I've always seen them as being pretty much the same, just different flavors, so to speak. While the 360 fan boys seem to be more akin to the "frat boy", "die hard football fan" mentality of "OUR CONSOLE IS THE BEST, YEAAAAAAAHHHHHH *chest bump*"; the PS3 fan boy is more akin to the "pseudo-intellectual" mentality of "get whatever console works best for you. Of course, our console is much more powerful (generally based off of Sony marketing hype, individual specs instead of the system as a whole, or really just nothing at all) so there's no reason you should ever pick the 360 anyway."
Back when the consoles first came out Sony fan boys (the ones that frequented their official forums anyway) were extremely defensive. ANYONE that ever said ANYTHING that could make the PS3 look like anything but God's gift to gamers was immediately branded a 360 fan boy, a troll, and was flamed to hell. PS3 died? TROLL. Disc stuck in console? TROLL. Controller suddenly not responding (common problem on the earlier Bluetooth controllers)? TROLL. Constructive claim with photographs to back it up? TROLL. It got so bad that the mods themselves actually had to intervene and basically say that not everyone that has a problem with their system is automatically a troll.
Why is everyone so surprised? This follows Apple's normal dev cycle routine. A major upgrade followed by a minor upgrade. With the exception of the original iPhone to the 3G this has been the way it's been with their phones, and all of their other products.
My mother had a brick phone with AirTouch Cellular, back before they became Verizon Wireless. The good old days.
Well, not really. They were heavy, and were minute to minute only, but it was still amazing.
Well, not really. They were heavy, and were minute to minute only, but it was still amazing.
Pshh, my booth has TWO of those statues AND a live one.
Easily the best Star Trek game in the franchise, although the tactical combat system went over most people's heads (and really didn't make a lot of sense to begin with).
They do realize that these are 2D pictures and looking upward isn't going to let them see anything else right? ...Right?
Which show is the one where Bowser is holding a knife to Peach in the first picture? (Without having to watch all of them)
Must not have included all GameStops then. None of the six GameStops in my area have ever had opened PC games sold as new.
I also know first hand that, until recently, GameStop employees WERE allowed to take home the opened new games and play them. Technically, since the game was never sold and it was only played for "testing" and "demonstration" purposes, the game was still legally considered new. GameStop changed their policy soon after, but the stigma still sticks with them.
As you said, it's more HOW they handled the situation than it is the situation it's self. They opened up new games. They removed part of the package; it's quite possible that some people bought those games when they did specifically FOR that reason. Then they closed the game, and sold them, seemingly, without informing customers that the bonus code had been removed. What if they wanted to return the game as new, or to resell it for new for whatever reason? Now they can't.
A lot of people disagree with GameStop's questionable business practices, such as selling open/played games as "new". There's also the issue of GameStop paying very little for trade in's, then selling them for a much higher price. That's more the people's fault than the company's, but people feel they should be more ethically responsible rather that being so willing to rip people off.
Because they didn't do that with PC games. He's saying now they're including PC games as well.
Disney Pixar's Cars should be the epitome of racing.
I thought it was too. The background blurring especially lends it's self to that though. It would be amazing if you could buy car insurance in GT5. Well, maybe not amazing but...not amazing...
The article isn't specific on what "tinkering with the code" actually means though. Did she actually look at the coding, IE the source code, or is this just a way of saying she messed with the system/game mechanics until something happened? That's actually more the way I'm perceiving it.
If the agreement was established ahead of time, then no. But it would be in Nintendo's case, since they didn't.
Nintendo would be openly encouraging violation of said licensing differences. If nothing else it's bad PR.
So you're saying you were completely hooked for ten minutes?
They'll still buy.
Well, if we're to believe that the Wii U is somewhat more powerful than the PS3/360 that puts it at a lot more powerful than the iPad. More power means more drain on the battery. Game constantly on an iPad and that ten hour battery life goes down significantly, let alone the Wii U with it's much more powerful hardware.
As for the Wii U, all of the graphics are being processed on the console and then streamed to the controller. The (plugged in) console is doing all of the work and then just sending it's results to the controller, which requires significantly less battery power than if the controller were a computer it's self.
As for the Wii U, all of the graphics are being processed on the console and then streamed to the controller. The (plugged in) console is doing all of the work and then just sending it's results to the controller, which requires significantly less battery power than if the controller were a computer it's self.
