It really depends on the quiality of the game I suppose. I am playing through Wind Waker a second time simply because I found it to be such a beautiful and compelling game.
Prince of Persia, Final Fantasy: CC I just found extremely repetative and will not get a replay.
Then there are those games that were awesome but so frustrating to complete that I am almost afraid to take on again in hard more. Metroid Prime is one because I don't want to make the commitment.
@dsub I don't exactly see how you are arguing your overpriced statement of macs. the 17" imac is now $999 and you can get a macbook for $1099? Granted you won't be running high end games on these.
Any higher end computer company has gear that is higher priced. Toshiba, Sony, Acer all are comperably priced to Apple. Show me a Vaio or Toshiba with significantly higher specs (not some 1Gb ram vs 512mb) and a better price.
Dell exists in a completely different universe of build quality. That $299 Dell might be $299 after waiting for 6-12 months of mail in rebates. You have to think to what exactly is being subsidized so I can get that $299 price? it is the loads of trial software that comes pre-loaded on the Dell.
That is all not to mention that the Mac Pro spec for spec is cheaper then the Dell Workstations. These would be your choice for hardcore gaming anyways I would imagine.
Just so you know there is more to the world of gaming then just FPS's Sometimes I think Americans forget that.
"The funny thing is...after 5 new versions of OSX, what exactly is it that XP can't do that OSX can? Not to mention at a fraction of the price."
Well first off OSX is cheaper to buy the XP. OSX is ~$179 whereas XP is almost $350 if you buy it.
Wow I can't believe the responses I am reading here. Plastic is nicer then cardboard? A nice cardboard box is a million times nicer then a plastic one. The Digipacks you get CDs in look much nicer then a jewel case. The don't scratch or crack or peel.
As the Digipacks have shown a carboard box can be plenty durable. Nintendo can put a small plastic clip in there to hold thegame, much as digipacks use plastic to actually hold a CD.
Cardboard is much more environmentally friendly. First off wood is a renewable resource. You can farm trees just like you farm food, and there are plenty of sustainable paper manufacturers out there.
Plastic, for those who did not know comes from oil. Yeah the very same oil that is now costing us $70+ a barrel. Cardboard would also be mucher cheaper for everyone involved.
I am also amazed at how many of you people state you throw out your cardboard. Ever heard of recycling? Seriously, it is the same effort just a different can in your kitchen or garage.
You know NPR is one of the leading producers and distributors of podcasts don't you? I think just about every single NPR show is released as a podcast right after airing. NPR has their own channel in the iTunes podcast section and their website has a link to everything.
What I am really upset about is the "bait and switch" that Nintendo seems to have thrown at us.
They promoted the Wii as a family console and an impulse buy for non-gamers. At $250 with one controller it is niether. $250 + 4 wiimotes? Yeah, then it is a family system $250 + 2 wiimotes + 2 nunchucks? Yeah I could still go with that.
Wii sports has the potental to be a great family or non-gamer game. Too bad nobody will know since they have one wiimote and they are the gamers already anyways. No person who is not into games is possibly going to drop $250 on a gaming system. $250 is too much for a non-gamer.
Sony and Microsoft never touted their systems has being the family gaming system that is going to get grandpa to play. Nintendo did.
I was eager to be out there on launch day waiting in line for this system, but when the launch package fails to satisfy the two main tenants of Nintendo's philosophy then I simply won't be there.
In order to get the family and non-gamers on board it has to accomplish that out of the box. Packaging it with 4 wiimotes (no nunchucks)and a game like Mario Party for $250 would have accomplished all that Nintendo was going for. $250 for a family of 4 is an impulse buy. $350+ for a family is not. $250+ for one person is not.
As soon as you break that $300 mark you get over the 10% of the paycheck that people are willing to consider still an impulse buy. Just my take.
What I am really upset about is the "bait and switch" that Nintendo seems to have thrown at us.
They promoted the Wii as a family console and an impulse buy for non-gamers. At $250 with one controller it is niether. $250 + 4 wiimotes? Yeah, then it is a family system $250 + 2 wiimotes + 2 nunchucks? Yeah I could still go with that.
Wii sports has the potental to be a great family or non-gamer game. Too bad nobody will know since they have one wiimote and they are the gamers already anyways. No person who is not into games is possibly going to drop $250 on a gaming system. $250 is too much for a non-gamer.
Sony and Microsoft never touted their systems has being the family gaming system that is going to get grandpa to play. Nintendo did.
