On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:28:23 -0500, Farix <dhstranger@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>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.

Yes, thank you for your wonderful counterargument.

Rob
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