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The price is OK, but compared to the market it’s entering it’s a bit high. This makes a steam box much more competitive, 500 is enough to make a decent gaming PC. It won’t compete with the Xbox, but the games will be cheaper and it will be able to do a lot more. Not to mention you could buy an Ouya, a Nexus 4 and a library of Android games for the same price, and this is without taking the cost of Live into account. The PS4 will likely undercut this price.

I think it’s undeniable that the One is going to be one of the most expensive ways to game, short of having a very high end PC and buying games at launch (remember, PCs don’t charge for Xbox Live and games get better sales).

9 days ago on Xbox One launching in November for $499 in 21 countries, pre-orders start now 2 replies 2 recommends

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I would have to see some real world results on that one, and THD doesn’t count, anyone can make a better GPU if they make their own graphics environment.

11 days ago on Mad Catz announces Project Mojo Android gaming console, will go on sale later this year

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Are there enough games on PC to warrant multiple PC models? Different devices will have different abilities, they all share the software library so it’s not a typical console war.

11 days ago on Mad Catz announces Project Mojo Android gaming console, will go on sale later this year 4 recommends

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Because they could make fortunes on them. We’ll see, but it’s not like Android is a loser platform.

11 days ago on Mad Catz announces Project Mojo Android gaming console, will go on sale later this year 2 recommends

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It doesn’t really work that way, each android device builds the overall platform. It has the play store, so it’s not fragmented, it’s just another device.

Having different Android devices didn’t keep android from wining, and fragmentation was a way bigger issue.

11 days ago on Mad Catz announces Project Mojo Android gaming console, will go on sale later this year 2 replies 4 recommends

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Have you tried putting CM on it? I think the main issues with the devices are software, not hardware.

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I get where you’re coming from, but Tegras are kind of bulshit. Sure, they always hit new features first, but then they turn out to be too slow to do anything interesting with, and cut corners.

11 days ago on Mad Catz announces Project Mojo Android gaming console, will go on sale later this year 2 replies

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Without mirrors, glass isn’t really apt for exhibitionist.

15 days ago on Google Glass's first porn app pulled hours after release 2 replies

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Unless someone else created exactly the same genetic modifications, yes, yes it can.

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Well, if you are serious, here’s one way to look at it. First lets add up all users who we can expect prefer AOSP because of their actions. About 5 million CM users and 450 million gmail accounts, so 1% of people are motivated enough to put a Nexus experience on their devices. I prefer gmail accounts because 900 million devices include people with multiple devices and dead devices, and I know before android came out Gmail was no where near as big. Other AOSP roms would add a few more million so lets say 2% of people are motivated enough to put something like stock on their devices. Then we know that there are about 2 million Nexus 4s, which if you do the math since it came out works out to about 1%, so total 3%. Hard to add up all the other nexus phones users, but by all accounts they were less than the the Nexus 4, so lets be generous and add another 1%. So we’re looking at about 4% of people would be directly interested in the Nexus version a device.

A major flaws with that analysis is that many people may have wanted to do Nexus, but either didn’t have the skills to flash it or didn’t want the devices available. Hard to say how big that population is or how many would be interested in the One, but yeah, it would be almost nobody.

Why do you ask?

20 days ago on HTC One with stock Android hands-on

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Unless you have a battery problem…

20 days ago on HTC One with stock Android hands-on

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The protests I hear outside my office about twice a week seem to be bringing their concerns.

The government is non responsive.

25 days ago on Google no longer able to pay Android developers in Argentina, pulling apps on July 27th 2 recommends

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It’s still shady, and new. Worthy of a 2 paragraph post including how other companies do the same.

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I can’t move any farther out.

28 days ago on After heated battle, Portland residents reject bid to fluoridate city drinking water 1 reply

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It implies the user gets the right to sell the game. If you get to sell it, you get to set the price, including $0.

“Supports used games”, if Microsoft sets the price, is more like a lease, where they offer a discount if you end your lease to the new buyer.

28 days ago on Xbox One doesn't need always-on internet connection, supports used games (update)

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You can sell the disk, but you can’t make them make it work.

28 days ago on Xbox One doesn't need always-on internet connection, supports used games (update)

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I doubt it will work that way because that means you and your friends only have to pay $10 to play the game.

28 days ago on Xbox One doesn't need always-on internet connection, supports used games (update) 1 reply

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I have 2 xboxes, but I unplug the first xbox from the internet before installing on the second box. What happens?

28 days ago on Xbox One doesn't need always-on internet connection, supports used games (update) 1 reply

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Don’t put them away so fast, if you can have used games, but the disk only needs to be inserted at install, what will keep me from passing one disk around to all my friends?

I call shenanigans.

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Time travel would make me lean towards the Xbox over the PS4.

29 days ago on Xbox One: a next-gen console with a focus on interactive TV and apps 1 reply 21 recommends