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10/22/09
You all smiled snarkily at Giz's Google Wave jokes, and you laughed at the obviously creepy idea of having a Google operated bio-metric scanner installed in your home for adverstising purposes.
And yet you want to let MICROSOFT do exactly that? idiots.
My recommendation? Don't drink more than a beer or two while using Natal, then leave the house. Microsoft might call your local PD in case you left in a car.....
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Oh, btw, if you are that much paranoid, you should probably post less things on the internet. Like your (unprotected) twitter, your Flickr, your website, various other sites. #steveballmer
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Wow, I am a dork. #steveballmer
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On top of all that as well, most people still don't give a shit about blu-ray and what it offers. You could be sending out 720p movies that are maybe 2.5gb in size or less and that'd suit almost everyone just fine. #steveballmer
10/22/09
It will be more convenient to people to actually take their tablet, read the news via subscription. (Oh and eco friendly too)
It will be even easier to get that damned movie at the video on demand store than the video club, why? There's always a copy sitting there for you, and you don't have to face a storm, go in the snow, everything is delivered straight to your X-BOX 360. (While confronting the elements or just take a god damn walk to the video store is healthier.)
Whether you see it like that. Physical distribution began to see it's end with the fall of CD formats as the premium. Apple is doing insane sales by letting your download your crap and put it on your MP3 player. The iphone only brought further advancement with media support and all that incredible crap.
Nook, from Barnes and Noble (Wish they were up here in Canada) is what I can call, the start of the downfall of book as a publishing matter. I do not say it will be wiped. But we can start thinking about having libraries as more physical approach.
In the end, Microsoft or another company of the sort will probably leap-frog the market with an innovative way to get videos with Blu-Ray quality without having the player nor the expensive disk, just plain data straight to your device. #steveballmer
10/22/09
there may not be physical media but there will be physical download cards for whatever.
Any company going a download only route at-least for the next 5 years will cannibalized some of its sales by doing that for people that cant get internet either because of location or because of price. #steveballmer
10/22/09
It's also easier to access my movies over wifi from my Mac Pro into my PS3, sorry Balmer, I never went for the XBox 360 and simply find Macs to be more appealing than PCs. The old alternative, having to move around a $30.00 disc, risking damaging it, dedicating physical space for it, etc, is just not worth it for me anymore. #steveballmer
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Seriously, can we PLEASE have a $250 blue ray add-on? That would be most good... most good. Honestly, DVD thru HDMI in my G10 is not terrible, I can manage... no need for BD. Also, to (finally) end PS3 vs XBOX debate, BD is not a great reason to buy PS3. You controllers have been the same since PS1... get a job, Sony. #steveballmer
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@soffles: See, now this I agree with, XBox party was always was happened with us. Sure, we each shared heartache and broken furniture over an unsaved FF game, but we all just played CS over LAN, or Halo, or replayed Fable to see who could beat it under 5 hours. XBox was a win.
@safil: Yeh, the XBox Live payments are miniscule compared to the experience. I'm sure Sony can play catch up, and maybe they should ask for $40 each now, so that they can come up with something better. It's gaming... stick to the basics and you won't fail. Wii, kicks ass any day, even if you have to spend $8 on PongToss to relive your fraternity days if only to find out that bouncing the ball will get you the win... #steveballmer
10/22/09
That said, nice little interview. It's interesting to hear that they're looking at Blu-Ray, though I think he has the future of movies right in that things will be moving to a digital distribution model, even Blu-Ray players seem to acknowledge that to an extent with access to NetFlix and other digital distribution methods and on-line extras from physical media.
It's also good to hear that they are taking Natal as it comes and seeing where the users want it instead of forcing the market to conform to their wishes. I do wonder what he meant by "on XBox or other scenarios''. #steveballmer
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Can't beat that #steveballmer
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Can't beat that #steveballmer
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Can't beat that #steveballmer
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My point went way over your head.
Nobody. Wears. Their. Headset. On. PSN. #steveballmer
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this is why I love gizmodo. #steveballmer
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I think the Zune HD has a better chance than any previous Zune of taking a bite out Apple, but all bets are off until the Rock 'n' Roll event is done.
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With the 1.8" drive market slowing in favor of NAND memory, I don't forsee 1TB iPods(or whatever media player is popular then) for half a decade at least.