Re: It's still a good thing, the problem is that we're in a period of transition.
Macharius Send a noteboard - 31/05/2012 01:35:33 PM
access devices will be dirt cheap, etc.
Don't count on it.
Of course, we aren't there yet. And while we transition, things will be wonky. People are upset at Blizzard because of the half-and-half kind of deal. D3's online component offers consumers no additional benefits. They still have their powerful computers, so why should they have to rely on Blizzard to run their game? It's like trying to move people onto public transport but still requiring them to drive their car to the bus stop every day.
You forgot to mention that D3's online component offers negative benefits, as witnessed by Tuesday's outages until well into the evening.
Anyway. Our infrastructure WILL one day fully support a redundant, centralized computing grid backed up by ubiquitous connectivity. And we will be better off for it (again, from a technical standpoint. No telling how that will affect us from a political/privacy/corporate control point of view). Until we get there, however, there will be some significant growing pains. I guess what I'm trying to say is to gloat while you can, because the future will be awesome, and it will definitely be "cloud." However stupid that term may be.
There's plenty of "telling" how "cloud" computing will affect us from a political/privacy/corporate control point of view, and not one single bit of it is good.
Why does Blizzard insist on making me sign onto their servers ... seriously. ? !
30/05/2012 12:22:14 AM
- 964 Views
It's to stop "pirates." And by "pirates," I mean, "people who play used games." *NM*
30/05/2012 04:31:22 AM
- 396 Views
Scary that in order to curb one practice - they are alienating a whole section ...
05/06/2012 08:30:15 AM
- 852 Views
Close... it's for control, for a variety of reasons. "piracy" and the used game market are the tip
07/06/2012 03:21:58 AM
- 832 Views
Fair enough. I guess used-game concerns are more of a console thing. *NM*
07/06/2012 03:54:47 AM
- 401 Views
too fucking true. which is why I went to play Reckoning (fuck you, Blizzard)
30/05/2012 01:58:56 PM
- 938 Views
You know that entire studio shut down last week, right? No more Curt Schilling for you. *NM*
30/05/2012 04:47:40 PM
- 397 Views
*sob*
30/05/2012 07:03:42 PM
- 911 Views
He shoulda cut himself on the ankle and worn white socks again ...
05/06/2012 08:33:46 AM
- 776 Views
why was it a poor business choice? The game sold well
05/06/2012 07:58:13 PM
- 1005 Views
You need to have followed the whole story a bit more to understand.
05/06/2012 09:14:48 PM
- 740 Views
It's made me furious too
30/05/2012 02:44:58 PM
- 984 Views
criminals? what laws, exactly, have been broken?
30/05/2012 03:51:39 PM
- 982 Views
Re: criminals? what laws, exactly, have been broken?
30/05/2012 06:59:49 PM
- 888 Views
I guess my thing is that no one makes you buy that car that requires my million dollar gas...
30/05/2012 07:03:02 PM
- 956 Views
Wow - you just outlined TORT reform in it's most basic premise ...
05/06/2012 08:00:04 AM
- 773 Views
You know the prototypical hot coffee case was warranted, right? The plaintiff won.
06/06/2012 10:52:52 AM
- 695 Views
Be careful -- the fanboys might hear you...
30/05/2012 04:56:15 PM
- 924 Views
The funny thing is...
30/05/2012 07:48:49 PM
- 860 Views
The difference I see is that Steam has an offline mode that (mostly) works. D3 has none. *NM*
30/05/2012 08:09:40 PM
- 399 Views
yah...I only recently got into Steam. and ONLY because I've been moving a lot
30/05/2012 09:01:31 PM
- 963 Views
It's still a good thing, the problem is that we're in a period of transition.
30/05/2012 09:26:46 PM
- 874 Views
The biggest issues I see right now are bandwith caps & speed.
30/05/2012 09:44:10 PM
- 815 Views
Oh sure, I agree. We're definitely not there yet.
31/05/2012 01:17:58 AM
- 854 Views
Re: Oh sure, I agree. We're definitely not there yet.
31/05/2012 02:02:55 PM
- 744 Views
are you unaware that some people do drive to the bus-station anyway?
31/05/2012 02:36:22 AM
- 1043 Views
I don't think I've ever used an analogy on the internet that people didn't complain about.
31/05/2012 04:46:17 AM
- 689 Views
lol, yah, I just couldn't help it for the sake of the continuity of internet stereotypes *NM*
31/05/2012 02:17:05 PM
- 535 Views
Re: It's still a good thing, the problem is that we're in a period of transition.
31/05/2012 01:35:33 PM
- 858 Views
Re: It's still a good thing, the problem is that we're in a period of transition.
31/05/2012 07:22:13 PM
- 634 Views
Stuff like D3's always-on DRM and phone home schemes in no way contribute to that future.
07/06/2012 03:26:08 AM
- 781 Views