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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=20198 |  dbb970s (125) Mar 28, 2008 - 02:34 pm
| » Get ready for Big Brother
I don't personally see the actual console hardware going anywhere. What I could imagine in 10years is a console without any optical drive in it. I think we're set to see a Steam (Valve's DRM software for the PC) like product on the console front, and the death of physical media for the console.
Think of it as say 1TB of storage (not far fetched at all in 10years for a console) in a black box. You choose which games you want to "buy" and it downloads and decrypts it. Your purchase is then DRM locked to that particular console and/or your user account. Console makers have long wanted to get rid of the secondary sales market (bye bye EB Games, etc.) and 3rd party hack software running on their (yes it's theirs, even though you paid for it and think it's yours) console. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=19734 | dbb970s (125) Feb 26, 2008 - 09:47 am » Edited on Feb 26, 2008 - 09:49 am
| | That's what I was thinking. Even at retail, parts for a machine of that spec with OS wouldn't crack $900 methinks. Oh yeah, not to mention I could actually upgrade a custom built rig. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18786 | dbb970s (125) Dec 17, 2007 - 02:13 pm
| | That would actually be a good reply. Something like, "tell you what, you drop the price of the games on our platform to $30 and we'll price the console at $200. We lose money on hardware, but make it up on royalties from increased game sales...Otherwise, shuddup!". Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18318 | dbb970s (125) Nov 15, 2007 - 02:58 pm
| » Perfect fit for the Wii.
I imagine the remote used as the proton pack gun and wiping the nunchuck forward to release the ghost capture thingy. You could even use the buttons on the nunchuck for opening and closing up the trap. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18269 | dbb970s (125) Nov 12, 2007 - 09:00 am
| Yeap, a good plan would be to get ahold of an 8800GT now and grab another when you want more performance.
Now I want to see a $500 card with 512bit bus, 1GB RAM, and 256 stream processors so I can play Crysis with all the eye candy turned on. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18238 | dbb970s (125) Nov 08, 2007 - 02:46 pm
| If I were Infinity Ward, I'd be incredibly pissed at Activision right now. Who only puts enough copies into the retail channel to satisfy just pre-orders of a highly anticipated game?
"We've checked with a wide range of retailers (Gamestop, Wal-Mart, Target), and only pre-orders are being satisfied—stores are otherwise sold out of the title," he said."
WTF?! Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=18141 | dbb970s (125) Nov 02, 2007 - 06:49 am
| How about we just get an Intel E4500 C2D CPU ($130), some value priced 2GB kit ($50 at most), and a GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L ($90), then overclock like there is no tomorrow with an 8800GT ($250)? I'm sure the extra $20 is worth lower CPU temps, case temps, and much higher performance.
I think this article needs an overclocked performance section? Get any C2D with a high multiplier and a low stock FSB and work some magic. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17983 | dbb970s (125) Oct 23, 2007 - 01:43 pm » Edited on Oct 23, 2007 - 01:45 pm
| The EA logo is on the retail box and they make money as the distributor for the retail version of the game.
I absolutely loathe giving EA any money, but when the retail box is less than the online equivalent; self interest (aka saving money on games) comes into play. I don't mind supporting Valve, although I do still despise Steam in general. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17987 | dbb970s (125) Oct 23, 2007 - 12:22 pm
| | I agree. The ESRB rates games to inform parents, but there is no law I know of that prohibits purchasing a game with a certain ESRB rating at the Federal level of government. Same situation with MPAA rated movies FWIW. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17983 | dbb970s (125) Oct 23, 2007 - 06:40 am
| I feel like I sold my soul to the devil because the Orange Box is published by EA (hate them) and the games are delivered via Steam (hate DRM).
But darn it all, Portal is awesome, Ep2 continues the epic story, and TF2 is just plain quick and dirty fun! All for the low price of $37.99 at Circuit City last week. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17237 | dbb970s (125) Sep 05, 2007 - 07:07 am
| Microsoft needs to lose the Core model like now. Also, don't charge $80-$90 for a wireless adapter. Just eat it and have wireless built in. Finally, hard drive space is cheap, so the premium unit should have at least 60GB and the Elite should be bumped to 160GB+ for such a price premium. At least the SKUs worth mentioning now have HDMI, so they got one thing right now.
As for Sony, reduce price, keep the emotion engine hardware, get some rumble back in the controllers...ah never mind, you messed up this go around completely.
Nintendo...great job as always! Flag this | Edit this post |
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