I have bought about 14-15 disk PS3 games to date. And spent about $300 on the PSN. Someone I know (the crazy gamer kind) has spent between $4K-5K on games alone. I don't know what your friends are trying to showcase, but I would say if they don't have a use for the PS3, they were idiots to buy it in the first place.
The PS3 has sold consoles in the millions (the last number I heard somewhere was between 18-21 million). And I, neither those other millions I am sure, have any plans of throwing it out for the next 4-5 years at least. Guess what we will be doing with the PS3 then. Interesting statistic btw, the PS3 is selling more than the 360 did at the same point in its lifetime.
I would like to mention that I work with Java for a living. And I don't really know what you are talking about. True, Java was a hog back in the day.
But as of right now, Eclipse beats the pants off of Visual Studio. For that matter, even NetBeans is a very fast and functional alternative, especially if you want to get up and running real fast.
And I think NetBeans has better support for Ruby than any IDE out there period, yes, even Ruby specific ones.
http://blogs.sun.com/tor/
I say this because, its virtually impossible to even walk, let alone drive. And if you are drunk in the game, the police busts in a matter of seconds.
If anything, GTA is a case against drunk driving.
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I don't think its anybody's "fault". Now when everyone expects humans to jump 10 ft. in the air, blasting away and all that, a bit of physics does jar people's expectations. I found Lair to be perfectly playable once you realize that you are flying a dragon, not a jet fighter.
As far as Sixaxis being broken goes, I also play Warhawk regularly and the controller is really responsive.
I think the problem is that way too many people are hooked on games like Halo and don't appreciate really good, team strategy based games like America's Army. That, IMO is the cause of all this hand wringing.
I would agree with you. I am not a fan particularly of any system. I had an original XBox because I liked the games but now I have bought the PS3.
My main reason was the nickel and diming that Microsoft does. Like remember that you had to buy a $30 add on for playing DVD's on the original XBox.
I considered a lot and got a PS3 because frankly, I don't think there is much of a price difference. The 360 is $350 and the PS3 is $500. But if you factor in the cost of live (just for one year), the price difference is only $100.
Apart from that the build quality of the PS3 is great. You get built in wi-fi(no add ons), you get a wireless charger included in the price, I just got WarHawk and I got a BlueTooth headpiece with the game which also works with my phone, a larger HDD. The XBox headset just looks big and well, wired. Not to mention a blue ray player, USB ports etc. Agreed some would argue that all this is not needed, but I, personally don't think $100 is too much to ask for all this functionality.
I also considered getting an XBox, but after thinking about all these things, and the fact that the games I really want to play will be on the PS3, I actually think I have a better deal than the 360. It just looks nice in the living room without all those wires and add ons etc.
Maybe, or maybe let's look at it this way. Taking an example of the British. They pretty much stripped their colonies naked of resources, ended it all with nice partitions in India, Cyprus, Middle East etc., and I bet the British treasury still has tons of the wealth they looted.
Now, if you have tons of money, I won't think its very hard to some up with some tall buildings. Call me a cynic, or a troll.
Hate Reagan, Kennedy rocks(rocked)!
That apart, nice quote:
"...it's really a sad day for America when we require a goddamn ACT OF CONGRESS to make our DVD players work properly. ~" HAHA, lol
He's not anti-MS, he's anti-MS management. In all probability, he works at MS. He's probably just exposing the management wrongs at MS in the hope enough people will speak out to affect change.
Just my 2 cents. About your point about SW cost and people buying whatever is best for them. Its not entirely true. For example, why does XP come bundeled with practically every machine available on the market today. I am talking mainstream outlets. If people had to spend another $100 for XP home, I doubt, many, if not a lot would do it.
Also, even in the case of Vista. I doubt most people would actually line up at the store to buy it. A lot of Vista would sell, or rather be present on user desktops as it will come bundeled with the new computers people will buy.
That's also one reason monopolies are so bad. They can actually force the Dell's, Best Buy's and Circuit City's to function according to MS'e wishes.
I could not help but notice your comment about Open Source Development. Its unfortunate that you put out a one liner which mocks the good efforts of so many people. Surely you cannot ignore programs like Linux and its various programs and distros etc., Apache projects. The Apache HTTP WebServer command 70% of the web server market. That's a figure I got off the top of my head, but its close enough. There is just a vast number of examples to list here.
You must watch FOX a lot.
I think you mean "the only operating environment" that's available to the public at large when you say "consumer operating environment". How can I really put this is a way that would make you understand? Let me try again. Looking glass is not only a proof of concept, its a working, downloadable program which runs on Windows. It did this before Vista did, and that's just what I pointed out. Nothing more. And you just turned to personal attacks instead of making a legible point.
I am not crazy that I would be spouting against MS if it played fair. Why should I? I don't have any stocks in Apple or anything.
MS can make all the incremental changes they want as long as they don't tie users into an endless upgrade cycle. Did you check the screenshots that Vista would require 800 MB RAM just for the OS. To me that's crazy. And for what, shiny buttons?
