On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:30:58 -0500, "sanjian" <sanjian@widomaker.com>
wrote:

>I V wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:00:53 -0500, sanjian wrote:
>>> Rob Browning wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:21:20 -0500, "sanjian"
>>>> <sanjian@widomaker.com> wrote:
>>>>> And how do we know what BELONGS on which system?
>>>>
>>>> I think I already mentioned that.
>>>
>>> And your authority is derived from?
>>
>> His authority derives from his argument (that different types of
>> gaming system have different properties, and hence support different
>> styles of games). So, if you want to challenge his authority, you're
>> going to have to address his argument.
>
>And yet he has yet to show why we should care what he thinks about which 
>properties matter, and which don't.  Astrobiochemist points out, quite 
>accurately, that there IS room for certain types of games, such as RPGs 
>(which are the very types of games that Rob thinks don't belong on 
>portables) in the DS market.  Hell, I enjoyed Lunar, as well as FFT on the 
>GBA.  But I guess they don't BELONG there.  Yay!  I'm a hertic! 

I didn't say you couldn't like them.  The two concepts aren't mutually
exclusive.

Rob
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