Comments | ddoss: Lamb of "Bob"

ddoss

Lamb of "Bob"

Jan 01, 2007 00:08

If Jesus is the reason for the season, so it goes, then why do so many local churches cancel the evening service when Christmas Eve falls on a Sunday? Maybe because what I contend is true, and that the holidays are really mostly about spending time with family, not worshipping God? People spends loads of time out shopping for presents and ( Read more... )

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timesend January 1 2007, 01:44:19 UTC

Dunno about where you live, but here, Church runs 2x on Sunday every week and 3x on Christmas lol

Nintendo's comeback is something I frankly scoffed at. In my mind they would never be able to get out from under Sony and then the X-Box, but as you pointed out, Nintendo has stuck to its guns and never forgot it was a toymaker, and that caused them some rough problems through the middle but is now turning out to be their ultimate victory. Sony doomed itself with the idiocy of the PS3, it is an example of mad ideological delusion, that they will market a system that costs them 800 dollars to build for 650 to buy it. Just the price routine (outside of it being a crazy high price) shows you how out of touch Sony has become with the consumer.

ddoss January 1 2007, 22:44:30 UTC

I agree, it is a myth that console manufacturers always make their consoles at a loss. It has only become an issue recently. I think the Xbox360 has done well too. The PS3 also was probably hurt because it had no must-have title. Gears of War for the 360 is probably the best shooter since Halo, and the Wii has the awesomeness that is Zelda. Hopefully Nintendo will sell enough Wiis to gain the widespread third party support it has lacked since the SNES days.

timesend January 2 2007, 14:42:28 UTC

I think what you really mean to say at the end there is "hopefully Wii will get Final Fantasy XIII" and then all will be right with the galaxy.

But yeah, Nintendo has always been strong on its home titles, even through the crappy N64 days. Gamecube was quite a bit stronger on the selection but still couldn't compete with PS2. Sony just doesn't seem to have learned from the PS2 fiasco, or maybe they decided that they profited off of it ultimately/we put up with it, but when you put out a system for 300 bux (which is what PS2 was at release, and to me, that was a heavy price to pay for a console) and at startup you've got customers passing on any games to buy DVDs, you have a god damn problem.