You don't need to point put that you are not an MS fan to help make your point. I don't care. It does not concern me or what I pointed out in any way.
I can actually run looking glass as its available for free from the links I gave. I am actually running it. It serves no purpose, but its a start.
Look, I am not a Windows fan. MS has done more to stunt the growth of good, freely available software than any other company at any time. In the process, they have killed off innovation. Now people just have to live with the fact that Windows is what their "computer" is. I won't make any pretensions of even looking at the issue fairly. I am biased against MS and that's that.
MS made the claim when they demo these things as screenshots or whatever. Even you said, "They are saying that flip and the new tasbar and alt-tab options are new to windows". That's my whole point, its not NEW. MS is allowed to make improvements, its MS'es right to do so. But selling the same thing that's available for free as part of a bloated OS, for which users will have to pony up, not only for the SW, but also for the hardware, come on now.
There's a reason Sun is not releasing project looking glass as part of anything. Its because, it serves no real purpose except for looking cool. 3D interfaces have a long way to go before they actually become useful. I see these features just like the "clown-paint" MS put on XP. When it came out, it looked good for a few days, now it just hurts the eyes.
Actually, none of the features are handy to me as when I am running a video on my system, I don't know about you, but I watch the video. If I need to do something else, I pause it and come back. Its eye candy for eye candy's sake. No real value to the consumer at all.
I could not accuse MS of improving their security model by copying anyone. They have their own proprietry, NT 4 model, which is basically a pile of junk. I can't believe that they took 6 years to deliver an OS, and it still stands on the old NT kernel.
I also noticed the same thing as posted here before in some screenshots that I have previously seen. That looked like a good machine to me and it notched up only a measly 3.0.
As far as the 3D flipper thing goes, its nothing new or innovative by MS. As far as I know, Sun has that functionality in their looking glass project and has had that for about 2 years now. It does not look great or serve any purpose, maybe that's why its experimental. And Looking glass has all that other stuff too. Movies playing in the task bar and more. Here are some links:
Homepage: http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/
Real player demo: http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/demo.xml
Screenshots: http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/details. xml
As far as I can see, MS once again stole something and passed it off as their own.
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You might want to take a look at this then: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22434/1154/
I suppose you also support the "Evil western infidel" ideas of the Pakistani's idealogical brothers as well.
Folding@HOME comes to mind.
I have bought about 14-15 disk PS3 games to date. And spent about $300 on the PSN. Someone I know (the crazy gamer kind) has spent between $4K-5K on games alone. I don't know what your friends are trying to showcase, but I would say if they don't have a use for the PS3, they were idiots to buy it in the first place.
The PS3 has sold consoles in the millions (the last number I heard somewhere was between 18-21 million). And I, neither those other millions I am sure, have any plans of throwing it out for the next 4-5 years at least. Guess what we will be doing with the PS3 then. Interesting statistic btw, the PS3 is selling more than the 360 did at the same point in its lifetime.
I don't think the name PS3Fanboy matters much. All these sites like WiiFanboy and XBox360Fanboy are run by the same parent group.
I would like to mention that I work with Java for a living. And I don't really know what you are talking about. True, Java was a hog back in the day. But as of right now, Eclipse beats the pants off of Visual Studio. For that matter, even NetBeans is a very fast and functional alternative, especially if you want to get up and running real fast. And I think NetBeans has better support for Ruby than any IDE out there period, yes, even Ruby specific ones. http://blogs.sun.com/tor/
I say this because, its virtually impossible to even walk, let alone drive. And if you are drunk in the game, the police busts in a matter of seconds. If anything, GTA is a case against drunk driving.
Now how can I turn this into an anti-Sony rant.
I don't think its anybody's "fault". Now when everyone expects humans to jump 10 ft. in the air, blasting away and all that, a bit of physics does jar people's expectations. I found Lair to be perfectly playable once you realize that you are flying a dragon, not a jet fighter. As far as Sixaxis being broken goes, I also play Warhawk regularly and the controller is really responsive. I think the problem is that way too many people are hooked on games like Halo and don't appreciate really good, team strategy based games like America's Army. That, IMO is the cause of all this hand wringing.
http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/on_patent_trol ling
http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/on_patent_trol ling
I would agree with you. I am not a fan particularly of any system. I had an original XBox because I liked the games but now I have bought the PS3. My main reason was the nickel and diming that Microsoft does. Like remember that you had to buy a $30 add on for playing DVD's on the original XBox. I considered a lot and got a PS3 because frankly, I don't think there is much of a price difference. The 360 is $350 and the PS3 is $500. But if you factor in the cost of live (just for one year), the price difference is only $100. Apart from that the build quality of the PS3 is great. You get built in wi-fi(no add ons), you get a wireless charger included in the price, I just got WarHawk and I got a BlueTooth headpiece with the game which also works with my phone, a larger HDD. The XBox headset just looks big and well, wired. Not to mention a blue ray player, USB ports etc. Agreed some would argue that all this is not needed, but I, personally don't think $100 is too much to ask for all this functionality. I also considered getting an XBox, but after thinking about all these things, and the fact that the games I really want to play will be on the PS3, I actually think I have a better deal than the 360. It just looks nice in the living room without all those wires and add ons etc.
