Posted 03/24/2009 at 02:13:44am

If the iPhone is - as you say - "an overrated piece of junk", how did a relatively newcomer to the smartphone market gain 66% of web use?

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/01/apple_iphone_controls_over_66_of_all_mobile_web_use.html

To some, hardware specs and features may be all there is to consider when investing in a mobile device. But perhaps to the bulk of people out there, they want something that just works and looks good.

The fact is that the market isn't made up of rational tech-savvy individuals toting feature checklists.

Posted 11/11/2008 at 11:49:51pm

Actually the analogy to reselling cars, clothing, video tapes etc is flawed. Cars have a finite useful life; the car that you resell to another is not the same car you got fresh off the line. With digital media though, every subsequent owner gets a perfect copy of the game. The experience delivered to the user is the same, whether you've bought the game fresh, or used.

Posted 11/07/2008 at 02:39:47am

haha, so true. OMG I'm actually agreeing!?

Posted 11/05/2008 at 10:34:20pm

LOL, I love how the comments here just validated the report. Yes, the report is reporting nothing "new" but you'll be surprised how insular the mainstream is. Like a poster said below, the report is not FOR us, but ABOUT us ... so take your nerd rage to the wotlk forums pls.

Posted 10/30/2008 at 10:43:55pm

I prefer to judge each game on its own merit and not rely on faith or past performance (Hellgate London anyone?) There's no mysticism in making a game, and ANY company can screw up. Show me the game, don't show me your company logo.

Posted 10/16/2008 at 07:47:53am

I dislike DRM, but from a business point of view - I can understand why DRM is seen as a necessary response to the piracy problem. Not the ideal response, but a response nonetheless.

Unfortunately, for many consumers, it seems they've gotten the chicken and the egg mixed up. Some seem to think that piracy is justified *because* of DRM.

I'm not sure what is worse: suits thinking that DRM will help sales, or 'consumers' pirating games, DRM or no DRM.

Posted 10/14/2008 at 01:15:24am

It's hard not to be cynical about this. Has WoW set the bar so high that every game that Blizzard makes now need to meet some internal ROI?

The strength of SC has always been multiplayer: having 3 dramatically different but arguably balanced factions to slug it out on the battlefield. Nothing beats the exhilaration of beating *human* opponents on well-crafted maps.

Thirty missions per race just seems excessive for the single-player portion of the game. I hope none of them turn out to be stocking fillers.