Subject: Re: Nintendo DS sticks a sword down PS3's throat - DRAGON QUEST 9 on DS, not PS3 From: Farix Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:28:23 -0500 Message-ID: <1166480986_31177@sp6iad.superfeed.net> References: <1166140724.545835.64010@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com> <132bo21pgd2kuiql8all1u60q708v1k5r6@4ax.com> <12oblv5qvgqibf1@corp.supernews.com> <97ldo2t7v28a4e1lssnop8mbd2mdbujihj@4ax.com> Lines: 47 Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!news-out.usenet.com!sp6iad.superfeed.net!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.games.final-fantasy,alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube,rec.arts.anime.misc,japan.videogames.nintendo User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061025 Thunderbird/1.5.0.8 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <97ldo2t7v28a4e1lssnop8mbd2mdbujihj@4ax.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Report: Please report illegal or inappropriate use to . Forward a copy of ALL headers INCLUDING the body. (DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS) X-Comments2: IMPORTANT: Newsfeeds.com does not condone,support,nor tolerate spam or any illegal or copyrighted postings. X-Comments: This message was posted through Newsfeeds.com Organization: Superfeed.net Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.videogames.nintendo:733 Rob Browning wrote: > On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:51:01 -0000, syscjm@sumire.eng.sun.com (Chris > Mattern) wrote: > >> I am still trying to figure out why you think CRPGs are unsuited to >> portable formats when they have a long and successful history there, >> going back fifteen years or more. The first computer RPG I ever > > There are a number of things that have been received fairly well > despite not being suited to their media. Take audiobooks, for > example. It's much easier to read a book than it is to listen to one, > yet people like audiobooks because you can make use of them while > driving a car or doing other things that prohibit reading. But at > home, most people would choose the print book over the audiobook. > > Also note that a big part of the reason why involved games have been > on portables for so long is that for a large period of the portable's > lifespan, gaming was thought to be exclusively the province of > children. These are people with plenty of time on their hands and no > money, so the longer a game lasts the better it is for them. And when > they run out of games to play on a console (not a farfetched concept > for people with no money, especially back in the days of cartridges), > they'll start playing portable games whether or not they're at home. I > played FFL2 way back in the day a number of times for precisely this > reason. Your argument has no logic behind it. It is just a series of meaningless random points that have nearly no bases in facts and strung together by a thin thread of self-righteous indignation and contempt with reality. Farix ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----