SuAside said:
, but thanks for the some insight into Braun, those guys were years ahead of their time. I feel sorry for the future generations, their life will be totally ruled by their gizmo's (if it isn't already). 
I don't mind how it looks (better than the PS2) and appreciate the more rectangular profile, it just fits places better.aenemic said:
Jobs was a great CEO, there's no denying that. The man had an eye and a brain for business but so did Bill Gates, who doesn't get enough credit for his success. That said, this is going off on a weird tangent...Walpknut said:
SnapSlav said:
Walpknut said:
Well let's just be clear about the pitfalls OF the Cell Processor (before I get to your actual question)... It was a BRILLIANT technological feat, but it was like choosing Imperial system over Metric. It wasn't bad, it was just doomed to failure because success necessitated that everyone ELSE adopt it, too. It was a nice attempt, but it was presumptuous and overambitious.Stanislao Moulinsky said:
I just don't see the "more DRM" trend EVER decreasing, regardless of who's involved. Sure, Sony's levels of DRM weren't maniacal in PS3 exclusives... but they were there. Sony didn't invent nor did it own the concept of digital downloads, but it had a digital games market (which always surprises me when I hear 360 fanboys parade that they get "Games on Demand" however many months later on XBLA.... because Digital Download goes live THE SAME DAY as the retail release, on PSN <_< ) and digital downloads have always been a DRM I've had a love-hate relationship with. I do love the convenience of owning a title, digitally (not to mention the longevity they add to any disc reader), but I hate that once the platform expires or falls out of favor... so does your ability to play the game you OWN. You bought it, it's yours, yet you can't play it anymore. Well, tough luck! (I have the same dilemma about Steam. Lovely service, but it's still a form of DRM that I despise it for.)Stanislao Moulinsky said:
The degree of situational irony in that is just staggering. All I can say it... Welcome to my world. Shit happens where someone comes along and acts all incredulous about something that I knew about for goddamn ages.... all... the... time... -_- Rarely ever has to do with Steve Jobs, I mean, the topics I typically run into are irrelevant to this conversation. But the sentiment is ALL too familiar to me.Walpknut said:
SnapSlav said:
Perfect example. No, that's not what I was saying. I was saying that backwards compatibility was vanishing in ALL of the consoles, both current and next generation. I explained my feelings regarding this, already. Quote: "But ultimately, that blip of a whine of mine wasn't just directed at the PS4, but rather ALL consoles that have forsaken backwards compatibility. The 360 [...]. The PS3 [...]."Stanislao Moulinsky said:
Only yes, it could. The PS3 was, originally, 100% backwards compatible with PSX and PS2 titles. All of them. Also I already addressed that later models removed these features, and that it was because of costs. You're not bringing up a point with me, because I already made that point, myself. That's really irritating.Stanislao Moulinsky said:
Again, I ALREADY said what; just read what I goddamned wrote already. IMMEDIATELY after the end of the quote you pulled from me, I went on to say this:Stanislao Moulinsky said:
I feel you, I have the same conversation frequently.Walpknut said:
I think what he was getting at was that there were PS2 titles that the PS3 had issues with or couldn't play just as there were PSX titles the PS2 had issues playing. They were far and few between and unintentional but they did exist. It's an anal point and it was infinitely better than the selective backward compatibility of the 360 which only chose to play "Greatest Hits" games.SnapSlav said:
SnapSlav said:
Exactly, "it" has no such emphasis in the English language as I think you were providing. "It" does not denote a particular thing, "it" will only refer to whatever the subject has been stated or implied to be. Because I referred to multiple consoles and several generations of said consoles, "it" was a continuation of that same topic, not any deviation of it.Stanislao Moulinsky said:
Garlic expressed this point better than you did, and in that regard, I'll concede. There were hang-ups, BUT these were not deliberate. For all intents and purposes, the system was DESIGNED to be 100% backwards compatible; it was simply the reality of flaws that it wasn't. The 360, by contrast, actively avoided the feature. If it was to be a last-generation title played on this generation's system, it was going to be part of a (very meager) list or, more likely, be a digital download. Pop in the disc you already own and play away? HELL NAH!!!!Stanislao Moulinsky said:
I don't even know HOW you're managing to compare the 2, because they're NOTHING alike. Sega has been out of the hardware market for decades, yet I can still play Sonic 3 & Knuckles on my Nomad whenever I want to. There's nothing stopping me from firing up my old, physical systems and playing them, besides natural wear and tear. They're not DESIGNED to be useless once the craze for them dies down. By direct contrast, once Steam is gone, EVERYTHING you bought on Steam is gone with it. It won't matter if you have your PC in pristine condition, 10 years down the road, able to still be booted up despite the fact that it will be woefully underpowered compared to what's available, then. You won't be able to access Steam now that it's gone. You'll still have your physical system, and that won't have any bearing on your ability to play it. That's DRM.Stanislao Moulinsky said:
SnapSlav said:
Slang, I'm guessing. Just like it's not necessarily grammatically correct to refer to someONE as "they" if you're avoiding specifying their gender, but as far as informal English goes, "they" is often used as a gender neutral term. Yet it's technically a plural term being used to describe an individual. "It" is used in ways that's not proper, in slang, such as referring to an intangible concept that is neither singular nor plural. In this case, I was referring to an nonspecific idea of this generation's console. Similar in style to the phrase "They don't make it like they use to" which is a derivative of "They don't make them like they used to". Again, a matter of slang.Stanislao Moulinsky said:
I've been away from the system long enough that I don't even remember all the details. But I know there were games I downloaded that I have since been unable to download again, and not for lack of "subscription" or anything along those lines. Just pure "Oh, you still wanna play that? Well.............. sorry!"Stanislao Moulinsky said:
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