let's not forget you can turn on persistent corpses in Dawn of War. Nothing like having a huge battle and leaving a trail of corpses. Of course, you needed a decent pc to show it
I found the exact opposite. I saw a bunch of Wiis in the first store I checked at (it was about 9 am). Not a single PS3 in any store I visited. It appears no store will be getting them until March
according to this article Europe got 700,000 Wiis. Japan was somewhere around 1 million as far as I could see. There are also Canada and other small markets (Australia had 50,000) and we're looking at a number around 3-3.5 million. Take into consideration Nintendo said they would ship 4 million worldwide, so there are some in transit, would suggest that Nintendo came close, but didn't quite reach, their target of 4 million by the end of the year.
you aren't even reading the other guy's posts are you?
half the people who buy iTunes music don't even KNOW it has DRM. They might one day decide they are sick of the iPod and buy a SanDisk player, and then realise that they can no longer play their music. The average consumer doesn't even understand the situation they are in, let alone know how to free themselves from it.
On slashdot everyone knows that FairPlay can be circumvented by burning a CD then ripping it, but not everyone is a regular/. reader
1) Remember that the US was the last launch that the PS3 made, they only had to supply US and Japan. After the US launch, Nintendo had to maintain a launch in Japan, Europe, US, Australia etc. That's most likely why the production numbers didn't ramp up as much. Of course, you people in USA probably would prefer that they kept them there to deal with the demand, but speaking as an Aussie with a Wii and no PS3, it definitely makes a difference here
2) everyone says that the current best selling console is the PS2. This is clearly wrong, and everyone is ignoring the real winner, the DS, which sold some 2.4 million or something. Just because it's a handheld doesn't mean it's not a console
a bit OT, but you'll find that a video card can in general do less polygons in a wireframe mesh than a solid (although with effects and high res textures that might change, definitely the absolute fastest renderng is with a solid shape rather than a wireframe mesh.
So Opera by default can allow you to disable Javascript. Too bad Firefox and IE can't do that (hmm hang on a sec... Edit->preferences->content->enable Javascript... looks like Firefox CAN do it! Even IE can, if you look through their advanced settings enough)
Can Opera enable Javascript on a site-by-site basis by default?
I found the same thing and figured that it was just Nintendo trying to ensure that even the most retarded person could play their games. Wii Sports Bowling kinda did the best job of incorporating the six degrees aspect, I thought, but it was still a bit disappointing in that respect. The games are fun but there does seem to be a bit of a "just swing the controller" aspect to it (tennis wasn't that bad, you could still put spin on the ball, hit it up and down, etc, but Zelda in that respect was a bit disappointing. It would have been nice to at least be able to do sideways/rising/jab/whatever with your sword)
Although I didn't get it, I thought Red Steel was meant to do something of the sort with its sword fights, but I haven't played it.
actually you'll find that the car you buy will be bundled with fuel from the dealer.
We have to take this matter to court! Force car dealers to sell you cars with no fuel! You can go and bring your own fuel if you want to actually drive your car.
of course it does! do you think that every single one of those servers connects with a different modem to a different ISP? Or do you think that they all run on the same network on one giant fat pipe to the Internet?
Well obviously they're all going to be running on the same network. I don't see Microsoft paying AOL for 5000 connections to the Internet. So now you have all the servers running on the same routers and going through the same connection to the Internet.
So now can you tell me with a straight face that having more servers won't impact the performance of each individual server?
This doesn't go into the fact that the hardware will actually cost money. The more servers you have, the more it costs. You can of course, cut costs by running multiple games on one server. This may not be necessary when you have an installed base of 400k but it might be when you have 20x that. Of course it's more difficult to provide for 20x the people because you need 20x the equipment and it costs 20x the money (note: simplification). Not that I'm saying Microsoft is doing a good job or that they're going to be fine with 10 million consoles or whatever, because I'm not saying that.
All I am saying is you can't compare Sony's network performance to Microsoft's and say that Sony can handle it better because the situations are completely different. It's clearly more difficult to provide lag-free servers for 20x the people.
as an addition to this, I want to get a replacement strap as soon as possible, but according to the form you can only get one in USA or Canada. Anyone have any idea how us Aussies can get a replacement strap?
I had a couple of family friends over the other day. And they brought kids. Around the age of 8 and 10.
