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The 5-Year Console Cycle Is Dead 422

Posted by Soulskill on Monday November 29, 2010 @07:47PM from the trading-increments-for-subscriptions dept.

Pickens writes "The Xbox 360 recently turned five years old, and with no known successor on the horizon for the 360, PlayStation 3 or Wii, Cnet reports on the death of the 5-year console cycle — one of the video game industry's most longstanding truisms. For example, the Nintendo Entertainment System came out in 1985, followed by the Super NES in 1991, the Nintendo 64 in 1996, the GameCube in 2001, and the Wii in 2006. But now, why should console makers upgrade their offerings? Consumers are still buying their machines by the hundreds of thousands each month, and ramped-up online initiatives are breathing new life into the systems. A lot of it has to do with the fact that with the current generation of consoles, each company found a way to maximize either the technology behind the devices, or the utility to a wide range of new gamers."

Comment Re:compatibility? (Score 1) 232

by realwx on Wednesday March 26, 2008 @03:00AM (#22866768) Attached to: Justice Dept. Approves XM/Sirius Merger

Here's the way it'll work out: - XM Radios: Still receive XM Radio, no matter what, from XM satellites - Sirius Radios: Still receive Sirius Radios, from Sirius Satellites - Both radios are basically bound to their respective satellites. With that said, they're likely going to keep it as is. The newer radios put out by the merged company will likely use who-knows-what.

Submission + - Methane-eating bacteria could halt global warming (news.com.au)

Submitted by realwx on Friday November 23, 2007 @07:25PM

realwx writes: New Zealand scientists have found a bacterium, named "Methylokorus infernorum," that eats a key global warming chemical, found in a hot, geothermal area. "Potentially it could be used to combat methane emissions," Dr. Stott said, who "estimated that a cubic meter of liquid containing the bacterium would consume about 11kg of methane each year. But Dr Stott cautioned that such an application was probably some years into the future. He said it was unlikely the micro-organism, which prefers acidic conditions of about 60C, could ever be added to sheep or cows' food to stop the animals releasing methane."

Submission + - Astronomers find huge hole in the Universe

Submitted by

realwx

on Thursday August 23, 2007 @10:22PM

realwx writes: "Astronomers are surprised by a recent discovery of a space hole that is nearly a billion light years across. "Not only has no one ever found a void this big, but we never even expected to find one this size," said researcher Lawrence Rudnick of the University of Minnesota. Rudnick's colleague Liliya R. Williams also had not anticipated this finding. "What we've found is not normal, based on either observational studies or on computer simulations of the large-scale evolution of the universe," said Williams, also of the University of Minnesota.""

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