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PS Vita game downloads cheaper than boxed copies in US {Joystiq}
Jan 31st 2012 11:39PM @Teeree
I'm not worried about that as much as future playability. Every once-in-a-while I like to break out an old game that I played so many years ago (mostly PC games). Quake, Quake II, Episode 1 Pod Racer, Age of Empires 2, Mech Assault. Imagine 15 years from now and I want to break out Fallout New Vegas just for laughs. Wait... Steam doesn't exist anymore? But... I don' have a physical install disc and it requires server authentication from a non-exsistant server! Oh the humanity!
PS Vita game downloads cheaper than boxed copies in US {Joystiq}
Jan 31st 2012 11:30PM @Apakal
Not necessarily. Remember, game companies are out to make money from the deal so selling the digital copy at MSRP...
1) Means higher profit for them
2) Won't tick off Retail distributors (which are still VERY important to game sales)
3) Will still go toward paying distribution costs - just because it's digital, doesn't mean it's free to distribute. You still need artwork (be it a full website or Steam), storage/bandwidth costs, Tech Support (digital downloads cause more headaches when the user downloads it and can't open it for one reason or another), etc, etc.
There's still a lot of cost, even in digital distribution.
PS Vita game downloads cheaper than boxed copies in US {Joystiq}
Jan 31st 2012 11:24PM @Camel Carcass
I know it's different by city/country, but I've NEVER had to "panic around town" to find a game. There's about 20 Gamestops within 15 minutes of my house, not to mention the Targets, Walmarts, BestBuys, etc. Even super-rare, highly sought-after special editions take a few days to completely clear shelves.
Skyrim PC system requirements delivered via internet parchment {Joystiq}
Oct 26th 2011 8:51AM @Warlock234
In my opinion, Steam is the biggest pile of junk ever heaped on the gaming industry. I HATE Steam! There are a ton of reasons why, not the least of which is "Offline Mode" never works and it locks you into a system that may, or may not, be around in another 10 years. Yes, I still like playing my old games - but if Steam's not around in 10 years (or they change their system - which they obviously would) we'll be screwed.
Skyrim PC system requirements delivered via internet parchment {Joystiq}
Oct 26th 2011 8:47AM @Colin
Steam is a one-time activation? Where on EARTH did you get that idea! I really wish that was true, but it's not. I can't tell you how many times I've been playing Fallout New Vegas on my laptop where I don't have a WiFi connection and New Vegas wouldn't start because Steam couldn't connect to the verification servers. Sure they have a "Start in Offline Mode" but that 'feature' never works - Steam just says "Nope, can't start in Offline mode."
MobileMe subscription about to expire? Don't renew it just yet {TUAW.com}
May 30th 2011 10:47AM Wait! No! Don't renew, it's going to be FREE this year! For sure this time! Oh yeah, and they're going to upgrade the service and do more with it!! For reals!
This is the same thing I hear EVERY year. Give it up. Find value in MobileMe or don't use it. Personally, I love it - but I'm not sitting on pins and needles waiting for them to make it free or waiting for them to 'upgrade' the service.
Jobs reportedly told Nike "Get rid of the crappy stuff" {TUAW.com}
May 17th 2011 11:33AM You're partially right and partially wrong.
You're right that it's not just Steve Jobs, that it takes a lot of smart people for Apple to be where it is today.
You're wrong that it's just Apple's Marketing Department. True, marketing is a big part of Apple's push, but you still have to have a good product to market (Apple does) as well as a good CEO to make correct decisions and steer the company. If Steve Jobs let through every product that people brought to him, it would drain Apple of cash, they wouldn't spend as much time as they do on perfecting a product and quality would suffer (as would Apple's reputation to the consumer). Steve Jobs is the one that has to say "Yes, this is something consumers will want" or "No, people won't buy this" or "this doesn't fit into our company vision."
To say there is any one thing that makes Apple a success is putting it way too simply. You can't worship Steve alone, but you also can't take him out of the equation.
Adobe Audition moves to Mac with CS5.5, Soundbooth EOL {TUAW.com}
Apr 11th 2011 6:57PM Soundbooth isn't Mac-only. I've had it on my PC at work with CS4.
Got $8 million? Buy an iPad 2 inlaid with gold, diamonds and a dinosaur bone {TUAW.com}
Mar 22nd 2011 5:32PM Probably because, as they started typing the reply on their iPad2, they realized the irony just in time.
Could the iPad 2 replace traditional video game consoles? {TUAW.com}
Mar 15th 2011 11:21AM I think there's a lot of considerations and variables to say "This is going to kill that".
- The iPad is a more serious contender to Portable Systems (DS and PSP) than Consoles.
- It's not like iPad is necessarily "stealing" gamers from consoles, it's actually introducing NEW gamers (people who would never buy a console)
- Except for the money factor, there's nothing stopping someone from getting both (and I'm sure MANY do...)... in fact, there's quite a bit who buy more than one console (360/PS3, PS3/Wii, 360/Wii, 360/PS3/Wii).
- PCs and Laptops have equivelent graphics power, but the Console market trumps the PC gaming market by a long shot.
- Tablets are (in terms of the general public) new - just as netbooks were a few years ago. It remains to be seen if it's popular enough to stick around.
- You can't upgrade Consoles every year like Apple does it's Tablets - gamers (and developers) would have a fit if there were four different versions of a game for a single system (one that works on the XBox 362 and 363, but not the 360 or 361). It's MUCH cleaner to have a generation of consoles which you can rely on for a couple years.
In the end, I really hate it when companies and individuals say "This is going to kill that" (i.e. "eBooks are going to kill paper books") - Yeah, we'll see, though I highly doubt it. Most of the time these comments are made by someone who has something to gain by getting the short term attention.
