Before they've even learned anything about Sony's new console, many consumers have already made up their minds that they want the next PlayStation no matter what
That's not a very compelling reason why they won't lose the war. For every 1 person who has to have it, there will be 100 who won't pay $500 for a console.
You can play the "could have" game with every company in existance to make them look better. Nintendo is being run smarter/better right now. Period. They don't make faulty batteries. They aren't making a next-gen console and selling it for $500. They aren't pushing a new DVD technology that nobody will adopt. They aren't installing rootkits on peoples' computers. They aren't trying to shove DRM down everyone's throats. They aren't a huge part of the RIAA suing people left and right. They aren't a huge part of the MPAA suing people left and right. They aren't taking a loss on every console sold. They don't have a failing electronics division. And consequently their profits are up. I think there is a link between a companies management style/philosophy and their profits...
I don't think they're trying to stop people from buying it, they just choose not to support that game. Like the fact that I don't sell pornography doesn't mean that I give a shit if people buy it from somewhere else. I just choose to not support that.
I don't necessarily think that parents should have to go so far as to sign an agreement with the school, but at the same time, why shouldn't they?
Why not? Every single private school in America will make you sign a contract. Public schools should be doubly diligent, because its taxpayer money at stake.
This will not be around for long. Guaranteed. It's surprising that companies continually fail to learn from past history and keep wasting investors' money coming up with crap like this...
Why waste disk space on movie files when doing it with the game engine is smaller and better for immersion?
Companies do this because it's easier/cheaper to farm out cutscenes to an animation studio than to program a good scripting system and pay people to program in the cutscenes.
I think the general solution is to not have people with full-function read-write OS and filesystems. 99% of people don't need a full blown "computer". They surf the web and do email and that's it. What they need is something like an X-terminal where there is a browser and email software in firmware, and that's it. Updates could be done but everything would be signed digitally and come from a secure location, or done manually, and never without operator approval.
I don't know what you're talking about. I use gasoline to clean lead and benzene off my bare skin regularly. I've never had softer, smoother, greener skin....
I thought trademarks were sort of industry-specific anyway. Like how there could be a cartoon called Thunderbirds, and a car called a Thunderbird. Maybe I just don't understand trademarks...
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What's sad is that the majority of voters are probably suckered by this.
Before they've even learned anything about Sony's new console, many consumers have already made up their minds that they want the next PlayStation no matter what
That's not a very compelling reason why they won't lose the war. For every 1 person who has to have it, there will be 100 who won't pay $500 for a console.
I thought fantasy football was the gamer nerd version of fantasy football.
You can play the "could have" game with every company in existance to make them look better. Nintendo is being run smarter/better right now. Period. They don't make faulty batteries. They aren't making a next-gen console and selling it for $500. They aren't pushing a new DVD technology that nobody will adopt. They aren't installing rootkits on peoples' computers. They aren't trying to shove DRM down everyone's throats. They aren't a huge part of the RIAA suing people left and right. They aren't a huge part of the MPAA suing people left and right. They aren't taking a loss on every console sold. They don't have a failing electronics division. And consequently their profits are up. I think there is a link between a companies management style/philosophy and their profits...
Why do they use handsome, sexy, well-built models for their ads, instead of fat, hairy, slovenly losers that represent the majority of the market?
ANY test we perform or observation we make could be totally flawed because we don't know what we're looking for.
Do you need a half-life before you can have a first one?
Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Does it matter if 10,000 of the 10,010 users are RIAA stooges?
Tag is just practice for running away from the kid the AK-47 and grenades. We are stripping our children of all their defenses!
I don't think they're trying to stop people from buying it, they just choose not to support that game. Like the fact that I don't sell pornography doesn't mean that I give a shit if people buy it from somewhere else. I just choose to not support that.
I don't necessarily think that parents should have to go so far as to sign an agreement with the school, but at the same time, why shouldn't they?
Why not? Every single private school in America will make you sign a contract. Public schools should be doubly diligent, because its taxpayer money at stake.
This will not be around for long. Guaranteed. It's surprising that companies continually fail to learn from past history and keep wasting investors' money coming up with crap like this...
Yeah, I don't think our current technology is really ready for something like this. I would say give it another 10-20 years and try again.
At which point does the universe implode?
"Simple" is not necessarily congruent to "Most Profitable"
They might just be an army of QRIOs
Why waste disk space on movie files when doing it with the game engine is smaller and better for immersion?
Companies do this because it's easier/cheaper to farm out cutscenes to an animation studio than to program a good scripting system and pay people to program in the cutscenes.
really nobody
You mean, besides Sony's execs
I think the general solution is to not have people with full-function read-write OS and filesystems. 99% of people don't need a full blown "computer". They surf the web and do email and that's it. What they need is something like an X-terminal where there is a browser and email software in firmware, and that's it. Updates could be done but everything would be signed digitally and come from a secure location, or done manually, and never without operator approval.
Judging from the quality of the content on YouTube I would say it both causes, and attracts it
I would love to see what sorts of humorous nasty pictures and effigies of Jack Thompson litter the Take 2 and Rockstar offices/email servers.
Gasoline + skin = bad day
I don't know what you're talking about. I use gasoline to clean lead and benzene off my bare skin regularly. I've never had softer, smoother, greener skin....
I thought trademarks were sort of industry-specific anyway. Like how there could be a cartoon called Thunderbirds, and a car called a Thunderbird. Maybe I just don't understand trademarks...
I hope they let him code in prison.
Fuck that guy. I hope they let him code a nice anal prison gang rape program every day.