Comment Re:Gaming (Score 3, Insightful) 250
Contrary to what? Having screen estate completely removed for some buttons?
Comment Re:Sure, 17 year-olds believe this because of a ga (Score 1) 839
Furthermore, he didn't even get a chance to play Halo 3. If you read the other more in-depth articles, you'll see that he actually just bought the game, and had it taken away when he came home, not even giving him a chance to play it (at least at home).
Police Shame Pranksters On YouTube 390
Barence writes "British police are shaming hoax 999 callers and time-wasters on YouTube in an effort to cut down on non-emergency calls. Video clips uploaded include a lady phoning police to ask what year the internet started, the dramatic tale of a man whose wife would only provide salmon sandwiches for lunch, and another worried soul who had lost her glasses and could not see properly to peel potatoes. Anyone else think the chance of YouTube fame is more likely to encourage copycats than educate people about the wrongs of hoax calling?"
Comment Re:Copy protection - between a rock and a hard pla (Score 1) 388
I suppose I didn't make myself clear. Multi-player is not necessarily the only way of "changing your business model" (however, the best solution IMHO). To me, what they need to do is provide services that cannot be "pirated".
For some products, this is support. For others, downloadable content (although it can be argued that this can be pirated as well), general online features (like hosting stats, content, etc).
Stuff like that could seriously improve a customers reason to buy the product instead of pirating it.
