Launch titles will determine either the success or failure of the Wii in comparison to the other consoles available...
I think you really underestimate the importance of having good solid games with the release of a console. Without them, what would drive initial sales? Without initial sales, where will the developers go? I'd say other platforms. There's much more to it than simply having a couple of games to release the console with.
And I tend to agree that the price drop is not as important in this case because of its already bargain-basement pricepoint in comparison to the XBOX 360 and Sony's over-priced black box of doom...
lol, oh well... at least my home server is doing fine
It seems to be able to handle what little traffic is driven through my slashdot comments alright, but I'll make a note to not post any articles here or it probably will be a smouldering pile of melted PC when I get home from work:)
Woah, hold on there a second. Sure, some of the stuff in Kentia Hall was crap as you call it, but for the most part, the smaller publishers down there put on a much better show than the big guys upstairs. That is, if you were in it to learn more about upcoming games and not stroll through some overly expensive booth with nothing to see but flashy demos, etc.
It was the people who were in Kentia Hall who actually did E3 right, it was already a more intimate atmosphere down there where people could easily meet and talk without interruption from the noise levels from upstairs...
Well, I agree with you completely on this, but unfortunately this is not the way schools like this seem to work. I have recently realized that they do not see students as customers, which is counter-intuitive, since any other business in the service industry would either respect its customers, or lose their business.
I guess it doesn't work this way for universities, or they just don't care because they are large institutions.
As for the school, since I my patience has been tested to the limit, and since I do not have much time left to finish my degree so I have to suffer for another 8 months (after which I will not be returning for any graduate studies at this school for sure), it is Carleton University.
Some people did take the time to look this up, but I will post it for others who want a quick reference as to the school I am referring to.
I've found my four years so far to be the most frustrating in my life, and not because the classes were difficult...
Unfortunately, I've had the experience of using WebCT at my university (whose name I won't mention here because I still have one year left in my degree and am already quite upset with administration for many many other issues -- if you are curious, it's not hard to find on my site).
The interface to this application is absolutely terrible, the professors who use it (why?) post things on it on an irregular basis (so I don't keep track of it) and hardly use even half of the features (probably because its such a damn mess). I have no idea why, but some use it simply to post notes, in which case a simple web page would do fine.
I heard that Blackboard was a little better, but have no experience using it. I guess this means neither are good, in which case discouraging an open source alternative is definitely not the way to go. These guys have to learn somehow that their software sucks.
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Launch titles will determine either the success or failure of the Wii in comparison to the other consoles available...
I think you really underestimate the importance of having good solid games with the release of a console. Without them, what would drive initial sales? Without initial sales, where will the developers go? I'd say other platforms. There's much more to it than simply having a couple of games to release the console with.
And I tend to agree that the price drop is not as important in this case because of its already bargain-basement pricepoint in comparison to the XBOX 360 and Sony's over-priced black box of doom...
lol, oh well... at least my home server is doing fine
:)
It seems to be able to handle what little traffic is driven through my slashdot comments alright, but I'll make a note to not post any articles here or it probably will be a smouldering pile of melted PC when I get home from work
Woah, hold on there a second. Sure, some of the stuff in Kentia Hall was crap as you call it, but for the most part, the smaller publishers down there put on a much better show than the big guys upstairs. That is, if you were in it to learn more about upcoming games and not stroll through some overly expensive booth with nothing to see but flashy demos, etc.
It was the people who were in Kentia Hall who actually did E3 right, it was already a more intimate atmosphere down there where people could easily meet and talk without interruption from the noise levels from upstairs...
But everyone in Manhattan does have a Hummer...
Well, I agree with you completely on this, but unfortunately this is not the way schools like this seem to work. I have recently realized that they do not see students as customers, which is counter-intuitive, since any other business in the service industry would either respect its customers, or lose their business.
I guess it doesn't work this way for universities, or they just don't care because they are large institutions.
As for the school, since I my patience has been tested to the limit, and since I do not have much time left to finish my degree so I have to suffer for another 8 months (after which I will not be returning for any graduate studies at this school for sure), it is Carleton University.
Some people did take the time to look this up, but I will post it for others who want a quick reference as to the school I am referring to.
I've found my four years so far to be the most frustrating in my life, and not because the classes were difficult...
Ooops, sorry about the lack of line breaks, my mind was elsewhere...
Unfortunately, I've had the experience of using WebCT at my university (whose name I won't mention here because I still have one year left in my degree and am already quite upset with administration for many many other issues -- if you are curious, it's not hard to find on my site). The interface to this application is absolutely terrible, the professors who use it (why?) post things on it on an irregular basis (so I don't keep track of it) and hardly use even half of the features (probably because its such a damn mess). I have no idea why, but some use it simply to post notes, in which case a simple web page would do fine. I heard that Blackboard was a little better, but have no experience using it. I guess this means neither are good, in which case discouraging an open source alternative is definitely not the way to go. These guys have to learn somehow that their software sucks.
Same here, knowing that this was happening in the city I live in would have been nice.
Haven't read the news on it yet, but I wonder how many people actually showed versus how many would have had they known.
http://gamingexcellence.com/xbox360/games/400/revi ew.shtml