Yeah, so if I'm reading this right: - Thermal issues on new laptop line == pushing the gay agenda. Americans are....interesting.

Look, if you're going to quote something, at least get the quote right...

"Miles Above the Cloud"?

Fuck people like you.....so "woke" and desperate to show how much more "value" you're getting from life by appreciating the "simple things". Twenty years ago, you'd be spouting about how you "don't even own a TV". That's not what this discussion is about, you ass.

Exactly. I own an Echo myself, but I'm sure Google Home, Cortana and whatever else can still access Spotify, tell me the news and act as a bluetooth speaker for my phone. The only really unique thing Alexa has that none of the others do is voice-purchasing from Amazon and I've never felt the need to use that particular feature. So aside from the initial expense of actually buying the devices, I'd feel no real loyalty to Amazon.

I am not American but yeah - I thought after Sandy Hook something would be done, that surely, *surely* 20 toddlers being gunned down in cold blood would change american attitudes to guns. But no - all that happened was that a bunch of people thought it was a conspiracy and nobody died at all and that it was a huge government cover-up to take away their guns. To the point where there's hate campaigns against grieving parents of murdered children. You can't fight that kind of fever. I assume it's just too embedded in the society to remove, regardless of the consequences. My sympathies for your next entirely preventable tragedy, America.

Got a smartphone? Because I'm betting you do.

Not American. But I visited once a few years ago - LA. We went out for a meal and I could not *believe* the portion sizes in the USA at restaurants. I found it hard to see how anyone could comfortably eat that amount of food. Four of us ate from two dishes that night and still didn't finish everything. We got a couple of odd looks from the staff which we laughed about later :) Also, server staff - SO FRIENDLY. You would not get that in europe...at least not at that level. And the waitress took our order without writing anything down and then went and took an order from ten drunk Australians at the next table. Didn't get anything wrong. I tipped big that night, the whole thing was so....well, not what I'm used to.

First sentence: Huh, Okay, this guy has some information to impart, let's hear it. Second sentence: Oh. Oh well.

You sound like you're trying to compensate for something, my friend. Because you sound unreasonably angry about this topic. Saying this as an impartial observer.

I'm not saying that, you fucking idiot. I'm saying there is ZERO evidence for your paranoid delusions in this instance.

God, Slashdot is populated by paranoid loons. Was it always like this?

Exactly this. Honestly, I'm sure all developers want as many players as possible for their games regardless of platform. But if you release a game on a specific platform that isn't a PC, you're going to have to abide by the platform-holder's rules. That's not the developer's fault. And Sony isn't going to hand their sizable player-base to Microsoft because that only benefits Microsoft. The player-base count is part of the platform proposition - why would Sony add value to Microsoft's product when they'd much rather those XB1 users bought a PS4?

Oh, please. The developer above clearly would be happy for this to happen. He was explaining why it won't....and it's down to common sense business from Sony (or just as easily Microsoft, if they were winning this cycle). You're looking for some righteous indignation where none exists.

Nativity? The glasses of Christmas-past?