Comment Re:Next Gen? (Score 0) 230
With PC sales plunging 20% and Windows 8 considered a failure, I don't think PC is where the money is headed. Valve itself is making a set-top box because they see the writing on the wall.
Just goes to show that most Americans have the financial savvy of a 10 year old.
Your post also shows that most Americans have no understanding of anecdotal evidence.
Now of course it will be compared to the iPad, but what's this obsession that if you're not the market leader, you're not worth buying? If that were the case there'd be no market for Android phones, or even WM7 phones.
Actually, looking at phones, Android is the market leader.
Humans tend to be selfish evil creatures
And why do we want to give these selfish evil creatures a better and more fulfilling life?
On the day that happens, such that I can no longer sell my used discs to other people, I will stop buying any games priced higher then $10.
That may be true for you (and good for you for acting on your feelings).
But Steam sells games for more than that all the time and there is neither physical media nor the ability to resell.
Why get sad? Just don't buy it.
I'm sad that he's sad that he can't sell his video game.
I'm not "defending" Obama for this move - if anything it was lowballed. He should have given them a couple of billion to match the sort of ballpark figures given to the oil industry,
Comparing one company vs an entire industry is somewhat disingenuous.
And regardless of that, the US is simply broke, and doesn't have the money to be spending on either, or a host of other things.
If you think the system is working, ask someone who's waiting for a prompt.
