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Re: well.... |
Mar 11, 2007, 00:18 |
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Why would you say "Amen" to a bunch of bullshit? There is a reason that retailers don't have 5-6 year old games in stock. Shelf space costs real money. The demand for such old games is way too low to justify the costs of stockkeeping for the retailer or the publisher paying for the shelf space.
Assuming that such old games would sell more units than the latests games is outright retarded and proves that the person making that claim has had some serious oxygen deficiency at birth. Even if that person were right (very very very hypothetically speaking), well, when did number of units become synonymous with more profit? Rightie. Our retarded little friend has forgotten the totally insignificant (of course) factor that is called the price. How many 5-6 year old games are selling for $49.90? Weeelllll? I'm listening. Oh. That many, huh? Wow.
Fucking tards.
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| News Comments > Piracy versus PC Gaming |
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Re: No subject |
Mar 9, 2007, 20:45 |
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CJ: Do you not allow for the possibility that those people probably wouldn't have bought the game anyway. And in fact if they do find they like it they purchase it for the box/multiplayer/whatever?
Yes, of course. But it pisses me off when people pretend like it's no problem at all. Neither you nor I know if a lot of those people who download games would buy the game if it could not be pirated. I find it very questionable though to assume that the vast majority of those people wouldn't buy the game anyway. I don't think so. I think it's a matter of making choices and saving money where you can and since PC games can be pirated it's a good choice for saving money. It's that simple.
For example: Let's say 17 year old Little Jimmy gets $200 allowance per month. Little Jimmy has a lot of desires. He needs gas for his car, he needs to take his chica out on dates (stupid expensive bitch!  ), he goes out on the weekends, rents a video every once in a while, buys stuff like some kewl new ringtones for his mobile phone, and finally he also buys a game or two for his X360. End result: $200 gone. Plus Little Jimmy owes each of his buddies some cash cuz of his stupid expensive bitch girlfriend (remember? ). Now this really mad leet PC game comes out that Little Jimmy just MUST have cuz all his mad leet friends are raving about it. So Little Jimmy hits up TPB.org and fate takes its course...
Note that I just used Little Jimmy as an example because it might be easier for most peeps here to identify with a teen. The same shit goes for Big Jimmy in his 30s of course who is always low on money for other reasons (like his crazy expensive bitch wife and his even more expensive lover bitch whom he got cuz his wife got fat'n'ugly after the 2nd kid ).
There. It's all about making choices and compromises and the temptation of saving money where possible. I would bet that many "pirates" actually buy console games because pirating is not an option with some of the newer systems. I dunno. It's probably just too tempting for a lot of people to NOT spend the $50 on Jade Empire but to use those same $50 to buy something else. Possibly even a console game if the person is a multi-platform gamer.
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| News Comments > Piracy versus PC Gaming |
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Re: No subject |
Mar 9, 2007, 20:16 |
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Right. Piracy is absolutely no problem at all. The 800+ people who are currently leeching Jade Empire and Infernal or the 600+ who are leeching Test Drive Unlimited or the 300+ who are leeching Doom (just to name an id game) are probably all owners of the legit version or just fired up their BitTorrent client because they have nothing better to do. Hohummm. And now let's all grab our ankles and shove our heads up our collective asses. Yeah, just like that. Good.
Tards...
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| News Comments > Morning Tech Bits |
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Re: daylight savings comes early |
Mar 9, 2007, 18:34 |
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k, bro, back to da burbs I bounce but I swearz I'll be back wit da posse to cum breakin' down ya ghetto ass door, homes. Strap in, bustah! Peace. Out.
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Re: daylight savings comes early |
Mar 9, 2007, 16:30 |
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Yup. Mathematical retardation FTW. But whaddya expect from a homie called FourPak? It's 2Pac, FourPak. Not FourPak. Y'know... 2, not 4. Get it?
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| News Comments > Gold - Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific |
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Re: Das Boot! |
Mar 6, 2007, 16:14 |
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Don't be an asshat. There were German subs in the Pacific. They were sent to teach the Japanese how to build submarines (Specifically, pressure resistance in the metallurgy of the keel and hull to go to greater depths.)
