Damage control isn't for the consumer. It's for the stock holders. While we might be skeptical of what they say, if I were a stockholder I would rather hear it from them now than later.
Also, on supply constraints. Major retailers probably aren't supply constrained yet, but smaller retailers are probably where the constraints are going to come off last, and probably a lot more in big cities where a lot of people buy things. Then you have to remember that M$ only sees the supply...
They rubbed it in everyone's faces.
I just want to know why he needed to wear high heels...
Are the top 3 stories all announcements for the firmware update?
I'd imagine the change he's talking about when he says "...don't like change" is more along the lines of fundamental changes. Things like the way you pass the ball in a football game or bending rules of the game/making it less realistic etc.
Changes like technological changes (Increasing graphics, physics, AI, etc.) he's more than likely all for.
It's nice to know that he's actually aware that there are issues with the company in the public eye. At leas...
I know at least verizon, and probably most cable providers will be setting up fiber optic connections in the near future (very near future, it might even be available some places already), which are a fair bit faster than most cable services.
You also have to take into account who you're downloading from, and whether or not you're downloading or streaming. Personally, I'd imagine DD to work more like a rental service where you stream the data when you want to watch rather than ...
Do you disagree with ford focuses being POSes compared to ferraris?
First, Almost half the world is an underdeveloped or developing country. I doubt they have a huge impact on any sort of media regardless of it's form.
1.) If it only cost me $1 to watch a movie anytime I want from a larger library than I could ever dream of owning (leaving otu the possibility of subscription services like netflicks where you can watch as many as you want for free)I would think twice about actually owning that movie. (note: DD doesn't replace media as collectibl...
Ok, Gas powered vs. Hydrogen powered. Most oil companies are at the forefront of being the major Hydrogen producers once that rolls around, but I garantee they still want you to buy gas.
Rockstar didn't make bioshock o.O
About half of his are good points. The other half are rediculous redirections.
Things like "It's not myspace. IT DOESN'T HAVE ANIMATED GIFS OMFG" has nothing to do with it's comparison to myspace. People compare it to myspace because they are both social networking devices.
People compare it to second life because outside of the actual content creation, it will play similarly. They way you traverse areas and interact with people is almost the same as se...
What's your evidence for that assumption?
The article isn't about what microsoft said.
edit: Correction, they say something about balmer's comments in the first paragraph. The rest is all analysts and Sony.
You wanna back up why DD won't be big for 2 decades?
It's not that funny...if it actually hurt M$ in any way monetarily or personally in the long run it might be funny, but more likely M$ won't give a crap and he'll have put all that effort in for no good reason at all.
The effect this will have on M$ is probably comparable to me moving a pen an inch from its original location on your desk.
All he did was cost an Indian customer service rep some money, and maybe make a chinese immigrants job slightly harder. I fail...
They send it back and say "We found wheat packing material inside the Xbox 360. We don't cover user error under out warantee. ggnore."
Also, if he thinks anyone is going to look at, let alone open, the fart bag, he is sorely mistaken. That's if they even open the box to begin with.
Maybe... if you paid double for all the ford focuses...
don't insult ferrari by even uttering that car in the same sentence.
I wouldn't call this article sony biased. Personally, that's a pretty damn good deal to the average consumer, despite me being against the HDDless arcade (TINY HDD PLZ).
Just buy the premium and all those games :-p. If you're going to buy an HDD anyway, it's better to get the same bundle, but just get a premium instead. I think it comes out cheaper than if you add an HDD to that one.
February. The NPD coming out is for February. This is March.