@A Sandwich Assuming that Microsoft selectively took their numbers from high traffic, affluent areas like LA and New York as if they were thermometers placed in the middle of parking lots and next to air conditioning units and then applied those numbers to computer models that purposely over simplified the entire country and further applied the same number across the nation to make it appear as though every retailer down to the most rural Best Buy in the middle of Montana was selling dozens or hundreds of 360s a day and then correlated this model to future sales to make it appear as if their profits were going to skyrocket in a manner resembling a hockey stick, then yes. The situations would be very similar.
Of course, they're not similar, because if MS did something like this the corruption would be front page news everywhere. The board of directors and all of the C-level employees would be arrested for fraud and thrown into prison Enron style, and their concerned investors and employees who were getting screwed over wouldn't be called ignorant profit deniers by every college kid in the country who watches the Daily Show.
@Xiegfried I agree, although there have been some bumps in the road. I almost gave up on the series after the D/P safari zone, which could have been renamed the "Get stuck repeatedly in the mud and constantly attacked by Bidoofs for the remote chance at capturing all of two unique pokemon" zone.
@MuneBeam People who cite the Japanese names but aren't posting on a Japanese site make me sick. Well, that's an exaggeration, but i'm not going to approach a friend who also likes pokemon and say to them "Boy, I sure can't wait until I can raise the alsdkfu into its final qwerlkjhsu form. I'm going to raise the strongest qwerlkjhsu ever!" Until it gets it's English name, I will more likely say "Check out that big friggin pig dude. I want one of those!"
Sure, hide in the Hot Topic, hoping the crappy music will drive away the pokemon, but don't come crying to me when the Loudred busts in there with his special ability "soundproof".
Why even bother throwing money at big name actors? We can already assume that they have no intent on giving respect to the original source material or making a quality movie at all. I would assume that the movie's name alone would be the biggest draw for the it. Adding Wahlberg, Pesci, and De Niro won't put many more butts in the seats, but I expect they're exploding the budget of the filming itself. These producers sound like total hacks.
Skyrim's 'dragon shouts' explained
Jan 21st 2011 4:31PM (Joystiq)This World of Warcraft bathroom is strictly for the Horde
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Jan 13th 2011 2:14PM (Joystiq)Assuming that Microsoft selectively took their numbers from high traffic, affluent areas like LA and New York as if they were thermometers placed in the middle of parking lots and next to air conditioning units and then applied those numbers to computer models that purposely over simplified the entire country and further applied the same number across the nation to make it appear as though every retailer down to the most rural Best Buy in the middle of Montana was selling dozens or hundreds of 360s a day and then correlated this model to future sales to make it appear as if their profits were going to skyrocket in a manner resembling a hockey stick, then yes. The situations would be very similar.
Of course, they're not similar, because if MS did something like this the corruption would be front page news everywhere. The board of directors and all of the C-level employees would be arrested for fraud and thrown into prison Enron style, and their concerned investors and employees who were getting screwed over wouldn't be called ignorant profit deniers by every college kid in the country who watches the Daily Show.
New Skyrim details scrolled across the Wall
Jan 13th 2011 1:23PM (Joystiq)Pokemon Black and White reach five million sales in Japan
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Jan 12th 2011 1:31PM (Joystiq)Report: Sony could remotely disable jailbroken PS3s
Jan 11th 2011 4:39PM (Joystiq)Telltale looks to Heavy Rain for Jurassic Park gameplay design
Jan 11th 2011 2:18PM (Joystiq)Wahlberg apparently still playing Uncharted's Drake
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