I believe most were Type IXs.
Educate yourself before opening your mouth and showing everyone here what a total dickbag you are.
I know that. Everyone with half a clue knows that German sub tech was very sought after during WW2 because they were the best subs.
He was asking about "playable" subs though. So... is it your idea of fun to drive an unarmed sub from Germany to Japan so the Japs can do tech research? Dumbass.
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| News Comments > Shadowrun & Windows LIVE "Gold" Accounts |
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Mar 6, 2007, 10:05 |
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If a popular game requires a Live Gold subscription to just play online and that requires a subscription, I'm willing to bet that there will soon be an alternative way to play them for free.
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This big difference in this case between Xbox users and PC users is that the PC users have tools to bypass or skip whatever silly subscription service that MS would force on them.
I think you're wrong. How many people are playing WoW or any other MMOs for free (excluding emulators)? Right. None. Because the number of keys is strictly controlled by the providers. There are definitely ways to make a subscription system hack-safe. Also remember what happened to that Battle.net alternative service. Shut down by Blizzard's lawyers. The reason that MMO emulators exist is just because they are no real threat to the real thing. Otherwise Blizzard & co would have those shut down as well. Money knows no borders. Companies like MS can afford to buy law enforcement in any country in the world.
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| News Comments > Shadowrun & Windows LIVE "Gold" Accounts |
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Re: No subject |
Mar 5, 2007, 22:35 |
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Wouldn't that mean that Vista would be in high demand right now..?
Not necessarily. A lot of people just wanted a new OS because XP had been out for such a long time and they felt like a new one was due (for full, native SATA support, improved wireless functionality, improved security features or whatever the hell people wanted MS to do in a new Windows). So Microsoft delivered a new OS. End of story.
Whether it is in "high" demand now or not does not really matter. It is obviously in good enough demand for Microsoft to be a successful business.
By the way I would bet that the people who begged for a new OS to come out are the same ones who bitched when MS released 95A, 95B, 98, 98SE, ME and XP in fairly rapid succession  .
Well, the Games for Windows initiative including Windows Live can not really be compared anyways since it's not a pure end consumer product. The end consumer demand to feed MS money for MP is certainly quite low but the demand of the industry for more standardization is just as certainly very high.
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| News Comments > BioShock Movie |
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Re: No subject |
Mar 5, 2007, 22:22 |
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If this is how combat works in the final game then I won't be buying it. Five minutes to clear a single room? How about no? It's nice to see all those fancy graphics and fancy effects and fancy weapons and gadgets but who really wants to use all that crap? Most people will play around with the gadgets a couple of times and then switch to run and gun "tactics".
It's beginning to look to me like Irrational are creating some sort of dev playground here to show off their mad leet coding sk1LLz rather than a game. Where's the "rhythm"? Where's the fluid gameplay?
This movie is just show and zero substance.
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| News Comments > Shadowrun & Windows LIVE "Gold" Accounts |
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Re: No subject |
Mar 5, 2007, 22:11 |
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Sure, developers might be interested enough to take it, but if MS didn't offer, it wouldn't happen.
They aren't just "interested" enough to take it. They have been demanding more standardization, more sources of income and lower development costs. DirectX is also an effort of the industry as a whole where Microsoft listened very closely to what the software and hardware makers wanted. That's why it is that successful. It would be extremely stupid to believe that Microsoft is just offering these things like "There. Take it or leave it." - That's not how it works. Microsoft only offers things that the market demands.
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| News Comments > Shadowrun & Windows LIVE "Gold" Accounts |
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Re: No subject |
Mar 5, 2007, 21:52 |
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Well, this may look like Microsoft is behind it all but I think that everyone here needs to be aware that other developers and publishers will more than welcome these plans since they have always complained about the lack of any other income than the box sale at retail.
If this enables them to bring down the development costs or earn a few bucks on the side then Windows Live will be heavily embraced by the industry. It would be wrong to label MS as the scapegoat.
