Many top company execs are bullies. MS is known for their strong arm tactics in the market. It comes from the top - Steve Balmer is no exception. But... it worked for them.
Many would view the Linux kernel devs as prima donnas and bullies as well. It worked for them, so why the gossip. If you don't like them then don't whine, buy something else. That goes for every other company.
GT has damage modeling - just not activated. Manufacturers are touchy about this - and since GT is the premier driving sim, read sim - not arcade diver, you get manufacturers like Nissan and Toyota have their own demos in GT special editions. They are concerned people may make their buying decisions based on the damage modeling that they see in GT, and it is valid. People will do a "virtual test drive", and make buying decisions based on that. The damage model is not that difficult ...
You clearly did not own any of the GT series, or watched the behind the scenes videos. The GT dev is a car enthusiast. They did all kinds of track tests, with race drivers, F1 drivers, test drivers, manufacturers etc. The F1 games - some of the F1 drivers use the F1 series to get used to the track - in the one instance they used it to get used to a track that was not yet build. Lame if you think the others just slapped some code together without real life tests. They time the cars in the same...
Read up in those words Mart. That is what you are all about. So you had no answer to post on Home - so you fall back on a totally unrelated topic. If you don't have anything to say, then shut up. If you thought you were helping the XB360's case - then bad news. You and your type convince people that MS is engaging in a mud slinging campaign, paid for viral marketers - to try and give a negative spin on anything PS3. The effect is that people are trusting Sony more and MS less - because of the...
Yes, so the GT HD looks better. Would like the damage model in though. They are both great game, worth of owning. If you have the XB360, get Forza. If PS, get GT HD / GT5. You will enjoy both. Similar enough to not detract from the game play. Only a few experts will really notice the difference. No need to go into a mud slinging contest. They are good enough both to keep both sides happy. The devs did great work on both, so enjoy it. Don't try and spoil it for someone.
Sounds like a disgruntled XB360 owner
Enjoy your red ring of death
It probably could not be done on the PS3 not because of technical reasons, but for business reasons. It will come to the PS3 a year later...
Any game made for the one can be made for the other one. Same as any game for the XBox was ported for PS2 or vice versa. The one may lose a bit LOD, sound, frame rate, AI or something, but still ported. Some XB360 games will be on multi DVD's, PS3 on single BluRay... and hell, swapping a DVD is not that big a deal.. just a bit of pride to...
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UMD and BluRay is not the same case. UMD is horrible for movies. I agree with you on the XB360 that MS dropped the ball - they really needed to have bigger capacity. They should have started with a 60GB drive minimum. The 20GB was laughable, and the core model with no disk - well - that was just plain stupid. BTW, I think Sony having a 20GB model was stupid as well. My point on the XB360 with HD-DVD - if you would support it for movie playback or not - 20% at least would. That wou...
First of, they are being polite. No smearing and kicking a guy when he is falling a bit.
Secondly - the Wii must get a follow up, and will inevitably be more powerful than the PS3, less than the PS4. Why go through all the problems when Ken was there, made the good and bad decisions. It is called experience. You don't get experience by not making mistakes. Much of the intellectual property is about who makes what, who to talk to in what company, knowing who is who in the zoo. Ken's bee...
Then it was fair. He made some critical mistakes on schedule, and got moved. That is how young guys get their chance to move up. Those who complain about the "unfairness" of it all, most probably are 15 year olds with not a day of corporate life behind them.
The best man for the job for version 1 is not always the best man for version 2. Nothing to do with disrespect. When you compete in a team sport, and did good for the team, but had a bad season, and gets dropped b...
Don't take a techie and make him a bad manager. Let the techie do what comes natural to them, and let the brand manager and other disciplines do what they do best.
With all the mistakes, Ken did lay the foundation for at least the next PS machine the PS4. It will be a much smoother transition than the XB720. The next PS will most probably be a machine with a Cell CPU - upgraded or multiple Cell's. The XB720 on the other hand will most probably have, yet again, a totally new arc...
1) The Chinese speak of HD-DVD as a category, not a format. So - in the category it could be either HD-DVD or BluRay
2) The Blu Ray lasers came down from $150 to $8 - so the price advantage is a bit moot now as the high cost items are dropping due to economies of scale.
3) BluRay came from behind, overtook HD-DVD and is outselling HD-DVD at a ratio of 3:1 or 4:1 or even 7:1 depending on whose stats you believe. No one puts HD-DVD in the lead the moment (well, except for maybe T...
For crying out loud - it is not possible for the one to give better "quality" than the other.
It is digital, not analogue. The electronic file on it is EXACTLY THE SAME. It is like storing a short HD video clip on a CD, DVD, HD-DVD or BluRay, and then claim the HD-DVD one is somehow "better". Last time I checked people who make these statements are totally clueless fan boys with not a clue about the underlying technology. The only two factors that come into ...
Corporates want to see profit, stellar sales. PS3 is not exactly a cash cow now, even though the technology is great. The Wii type market segment is what they had in mind. Also - they spend a lot on the Cell. So they created a Rolls Royce - which will last 10 years in the market and do very well. But with the momentum of the PS2, they most probably expected immediate results. Good tech for the gamers, not so good for the company profits.
Sony will stick with it, and they will ...
I had the request from my family to get a DVD player. I bought a PS2, and did not buy games for it the same day. The day I bought the PS2, we rented DVD's. It was first a DVD player, and then we bought games for it.
With PS3, it is a BluRay player. Most who buy it will not go of and buy a HD-DVD player. They will buy BluRay titles. Every PS3 sold, is a BluRay player sold. End of story. Most who get a PS3 will be a BluRay consumer, and never look at HD-DVD. End of story.
Here is South Africa there is not even a HD-DVD player available. The only titles in store is BluRay titles. The only BluRay players that have seen is the PS3. So down here it is simple - PS3 will beat everything (Have not even seen a Wii down here) - and BluRay will dominate, well, will be the only format.
Over here you can get a PS3 on a Cellphone contract.
You buy a HD TV set. You buy a PS3. Now - will you go and buy another BluRay player, or HD-DVD for videos, or would you be using the PS3? Of course you would use the PS3.
So you bought a HD TV set - and a PS3 - and now you use it *only* to play games? And buy another HD TV to watch videos on? And put it next to the other HD TV? One for games, and one for videos? Come on come on - this lame story about PS3 not being used for playing DVD and BluRay on is just utterly stupid, moro...
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Having said that - Vista will be slow to take off. At work I had all the Vista machines send back (massive corporate company) We won't allow Vista machines on the network until at least service pack 2. Don't trust it, compatibility not up to scratch etc. But that was the same with XP, with 2000, with NT etc.
After two years or so, Vista will take off. In the meantime - XP will be standard - until MS as usually - will mak...
MS needs to make money somewhere on the XB line. he division is bleeding money and investors get nervous if they keep on dumping Billions. Easy way is to make something closed (like Windows protocols) and when the consumer is hooked - with no other choice - milk them for the small extras. Just business. All companies will do it. Stop whining about how much the thing retails for. Make a copy of the adapter - or better - check if your current drive has a similar adapter. If so - then open it an...
Do you think MS developed anything from scratch? They mostly bough other products or code from other products, or just copied code from others - legally and illegally - and got caught sometimes. If they buy Yahoo, then that is just part of their normal business process, and the process of market consolidation.
Just check their previous products - MS Project - came from somewhere else, TCP/IP stack - came from BSD, SQL Server came from Sybase if I remember correctly, Active Dir...