I have a Charter Cable service, and they provide a really nice DVR for about 7 bucks a month. They recently updated the firmware, and it's been really great. There's no subscription other than the $7 a month you pay to rent the box.
Comcast and TimeWarner also have their own DVRs. My recommendation is to simply go with whatever DVR is provided by your satellite/cable provider.
I think you miss my point... I'm not talking about the durability of the acutal hardware, I'm just saying that the original Xbox was released after the PS2 (by over a year) and the 360 came out way before the PS3, so M$ "life-of-product" was much shorter, thus your investment in their hardware was worse.
First off, I think Sony's price points are both outragously expensive... Having said that I think I might be able to justify another PS purchase. Why you ask? Easy. Out of the three top players in game consoles, the length of life of the both the ps and the ps2 have been substantially longer than either the N64, GC, Xbox....
What games are coming out for the XBox this year... ummm... nothing, and the Xbox came out well after the ps2 had been on the market for a while. At least GC has the new Zelda game. But the PS2 has God of War 2, Kingdom Hearts 2.... trust me the list goes on. To me this says that Sony is protecting your hardware investment a lot more than Microsoft who seems to think I can buy a console every 3-4 years.... try 6-7 years (Like the Playstation Brand:)
The issue regarding third party mods can be resolved with this simple analogy:
Let's say I buy a children's book from a major Publisher, say Scholastic. Let's now say that I paste pictures of naked ladies over a few pictures in the book. Then let's say I donate this book to my local library, and it gets put on the shelf without being every page reviewed by the library staff. When a child checks out the book, and the parents see the pr0n inside, does anyone think that Scholastic should be held responsible for "porn" in their children's book? Obviously not, yet this is the exact situation that Bethseda finds themselves in.
Couldn't the slump in game sales simply be related to the lack a more great games? Here's two big reasons sales will spike in Spring: Kingdom Hearts II (PS2), Zelda: Twilight Princess (GC), Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (360/PC). Three AAA title on three systems.... all of which could/would/should have been part of 2005 before delays.
From the numbers I seen through neXtGen, Joystiq, etc, no one stopped buying GBA titles leading up to the DS/PSP. Reason? A slew of quality games.
A great example of a stellar game that costs a little less is Shadow of the Colossus (PS2, from the makers of the also great Ico). I was able to purchase SotC for 29.99 new at my local Gamestop. Granted, the game is only about 15 hours, but is an innovative and fun play-through, not to mention the extra content that is unlocked when you beat the game.
I believe this is the type of game the author was trying to get at in this article. It is quite a bit shorter than some other adventure games out there, it's a bit cheaper, but overall it's a perfect experience.
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So Vista is like George Cloony with Bat nipples?
I have a Charter Cable service, and they provide a really nice DVR for about 7 bucks a month. They recently updated the firmware, and it's been really great. There's no subscription other than the $7 a month you pay to rent the box. Comcast and TimeWarner also have their own DVRs. My recommendation is to simply go with whatever DVR is provided by your satellite/cable provider.
I think you miss my point... I'm not talking about the durability of the acutal hardware, I'm just saying that the original Xbox was released after the PS2 (by over a year) and the 360 came out way before the PS3, so M$ "life-of-product" was much shorter, thus your investment in their hardware was worse.
First off, I think Sony's price points are both outragously expensive... Having said that I think I might be able to justify another PS purchase. Why you ask? Easy. Out of the three top players in game consoles, the length of life of the both the ps and the ps2 have been substantially longer than either the N64, GC, Xbox.... What games are coming out for the XBox this year... ummm... nothing, and the Xbox came out well after the ps2 had been on the market for a while. At least GC has the new Zelda game. But the PS2 has God of War 2, Kingdom Hearts 2.... trust me the list goes on. To me this says that Sony is protecting your hardware investment a lot more than Microsoft who seems to think I can buy a console every 3-4 years.... try 6-7 years (Like the Playstation Brand :)
The issue regarding third party mods can be resolved with this simple analogy: Let's say I buy a children's book from a major Publisher, say Scholastic. Let's now say that I paste pictures of naked ladies over a few pictures in the book. Then let's say I donate this book to my local library, and it gets put on the shelf without being every page reviewed by the library staff. When a child checks out the book, and the parents see the pr0n inside, does anyone think that Scholastic should be held responsible for "porn" in their children's book? Obviously not, yet this is the exact situation that Bethseda finds themselves in.
Couldn't the slump in game sales simply be related to the lack a more great games? Here's two big reasons sales will spike in Spring: Kingdom Hearts II (PS2), Zelda: Twilight Princess (GC), Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (360/PC). Three AAA title on three systems.... all of which could/would/should have been part of 2005 before delays. From the numbers I seen through neXtGen, Joystiq, etc, no one stopped buying GBA titles leading up to the DS/PSP. Reason? A slew of quality games.
A great example of a stellar game that costs a little less is Shadow of the Colossus (PS2, from the makers of the also great Ico). I was able to purchase SotC for 29.99 new at my local Gamestop. Granted, the game is only about 15 hours, but is an innovative and fun play-through, not to mention the extra content that is unlocked when you beat the game. I believe this is the type of game the author was trying to get at in this article. It is quite a bit shorter than some other adventure games out there, it's a bit cheaper, but overall it's a perfect experience.