I haven't felt scared for my television as much as that day. Luckily it all went fine but you have to remember that kids are going to be using this system and they can really put some force behind a controller, and their young little hands might not have the coordination to ensure the remote doesn't go flying.
who said thats redundant? i dont think that word means what you think it means.
according to google, redundant is defined as:
The exact same data stored in more than one location in the same hard drive or database. Repeated or duplicated unnecessarily.
considering I have seen this exact same link on/. at least 4 times just in this article, and another 5 times in every other article about the wiimote wrist straps (about 5 of them) I would say the word means exactly what the moderator thinks it means
maybe you should learn to keep your mouth shut before you look like an idiot. (Oh wait, you knew you'd look like an idiot that's why you posted AC)
let's just pick apart each of your points one by one
1) Blind loyalty to one company over another? who's the fanboy? it looks like you're the sony fanboy here (and the moron). As for me, I never owned an xbox or an xbox 360, I am not interested in every buying them. I owned a Playstation (not anymore) and a DS. I'm just pointing out the facts
2) sure, I'll believe you're unfounded numbers, over the numbers I've been seeing all over the place (http://nexgenwars.com, see, this is what you do when you debate someone without looking like an idiot, try providing sources rather than making up numbers)
3) Ah of course, And a dedicated server of course doesn't require money to buy, as well as a place to put them, as well as a pipe to provide the bandwidth to serve the content to the users. Of course, it costs the same amount to host 500 servers as 10000 servers (these numbers are made up)
4) When Sony has as many users as Microsoft, and as many servers as Microsoft, then I'll believe MS just can't handle setting up servers as well as Sony
5) I didn't open my mouth. Don't have voice to text here
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they can't do much worse a job than Sony's current marketing geniuses...
let's not forget you can turn on persistent corpses in Dawn of War. Nothing like having a huge battle and leaving a trail of corpses. Of course, you needed a decent pc to show it
I found the exact opposite. I saw a bunch of Wiis in the first store I checked at (it was about 9 am). Not a single PS3 in any store I visited. It appears no store will be getting them until March
;)
Oh yeah, did I mention I'm in Australia?
according to this article Europe got 700,000 Wiis. Japan was somewhere around 1 million as far as I could see. There are also Canada and other small markets (Australia had 50,000) and we're looking at a number around 3-3.5 million. Take into consideration Nintendo said they would ship 4 million worldwide, so there are some in transit, would suggest that Nintendo came close, but didn't quite reach, their target of 4 million by the end of the year.
you were in both the Boy Scouts AND the Girl Scouts? I know we're all about equal opportunity but this is ridiculous.
you aren't even reading the other guy's posts are you?
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half the people who buy iTunes music don't even KNOW it has DRM. They might one day decide they are sick of the iPod and buy a SanDisk player, and then realise that they can no longer play their music. The average consumer doesn't even understand the situation they are in, let alone know how to free themselves from it.
On slashdot everyone knows that FairPlay can be circumvented by burning a CD then ripping it, but not everyone is a regular
a couple of things of note
1) Remember that the US was the last launch that the PS3 made, they only had to supply US and Japan. After the US launch, Nintendo had to maintain a launch in Japan, Europe, US, Australia etc. That's most likely why the production numbers didn't ramp up as much. Of course, you people in USA probably would prefer that they kept them there to deal with the demand, but speaking as an Aussie with a Wii and no PS3, it definitely makes a difference here
2) everyone says that the current best selling console is the PS2. This is clearly wrong, and everyone is ignoring the real winner, the DS, which sold some 2.4 million or something. Just because it's a handheld doesn't mean it's not a console
they said they were shipping 4 million consoles, with about half to go to North America.
1.1 million sold in USA alone tells me that they probably didn't meet their 4 million target, but I don't think they would have been pretty close
how often does pi change? I remember back in the days when pi was 3.13, but dammit they swore that it wouldn't be changed again!
then it's rather difficult to imagine what terrible things he must have said to only warrant a +4
but we can hear the noise and see your grin, so it's inside our frame of reference
a bit OT, but you'll find that a video card can in general do less polygons in a wireframe mesh than a solid (although with effects and high res textures that might change, definitely the absolute fastest renderng is with a solid shape rather than a wireframe mesh.
