in Canada our market for 1080p is quite small. Futureshop which is one, if not the largest electronics retailer in canada (aka. bestbuy) is only offering two 1080p sets which are VirtualHD 1080p(i suspect they're not true 1080p)
http://www.futureshop.ca/marketing/ps3/04.asp?log
I agree 100% PS3 will be sold out for quite sometime and we'll be in the 360 shortage that was experienced last year. But everyone is commenting that PS3 is really the only next gen system. But what REALLY makes it any different than the 360? Ok, it may have some unproven and really interesting components(cell, blu-ray) but that doesn't mean it's next gen. I actually believe next gen really is HD and of course Wii controller which has changed the way you interact with the console. I do have a 360 and viewing all games on a large high def HDTV is really pleasant and actually breathed new life into my projection HDTV.
Honestly I will own all consoles just because I can afford it, but that's me and not your average person who looks at this stuff and thinks "what is all this techno crap, i just want to play!".
Now what will be REALLY interesting is how these systems will be 4 years out once the devs fully understand the ps3. I suspect that is what Sony is banking on, but getting to that point is going to be really painful for them.
here is a fairly decent spec sheet from futureshop as well. http://www.futureshop.ca/marketing/ps3/04.asp?log
MrJynx
your points are a little off and it appears your using your magic 8 ball again. Also I swear I've seen an identical post on another sony bashing article a few months back..
"sets are dropping in price like mad right now. Every electronic store is pimping 1080p sets with older sets getting pushed into the back. You will almost certainly be able to get a 1080p set for less than a grand by the start of next year. And here comes Sony with the cheapest 1080p HD BluRay player"
uhh yea ok buddy, dropping like mad. After checking bestbuy.ca and futureshop.ca I found 1 1080P HDTV and it was not 1000 bucks, it wasn't even close.. I've only seen a 1080p TV in a super high end audio/video store. And they didn't even have anything that could drive 1080p at the time. So I doubt this point has any merit what so ever for driving sales of the PS3.
another bad point
"HD-DVD sales are in the toilet, while Sony has been stockpiling hundreds of thousands of BluRay drives to launch in a couple million PS3s in November"
so they're stockpiling hundreds of thousands of bluray drives to launch a couple million PS3's. Anybody else see what's wrong with this statement? what about the other 1.5million PS3's that will supposedly be ready?
"Pre-orders are stronger than the 105+ million selling PS2 - and the demand is greatest for the 60gig/HDMI PS3"
Ah this must be the mystical 8-ball I was referring to. Where the hell did you get this information? Also NO MAJOR RETAILER HAS YET TO HAVE ANY PRE-ORDERS. Maybe it's different in Japan, but since I don't live there I can't comment on it.
Look, I want PS3 to be kickass, make me grill cheese and do my homework. But if they don't get they're shit together and stop being arrogant assholes they're going to fall like sega (Next gen doesn't start until we say so, ok buddy, piss off).
Sorry, I usually try to keep my posts very very clean and I'll probably be modded as a troll, but this is directly pointed at the SwG "managers"
FUCK YOU FOR FUCKING EVERYTHING UP
Never in my entire life have I seen something handled SO poorly in my life. There was ZERO change controls, they release something it breaks something, they nerf it and it breaks it again. Remember, you clowns basically completely IGNORED PAYING CUSTOMERS. Yes, I paid a bunch of money every month to play this game which in the beginning was actually really good. And the amount of time I spent developing my guy into an armorsmith was washed down the drain for a WOW look a like. If I wanted to play WOW at that time I would of!
Do you have any idea how boring an online game is when there is nobody online! SHIT!
If your an ex-SWG'er check out eve-online. Probably the closest thing you'll get to the old school SWG. A bit more complicated, but there's no mindless grinding and you can actually build something.
Sorry for the vulgarities but I just can't explain in words how frustrating that game became..
MrJynxx
Futureshop.ca had something that was even better than this idea.
Once they had a tentative allocation # from MS. They began allowing pre-orders of 10 xbox360's per day for a month or two (basically had an allocation of approx 600 or so). So if all of the 10 were gone you'd have to wait for the next day.
One night I was up really really late, and it turns out futureshop.ca is PST time, so I jumped online at 3am EST and was able to secure a pre-order (didn't charge my card until the day of shipping) . And surprisingly futureshop(Bestbuy actually owns them) got my 360 out to me on launch day!
So I laughed at all the hordes of people lining up at bestbuy/futureshop on launch day.. and have been loving it ever since (well, until some good games came out, launch day games kinda sucked).
MrJynxx