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you're misinformed if you think they use "normal" cd's in the "normal" fashion.. put a xbox game in a dvd drive you wont read jack shit.xbox games _have_ to be ripped over a network via the xbox drive itself..
Seer- like I said above security is overrated if you can't sell systems. In fact, making it easy to hack sells systems. There's no point fighting it. If companies just made good games that are somewhat challenging and aren't over and done with after a weeek and reasonably priced then pirating wouldn't be half the issue it is.
"That said, the company behind the PlayStation Portable announced that its group net profit for the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2005, rose by 85.1 percent compared to the previous year. Its FY2004 net profit totaled 163.84 billion yen ($1.54 billion), compared to 88.51 billion yen ($833 million) in FY2003."http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/04/27/news_6123076.htmlSony made 1.5 billion last fiscal year. That's more than Nintendo made. (for the record. I'm pretty sure Nintendo posted a net loss once back in October of 2003).
Quote from: Shallow on September 27, 2005, 08:46:55 AMSeer- like I said above security is overrated if you can't sell systems. In fact, making it easy to hack sells systems. There's no point fighting it. If companies just made good games that are somewhat challenging and aren't over and done with after a weeek and reasonably priced then pirating wouldn't be half the issue it is.you missed the point i've been making yet again.. people aren't going to want to make games for a console that is compromised.whats the point in buying a system if no one makes games for it?most companies sell their console's at near cost (or in the case of the xbox a loss!).. the money comes from game licences and royalties.therefore.. you're talking rubbish about them selling hackable consoles being a good thing for them to do.its never ever a good thing as far as console sales go.yes you're right.. some games are shit.. thats how it goes. fact is.. these consoles won't have much between them.. and the reality is franchises like GTA will be real system sellers.
Did you read the news story you posted? EVEN IF Sony made 1.53 billion dollars, TOTAL, for their entire fiscal year, Nintendo made 630 million, for the past fiscal quarter. For the fiscal year BEFORE that quarter, which runs up with the sony article you posted, Nintendo earned 1.04 billion dollars in operating profit. Sony is sellng camcorders, dvd's, and even filming hollywood movies like Spiderman 2 to help them make their 1.53 billion dollars. Your article clearly shows Sony making 407 million dollars in operating profit last year, in their gaming division. 407 million dollars, Nintendo made twice that. P.S. - I've been doing a little research online, and the nasty secret is, Nintendo's been making more money than Sony for fucking YEARS. Microsoft isn't even in the picture, they've only turned a profit one quarter, while Nintendo has only lost 1 quarter, and that was due to a fluctuation in the value of the U.S. dollar vs. the Yen. Nintendo's advantage is apparently that not only are they one of the top 3 hardware manufacturers, they're one of the top 2 or 3 software manufacturers as well. So argue all you want, Nintendo's not going to die anytime soon, because they're making money smart instead of running a footrace on technology.
I feel bad for everyone at Nintendo that knew this was a bad idea and are now going to lose their jobs once this thing tanks.
Why do they always focus on this bullshit by trying to make new things. NES took what Atari was and beat it because the games were better. SNES kept the same formula with a graphics improvement. Then the norm changed from cartride to CD and Nintendo played the old fogie and refused to change. Since then it's almso as if they are trying to overcompensate from not moving forward to moving too far ahead. No one is going to want to play a system like this and no developers are going to want to mae games forthis that they can't make for PS3. Nintendo's first part games should be nice but the system as a whole is going to fail.
I saw the video of the conference and the moron actually used the logic that non gamers are more used to TV remotes rather than video game controllers and they will be drawn to this system because the psychological barrier will be broken. What a bunch of idiots. My dad hates video games and can't use the controller but he loves TV and uses the remote all the time.
There is no way he's going to get into this system because of that. Even if you can turn it sideways for old games it sill only has 2 buttons ont he front for your right hand.
It's real easy Nintendo; a D-pad and analog stick next to the D pad, 6 buttons on the front and two on the shoulders and a bunch of decent games. That's how you sell video game systems.
The guys at Microsoft are having a field day right now, and the guys at Sony are so far ahead they don't care one way or the other.
I'm judging the sucess by the consumers, not by the company profit.