Television is all about advertising and the dollars to keep the lights on. These networks aren't in it to be fair. This is just Microsoft buying a huge chunk of advertising time and aiming it at the demographic that buys the stuff they're advertising.
I can't tell you the last time I saw music on MTV. At least with E3 the programming will be interesting.
Interesting calculations. I gave you a bubble for effort. As a back-of-the-napkin kind of thing you probably aren't far off.
The thing that I think most people forget is that it takes more than the people who build the game to get it out the door. If you look at the credits for nearly any big budget game there are usually more than 100-120 people who've touched it somewhere along the way. Probably 200-300 people. It's a big and expensive effort.
The difference there is that Microsoft isn't going to run out of money like Sega did. The Dreamcast had excellent software, but Sega was just too small of a company to go head to head with Sony.
I'll tell you what, 2009 was a phenomenal year for new games on the PS3. This news doesn't surprise me at all. Forget which hardware is the "best". Microsoft needs to step it up on the software front or face a quick downward spiral. The games are more important now than they ever were.
But that would defeat Sony's reason for removing backward compatibility within the first year. For most of the time since the launch of the PS3 the PS2 hardware has been profitable and the PS3 hardware has not. Sony cut off BC in PS3 to save money on PS3 hardware costs, but also to sustain the profitable PS2 business that continues to offset PS3 hardware costs. If all PS3's could play PS2 games nobody would need to buy a PS2 and the revenue stream would die.
I'm confused by your comment. Who didn't make money on which console? Gaming divisions at all of the companies have been doing quite well.
Anyway, it's great to see the momentum Sony has been able to build with the PS3.
It's still a pretty tough environment out there. A lot of people still can't afford to buy big-ticket items right now.
Also, it's easy to see how many people didn't read the article, because it isn't only about PS3 or even video games. It's about Sony as a whole.
It's good to see the platform becoming more and more successful.
The time limits in DR1 were absolutely insane. I don't know how anyone could accomplish all of the goals. For people who say it was just about killing a zombies, you can tell that those people didn't just didn't get what the game was about. Those zombies and the obstacles they created made achieving the true objectives so insanely difficult. It was such great fun.
The game certainly doesn't look as smooth as the first one, but they still have a couple of months to smooth out the rough edges.
That's an awesome deal!
That Midway bundle looks to be right up my alley! Some of my favorite games in there. I know what I'm doing when I get home today. And once I'm done with that, I'm going to buy this bundle!
Pretty cool. It's nice to see Sony spreading around the stuff that works well. Better for everyone.
I guess that sort of takes care of the "Sony never advertised it" argument. Phil Harrison was playing it up all over the place. Perhaps it wasn't "advertised" but it sure was "publicized."
I would argue that most of the people with Linux on their PS3's were not hackers. Most PS3's with Linux were probably in clustered environments for number crunching. It was on mine because I've been a software engineer for a decade and a half and I like to push the hardware. I had Linux on my PS2 as well.
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LittleBigPlanet really is a wonderful game. It deserves success.
Only $10 if you buy used. Can't say I blame EA. Used games aren't exactly part of their business model, and it costs them money to maintain the servers.
My Game Informer subscription comes as a perk of my EDGE card membership, too. It's totally worth the super-cheap $15 per year I've paid for it.
I don't think a magazine is going to give Best Buy a competitive advantage. Games are pretty much all GameStop does. It makes sense for them. I don't think it makes as much sense for Best Buy. I'd take it if it was free, though.