That's why I have all 3 consoles. Except for a few rare exceptions, the best games are exclusives to each console.
@4.1, yes I was being sarcastic. I don't believe in coincidences.
And then Netflix's site goes down. Coincidence no doubt.
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I agree people tend to lump everything as if there was only one target user group. There might be more but I think there is at least:
1. people that want to own HD movies : choice Blu-ray
2. people that want to own movies but don't have HDTV : choice DVD
3. people that only want to rent movies, don't have HDTV : choice netflix\blockbuster DVDs OR DD of today (iTunes, Unbox, Live, etc.)
4. people that only want to rent movies and want HD (1080p): choice netfli...
@4.3 by the way he may be an efficient businessman, but when it comes to predictions he has a mixed record to say the least. In any case, this is a discussion forum and I just present an opinion on the original post, nothing more nothing less.
@4.2 No hate here. Just calling it like I see it.
I'm not against voice recognition, from experience I just don't think it will become universally viable for general purpose applications unless the solution changes. The current solution of just relying on faster numerical processing units and trying to apply tricks to it just won't cut it. The approach has failed for so long because the foundation is incorrect. Any useful recognition approach will need to rely on a different ...
I agree.
- Speech recognition: has been around for a long time. It has improved but it is still too unreliable for many applications. If somebody pushes the wrong button, they get a little upset but they know it's their fault. When somebody says a command and the computer either does not understand or does the wrong function, it can be quite agravating and the user blames the computer.
- Handwriting recognition: has been around for even longer. It too has improved but besides th...
Wow, when you go down to this level of interpretation every Rorschach inkblot test could be interpreted with racism. I think it is more telling about the state of mind of the people making those far-fetched interpretations.
I don't think they will. I think the co-existance of PS2\PS3 and the market opened up by the Wii has shown them that there would be a market for two offerings. They could keep the 360 to get share from PS2\Wii and use the new one (1080?) to get share away from the PS3.
I know one of the main argument about downloads is that people will reach the ISP limit and get surcharges. And also that speed is too low for most users.
What if the ISP were part of the solution instead of being part of the problem? What if they were paid to locally\regionally host the download content within their network so that it could be made faster and not count against regular usage bandwidth? They could paid by the margin that used to be spent on packaging, storing, ...
I don't know about this specific game but there have been cases in the past where Famitsu gave great scores to just ok games. A little bit like Gamespot, I have a feeling that advertising dollars might weigh in reviews over there.
I'm with you, Persona 4! Great news!
On the PS2? Ok, I guess. I'll take it anyway. Hopefully Persona 5 will be on the PS3.
@12.1 and 12.2, you make valid points, bandwidth is the main problem. They would have to allow download as you play. Another option to help with the transition and people without broadband would be an optional optical drive add-on. I'm not saying it would be easy, I just don't see Microsoft swallowing the humble pill and use Blu-ray.
Maybe they'll have to wait until 2010. However if they secure enough exclusives, couldn't you argue that offering something like that would nudg...
I think it very likely that MS will come out with a new console for fall 2009. As I said in other posts I think it will be a console with no optical drive but a standard HDD and network centered.
I do believe however that this time they will keep the 360 around at a low price to fend off the Wii but most likely only for a year or so.
Buying a smaller company to add to your portfolio is one thing. However buying a competitor (Yahoo) that already overlaps with part of your business (MSN) adds nothing to your portfolio, so you end up cutting the acquisition (Yahoo) to pieces to keep a few select parts (IP) and discarding most of it (employees).
@ 1.1, somebody called me?
Nintendo Wii with Blu-ray? Not going to happen.
Nintendo's focus, and they are very successful at that, is the family\kids\casual gamers. They have no vested interest in movie entertainment.
I stayed with Yahoo even during the rise of Google but at the first sign that Yahoo is loosing its identity to Microsoft's assimilation I will be jumping ship and joining the Google crowd.
I've been involved in several acquisitions over the years and it never ends well for the company being acquired.
Your argument makes sense. However if there is a price cut, then the validity of this proposed test will be skewed as price cuts always spike sales (for any console).
Bullying, threats, bribe, intimidation, fear mongering,... wow EA, you are showing your true colors...
Looks like it has potential. I wonder if you'll be able to try a game demo before buying it?