The fact that we're all still speculating over the price point of the console should immediately be three strikes against the possibility of a spring release anywhere. I haven't even seen a price in Yen anywhere to even extrapolate a U.S. price from.
No media buzz, no word of production, no finalized list of system specs... no console anytime soon.
The problem with having all those features is that on every feature you're competing with a different segment of the market with every feature.
And if your product isn't better/less expensive/easier to use than whatever device, you're not going to pull in anyone with that feature. Plus, the people who are actually considering buying the product for other reasons get put off by all the unnecessary features.
It seems like they're basically pulling a late-night infomercial. "You can have all this for $19.95... BUT WAIT! We'll throw in this other thing, absolutely FREE!" Do you REALLY want the other thing? Are you willing to pay an inflated price for the advertised item just to get the "free" thing?
Usually it's people on a tight budget or cheapskates who go for this kind of thing, settling for a cheaper device that can decently do a bunch of things over dedicated devices. Sony's going to price these folks right out of the market.
Sony doesn't simply make good, reliable electronics anymore.
They make electronics that serve as lock-ins to their media content now.
Which means that people will buy the console because it has Madden, and Sony will think that nothing is wrong, but for many normal people, Sony is beginning to represent the worst of the music industry, the movie industry, the gaming industry and the technology industry all at the same time.
Somehow, these groups trying to make a watch list think that their actions will make a difference.
What will actually happen is that those on their side will make a really huge deal about this, inflame the people who are just as extreme on the other side, and everyone in the middle will just get sick of it cluttering up the student newspaper.
Whose titling these stories around here?
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Spam dead? Could someone explain to me how spam reaching a plateau and slightly declining from that plateau constitutes the death of spam?
Last I checked, a zero value is not the same as a first derivative evaluating to zero.
The point is that someone with a 4.0 GPA will have difficulty getting hired due to lack of directly applicable experience, and someone with a 3.0 GPA who's had a co-op/internship with a major technology company will find it much easier.
For every 4.0 studious, analytical student out there who fits well into the work world, there's a 4.0 GPA "professional student" who doesn't have the soft skills to fit into corporate culture.
It's not that there's anything bad about marketing information by itself.
It's that, unlike say 20 years ago, my personal information is in a file along with hundreds of thousands/millions of other people, and one break can give a potential user of said information free reign on millions of people.
Plus, nothing says "please ignore my argument" like a dictionary definition used as an argument, like the dictionary definition is the ONLY way a word can be used in all situations.
Our government had information it needed to see the 9/11 terrorist attack coming. It was unable to thwart the plan because that information got lost in the shuffle of the bureaucracy.
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No, the worst position possible would be three feet up the controller cord.
The fact that we're all still speculating over the price point of the console should immediately be three strikes against the possibility of a spring release anywhere. I haven't even seen a price in Yen anywhere to even extrapolate a U.S. price from.
No media buzz, no word of production, no finalized list of system specs... no console anytime soon.
The problem with having all those features is that on every feature you're competing with a different segment of the market with every feature.
And if your product isn't better/less expensive/easier to use than whatever device, you're not going to pull in anyone with that feature. Plus, the people who are actually considering buying the product for other reasons get put off by all the unnecessary features.
It seems like they're basically pulling a late-night infomercial. "You can have all this for $19.95... BUT WAIT! We'll throw in this other thing, absolutely FREE!" Do you REALLY want the other thing? Are you willing to pay an inflated price for the advertised item just to get the "free" thing?
Usually it's people on a tight budget or cheapskates who go for this kind of thing, settling for a cheaper device that can decently do a bunch of things over dedicated devices. Sony's going to price these folks right out of the market.
Don't you know?
Sony doesn't simply make good, reliable electronics anymore.
They make electronics that serve as lock-ins to their media content now.
Which means that people will buy the console because it has Madden, and Sony will think that nothing is wrong, but for many normal people, Sony is beginning to represent the worst of the music industry, the movie industry, the gaming industry and the technology industry all at the same time.
Somehow, these groups trying to make a watch list think that their actions will make a difference.
What will actually happen is that those on their side will make a really huge deal about this, inflame the people who are just as extreme on the other side, and everyone in the middle will just get sick of it cluttering up the student newspaper.
Spam dead? Could someone explain to me how spam reaching a plateau and slightly declining from that plateau constitutes the death of spam?
Last I checked, a zero value is not the same as a first derivative evaluating to zero.
The point is that someone with a 4.0 GPA will have difficulty getting hired due to lack of directly applicable experience, and someone with a 3.0 GPA who's had a co-op/internship with a major technology company will find it much easier.
For every 4.0 studious, analytical student out there who fits well into the work world, there's a 4.0 GPA "professional student" who doesn't have the soft skills to fit into corporate culture.
Suppose that the only software available in my hobbyist pursuits is on Windows. Now what?
Sure, most people want those basics, but how about the 10% of the functionality that isn't the basics? That can very easily be a dealbreaker.
I haven't said ANYTHING about business-related software, either. What open-source/free alternatives are there to, say, AutoCAD?
It's not that there's anything bad about marketing information by itself.
It's that, unlike say 20 years ago, my personal information is in a file along with hundreds of thousands/millions of other people, and one break can give a potential user of said information free reign on millions of people.
Plus, nothing says "please ignore my argument" like a dictionary definition used as an argument, like the dictionary definition is the ONLY way a word can be used in all situations.
Our government had information it needed to see the 9/11 terrorist attack coming. It was unable to thwart the plan because that information got lost in the shuffle of the bureaucracy.
The response: Collect a lot more information.
The competition is not a business trying to make money. Apples are not oranges.
- taking the time to respond to every last e-mail sent to his inbox
- calling the Penny Arcade guys instead of responding to the e-mail just to scream at them and hang up on them
- Coming up with ridiculous game ideas, attaching a promise of a charity donation, and then going back on said promise
- forwarding e-mails to Scott at VGCats, then feigning ignorance when called on it, then threatening a harassment lawsuit saying that he started it
- generally being enough of a douchebag that the people who agree with you disassociate themselves
then yes. Otherwise... not so much. He'd make a fantastic stalker, though.