You do realize that investment firms use analyst's data to make decisions on stocks and bonds worth tens of millions of dollars. These aren't some fanboys sitting around pulling data out of their ass. Unless what you think can move stock prices, I'm not too interested. They all pretty much said the same thing and their analysis seems to make a lot of sense. But hey, your "friends are all gamers", so obviously know more than guys who spend 10 hours a day studying the industry.
You are absolutely right that "how they answer it" is the most important thing. Years ago I had a boss that would ask a reasonably simple question but after every answer would just reply "OK, what if that didn't fix the problem." All he wanted was for you to eventually say that you would ask a co-worker or superior for help. Most people gave up before thinking of asking for help.
Well then you're not using it right. Try PSP Video 9. Rather than buy/rent UMD's (dumb format) you can watch downloaded movies and tv on it. Also check out this cool charger grip. It has a built in battery and tricks the PSP into thinking it's running on AC power so you can run it on the brightest contrast level.
While I think the DS is cool, I love my PSP. The graphics are great, there are several "Great" games and quite a few decent games. Just rent, don't buy.
Did everyone forget all versions of the Ps3 come standard with hard drives?
Yes, all MS fanboys seem to leave this out. I thought that the hard drive was the best part of the original Xbox. Data could be cached for fast read times. For some reason MS removed the HD, so now X360 developers can't rely on the HD being there, which makes no sense. The processor speed was the only improvement, they removed the HD and kept DVDs 8Gb storage limit.
Exactly, just like "No one will ever need more than 640k of memory", these anti BR flames are completely shortsighted. So you don't have a HDTV or the developer doesn't fill up the disk today, what about two years from now. Xbox people can say over and over again that they won't ever release games on HDDVD or on multiple disks, but I refuse to believe it.
If someone out there won't even interview you because you don't have a college degree, or certifications, then they are an idiot, and you wouldn't want to work for them anyway
If you refuse to work with idiots, you'll never find a job...
I've got a MCSD and MCSE and they were very helpful in getting interviews, nothing else. But getting the interview in a crowded market is the hardest part of finding a job. You can have all the skills in the world but they don't matter one bit if your resume never makes it past the HR person. A certification is easy to filter and search by, making your resume show up when others don't.
You would think playing old games would be fun, but sadly it is very disappointing. I know it looks fun. I remember playing C64/A2600/NES games and they were great at the time. I bought two different "classic" game compilations for the PSP and after about 5 minutes you realize that the great game you remember is unfortunately quite repetetive and boring compared to what you are used to.
You are absolutely correct that the entire underpinning of each case is a joke. An astute judge would laugh them out of court, as the Netherlands and Canadian courts have done.
I'm amazed that these 60 year old judges don't understand the "tubes", I sent him an internet yesterday. Someone get Al Gore to explain this.
Some/Most, doesn't matter. Sony will product at most 8-10 million units (and thats probably pushing it) in the first year after release. So if just 10% of the PS2 owners are willing to pay $500-600, then every unit is sold. Ask 10 friends if they are willing to pay the release price, if just one says yes, then thats enough.
I'll say again, why should Sony sell you (or anyone) a unit for 300, when someone else will buy that same unit for 500. If they did sell them for 300-400, demand would far outstrip supply anyway. I'm not saying I'm thrilled about the price, but thats what everyone bangs on without really thinking about the simple economics involved.
What did the "Web Hype" do for Snakes on a Plane, oh thats right, NOTHING. Just like some bad press will not kill the PS3. Believe it or not (gasp), there are a lot of people that don't read Slashdot, and don't troll gaming message boards.
There are 106 million people who have a PS2, thats a pretty large customer base. Maybe some of them can't afford 500 at launch, but I guarantee there are a couple million who can and will. Later on down the road when the price comes down and availability increases, the rest of the 100 million can get one, its called Price Discrimination. Why should Sony sell you a PS3 for 400 when I'll pay 600.
It's nice that you're at least trying to figure out who might actually want to do this, but I ride the train every day, and there are a few problems with this.
1. No one on the train talks to anyone else, I mean NO ONE. I don't see people checking for signals from random people.
2. Most of the people on there can barely work an Ipod, let alone figure out how to stream/share.
3. Very diverse population, not even close to the same music tastes.
4. The train is for PSP/DS, makes life wonderful.
Hopefully MS makes it as "easy" as Windows networking, you know, assigning IP's, subnetting, supernetting, maybe enable Netbios over TCP, it better support WINS...
