Assuming all of the allocated units were sold, the Wii will probably sell more units than the DS Lite this week. That would end the 39 week string of the DS Lite at the top of the Japanese weekly hardware sales charts, which it has held since its launch in March.
Who would have guessed that Nintendo would have to dethrone itself...
Consumer electronics are getting more expensive?
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"Ryan (TUS): Consumer electronics today have begun to cost more and more, and considering what comes included with the $599 PS3 super-package, I'm honestly surprised that it isn't more expensive."
The cost appropriateness of the PS3 aside, does anyone believe the first part of this statement to be true? It seems to me, that by their very nature consumer electronics go down in price over time. Currently even high end PCs are considerably less expensive than low end PCs a decade ago. Even "new" entries into the market are less expensive than similar forrunners. When DVRs started to emerge they were less expensive than the original VCRs and the cost of even moderately sized HDTVs are less than the very first (black & white) consumer televisions.
I know that people believe that prices increase over time, and that is true for many things, but I can think of very few cases where this is true in the consumer electronics market, especially for already existing markets.
Are you suggesting that Blizzard never make additional raid content for the game, ever? TFA only describes the next and last (before the expansion) raid dungeon that will implemented in WoW. It does not state that this is all they are implementing, with no solo or group content. Nor does it state when this raid dungeon will be implemented beyond a nebulous "spring". Assuming no delay (which is quite a big assumption with Blizzard), this raid dungeon is up to five months away.
I believe this analyst to be horribly mistaken (not a new thing, I know) by recent actions taken my google with their video service. The problem lies with the fact that google doesn't want to be another itunes. They don't have any apparent desire to create an online store in any real form. Google does not make its profits from selling to consumers. Google does so by selling advertising space.
As has been google's standard operating procedure, they will seek to pair advertisers with content providers. Just as google now joins websites seeking to sell ad space with advertisers, so they will bring together "commercials" with video content. Believe it or not, google's future clients do not include the likes of CBS, NBC and other broadcasting conglomerates. Google's target clients will be independent video creaters as well as current television producers (delivering their content directly to the viewer, through google). In the end, google will not be charging for the vast majority of its video content and thereby greatly distancing itself from rivals such as itunes.
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Assuming all of the allocated units were sold, the Wii will probably sell more units than the DS Lite this week. That would end the 39 week string of the DS Lite at the top of the Japanese weekly hardware sales charts, which it has held since its launch in March.
Who would have guessed that Nintendo would have to dethrone itself...
"Ryan (TUS): Consumer electronics today have begun to cost more and more, and considering what comes included with the $599 PS3 super-package, I'm honestly surprised that it isn't more expensive." The cost appropriateness of the PS3 aside, does anyone believe the first part of this statement to be true? It seems to me, that by their very nature consumer electronics go down in price over time. Currently even high end PCs are considerably less expensive than low end PCs a decade ago. Even "new" entries into the market are less expensive than similar forrunners. When DVRs started to emerge they were less expensive than the original VCRs and the cost of even moderately sized HDTVs are less than the very first (black & white) consumer televisions. I know that people believe that prices increase over time, and that is true for many things, but I can think of very few cases where this is true in the consumer electronics market, especially for already existing markets.
RIAA Chairman Mitch Bainwol says it strikes "a balance that's good for the music, good for the fans, and good for business."
Well one out of three ain't bad, right?
Games? See how many other consoles are released with *4* titles grabbing 90+/100 ratings at launch. COD2, PD0, Kameo, and PGR3
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Where exactly are you getting your review scores? Gamerankings lists only CoD as having an average review of 90/100, with all other games lower.
http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/simplera
Are you suggesting that Blizzard never make additional raid content for the game, ever? TFA only describes the next and last (before the expansion) raid dungeon that will implemented in WoW. It does not state that this is all they are implementing, with no solo or group content. Nor does it state when this raid dungeon will be implemented beyond a nebulous "spring". Assuming no delay (which is quite a big assumption with Blizzard), this raid dungeon is up to five months away.
I believe this analyst to be horribly mistaken (not a new thing, I know) by recent actions taken my google with their video service. The problem lies with the fact that google doesn't want to be another itunes. They don't have any apparent desire to create an online store in any real form. Google does not make its profits from selling to consumers. Google does so by selling advertising space.
As has been google's standard operating procedure, they will seek to pair advertisers with content providers. Just as google now joins websites seeking to sell ad space with advertisers, so they will bring together "commercials" with video content. Believe it or not, google's future clients do not include the likes of CBS, NBC and other broadcasting conglomerates. Google's target clients will be independent video creaters as well as current television producers (delivering their content directly to the viewer, through google). In the end, google will not be charging for the vast majority of its video content and thereby greatly distancing itself from rivals such as itunes.