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Wii Fanswag: Pokemon Battle Revolution giveaway {Joystiq Nintendo}
Aug 1st 2007 3:53PM I have been addicted to pearl, hope I win so I can test this game out.
Apple iPhone dock revealed: charges Bluetooth headset too? {Engadget Mobile}
Jun 20th 2007 3:44PM The dock (while I'm sure will be sold seperately too) is included with the decie, the following is taken from an at&t mobility training course about selling the iPhone.
When your customer makes the decision to purchase an Apple iPhone, they get the following:
The iPhone device
Stereo headphones with built-in microphone
USB Power Adapter
USB Dock
USB-to-30-pin cable
Getting started documentation
Nintendo claims 85% of industry growth {Joystiq}
Oct 14th 2006 2:13PM I think the DS may have helped grow the market, I have been a big gamer since I was a child playing NES, I was really big on the Sega Genesis (I had probably 30-50 games) and the N64 (had pretty much every big game and then some 25-30 titles) but somehow lost interest after that.
I was never really big on the GB, and only had a GBA and PS2 becuase my ex bought them for me. I do have a GC, but since its release I've only purchased 12 games (6 of which are the resident evil titles that were re released or new) I got a DS, just cuz they had a GBA trade in special, but was more amped for the PSP. This was about a year ago.
The PSP turned me off gaming so much that I hadnt played a single game since Xmen legends 2 came out. But with the release of the DSlite and New supermario brothers I decided to trade in My PSP and games and DS phat for a Lite, I went from having 3 DS games in June to now having 13 DS games with plans to buy at least 10 more when I complete the ones I have. Nintendo has made such a success out of the DS it has drawn me back into the videogame world as for me games are fun again in the way they were in the good old NES, SNES and N64 days. Gamecube was a flop IMO, but I really think the Wii is going to bring the fun back. The DS and Wii have such different control schemes that most designers are making special games just for the two systems. The way they have to rethink the controls in a game helps force them to put thought back into the game wich draws fun factor into the equation.
The DS has gotten me to spend over $400 in the last 3 months, which is usually my full years budget for games. So I think they can claim alittle of that credit, at least in my case. All I can do is thank Nintendo for bringing back fun (by forcing developers to think again) and show my support of there risky ideas by purchasing lots of games to show I like what they did.
More Wii accessories, prices revealed {Joystiq}
Oct 12th 2006 9:39PM I'm not worried about getting too much Memory. If Nintendo was able to get every game for NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, and TG16 on the VC it would probably be 10-20GB but seeing as how that would be hugely unlikely (and expensive) it won't be very likely you'll need more than 2 GB's.
To put in in perspective, if they keep their original game size...
1000 NES games ~ 375MB (0.4GB)
1000 SNES games ~ 1000-1500MB (1-1.5GB)
1000 Genesis games ~ 1000-1500MB (1-1.5GB)
750 TG16 games ~ 750-1000 MB (0.75-1GB)
500 N64 games ~ 7500-8000 MB (7.3-7.8GB)
The game numbers are taken from a rough estimate of the number of games launched within the US for NES, and around the world for all other systems. Being that its an inflated number, the entire collection of NES, SNES, Genesis and TG16 games should easily fit on a 2 GB card and 1GB can hold roughly 32-64 N64 games. Knowing that most those games will never be released on the VC, I'm not planning on getting anything bigger than a 2GB card.
Game concept: Limbo {Joystiq}
Oct 7th 2006 12:43PM Wow, this game looks like it could be interesting. Its always nice to see an idea (which may not be completely original) that is done in a way that makes it stand out against other titles in it genere. Based on concept alone, i'd be willing to spend $5-$10 on it as an XBLA title or a Wii download. Maybe even more if it is developed and I like what I see.
The Dyson Airblade: not all that original {Engadget}
Oct 6th 2006 11:29AM I live in Seattle, and one of our local sushi resturants has the jet towel. I have used it, and I think that people's concerns for the 400 mph winds are somewhat legitimate. It doesn't really hurt (at 200 mph), but it wasn't the most plesant experience. I do like it much better than the american hand dryers, but if the wind speed was doubled to 400 mph, I can definately see how that could be uncomfortable. The 200 mph of the jet dry is perfectly fine and doesn't need to be messed with. And to call this a "reinvention" is a poor excuse to play off many American's ignorance of Japanese culture/technology as these are very common in Japan.
Engadget HD giveaways: win a Samsung HL-S5679W DLP with LED backlight {Engadget HD}
Oct 5th 2006 1:09PM I want to get a tivo series 3 to get my HD fix.
Apple and Wal-Mart to bury the hatchet over movie downloads? {Engadget}
Sep 29th 2006 5:46PM I think I will lose all respect for apple if they firm a joint venture with Wal-mart
iTunes 7.0.1 points to the iPhone, life moves on {Engadget}
Sep 28th 2006 9:07PM I synced up my SLVR to test out the theory of it being the itunes phones, and I can confirm that I did not receive this message, it won't even allow me to add video files to my phone in a playlist it just skips over them as if they don't even exist.
Rational gamers choose subsidized hardware, all else equal [update 2] {Joystiq}
Sep 15th 2006 7:34PM I don't quite get what this article is trying to accomplish. I don't see the rationale behind it. It is not even true that "all else equal" (meaning everything exactly the same (games, experience, features) besides pricing. which this race is as far from equal as you can get)that the smart consumer will buy subsidised hardware. There is always a catch. The lower the cost of the system for example the more money the company needs to make back. This would most likely be done through accessories and the price 3rd parties pay to get their games licensed for the system. I for one would rather spend $250 on a system at full price and pay $50 for each game, then pay $200 for the system subsidized and pay $60 a game.
Lets say you buy 25 games for "equally powerful" systems using the previous numbers would you rather pay $1,500 for an unsubsidized system and 25 games? or would you rather pay $2,950 for a subsidized system and 25 games which cost more because the parent company has to charge more to license product due to the large loss they took upfront for the hardware.
There is always a catch to subsidized equipment. Look at the cell phone industry and you'll see what I mean. Subsidized phones = a contract with penalties for breaking it.
I for one do not care to have or play an xbox 360. I'm mildly interested in a PS3 and I'm definately buing a wii. From the way I see it, the PS3 is by far the most bang for your buck (for the blue ray player alone) but right now I dont need a blue ray player, I dont have any interest in any xbox 360 titles, there are only a few PS3 title I'm looking foward to and many many wii titles I'd like. I will gladly spend $1000 and get a wii with 15 games I want to play rather than spend $1000 on an XBOX 360 and 10 games that I dont want, or even worse $1000 on a PS3 and 6-7 games that I may want. I put value in the experience, not how much hardware (which I may or may not need) I'm getting free.