Copyright owners are finally starting to sue YouTube. Interestingly enough they are using the Grokster ruling, that "companies could be liable if they were found to induce the infringement in some manner."
Their terms of use say that users are responsible for any content posted. However, if I had a copyright on something posted I'd rather sue the company worth possibly billions than go through the hassle of hunting down a user.
I haven't really heard about too much of this, so they are probably doing a pretty good job of taking down offending clips, but when lawyers smell money in the water, look out.
I do like the PSP menu, its very clean, intuitive and easy. The only problem is the music/mp3 playback, that completely sucks on the PSP, you can't scroll around while listening to a song. Since there is a hard drive on the PS3, wonder if you can copy music onto it and set up playlists, that would be decent.
One more question. I didn't see this mentioned in the article, but can you record two shows at the same time and/or record one show while watching another? Specifically can you do this when both shows are in HD? My cable HDDVR can do this and it's very nice.
Ok, so you're saying the only need for the phone line is when ordering movies, no other time (my phone line isn't close to the TV)? Can the ethernet port be used as an alternative to the phone line? Does the ethernet work, or have any purpose?
I realize DTv claims weather has no effect on the signal, but in Cleveland we can get some pretty good snow storms, have you ever had any problems?
Good review, I started looking at DTv when Adelphia got bought out and they took away my NFL network. Thanks for the help.
Wow, you guys should look into communicating with a female for the first time. I enjoy video games as much as the next guy, but "They have a PC, PSP, a DS Lite, a 360 and a PS2", damn. Try dropping some of that cash on some pimple cream and venture into the sunlight.
I bought a PS2 in 2000, and they will still be selling new ones for the next 3 years. In my crazy math that looks like close to 10 years.
Just because new consoles come out doesn't mean the previous version just disappears. There are many titles still to be realeased on the PS2.
Today, but what about 5 years from now. Like many people you aren't considering the fact that the life span for a console is almost 10 years. Do you really think everyone will still be buying DVD's in 7 years? Now I'm not happy about the format war, but thats another issue.
Its really quite creepy once you realize it. I (much like the rest of you crazy people) am very skeptical and cynical of everything I see/read/hear, but these things had me fooled for a while. It wasn't until I was traveling and saw the same guy thats on my local news on in another city that I realized what was going on.
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You do realize that investment firms use analyst's data to make decisions on stocks and bonds worth tens of millions of dollars. These aren't some fanboys sitting around pulling data out of their ass. Unless what you think can move stock prices, I'm not too interested. They all pretty much said the same thing and their analysis seems to make a lot of sense. But hey, your "friends are all gamers", so obviously know more than guys who spend 10 hours a day studying the industry.
You are absolutely right that "how they answer it" is the most important thing. Years ago I had a boss that would ask a reasonably simple question but after every answer would just reply "OK, what if that didn't fix the problem." All he wanted was for you to eventually say that you would ask a co-worker or superior for help. Most people gave up before thinking of asking for help.
Well then you're not using it right. Try PSP Video 9. Rather than buy/rent UMD's (dumb format) you can watch downloaded movies and tv on it. Also check out this cool charger grip. It has a built in battery and tricks the PSP into thinking it's running on AC power so you can run it on the brightest contrast level. While I think the DS is cool, I love my PSP. The graphics are great, there are several "Great" games and quite a few decent games. Just rent, don't buy.
Exactly, just like "No one will ever need more than 640k of memory", these anti BR flames are completely shortsighted. So you don't have a HDTV or the developer doesn't fill up the disk today, what about two years from now. Xbox people can say over and over again that they won't ever release games on HDDVD or on multiple disks, but I refuse to believe it.
I've got a MCSD and MCSE and they were very helpful in getting interviews, nothing else. But getting the interview in a crowded market is the hardest part of finding a job. You can have all the skills in the world but they don't matter one bit if your resume never makes it past the HR person. A certification is easy to filter and search by, making your resume show up when others don't.
You would think playing old games would be fun, but sadly it is very disappointing. I know it looks fun. I remember playing C64/A2600/NES games and they were great at the time. I bought two different "classic" game compilations for the PSP and after about 5 minutes you realize that the great game you remember is unfortunately quite repetetive and boring compared to what you are used to.