I was eager to be out there on launch day waiting in line for this system, but when the launch package fails to satisfy the two main tenants of Nintendo's philosophy then I simply won't be there.
In order to get the family and non-gamers on board it has to accomplish that out of the box. Packaging it with 4 wiimotes (no nunchucks)and a game like Mario Party for $250 would have accomplished all that Nintendo was going for. $250 for a family of 4 is an impulse buy. $350+ for a family is not. $250+ for one person is not.
As soon as you break that $300 mark you get over the 10% of the paycheck that people are willing to consider still an impulse buy. Just my take.
iTunes will be on the Wii and be the distribution method not only for the the classic iTunes stuff (including videos coming next week) but also the purchase and distribution method for the Nintendo back catalog.
Just to go out on the limb of something sensational here.
1. Wii Price/Date. They pull a Sega Dreamcast and release it next week with their announcement, throwing the world into a tailspin.
2. MS drops the core package for the 360, and drops price on premium.
3. Sony does something huge with the PS3. Pushes it back to next Fall or something. Cancels it?
4. Something like Final Fantasy or MGS4 has been pulled from the PS3 or goes multi-platform. Maybe Square swears allegiance to Nintendo again. I would not think it would be a Nintendo product going to other consoles.
5. Nintendo pulled a crazy license deal to release PS1 games (or something similar) on the WiiConnect service.
Tech support was one of the reasons I choise Apple for my laptop purchase earlier this year.
People have moaned about Apple's prices and the cost of the Applecare plan, but from the track record of their customer support I can safely say that the $300 spent was well worth it in the long run to get the support I get.
What the article failed to mention was the in store support Apple has with the Genius Bar. How many other manufacturers have a dedicated place where you can bring your computer in to be looked at, and where you can talk face to face with a person? None that I can think of off hand.
If with contractors repairing my PC like I had with Dell, there is something much more comforting about walking into a clean Apple store to have a guy look at your computer rather then having a mysterious Dell tech from some unknown company come to your home to fix your computer.
Joystiq poll: Do you replay completed games?
Oct 6th 2006 4:28PM (Joystiq)Prince of Persia, Final Fantasy: CC I just found extremely repetative and will not get a replay.
Then there are those games that were awesome but so frustrating to complete that I am almost afraid to take on again in hard more. Metroid Prime is one because I don't want to make the commitment.
24-inch iMac: close, but still not upgradeable [update 1]
Sep 29th 2006 5:17PM (Joystiq)I don't exactly see how you are arguing your overpriced statement of macs. the 17" imac is now $999 and you can get a macbook for $1099? Granted you won't be running high end games on these.
Any higher end computer company has gear that is higher priced. Toshiba, Sony, Acer all are comperably priced to Apple. Show me a Vaio or Toshiba with significantly higher specs (not some 1Gb ram vs 512mb) and a better price.
Dell exists in a completely different universe of build quality. That $299 Dell might be $299 after waiting for 6-12 months of mail in rebates. You have to think to what exactly is being subsidized so I can get that $299 price? it is the loads of trial software that comes pre-loaded on the Dell.
That is all not to mention that the Mac Pro spec for spec is cheaper then the Dell Workstations. These would be your choice for hardcore gaming anyways I would imagine.
Just so you know there is more to the world of gaming then just FPS's Sometimes I think Americans forget that.
"The funny thing is...after 5 new versions of OSX, what exactly is it that XP can't do that OSX can? Not to mention at a fraction of the price."
Well first off OSX is cheaper to buy the XP. OSX is ~$179 whereas XP is almost $350 if you buy it.
Productivity wise there are quite a few things OSX can do.
here is a side by side comparison
http://www.xvsxp.com/finalscore/
Hey Nintendo, make the switch to paper boxes permanent!
Sep 29th 2006 8:39AM (Joystiq)As the Digipacks have shown a carboard box can be plenty durable. Nintendo can put a small plastic clip in there to hold thegame, much as digipacks use plastic to actually hold a CD.
Cardboard is much more environmentally friendly. First off wood is a renewable resource. You can farm trees just like you farm food, and there are plenty of sustainable paper manufacturers out there.
Plastic, for those who did not know comes from oil. Yeah the very same oil that is now costing us $70+ a barrel. Cardboard would also be mucher cheaper for everyone involved.
I am also amazed at how many of you people state you throw out your cardboard. Ever heard of recycling? Seriously, it is the same effort just a different can in your kitchen or garage.