I knew that they were gonna come up with something like this the moment they announced "Games for Windows". Microsoft must have realized that "PC gaming" (which is a very general term that would encompass Mac and Linux gaming as well) will only survive as a viable option for developers and publishers if it is turned into a console-like platform with (even) stricter standardization than DirectX is already imposing and additional sources of income like the Live service.
I wouldn't be surprised if they would take this to hardware in the long term like issuing a "Designed for Games for Windows" label for tested (like WHQL) hardware. If you happen to not own GfW hardware then you won't get support or the game will refuse to install.
Games for Windows is all about standardization and about making things easier and especially cheaper for developers and publishers. Game budgets can not continue to increase infinitely. This will help PC gaming in the long run.
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| News Comments > New C&C Shooter Rumor |
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Re: Say what you will... |
Mar 5, 2007, 12:54 |
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Yeah but it means it'll require Vista.
Why would it mean that? Crysis doesn't require Vista either.
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| News Comments > Morning Tech Bits |
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Re: ATI R600 to beat 8800GTX |
Mar 2, 2007, 16:57 |
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Yeah, I expect there'll be a 8900GTX right after the R600 release to try and steal some of AMD's thunder. The only saving grace for AMD is the flak that nVidia is getting over their drivers - that may be scaring some people off the 8800.
And the thermal issues. The 80°C - 90°C average GPU temp of the G80 is way too hot to be healthy for longer term use. Actually it's amazing that there aren't any reports of increased returns of fried 8800 cards that flamed out. nVidia definitely needs to bring down that temp and work on power consumption, too.
In fact it seems like the time for high efficiency dual core GPUs has come. We're currently in the Pentium 4D (Prescott) phase, I reckon. It seems like it's finally time to stop pushing the clocks and time to come up with a more efficient GPU design similar to what happened between the XP 3200+ and Athlon64 or the Pentium D (Prescott/Netburst architecture) and Core/Core 2 tech.
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| News Comments > So Blonde Announced |
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Re: Why? |
Mar 2, 2007, 16:44 |
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WTF? Does she spit or swallow? Why do those fuckers always forget to mention the most important features in those stupid announcements? Jeez...
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| News Comments > Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Demo |
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Re: Multiplayer? |
Feb 27, 2007, 17:07 |
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Hey I had the same problem with Supreme Commander demo, anyone know a fix for this multi moniter issue?
"... btw, maybe someone can help me: I only had one issue... I could not pan to the left by going to the left side of the screen because my mouse would leave onto my other monitor. This meant I always had to pan with right-mouse button... a little annoying. Anyone know how to make it run so this won't happen? It's almost as if there's some sort of window-mode enabled... "
Unplug the 2nd screen, u tard!!!!
j/k
Well, what you could do for the duration of playing the game is hit your nView options and then the "Windows" tab and then uncheck the checkmark in front of "Enable window spanning across multiple displays" or just simply disable multiple desktops.
You could also try to look up the "Applications" tab and see if you can add the cnc3demo.exe and then define on which monitor you want the app to run (plus possibly other customization options). Can't test this myself as I don't have multiple displays at the moment.
To enable nView, you might have to activate the classic nVidia control panel first.
Dunno about ATI Catalyst drivers but the multi display stuff is usually so customizable that there should be similar options.
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Re: Is Windows more expensive |
Feb 27, 2007, 16:45 |
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There's a well documented workaround that lets you do a fresh install with upgrade versions of Vista. It's a minor pain in the ass because you end up installing Vista twice but it is possible. Please feel free to use Google for the detailed guide.
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| News Comments > Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Demo |
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Re: Worth a look |
Feb 26, 2007, 18:58 |
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I don't know about Senna though. I think even in the non-regulated chassis that Schumacher would have caught up with and long eclipsed Senna.
Nope. Schumacher was only able to win because of the pussification of F1 cars. If Senna would have lived and if cars wouldn't have been pussified, he would have kicked Schumacher's ass to hell and back because Senna was a real man with manly gutz'n'passion and not a whiny little German wiener schnitzel pussy like Schumacher .
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