Having a game on multiple discs on a console without an install does have it's down sides. Every common asset used in the game needs to part of all DVDs not just the first one, I'm talking about character models, world map, generic audio and the likes, making the game use even more space, so a 30GB game on one disc may actually be 40GB on multiple discs.
Also, game design can be constrained by multiple discs, a game like Fallout3 could not be on multiple discs, you'd be switc...
I agree with your point about competition, but your communist comment is much out of place...Two companies that merge is actually very capitalist, communism would only be if the government made the console or controlled the company that did.
The goal of any corporation is to make as much money as possible. Any company's dream is to become a monopoly, monopolies are actually only controlled/prevented by governments, therefore it's your government that would stop this from happeni...
I don't see a single console anytime soon, what may happen at some point is standardization of hardware, basically establishing a hardware standard that console makers would have to follow, after that, the bells and whistles (OS, ports, HDD...) would be specific to the company building the console. An association independent from the console makers (but including them) would make the decisions on what Hardware the next version of consoles will use and when it gets released.
Thi...
With this tech, we'll have movies in Super Ultra Hi-def (10004759E+1P), we'll have 5 Terabyte games, with textures so perfect that photos will try to match game like quality. You'll be able to carry the Internets with you on one single disc, heck you even be able to store your kids on the disc...keeps em quiet on long road trips.
I am currently playing the game on PC after having played it a long time ago on PS1...and it's still plenty of fun...cannot be compared to recent JRPGs, but the game still holds up pretty well unless graphics is all that matters to you.
The story is still as great as it was before and the gameplay is still fun (altough weird at first).
I'm waiting for the price cut to get mine...
I didn't say "guns don't kill people", but if your ever going to believe that people will give their guns away someday, you're dreaming, guns exist, they're everywhere and that's something that we all have to live with. I'm pretty sure the kid would not have killed his mother had there not been a gun or if that gun had at the very least been locked safely.
The kid should not have known the safe code in the first place. If you're going to own a gun, you need to be responsible and store it in a safe place...inaccessible to your unstable, neurotic son.
Edit: And I have to agree that stabbing someone is different as you actually have to get your hands dirty.
I'm a PC gamer at heart, I owned all previous gen consoles but have always gone back to PC gaming...that's what I like personally. What's different right now than was 2 years ago is that we finally have real GPU competition and therefore lower GPU prices than when the 8800 was king.
Also, lots of console games make it over to PC and they are sometimes better (Mass Effect, Gears of War, GTA, Far Cry 2, Assassin's Creed, etc...), then there are game types that are just better on...
Would selling them cheaper (say 30$-40$) increase the number of units sold...I would personally buy more games at that price...to me that price warrants an impulsive buy...not so much at 60$.
These past/next few weeks are hard for me since I cannot afford to buy every game that I want, I have to choose, and it breaks my heart.
Personally I think the game is pretty good, not perfect, but considering the challenges and innovation that went into this game, I call the game a success...TIP: unlock tha weapons early.
If you didn't like the game, well that's your opinion and I respect that, but the game is very innovative which is not something that can be said very often now days...cheers to having the guts to not do the same thing that everyone else is doing.
If it were for some of you gu...
Streaming is fine for rentals (which is what NetFlix is all about) who needs to actually hold a physical copy in his hands when renting...buying is a whole other thing.
With regards to it not being "true" HD, that's a personal opinion...some people couldn't care less...namely the ones that don't have 1080p TVs...which turns out to be the vast majority...and majority always wins.
He says it at the end.
It's a sexy rig, that's for sure, but you can build your own for half that price...do you really need Quad SLI?
The trick is to have an upgrade path..buy just one good GPU, use it until you can't run every game at max res, then buy a second GPU of the same model, it should be much cheaper at that point, and extend your rig's life.
Unless you're running a 30+ inch monitor and have something to compensate for, you don't need a rig like that.
And the fact that posting this on N4G is not gonna help things.
Remember that its not stealing, its copyright infringement...stealing is defined by taking property from someone, depriving that person of said thing...Copyright infringement is using someones copyrighted property without their consent...very different.
you gotta be kidding right? There are SLI laptops for sale now...talk about small form factor (SFF)...You can put most retail GPUs in SFF cases without problems...SFF is not the issue, it's the way they designed the thing, they added some stuff after the fact, like wireless controllers, they had an open design, basically their overall design was not final until very late in the game, they did not fully test until it was too far along and could not afford a redesign...they had to beat Sony. ...
I built many rigs and this guy is missing some important points...First off he mentions the Power Supply as a generic part of his rig, basing his choice on wattage...This might have been true 6 years ago but now there are many more things to check especially if you'll be going SLI. Number of rails, amps per rail, number, type and length of cables, efficiency rating, cooling fans (CoolerMaster ExtremePower is a low-mid grade PSU).
Dual-core better for gaming is not true anymore, ...
You can't compare Crysis and Uncharted or Heavy rain...those two are very scripted...lighting is set in certain ways because the developpers know what path the player will take more like a movie...Crysis is a different beast, it's an open world map (although you can't go anywhere anytime), the things that you see in the horizon are part of the loaded map not just some backdrop. You can take different paths in Crysis, its a living breathing interactive and destructible world. It's just not t...
Great post, and I totally agree, let me just add this little bit:
The reason the PS3 isn't Hacked yet...
Sony lets people install Linux on the PS3…that was the reason the XBox got hacked…Hackers (the real ones) don’t do it to play games for free, they do it to get Homebrew running on their console…and since Sony lets people install homebrew AND upgrade their HDD…why would someone (that has the skills to do it) hack it?