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player vs disc
This article is about the discs, not the players, so your point is kinda moot.

Expect Sony fully to release the players at the lowest price point possible in order to get you to buy the software, this being where the profit is anyhow. Look at the loss MS is taking on the 360 for instance. There is no doubt that companies will take short term hits for long term dominance.

The fact it's on the PS3 is proof of this.
November 28, 2005

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another Laserdisk...
I admit the numbers on Blu-Ray are great, but really.. How many people are honestly gonna go out and replace their entire collections this soon after DVD? Laserdisk owned VHS, and see where that ended up...
November 21, 2005

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So, are you all enjoying using your minidisc?
How about your blu-rays?
November 21, 2005

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or..
...the next minidisc... depending on which one you find most embarrassing hehe
November 21, 2005

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3 years is cracking good value for money
If I get 3 years out of this then I will consider it £200(ish) well spent. I personally think that the system will be viable for at least 2 years after that, considering it's potentiol final user base. Am I excited about the games I will be playing until the next gen of nextgen is seen? sure... 5 years is a long time in gaming :)
November 21, 2005

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this isnt RPing :(
MMOs are a lot of things, but they simply arnt role-playing, and they make a really bad substitute for it imho.

You would be better looking at something like www.ghostorb.com if you want to play PnP RPGs through your PC :)
November 15, 2005

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This *has* to be a 360 title to survive
In a saturated market, DDO offers nothing new...

It's a bastardisation of Guild Wars and EQ2 and does neither as well as it's parents. It has no cfating, no PvP, a large reliance on numerous seperated instances (a model which has impacted heavily on the community of both GW and City of Heroes)

Two things that will save this in the long run...

1) Player/ DM created material/ dungeons

2) Xbox 360 as a platform. It's already been proven that the 360 will be sharing certain PC game servers, it certainly has the muscle to cope, and it will even have a keyboard for those MMO players who cant let the written word go. Lets face it, DDO could have been made for the 360 generation and it's this system that will bring MMOs into the mainstream. It would be criminal to let WoW steal the flag on this one and get launched first on this platform.

DDO ON THE 360 PLZ :)
November 15, 2005

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dont be silly...
*every* D&D/ RPer I know owns a PC, this is the quintessential geek hobby and geeks = PCs, though whether they will be at all any more interested in DDO then EQ2, WoW, Guild Wars etc I have no idea...

This is a late entry into a saturated market. To be honest the player/ DM created material will be the thing that sells this game in the end. I love this idea and Turbine need to get on it asap if this game is to have any chance of survival against the big guns.

I fully expect DDO to have a slow start but in a year or so to go big.
November 15, 2005

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