Glen Beck Craziness Over Consoles

Yes, I know important is spelled wrong, thats the point.

I don’t understand why people have religious like loyalties to a corporate brand. If someone so much a mentions why Leopard is superior to Windows Vista its an instant flame fest. For what ever reason I have the feeling that people treat operating systems like belief systems. There is something so tribal about how people angrily debate one another. Like a pack of dogs attacking a wounded alpha male. They are just products, so whats the big deal? Each company wants your money and they have two different ways of going after it.

The same thing has like sprung to life with OnLive. Just crazy nonsense people are spewing, its just insane. Consumers contrive the most bullshit, stupid arguments you will ever hear. Now, I’m not talking about skeptics, frankly I’m a little skeptical too. No, I’m talking the crazy elitism coming from respected sources or people like GameDaily or Dave Perry. Geez, its just a product, the goal of any product is to make money. I don’t get what is so hard to understand about that.

Its like we’ve gotten the point where operating systems and game consoles are more than just products. They are like relics, which is crazy like Glen Beck. The goal of any company regardless of if its non-profit or not is to make money. People get offended like when I tell their grandmother in a coma is cyborg, or a fetus is a humanoid parasite. While both of those are true, morality tells them otherwise even if its wrong. But, come on, a product is a product.

For you nay sayers about what a parasite actually is, dictionary: Something that resembles a biological parasite in dependence on something else for existence or support without making a useful or adequate return. Any organism that relies on a machine is a cyborg. Morally offensive or not, its the truth.

Now thats something you can truly be offended by. Not some possibility of a product being better than its competition. How great of marketing is that? You make a product that becomes part of someones moral fabric. Crazy, crazy like Glen Beck.

How Would You Change the MicroConsole?

As you may know, I have a few gripes with the OnLive MicroConsole. As far as we know it isn’t wireless, you have to run a cable to your router. That being said, the whole notion that plugging in a keyboard and mouse is convenient is absurd. Every great device makes you lay a series trip lines across your living room floor.

This is how I would change OnLive’s MicroConsole

1. Make it wirelessly connect to the OnLive service. Come on, its 2009 who uses traditional Ethernet cables these days?
2. At least make certain wireless keyboards and mice able to register as controllers. Again, its 2009 we don’t like draping cables across our floors.

How Would You Change the OnLive MicroConsole?

What Games do You Want on OnLive?

No, it hasn’t been announced yet, but a man can dream.

Much discussion has been made over the 16 OnLive launch games. Personally, I would love to see Call of Duty as a launch game, but I don’t think it will happen. There is too much risk in it for Activision Blizzard. Plus, I have the feeling that they might be backing GaiKai. Dave Perry, the CEO of Acclaim Entertainment, said that GaiKai can run World of Warcraft. O.K., that might be stretch but so be it. So, here is a question for you:

What would you like see as an OnLive launch game?

Gamedaily Takes Cheap Shot at OnLive

Congratulations Gamedaily, you now have +1 to backhanded compliments.

Ladies and gentlemen, it appears GameDaily has accept Dave Perry’s challenge to a douche off! In their recent gallery article featured on the AIM dashboard page. GameDaily took the opprotunity to group the OnLive with the likes of the Philips CD-i and the Intellevision. But wait? The OnLive service isn’t even out yet. Is it really fair to put the OnLive service in an article named “Short Shelf Life: Video Game Consoles That Failed Miserably”? Oh but of course, they too this great opprotunity to “wish it the best of luck”, but also group it with the worst consoles of all time.

So where’s that leave OnLive?
OnLive certainly has more working in its favor than any of these systems. It has the third-party support, a strong outreach to the gaming community and a savvy marketing campaign. However, only time will determine its success. We certainly wish it the best of luck – and hope it comes with a controller that’s easy to use. – Robert Workman 

Source: GameDaily

Perry Throws Down Trivial Arguments to OnLive

Dave Perry, of the rival firm Gaikai, says they will “win” the long term battle for consumers. Both services plan to provide high-end games on demand. What Perry throws down isn’t exactly impressive. During an interview with game GamesIndustry, he whines about OnLive 1mb plugin. His whole reasoning and distortion of reality is just insane.

Did He Really Say That?

They have to download one megabyte and install it on your computer. What does that mean? It means that everyone in schools, or any kind of uptight or professional business location is not going to be able to download some random game via the internet and install it.

Gaikai’s counter argument can’t really be “we destroy productivity”, can it? Why not change Gaikai’s slogan to, “Gaikai, helping you get fired.”

Source: GamesIndustry