I agree, I don't get it either, I also don't read every single article Joystiq posts just because it's Joystiq which according to other replies seems to be why I don't get it.
I'm about to move to a city where 3G net access barely has any coverage, and the best broadband speeds are akin to narrowband ISDN.
Where the ISPs have said that they want the residents to club together, pay for the core line upgrades and the council permission to dig up the ground.
I'm now regretting my digital download purchases and wishing I had physical copies of them all because I won't be able to access most of them, especially with steam if I have to re-install the software or so much as forget to 'restart in offline mode'.
Even if I did manage to get the ADSL, I'd be under strict monthly bandwidth limits, and I used 100gb last month grabbing the steam games, ISOs and software updates, let alone surfing youtube.
It's only just outside Leeds in the UK, too. A major city.
OnLive pre-registrants get free game and one-year subscription
May 30th 2010 8:36PM (Joystiq)There's nothing like that currently is there?
What was that? MMORPG? oh... wait..
Need for Speed World opens up July 20
May 27th 2010 7:39PM (Joystiq)Also, keyboard only at present.
Steve Jobs responds directly to developer over new iPhone SDK rules, cites blog for explanation
Apr 11th 2010 6:48AM (Engadget)They also complain of 'low memory' when watching flash files that are 'too large' - which is actually just a few megabytes.
Just watch a long youtube video or a few flash movies from newgrounds.com on your Wii or PS3 and you'll soon receive the message.
Flash doesn't appear to work well in limited spaces like that.
Ubisoft PC DRM doesn't sound like such a good idea anymore
Feb 17th 2010 5:34PM (Joystiq)Trine slashed to $5 on Steam
Feb 11th 2010 4:11AM (Joystiq)http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001TDKIYU/ref=s9_simh_gw_p63_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0D3GGDQK3ANXX2MYZA94&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467198433&pf_rd_i=468294
Myst Online: Uru Live gets a third shot at success
Feb 10th 2010 9:27AM (Joystiq)What's in the Joystiq source code?
Feb 4th 2010 4:19PM (Joystiq)Life moves on.
Rare: 'No shortage of possibilities' for revisiting IP
Jan 19th 2010 9:17PM (Joystiq)Unless that old, 2D platformer can really benefit from an awkward camera angled third person perspective physics fueled level me up puzzler revisit.
Star Trek Online lifetime, 12-month subscription deals
Jan 16th 2010 12:42AM (Joystiq)People still mostly buy physical copies of games
Jan 15th 2010 2:46PM (Joystiq)Where the ISPs have said that they want the residents to club together, pay for the core line upgrades and the council permission to dig up the ground.
I'm now regretting my digital download purchases and wishing I had physical copies of them all because I won't be able to access most of them, especially with steam if I have to re-install the software or so much as forget to 'restart in offline mode'.
Even if I did manage to get the ADSL, I'd be under strict monthly bandwidth limits, and I used 100gb last month grabbing the steam games, ISOs and software updates, let alone surfing youtube.
It's only just outside Leeds in the UK, too. A major city.
Props to physical copies.