It is not suprising that there is a lull now in the PSPs growth as a system. The initial "wow" of the system is over and now it really needs to build its base of games. The movies and other features are all supplementary to the games. The UMD movies are a small market because very few people are going to buy the same movie twice. Once for DVD, which will be people's first consideration, and once for UMD. Sony now has to invest heavily into growing the library of games available for it.
When they do their first price cut for the system will be a good gauge of how the system is doing. Right now, I think that they shouldn't be too disappointed. Unless they dont have the games lined up, of course.
You wont need an organized boycott. I still cant believe that with all the obnoxious DRM they have included all new media technologies that they missed the part where we actually have to purchase the products. Do you really think that people are going to buy all the stuff necessary to play content at a higher resolution? I think the entertainment industry is making a huge miscalculation that is going to screw them over. It probably wont be nearly as bad for them as it will be for the tech companies that have dumped millions into these DRM technologies. I wonder of the tech industry will be as apt to help the entertainment industry afterwards.
Gone is one advantage that Microsoft looked like they were going to have over Sony, shipping the Xbox 360 with a hard drive as standard equipment. Now the developers are not going to program the games to use the hard drive. This will bring down the level of features that will be offered in a game. So, what will Xbox have over PS3? Nothing by the looks of it. They will get a small marketing jump by being first out but the PS3 will crush the 360 by virtue of its massive PS2 catalog alone.
The Xbox came out with a major feature that helped them make some in roads in the market. They offered a hard drive that developers could use to reduce the load times. It was a value to the consumer because it did not increase the price of the system. Consumers, in general, do not purchase peripherals for game systems beyond an extra controller. I think Microsoft is seriously overestimating their foothold in the console market and this decision is going to cost them alot.
A leaked, cracked version of that OS could quickly become a favorite for non-gaming computers. I have to wonder if this was an intentional leak or not. I dont know if it will supplant 3.11 as the most pirated OS ever, but it will be up there. This could be a market test for Apple to see if the demand is there to sell their OS to the non-Apple hardware crowd.
I think the war is over also. DVD wins. I think they are going to have a monumental task trying to get people to switch to Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. DVD is already there, able to be copied and of good quality. No provider is going to not offer DVD in favor of the new format because the DVD market is just too huge. If problems with the DRM of either of these formats starts to keep Joe Sixpack from viewing any of the HD-DVDs he purchased, then there is going to be massive problems. With the load of DRM crap that they are piling on, I suspect there are going to be problems.
Roughly 80 percent of video game programmers are white, according to preliminary results of an International Game Developers Association survey. About four percent of designers are Hispanic, and less than three percent are black
I guess after 87% we just run out of whites and minorities.
Considering that Microsoft does provide a mail service that is frequently abused by and and bombarded by spammers, I believe they had a very valid claim and I wonder if their losses incurred by spam come close to the $7 million that they are being awarded.
It is unfortunate, however, that this will not deter someone else from following the same business model. They will just work through China.
Sentient machines will not need to put us into sensory cocoons that recreate a world for us to interact in. I think we will end up doing that ourselves.
After all the rediculous FUD that has been spewed out by this company, does anyone in the software development or corporate world take any spoken or writen word from this company seriously? I have to believe that Darl is now just talking to himself. Unix is going to sink slowly into the west. Maybe it didn't have to, but the company that currently distributes so horribly mismanaged the PR and marketing of its product by making themselves the most hated name in the communty that I don't see an ice cube's chance in hell of Unix surviving unless its distribution rights are bought by another company that puts more money and effort into its developement and less into its legal fund.
This is the biggest hurdle Linux has to jump to grow in the consumer market. Unfortunately, since Linux itself is not marketed to a significant degree, for-profit software developers with large marketing budgets are not going to throw their money software developement or a campaign to sell software for an OS that is not on the consumer radar.
Linux is, however, an excellent OS for a corporation that can either take advantage of the OSS tools that have been made for it or has the inhouse staff to create their own tools for it. I imagine it is more a combination of the two.
It is also great for those that know their way around computers and search for all the OSS apps, tools, and media programs the community has created. Most consumers, however, are not going to do some of the work that goes with this. They are not going to compile code. If its not packaged, they are not going to use it. Frankly, OSX much greater change of giving MS a real run for its money if it gets hacked to run on a regular X86 system.
I love the game, but I makes sure to always go out with friends and such. I went to Vegas last weekend, gambled, visited the AH, picked up the flight path, and then got really drunk. Got to make sure you mix up your life.
Victory will go to the format that allows end users to make use of the features they have on the existing HD equipment that they have already purchased. Basically, we will have to see who caves in to the demands of the market first. However, if they attempt to go full speed ahead with both formats, it is very likely that neither of them will make a significant gain and DVD, the existing and convenient technology, will continue to be the mainstream.
While there were several benifits of DVD over VHS, it may be difficult to get consumers to see the benifit of the additional HD features if they cant use them without investing in newer HD equipment.
Hollywood's quest for the perfect copy-protection technology may be undermined by existance of an entrenched format that has good quality, features, and flexability that, while inferior, is very convenient.
