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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17542 |  TimberWolf_CLT (221) Sep 24, 2007 - 09:19 am
| As long as the scratches aren't on the lacquered side it's not that big of a problem.
The face-down side is just plastic and can be buffed up to remove the scratches. The lacquered side is where the data layer lives (I know, I'm stating the obvious). Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17541 | TimberWolf_CLT (221) Sep 24, 2007 - 09:11 am » Edited on Sep 24, 2007 - 09:11 am
| Fisherman's just bored and looking for something to do.
Most of these nay-sayers sound like they're trying to pick fights. Kinda' like my kids do when they're bored. Only thing is, they're 9 and 12, so it's to be expected.
How about we actually play it and then see? Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17416 | TimberWolf_CLT (221) Sep 16, 2007 - 07:01 am
| They probably wouldn't get the same margins on the new motherboards that support the higher-speed memory.
I have to wonder at the timing of this product. The PCIe2.0 boards are due out this fall, so why would you buy one of these now? Of course these new motherboards would add an upgrade path for them and allow even more revenue. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=17413 | TimberWolf_CLT (221) Sep 16, 2007 - 06:50 am » Edited on Sep 16, 2007 - 07:02 am
| Unfortunate as it is, I think you're right. I foresee well-lined pockets for the upper echelon at Havok and SSDC (different company) for the folks in the trenches.
End result, only optimizations for Intel and then Havok slowly absorbing into the Intel collective until it's irrelevant. Which would be a hell of a shame consdidering all of the hard work the workers put into the product.
And Kessandra, the percentages aren't that overwhelming in gamers using Intel. Not enough to alienate a segment of the market. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=16873 | TimberWolf_CLT (221) Aug 09, 2007 - 05:44 pm » Edited on Aug 09, 2007 - 05:44 pm
| You make an excellent point. Another thing when dealing with these quantities is the cost of having more than one SKU to stock and maintain. These costs tend to be higher than those of the added components (unless you're talking high-ticket items like FPGAs or CPUs and what-not).
The thing to do would to be to have a modular connector on the mainboard where the HDMI interface would plug in.
Now, some would argue that this would cause a modding explosion, but if your unit costs on the Core cover the mainboard, then it might be worth it in order to increase sales.
At the end of the day however, the VAST majority of customers just want to take it home and fire it up and play. They're not going to mod their boxes. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=15425 | TimberWolf_CLT (221) May 10, 2007 - 05:19 am » Edited on May 10, 2007 - 05:25 am
| This sounds familiar doesn't it? Smaller, incremental releases in order to get "stuff" in the hands of the gamers sooner so that they don't have to wait out major development cycles.
After Valve's stunning inability to make good on similar claims with the episodes, I have serious doubts that this will be any better.
Of course, the cynical side of me suspects that they're going to do a "Halo" and have some half-a@#ed ending in the off-the-shelf game that will induce us to get the new content to finish the story.
Or, they're actually having problems with some content and will put out a reduced-scope game and provide the remainder when they're ready. This would let them off of the hook and allow them to still make the publication date and keep the analysts happy.
JMHO Flag this | Edit this post |
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