Yayyy!!! for Humpy!
Maybe, or maybe let's look at it this way. Taking an example of the British. They pretty much stripped their colonies naked of resources, ended it all with nice partitions in India, Cyprus, Middle East etc., and I bet the British treasury still has tons of the wealth they looted.
Now, if you have tons of money, I won't think its very hard to some up with some tall buildings. Call me a cynic, or a troll.
Sorry for the short post. Just wanted to say, love the quote about VB.
My bad! I was watching Larry the cable guy when I replied, if that helps.
HEAR HEAR!
Hate Reagan, Kennedy rocks(rocked)! That apart, nice quote: "...it's really a sad day for America when we require a goddamn ACT OF CONGRESS to make our DVD players work properly. ~" HAHA, lol
He's not anti-MS, he's anti-MS management. In all probability, he works at MS. He's probably just exposing the management wrongs at MS in the hope enough people will speak out to affect change.
Just my 2 cents. About your point about SW cost and people buying whatever is best for them. Its not entirely true. For example, why does XP come bundeled with practically every machine available on the market today. I am talking mainstream outlets. If people had to spend another $100 for XP home, I doubt, many, if not a lot would do it.
Also, even in the case of Vista. I doubt most people would actually line up at the store to buy it. A lot of Vista would sell, or rather be present on user desktops as it will come bundeled with the new computers people will buy.
That's also one reason monopolies are so bad. They can actually force the Dell's, Best Buy's and Circuit City's to function according to MS'e wishes.
I could not help but notice your comment about Open Source Development. Its unfortunate that you put out a one liner which mocks the good efforts of so many people. Surely you cannot ignore programs like Linux and its various programs and distros etc., Apache projects. The Apache HTTP WebServer command 70% of the web server market. That's a figure I got off the top of my head, but its close enough. There is just a vast number of examples to list here.
You must watch FOX a lot.
I think you mean "the only operating environment" that's available to the public at large when you say "consumer operating environment". How can I really put this is a way that would make you understand? Let me try again. Looking glass is not only a proof of concept, its a working, downloadable program which runs on Windows. It did this before Vista did, and that's just what I pointed out. Nothing more. And you just turned to personal attacks instead of making a legible point.
I am not crazy that I would be spouting against MS if it played fair. Why should I? I don't have any stocks in Apple or anything.
MS can make all the incremental changes they want as long as they don't tie users into an endless upgrade cycle. Did you check the screenshots that Vista would require 800 MB RAM just for the OS. To me that's crazy. And for what, shiny buttons?
You don't need to point put that you are not an MS fan to help make your point. I don't care. It does not concern me or what I pointed out in any way.
I can actually run looking glass as its available for free from the links I gave. I am actually running it. It serves no purpose, but its a start. Look, I am not a Windows fan. MS has done more to stunt the growth of good, freely available software than any other company at any time. In the process, they have killed off innovation. Now people just have to live with the fact that Windows is what their "computer" is. I won't make any pretensions of even looking at the issue fairly. I am biased against MS and that's that. MS made the claim when they demo these things as screenshots or whatever. Even you said, "They are saying that flip and the new tasbar and alt-tab options are new to windows". That's my whole point, its not NEW. MS is allowed to make improvements, its MS'es right to do so. But selling the same thing that's available for free as part of a bloated OS, for which users will have to pony up, not only for the SW, but also for the hardware, come on now. There's a reason Sun is not releasing project looking glass as part of anything. Its because, it serves no real purpose except for looking cool. 3D interfaces have a long way to go before they actually become useful. I see these features just like the "clown-paint" MS put on XP. When it came out, it looked good for a few days, now it just hurts the eyes. Actually, none of the features are handy to me as when I am running a video on my system, I don't know about you, but I watch the video. If I need to do something else, I pause it and come back. Its eye candy for eye candy's sake. No real value to the consumer at all. I could not accuse MS of improving their security model by copying anyone. They have their own proprietry, NT 4 model, which is basically a pile of junk. I can't believe that they took 6 years to deliver an OS, and it still stands on the old NT kernel.
I also noticed the same thing as posted here before in some screenshots that I have previously seen. That looked like a good machine to me and it notched up only a measly 3.0. As far as the 3D flipper thing goes, its nothing new or innovative by MS. As far as I know, Sun has that functionality in their looking glass project and has had that for about 2 years now. It does not look great or serve any purpose, maybe that's why its experimental. And Looking glass has all that other stuff too. Movies playing in the task bar and more. Here are some links: Homepage: http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/ Real player demo: http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/demo.xml
Screenshots: http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/details. xml
As far as I can see, MS once again stole something and passed it off as their own.