Zune, the odds and ends wrapup
Sep 15th 2006 5:43PM (Engadget)You know NPR is one of the leading producers and distributors of podcasts don't you? I think just about every single NPR show is released as a podcast right after airing. NPR has their own channel in the iTunes podcast section and their website has a link to everything.
Critiquing Nintendo's Wii launch details
Sep 14th 2006 2:39PM (Joystiq)They promoted the Wii as a family console and an impulse buy for non-gamers. At $250 with one controller it is niether.
$250 + 4 wiimotes? Yeah, then it is a family system
$250 + 2 wiimotes + 2 nunchucks? Yeah I could still go with that.
Wii sports has the potental to be a great family or non-gamer game. Too bad nobody will know since they have one wiimote and they are the gamers already anyways. No person who is not into games is possibly going to drop $250 on a gaming system. $250 is too much for a non-gamer.
Sony and Microsoft never touted their systems has being the family gaming system that is going to get grandpa to play. Nintendo did.
I was eager to be out there on launch day waiting in line for this system, but when the launch package fails to satisfy the two main tenants of Nintendo's philosophy then I simply won't be there.
In order to get the family and non-gamers on board it has to accomplish that out of the box. Packaging it with 4 wiimotes (no nunchucks)and a game like Mario Party for $250 would have accomplished all that Nintendo was going for. $250 for a family of 4 is an impulse buy. $350+ for a family is not. $250+ for one person is not.
As soon as you break that $300 mark you get over the 10% of the paycheck that people are willing to consider still an impulse buy.
Just my take.
USA Today confirms U.S. Wii price, date
Sep 14th 2006 2:31PM (Joystiq)They promoted the Wii as a family console and an impulse buy for non-gamers. At $250 with one controller it is niether.
$250 + 4 wiimotes? Yeah, then it is a family system
$250 + 2 wiimotes + 2 nunchucks? Yeah I could still go with that.
Wii sports has the potental to be a great family or non-gamer game. Too bad nobody will know since they have one wiimote and they are the gamers already anyways. No person who is not into games is possibly going to drop $250 on a gaming system. $250 is too much for a non-gamer.
Sony and Microsoft never touted their systems has being the family gaming system that is going to get grandpa to play. Nintendo did.
I was eager to be out there on launch day waiting in line for this system, but when the launch package fails to satisfy the two main tenants of Nintendo's philosophy then I simply won't be there.
In order to get the family and non-gamers on board it has to accomplish that out of the box. Packaging it with 4 wiimotes (no nunchucks)and a game like Mario Party for $250 would have accomplished all that Nintendo was going for. $250 for a family of 4 is an impulse buy. $350+ for a family is not. $250+ for one person is not.
As soon as you break that $300 mark you get over the 10% of the paycheck that people are willing to consider still an impulse buy.
Just my take.
Major next-gen console news coming tonight [update 1]
Sep 7th 2006 4:56PM (Joystiq)iTunes will be on the Wii and be the distribution method not only for the the classic iTunes stuff (including videos coming next week) but also the purchase and distribution method for the Nintendo back catalog.
The Wii can attach an external HDD via usb.
Major next-gen console news coming tonight [update 1]
Sep 7th 2006 2:19PM (Joystiq)Major next-gen console news coming tonight [update 1]
Sep 7th 2006 2:01PM (Joystiq)1. Wii Price/Date. They pull a Sega Dreamcast and release it next week with their announcement, throwing the world into a tailspin.
2. MS drops the core package for the 360, and drops price on premium.
3. Sony does something huge with the PS3. Pushes it back to next Fall or something. Cancels it?
4. Something like Final Fantasy or MGS4 has been pulled from the PS3 or goes multi-platform. Maybe Square swears allegiance to Nintendo again. I would not think it would be a Nintendo product going to other consoles.
5. Nintendo pulled a crazy license deal to release PS1 games (or something similar) on the WiiConnect service.
Laptop mag puts tech support through the torture test
Aug 16th 2006 8:36AM (Engadget)People have moaned about Apple's prices and the cost of the Applecare plan, but from the track record of their customer support I can safely say that the $300 spent was well worth it in the long run to get the support I get.
What the article failed to mention was the in store support Apple has with the Genius Bar. How many other manufacturers have a dedicated place where you can bring your computer in to be looked at, and where you can talk face to face with a person? None that I can think of off hand.
If with contractors repairing my PC like I had with Dell, there is something much more comforting about walking into a clean Apple store to have a guy look at your computer rather then having a mysterious Dell tech from some unknown company come to your home to fix your computer.