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It is not suprising that there is a lull now in the PSPs growth as a system. The initial "wow" of the system is over and now it really needs to build its base of games. The movies and other features are all supplementary to the games. The UMD movies are a small market because very few people are going to buy the same movie twice. Once for DVD, which will be people's first consideration, and once for UMD. Sony now has to invest heavily into growing the library of games available for it.
When they do their first price cut for the system will be a good gauge of how the system is doing. Right now, I think that they shouldn't be too disappointed. Unless they dont have the games lined up, of course.
You wont need an organized boycott. I still cant believe that with all the obnoxious DRM they have included all new media technologies that they missed the part where we actually have to purchase the products. Do you really think that people are going to buy all the stuff necessary to play content at a higher resolution? I think the entertainment industry is making a huge miscalculation that is going to screw them over. It probably wont be nearly as bad for them as it will be for the tech companies that have dumped millions into these DRM technologies. I wonder of the tech industry will be as apt to help the entertainment industry afterwards.
Gone is one advantage that Microsoft looked like they were going to have over Sony, shipping the Xbox 360 with a hard drive as standard equipment. Now the developers are not going to program the games to use the hard drive. This will bring down the level of features that will be offered in a game. So, what will Xbox have over PS3? Nothing by the looks of it. They will get a small marketing jump by being first out but the PS3 will crush the 360 by virtue of its massive PS2 catalog alone.
The Xbox came out with a major feature that helped them make some in roads in the market. They offered a hard drive that developers could use to reduce the load times. It was a value to the consumer because it did not increase the price of the system. Consumers, in general, do not purchase peripherals for game systems beyond an extra controller. I think Microsoft is seriously overestimating their foothold in the console market and this decision is going to cost them alot.
A leaked, cracked version of that OS could quickly become a favorite for non-gaming computers. I have to wonder if this was an intentional leak or not. I dont know if it will supplant 3.11 as the most pirated OS ever, but it will be up there. This could be a market test for Apple to see if the demand is there to sell their OS to the non-Apple hardware crowd.
I think the war is over also. DVD wins. I think they are going to have a monumental task trying to get people to switch to Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. DVD is already there, able to be copied and of good quality. No provider is going to not offer DVD in favor of the new format because the DVD market is just too huge. If problems with the DRM of either of these formats starts to keep Joe Sixpack from viewing any of the HD-DVDs he purchased, then there is going to be massive problems. With the load of DRM crap that they are piling on, I suspect there are going to be problems.
Roughly 80 percent of video game programmers are white, according to preliminary results of an International Game Developers Association survey. About four percent of designers are Hispanic, and less than three percent are black
I guess after 87% we just run out of whites and minorities.
Considering that Microsoft does provide a mail service that is frequently abused by and and bombarded by spammers, I believe they had a very valid claim and I wonder if their losses incurred by spam come close to the $7 million that they are being awarded. It is unfortunate, however, that this will not deter someone else from following the same business model. They will just work through China.
Sentient machines will not need to put us into sensory cocoons that recreate a world for us to interact in. I think we will end up doing that ourselves.
We have met the enemy, and the enemy is us.
After all the rediculous FUD that has been spewed out by this company, does anyone in the software development or corporate world take any spoken or writen word from this company seriously? I have to believe that Darl is now just talking to himself. Unix is going to sink slowly into the west. Maybe it didn't have to, but the company that currently distributes so horribly mismanaged the PR and marketing of its product by making themselves the most hated name in the communty that I don't see an ice cube's chance in hell of Unix surviving unless its distribution rights are bought by another company that puts more money and effort into its developement and less into its legal fund.
This is the biggest hurdle Linux has to jump to grow in the consumer market. Unfortunately, since Linux itself is not marketed to a significant degree, for-profit software developers with large marketing budgets are not going to throw their money software developement or a campaign to sell software for an OS that is not on the consumer radar.
Linux is, however, an excellent OS for a corporation that can either take advantage of the OSS tools that have been made for it or has the inhouse staff to create their own tools for it. I imagine it is more a combination of the two.
It is also great for those that know their way around computers and search for all the OSS apps, tools, and media programs the community has created. Most consumers, however, are not going to do some of the work that goes with this. They are not going to compile code. If its not packaged, they are not going to use it. Frankly, OSX much greater change of giving MS a real run for its money if it gets hacked to run on a regular X86 system.
allegedly masturbates to pictures of Joe McCarthy.
As long as the big laser satalite has even a 1 in 6,000,000,000 chance of frying Michael Bay I say it is worth the money and the risk.
I love the game, but I makes sure to always go out with friends and such. I went to Vegas last weekend, gambled, visited the AH, picked up the flight path, and then got really drunk. Got to make sure you mix up your life.
Victory will go to the format that allows end users to make use of the features they have on the existing HD equipment that they have already purchased. Basically, we will have to see who caves in to the demands of the market first. However, if they attempt to go full speed ahead with both formats, it is very likely that neither of them will make a significant gain and DVD, the existing and convenient technology, will continue to be the mainstream. While there were several benifits of DVD over VHS, it may be difficult to get consumers to see the benifit of the additional HD features if they cant use them without investing in newer HD equipment. Hollywood's quest for the perfect copy-protection technology may be undermined by existance of an entrenched format that has good quality, features, and flexability that, while inferior, is very convenient.