Comment Time to unwind, damn! I have to download a patch! (Score 1) 96
Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm sure at least one person will correct me, but I thought the purpose behind a console box was to create a standardized environment in which you can just pop in a game, when your ready to play, and in a matter of seconds your shooting holes through the chest of your enemy?
The Indrema seems to be giving into the all to familiar PC problems: "I'm ready to play, yeah, yeah, yeah.... shit, I need to download the latest version of DirectX." I'm sure the Indrema could cause just as much hassle, if not more, because you just know that every cutting-edge game that is developed for it will require some kind of downloadable quick fix.
Unless of course, they (Indrema) have some strict guidelines as to what constitutes the certification of an update. If they do that, you have a whole list of other questions: Will they only certify changes that add functionality that could not be accomplished previously? (If they don't, then just imagine the number of updates that will be available. If they do, it's still a hassle to have to update your game console). Will they require the new fixes to maintain backward compatability? (If they do, then you have the possibility of excess overhead that accumulates with each update 'i.e. Windows'. If they don't, then you have an even larger problem because users will have to backward-patch there system to run older games). This is just a small sample of the problems they could be asking for without strict control of system level upgrades.
So then you say to yourself, strict control is good idea on the Indrema! Until you realize that one of the key selling points was that the API's could be enhanced by the OpenSource community and that upgrades would readily be available.
Don't get me wrong, I think that the Indrema is a great idea and most of there idea's sound great, but maybe they should make the base platform, the standard on which all games are certified & developed for. Yet still allow the system to be hacked and configured for those who want to make it do something extra special.
--Relativity... Before it was discovered, nothing was a matter of perspective, everything was static.--
The Indrema seems to be giving into the all to familiar PC problems: "I'm ready to play, yeah, yeah, yeah.... shit, I need to download the latest version of DirectX." I'm sure the Indrema could cause just as much hassle, if not more, because you just know that every cutting-edge game that is developed for it will require some kind of downloadable quick fix.
Unless of course, they (Indrema) have some strict guidelines as to what constitutes the certification of an update. If they do that, you have a whole list of other questions: Will they only certify changes that add functionality that could not be accomplished previously? (If they don't, then just imagine the number of updates that will be available. If they do, it's still a hassle to have to update your game console). Will they require the new fixes to maintain backward compatability? (If they do, then you have the possibility of excess overhead that accumulates with each update 'i.e. Windows'. If they don't, then you have an even larger problem because users will have to backward-patch there system to run older games). This is just a small sample of the problems they could be asking for without strict control of system level upgrades.
So then you say to yourself, strict control is good idea on the Indrema! Until you realize that one of the key selling points was that the API's could be enhanced by the OpenSource community and that upgrades would readily be available.
Don't get me wrong, I think that the Indrema is a great idea and most of there idea's sound great, but maybe they should make the base platform, the standard on which all games are certified & developed for. Yet still allow the system to be hacked and configured for those who want to make it do something extra special.
--Relativity... Before it was discovered, nothing was a matter of perspective, everything was static.--
