When I saw the title I was curious to hear the reasons and then when I got through the first point I was chuckling. This was pretty funny. Obviously a poking fun article.
I don't even care about flaming or whatever. I think both platforms offer something of value. I have said it before and will say it again; my system is almost 3 years old and when I put it together it wasn't even bleeding edge (8800gts 512) core 2 duo that I over clocked with stock cooling solution from 2.6 to 3.0GHz. I spent about 700 dollars at the time, including the OS for the machine and it has run very well for me over these years. I can still play any new game that comes out ...
Very true.
Now that is worth a bubble and worth reflecting on. It's too bad the vast majority of people here or anywhere else will never see this comment; and even if they do, it probably won't stick with them much past the reading of it. This comment could apply to so many people, in so many different ways and in so many different arenas.
I've been playing the GoTY edition as well. It's amazing how many ways you can play that game. You are given at least 2 ways to get into an area and usually more than 2. You can kill certain characters sooner or later and the story reflects that choice. In the beginning if you kill rather than incapacitate, your brother Paul and others react to that. It's a pretty cool game. I have some of the HD texture mods and the DirectX 10 renderer installed.
When I clicked on the story link, I was not prepared for what I saw.
This article touched me... deep down... where I'm cold like a woman.
Seriously though, it's been a while friend. I'll bring the pizza and ice cold coke, you bring the memory making.
And someone somewhere will be forming the head.
Wow, memories. I remember renting this over the Summer and playing it with my best friend.
7 Up + Doritos + Best Friend + SNES + Summer == Good
Hey man, smoking is bad for you.
Figure it out.
Life is short. Live it, while you can.
Okay...
I don't know what kind of PC gamer you were in the 90's, but I loved all the choices we had. You could play Dune (the strategy adventure game) or Dune2 THE RTS that started it all or your FPS of choice or TBS or RPG (my personal favorite) or whatever you wanted.
The PC was the home of the RPG and adventure. I can't even fathom how you could say you were a PC gamer and not enjoy that genre.
Man... Master of Orion, Ma...
This actually sounds kind of fun. My dad is a beekeeper... so my summer job meant a lot of sweating and getting stung.
@spooky205 - The only thing I would have to disagree on would be online gaming. The first online gaming were text based MUDs. I still play them. I think Asheron's Call was the first 3D online game.
Otherwise, what you say is true and even the Dreamcast being the first could be true if you remove PC's from the picture.
Yes, generally the largest portion goes to the publisher. In cases where a developer is owned by a publisher... it almost all becomes profit, that's one of the biggest reasons publishers buy developers and generally developers give up more of their freedom for more resources and stability.
I personally think it's a myth they aren't making any money. Everybody seems to be quick to say PC games, in particular don't make money, but that's just not true. ...
End user agreements are a contract and you can be compelled to follow the letter of spelled out stipulations, but not always. Because our legal system is not ruled by contract law... it's ruled by case law.
In fact, in most court cases involving contracts, you are generally challenging the validity of a provision of a contract, which you can do, as your legal right.
Considering this is how it has worked in our legal system for a long time, I don'...
@Dmarc - Actually, I built mine for just under $1000 almost 3 years ago and it still plays most of what has been coming out @ 1920 x 1200 with most options on the highest settings possible. Plus, it does everything else I need it to do as a personal computer.
Seems like a good deal to me.
There's a slight snag with that though. You can't sell something with the promise it can do something and then take it away and deny the purchaser the ability to use it. Either through a firmware update or through a replacement/repair program.
You can only add features, not take them away.
There is a reason why they are taking it to court. Do you think the lawyers who are filing the suit are doing so without the knowledge of the agreement? The...
Wow, I think I remember that contest. I remember when I would wait every month for the new nintendo power mag to come in the mail.
I would read it at church under my coat during service and of course I would play with my He Man action figures too.
By the power of castle Greyskull... Jesus Christ.
I don't know... it's made to work on a pretty wide range of hardware. This thing will work on a Pentium 4 or Athalon and graphics card that came out 6 years ago.
Is your rig that bad off?
It's not incomplete. It has all the content of a full game. You are a classic troll, spitting out something without actually backing it up. You are like those people that gave the game a 1 star on Amazon without even playing it. You are like the people that give a book a 1 star review without even reading it, because you don't like the guy who wrote it. You, as an individual are a minor annoyance, but in numbers become a problem. Problems are made to be solved.
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