@kigmal:
"Please, what's an inconvenience is a mandatory install that takes up 5 GB's and takes 10 minutes. Where's BR on that huh? Why does it need to install GB's worth of data if BR is that good?"
That's because BluRay is good for movies, and the MPAA. Not so good for data throughput. For the 10001293091203901293th time, anyone who thinks BR was about games, needs to read:
http://www.zune.net/en-us/s...
And, the Zune hardware:
http://www.zune.net/en-US/m...
And, Zune Pass, which, for $15 per month gets you 10 Songs to download and keep (even after the end your subscription) **AND** you get unlimited, anywhere, anytime music d...
Sony HOME is a 3D micro-transaction platform for 3rd parties.
And, 3D avatar doll-houses are in severe collapse. The market is just not interested.
No-name websites with OUTLANDISH assaults on MS's success and performance always shoot straight to the top at N4G.
Reality? Bloomberg? Joystick, 1UP, GamePro, Gamasutra? No matter how many articles tell you that MS is dominating the industry -- FROM THESE REPUTABLE and REALITY-BASED WORLD -- N4G will publish some garbage from blorge, kombo, screentear.com or other nobody with ridiculous claims like "NXE causes RRoD on every Xbox 360 ever made all at once!!1one!!!lol!!!&...
just wait! this will be the end of the xbox 360!!!11one!1!
Snore. Net Applications -- of all those who keep this data -- report the *lowest* share for IE than any other.
Dont worry N4G. This reality-based article from marketwatch.com and PRNewswire-FirstCall will soon be drowned in 50 articles saying that its "all lies" from;
blorge.com
blogspot.com
wordpress.com
gameplayer.au.com
kombo.com
And the rest of the SDF pseudo-media that gets vaulted to the front-page whenever one of the SDF makes up some nonsense.
I predict, a blorge article tomorrow, titled "Black Friday sale...
The simpsons always bring the funny.
Exactly.
The 3D Virtual Doll house crazy is bust.
Google got in the game for a while, and even GOOGLE just shut down lively.com (its 3D virtual world).
Second Life is failing too.
Sony missed the 3D virtual world crazy by 3 years (at least). Home will be totally dead on arrival.
Not if you are part of the Retail channel.
First rule of *any* business: DO NOT COMPETE WITH YOUR PARTNERS AND CUSTOMERS.
This could *seriously* backfire on Sony if the rest of the retailers decide to say "Fcuk Sony, I'm not going to stock, promote and sell their product if they are going to under-cut ME in the market."
This is a cardinal mistake. Wow.
" In a year or two we could be seeing Microsoft and Nintendo jumping on the bandwagon. Home really could be the next step in Social Networking, a living breathing world to shop, mingle with friends and play games. As long as the content is there, Home will become the next big craze"
Google just unplugged its "3D Virtual World" - lively.com.
The masses stopped caring about "3D virtual worlds" about 4 years ago. Want to see how "...
Just in time for release of the PS4, and Forza 3.
You must also factor in that the market always chooses value.
MP3 vs. CD.
Beta vs. VHS
And now, Digital Download movies/TV and Video-on-Demand are going to repeat MP3 vs. CD.
For audio/videophiles? Maybe BR will find a home. In the mass market? As a replacement to DVD? Not a snow-ball's chance in hell.
Bittorrent transfer of Movies / TV and music is *already* more than half of the traffic on the entire internet -- the mass...
Mikeslemonade said:
"Blu-ray does make a game look better and it depends on whether the developer takes advantage of it."
And got +20 agrees, 5 disagrees.
Proof positive that N4G is a world-class collection of idiots.
jtucker78 said:
"Blu ray is a storage medium BUT don't forget it has a 36 Mbit/s data transfer rate. DVD is only 10.5 Mbit/s "
And yet we know that HD installs are beca...
Bladestar said;
"currently graphic API would not even try using the CPU to graphic related functions... that means that if CPU manufacturers create their CPUs with graphics in mind or if the CPU become so powerful that it can do graphics than since the OS do not support it... than all that power is never used and goes to waste. "
Which is 100% accurate and correct, and exactly what the article is telling you.
Which, if you read:
&q...
"Is Sony working on PSP2"?
yes. Of *course* they are. They may decide against it (in the end) -- and I highly doubt it. But of course they are.
And a post from "beefjack.com" is worthless on the matter. N4G has turned into a clearing house for absolute garbage.
Wow, that looks fantastic. Clear visuals, sweeping camera. Excellent dynamics for a ninja-game.
I am going to love this title.
Take your fantasy land trolling to the open zone.
Why havnt the mods deleted THAT trolling garbage?
Because the heat issues were fixed by a manufacturing change last summer.
You guys need to get with the times. your FUD is old and stale.
"They've already released 5 games for 360, and another one coming soon, and still nothing for the PS3."
My guess is they prefer the way MS does business, and dont like being subjected to Sony's demands.
I cant see any other reason.
Think of games like the movie business.
You have 3 parties; Producers, Distributors and Theaters.
There are laws in the USA from keeping them separate. Why? Because they will co...