I also hear that the PS3 will be delayed again so they can build in support for this new "Ultra HD".
Nintendo countered with a new TV with 20 x 20 pixels to appeal to "Causual TV Watchers".
I also hear they are having trouble getting information from his IBM typewriter. Apparently he used White Out to clear the data.
Some/Most, doesn't matter. Sony will product at most 8-10 million units (and thats probably pushing it) in the first year after release. So if just 10% of the PS2 owners are willing to pay $500-600, then every unit is sold. Ask 10 friends if they are willing to pay the release price, if just one says yes, then thats enough.
I'll say again, why should Sony sell you (or anyone) a unit for 300, when someone else will buy that same unit for 500. If they did sell them for 300-400, demand would far outstrip supply anyway. I'm not saying I'm thrilled about the price, but thats what everyone bangs on without really thinking about the simple economics involved.
What did the "Web Hype" do for Snakes on a Plane, oh thats right, NOTHING. Just like some bad press will not kill the PS3. Believe it or not (gasp), there are a lot of people that don't read Slashdot, and don't troll gaming message boards.
There are 106 million people who have a PS2, thats a pretty large customer base. Maybe some of them can't afford 500 at launch, but I guarantee there are a couple million who can and will. Later on down the road when the price comes down and availability increases, the rest of the 100 million can get one, its called Price Discrimination. Why should Sony sell you a PS3 for 400 when I'll pay 600.
It's nice that you're at least trying to figure out who might actually want to do this, but I ride the train every day, and there are a few problems with this.
1. No one on the train talks to anyone else, I mean NO ONE. I don't see people checking for signals from random people.
2. Most of the people on there can barely work an Ipod, let alone figure out how to stream/share.
3. Very diverse population, not even close to the same music tastes.
4. The train is for PSP/DS, makes life wonderful.
Hopefully MS makes it as "easy" as Windows networking, you know, assigning IP's, subnetting, supernetting, maybe enable Netbios over TCP, it better support WINS...
Copyright owners are finally starting to sue YouTube. Interestingly enough they are using the Grokster ruling, that "companies could be liable if they were found to induce the infringement in some manner."
Their terms of use say that users are responsible for any content posted. However, if I had a copyright on something posted I'd rather sue the company worth possibly billions than go through the hassle of hunting down a user.
I haven't really heard about too much of this, so they are probably doing a pretty good job of taking down offending clips, but when lawyers smell money in the water, look out.
I do like the PSP menu, its very clean, intuitive and easy. The only problem is the music/mp3 playback, that completely sucks on the PSP, you can't scroll around while listening to a song. Since there is a hard drive on the PS3, wonder if you can copy music onto it and set up playlists, that would be decent.
One more question. I didn't see this mentioned in the article, but can you record two shows at the same time and/or record one show while watching another? Specifically can you do this when both shows are in HD? My cable HDDVR can do this and it's very nice.
Thanks.
Ok, so you're saying the only need for the phone line is when ordering movies, no other time (my phone line isn't close to the TV)? Can the ethernet port be used as an alternative to the phone line? Does the ethernet work, or have any purpose?
I realize DTv claims weather has no effect on the signal, but in Cleveland we can get some pretty good snow storms, have you ever had any problems?
Good review, I started looking at DTv when Adelphia got bought out and they took away my NFL network. Thanks for the help.
Dont worry ignorant Martians, Al Gore will be there soon to save you from yourselves.
Feel free to zap him with your fancy lasers, we won't miss him.
Wow, you guys should look into communicating with a female for the first time. I enjoy video games as much as the next guy, but "They have a PC, PSP, a DS Lite, a 360 and a PS2", damn. Try dropping some of that cash on some pimple cream and venture into the sunlight.
I bought a PS2 in 2000, and they will still be selling new ones for the next 3 years. In my crazy math that looks like close to 10 years.
Just because new consoles come out doesn't mean the previous version just disappears. There are many titles still to be realeased on the PS2.
Today, but what about 5 years from now. Like many people you aren't considering the fact that the life span for a console is almost 10 years. Do you really think everyone will still be buying DVD's in 7 years? Now I'm not happy about the format war, but thats another issue.
Its really quite creepy once you realize it. I (much like the rest of you crazy people) am very skeptical and cynical of everything I see/read/hear, but these things had me fooled for a while. It wasn't until I was traveling and saw the same guy thats on my local news on in another city that I realized what was going on.