That "fraction of the bank" may be one person's paycheck; how funny do you think they'd find it?
I get the impression that the people here so quick to write this off don't work for large companies in any capacity beyond gofer.
How would you like it if someone came to your work and knocked the broom out of your hands? Hell, if I tape it and it makes a few people laugh, what's the harm, right?
Messing with professionals who are just trying to work is just disrespectful and shows how childish these bloggers are being, plain and simple. It's not funny, it's just stupid.
Gizmodo is proving there is still a difference between professional journalists and bloggers who happen to get paid. Way to take asshat to a new level guys. With the amount of money these companies are spending at shows like CES, gizmodo and Gawker better hope none of these companies find legal reasons to take them to court for damages, especially for their stunts during the press conference.
I wouldn't be surprised if part of the agreement they make in attending this show calls out e...
Yeah, because before this they only had CDs and 3.5" floppy discs to be proud of, and hardly anyone ever used those.
Both are awesome games, and both begin to show what their respective consoles are actually capable of. They each scream "this is what next gen gaming can be!"
Thing is, Gears got the advertising, hype, and most importantly, the sales. The fact that Uncharted wasn't selling 1:1 with PS3's over Christmas is a bit of a crime, because I honestly believe it's one of the best games on either console, and has a broader appeal than Gears did.
Considering how quickly they've pulled the game's pages, I doubt they'll honor the price. Obviously a mistake, and they always make sure there's a way out of such problems for them.
They'd give up on winning, and simply hope to exist? Yeah, that sounds like about the best they could shoot for at this point. I'd rather they just curl up and die myself so that we don't have any confusion on the part of the general public though, since having two formats has probably been a bigger deterrent to HD adoption than anything other than price.
The prices come down eventually... until then I'll just deal with this overweight plasma filling up my living room.
If it's manufacturing or licensing, one has to question why it affects some countries and not others, and where that extra money actually ends up as well.
I think it's something like this:
HDDVD: Hey Warner, we were just out driving around and thought we'd stop by since we were in the neighborhood.
Warner: Look, we told you it's over earlier. Why did you come over?
HDDVD: Well, you haven't answered our calls, and we thought maybe your phone was broken or something. You look great by the way.
Warner: Please, just leave and don't come back. Don't make this harder than it needs to be...
Slamming o...
This is groin-grabbingly good news, maybe they can finally end the format war!
for the sad, sad win. HDDVD is going to do whatever it can to drag this out as long as possible, and I see some pretty desperate measures taken to try and win back some of the lost market share that only result in a continued stalemate.
And do you think that burnable DVDs and CDs were always as cheap as they are now? Once the technology becomes mainstream it will become cheaper. Besides which, a lot of the information I keep backups of is much more valuable than any of the physical hardware it's stored on; I want whatever is going to keep it as safe as possible.
I can't wait to back up my files on a format that doesn't just rely on redundancy.
Considering that many gaming companies are trying to sell more and more downloadable content and titles, not to mention the continued push of MS into the video market, anything related to how other industries are treating consumers who use digital files is important for us to be aware of.
The outcome of cases like this could have consequences that reach beyond music, as they set a precedence for future trials and laws. If they rule in the RIAA's favor about ripping music, that would m...
Don't forget about Rocket Packs, that's the one that bugs me. I thought we lived in the 21st century here, why am I still walking and driving everywhere like a sucker?
Because I'm fairly sure you're far from the first person to have said that...
I'm going to guess HD-DVD built into the Elite as the opening, with Warner going BluRay (as soon as the check clears) as the encore. I personally hope that's not it, but somehow that seems plausible with the way the format war has been fought so far. Considering the boost that the PS3 and gamers have given to BluRay, I think that Toshiba and MS may have worked out a deal to put it in the 360 in hopes of doing the same, and added Warner to it so that it doesn't seem like such a bad move.
This story just had so many comments, I was feeling left out by not being a part of it. First day of the year and we've already got one of the "hottest" stories we'll see posted to N4G in 2008.
looks a lot more Haloesque than the hummer does... hell, I'd even say that's Master Chief Green.
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