Creston wrote on Jan 9, 2013, 11:05:
Government logic: "Dammit, that store is selling stuff without VAT / sales tax on it! We have to get sales tax out of them, we're losing out on billions in revenue!"

SlimRam wrote on Jan 8, 2013, 23:27:
I LOVE this game and have played it extensively but I still have only completed a handful of the 'main story' quest. I can't understand how people are on they're second and third playthrough of the game???

ShadyPete wrote on Jan 8, 2013, 14:01:
it also seems that most of the female npc's dialogue have some awkward sexual undertone which i find quite juvenile.

Beamer wrote on Jan 8, 2013, 15:27:
Desktop PC sales began slowing long before it just became about not upgrading. People do NOT want that form factor anymore. Computing is done mostly on the couch these days. Tying someone to a single desk, as well as devoting that desk solely to computing, isn't a viable option anymore.

Verno wrote on Jan 8, 2013, 14:56:

HorrorScope wrote on Jan 8, 2013, 14:08:

saluk wrote on Jan 8, 2013, 12:18:
TV sales have also slowed. I don't know what that means.

They are dying. People like small screens vs large screens. In the future all we will have is a phone, for everything, well until there is no more growth money in them and at that time WS will abandon that and go with whatever is making them free money.

I'm not convinced, I think people still love televisions, it's just that they've pretty much sold everyone a TV already and TVs arent the kind of device you want to upgrade every year.

Jay wrote on Jan 8, 2013, 14:02:
Streaming video/audio is already acceptable for gaming - OnLive (if you live near their servers) and WiiU are proof of that.

saluk wrote on Jan 8, 2013, 12:18:
TV sales have also slowed. I don't know what that means.

Beamer wrote on Jan 8, 2013, 12:10:
How much longer until your cellphone is more powerful than an xbox?

PCs are NOT selling very well. Sales are crumbling. Dell and HP are reeling. It's brutal, and making things worse they're trying to get back to higher priced PCs (laptops mostly) and no one is biting.

It's just denying the inevitable if you think that desktop PCs will still be a thing much longer into the future. Dell sells 2 desktop PCs to home users. 2! They occupy 1 page in Best Buy's circular, compared to 5+ for laptops. Internet traffic is increasingly coming from mobile/tablet devices.

I keep saying it, but I'll repeat: we're moving to a world were we have limited devices and instead of different form factors that device communicates with. Mice, controllers, keyboards and displays all connect to your mobile device. It keeps everything. Hell, we're probably moving to them mostly being dummy with most computation being cloud based.

Does this mean the fringe will abandon dedicated machines? No. People on this board will build their devices as long as that's possible. But this isn't the mainstream. We're not who companies put billions of R&D dollars to pleasing.

Beamer wrote on Jan 8, 2013, 11:00:

HorrorScope wrote on Jan 8, 2013, 10:26:
Sort of funny, for years... PC's dying, consoles win. Now it's this could be the last console generation. To possibly even, the PC will take over the console in the living room. I'm not so sure about any of that.

But no one is saying the PC replaces the console.

Most analysts saying the console is on its way out say it's going out the door behind the PC, not that the PC is the one closing the door on it.

And I agree with them. The PC, as a form factor, is dying off. Again, this doesn't mean that keyboards and mice are dying off. Having a large box full of wires that sits in one place is what's disappearing. Consoles and laptops will be there, too.

Cutter wrote on Jan 4, 2013, 10:37:

Schilling has been an outspoken "small government Republican" activist, who campaigned with President George W. Bush in 2004, but with his business in dire straits, he once again turned to the state for a bailout.

All these hypocrites are the same. Telling everyone else to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps but when they need it - after they've ignored moral hazard and pissed away everyone elses money - they're the first guys in line with their hands out.

eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 2, 2013, 22:29:
Also notice that the instance is on a timer. Which means in case you wipe your party, you can do the whole grind all over again.

eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 2, 2013, 14:28:
Well if you want VR goggles you should bemoan the frame rates ,) I think games would need to made specifically for these goggles anyway. I can't imagine how mouse aim would transfer into VR.... certainly not well.