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11/17/09
I lost a few friends to WoW.
WoW: Not Even Once! #research
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Can't even call one of the WoW players anymore. If I want to talk to him, I'd have to make a WoW account just to do so. (And yeah, not doing that.) If I catch him when he's not playing WoW, it's always "but I've got a raid planned for tonight" or "I've already got plans to hang out with some friends in Org."
...So yeahhh... #research
11/18/09
Warcraft 2 was actually a decent game for fun LAN parties where afterward you'd eat pizza together and talk about who kicked who's butt.
Now it's all obese people talking to their imaginary online friends.
11/18/09
I play WoW. I'm not a shut-in. In the last 4 years that I've played I've traveled to NYC, Austin, Huntsville, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong. I raid, 4 nights a week, and frequently cancel one in order to hang out with friends irl.
Point being, your experience does not define all experiences. I've known people that were more addicted to Counterstrike than most WoW players are addicted to their drug of choice.
11/18/09
It was not meant to claim that ALL WoW players are shut-ins who abandon their friends to chat with friends on WoW all night. Or that WoW is the only game that people will spend hours upon hours playing, dropping everything else in their life.
The other thing that I'm wondering is given our community of Kotakuites, how many do we know are like you, someone who's willing to cancel a raid to hang out with friends in life, and how many do we know are like my friend, who's willing to cancel friends in real life to go raid? (Or even spend the night chatting in Org. Gahhh.)
I'm wondering which group is more common of people we Kotakuites know. (I figure in the grand scheme, people like you are far more common. WoW is not the diehard addiction many of us view it is. But...we're gamers who post on a gaming blog. Our slice of contact is probably a lot more specific.)
11/17/09
I'm so bad XD #research
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This year I'm at a bit of a loss...
The way I see it, I have three choices. An iPhone, A PS3, and A DSi.
However a Pay As You Go iPhone is super expensive (more than we can currently afford), the DSi isn't really something I have a great need for, since I have two other DSs, and my Mum doesn't like the idea of spending that much on a "toy" for the PS3, even though I point out to her, if she got me an iPhone, I would spend most of my time with it swinging it around like a Lightsaber...
I think I'll try to convince her to go with the PS3, at least that way I too can start buying Blu-Rays...
Does a PS3 only play Blu-Rays of the right region, or is it a multi-egion Blu-Ray player?
Do Multi-Region Blu-Ray players exist? As I'm not sure how much Anime is available on Blu Ray in the UK?
.... Heh, Anime, Blu-Ray and UK kinda rhyme... #research
11/17/09
As for region-free Blu-ray players try the JVC XBP1 or there's quite a few Panasonics (DMP-BD 60k/80k/that series basically). Unfortunately I'm not entirely sure how great they are as blu-ray players having not owned them. However with the exception of the JVC most of the cost in excess of $300 and that would translate to more in the UK market.
PS3s only play Blu-Rays of the region they're manufactured for films, games are as most know region free. However as the US and Japan are the same Blu-ray region they get the same Blu-Ray discs. PAL has a different region. There are 3 in total.
PAYG iPhone is expensive I agree and there's bound to be a new iPhone in 5-6 months, so now isn't the ideal time to get one if you are as it's pretty much in its mid-life cycle.
I'm not too sure about suggesting a DSi as you've already got two DSes and there's going to be another one, perhaps a hardware revision in a year or two, but that's just my opinion. I can't say if that'll be factual. The Iphone however probably best to hold.
11/17/09
Me personally, I don't see me getting anything. Thanks to Modern Warfare 2, Christmas has been canceled with all the good games getting pushed back to next year. #research
11/17/09
Same here, I was looking forward to a lot of games this Christmas until they delayed everything because of Activision's huge stomach.
I guess this is a good time to catch up on all the older titles I might have missed over the past few years. #research
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WoW can't be blamed for more than 5 million at best. WoW draws its numbers form a worldwide audience. Other MMOs do not break 200.000 really, at least in the U.S. alone.
That leaves Xbox Live as the last suspect for generating a large number of subscriptions. Roughly 14 million 360 sold in the U.S. and if you are willing to put the XBL Gold attach rate to roughly 50% , you are almost there. #research
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Then again, the methodology of the research (publisher reported numbers or actual surveys) is still up in the air, so... #research
11/17/09
Honestly, if that was true, I'd be much more shocked that 14% aren't connected to the internet. :O #research
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Only about 60% of American homes are connected to the internet... which mean a quarter of all internet connected homes have subscriptions to a MMO...
to be honestly though as impressive as these numbers are what I am really interested is how these statistics stack up against South Korea. They did after all invent the genre with Nexus. And with numbers like 90% of the country being connected with broadband if the same relativity holds up (with it wont since they are crazier about mmo over there) then that did be truly a scary percentage. #research
11/17/09
The internet is as basic as a refrigerator now. #research
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11/16/09
I'm starting to forget what it felt like to actually have money. #original
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Actually, it's going to be real interesting to see how that sells in the US this March... #original