Kaz wrote:If you want a real life example look at how the Playstation broke into the game console market. At the time it was dominated by Nintendo and Sega and both were tight asses about what they would allow to be published, far beyond what is usually called quality control. Sony came in with superior hardware, little to no restrictions regarding content and gave back more royalties. Developers flocked en masse and along with them the customers. You never win by pissing off your content creators unless you have a nigh unbreakable mono/oligopoly.
windigo wrote:Basically, people don't know shit about shit. It all comes down to swaying public perception with whatever works.
windigo wrote:Pretty soon people are going to wonder why they have a dual core laptop, 500 GB HD, 4 GB RAM, etc. and all they use it for is going on Facebook, listening to music, and browsing the web.
windigo wrote:I imagine the Netflix thing will happen soon enough.
Writing papers though is because your a student or are in a line of work where that is something you'll frequently do. Most people probably do more text messaging with their thumbs than any actual writing.
I have heard some people around my work raving how awesome the iPad is as a creation device - thinking dragging images around in the document is amazing and the keyboard is easy to use. These people *are* retards, don't get me wrong. I just wonder if this is something that might take off too.
In my opinion - it shouldn't. But in my opinion the Wii is fucking retarded too.
windigo wrote:Are you on crack? The Wii was overpriced since day 0 and the Xbox 360 right now is cheaper than the Wii.
The 360 and PS3 sold for a loss when it was released. The Wii was profitable since the first day - that's how it's sort of comparable. It's also very gimmicky and appeals to the mass casual audience.
Windigo wrote:Are you on crack? The Wii was overpriced since day 0 and the Xbox 360 right now is cheaper than the Wii.
The 360 and PS3 sold for a loss when it was released. The Wii was profitable since the first day - that's how it's sort of comparable. It's also very gimmicky and appeals to the mass casual audience.
windigo wrote:They also get all exciting about waving a baton around and pretending like they are playing tennis.
windigo wrote:There's also people like me though who do like the Wii for other reasons - particularly Mariokart, New Mario Bros, and a few other games. I like it because based on this criteria - it beats the rest of the competition. I still think it costs too much just for that so I didn't buy it. (same stance as the iPad).
windigo wrote:I don't see where I'm demonizing Nintendo and not Apple here. I consider them pretty much the same in this regard. They are both doing quite well for themselves.
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