So Opera by default can allow you to disable Javascript. Too bad Firefox and IE can't do that (hmm hang on a sec... Edit->preferences->content->enable Javascript... looks like Firefox CAN do it! Even IE can, if you look through their advanced settings enough)
Can Opera enable Javascript on a site-by-site basis by default?
openSUSE 10.2 includes beagle out of the box, and compiz (with expose like support) once you get the drivers installed.
Despite everyone's anti-Novell rants, openSUSE is actually quite nice (I'm running Ubuntu myself, though)
www.ubuntu.com
I believe sixaxis involves three axes of movement and 3 axes of rotation, making 6 total.
Shhh... don't tell anyone these are the same three axes!
I found the same thing and figured that it was just Nintendo trying to ensure that even the most retarded person could play their games. Wii Sports Bowling kinda did the best job of incorporating the six degrees aspect, I thought, but it was still a bit disappointing in that respect. The games are fun but there does seem to be a bit of a "just swing the controller" aspect to it (tennis wasn't that bad, you could still put spin on the ball, hit it up and down, etc, but Zelda in that respect was a bit disappointing. It would have been nice to at least be able to do sideways/rising/jab/whatever with your sword)
Although I didn't get it, I thought Red Steel was meant to do something of the sort with its sword fights, but I haven't played it.
just give the remote a quick flick with your wrist. I get 150km/h fastballs every time
that's interesting, I have super mario bros on my wii shop channel just waiting to be downloaded.
Maybe it's only in Australia...
actually you'll find that the car you buy will be bundled with fuel from the dealer.
We have to take this matter to court! Force car dealers to sell you cars with no fuel! You can go and bring your own fuel if you want to actually drive your car.
of course it does! do you think that every single one of those servers connects with a different modem to a different ISP? Or do you think that they all run on the same network on one giant fat pipe to the Internet?
Well obviously they're all going to be running on the same network. I don't see Microsoft paying AOL for 5000 connections to the Internet. So now you have all the servers running on the same routers and going through the same connection to the Internet.
So now can you tell me with a straight face that having more servers won't impact the performance of each individual server?
This doesn't go into the fact that the hardware will actually cost money. The more servers you have, the more it costs. You can of course, cut costs by running multiple games on one server. This may not be necessary when you have an installed base of 400k but it might be when you have 20x that. Of course it's more difficult to provide for 20x the people because you need 20x the equipment and it costs 20x the money (note: simplification). Not that I'm saying Microsoft is doing a good job or that they're going to be fine with 10 million consoles or whatever, because I'm not saying that.
All I am saying is you can't compare Sony's network performance to Microsoft's and say that Sony can handle it better because the situations are completely different. It's clearly more difficult to provide lag-free servers for 20x the people.
as an addition to this, I want to get a replacement strap as soon as possible, but according to the form you can only get one in USA or Canada. Anyone have any idea how us Aussies can get a replacement strap?
agreed
I had a couple of family friends over the other day. And they brought kids. Around the age of 8 and 10.
I haven't felt scared for my television as much as that day. Luckily it all went fine but you have to remember that kids are going to be using this system and they can really put some force behind a controller, and their young little hands might not have the coordination to ensure the remote doesn't go flying.
according to google, redundant is defined as:
considering I have seen this exact same link on
maybe you should learn to keep your mouth shut before you look like an idiot. (Oh wait, you knew you'd look like an idiot that's why you posted AC)
let's just pick apart each of your points one by one
1) Blind loyalty to one company over another? who's the fanboy? it looks like you're the sony fanboy here (and the moron). As for me, I never owned an xbox or an xbox 360, I am not interested in every buying them. I owned a Playstation (not anymore) and a DS. I'm just pointing out the facts
2) sure, I'll believe you're unfounded numbers, over the numbers I've been seeing all over the place (http://nexgenwars.com, see, this is what you do when you debate someone without looking like an idiot, try providing sources rather than making up numbers)
3) Ah of course, And a dedicated server of course doesn't require money to buy, as well as a place to put them, as well as a pipe to provide the bandwidth to serve the content to the users. Of course, it costs the same amount to host 500 servers as 10000 servers (these numbers are made up)
4) When Sony has as many users as Microsoft, and as many servers as Microsoft, then I'll believe MS just can't handle setting up servers as well as Sony
5) I didn't open my mouth. Don't have voice to text here