started reading when i graduated from college in 05 and got my first crappy cubicle web design job. it's the one thing that got me through the day. (that and 1up podcasts)

isn't squarenix known to be pretty weak with action/shooter games, and better at RPG's and their classic franchises?

it's an annoying misconception that amazon is "taking on" gamestop with this new service. to me it seems they are just trying to do a little more for their existing game-buying customers, who now won't have to go into any stores for anything.

they're just being an alternative, not a serious competitor. if they were, they would be putting forth much more effort to make the inconvenient "ship it to us first" mechanic less painful.

decline? isn't it selling better and better? maybe by decline they mean "not increasing sales as fast as ms and nintendo".

kind of like how some companies say "losses" when all they really mean is not making as much profit as they predicted, even if it was more than last time.

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these shirts are hot tastic

i just want a G1 but with:

-more onboard memory for apps OR apps installed to SD
-faster ARM
-more/faster ram
-normal headphone jack
-cupcake-level firmware, or even beyond that
-flash on the camera OR a better "shutter speed" as ALL OF MY PHOTOS BLUR... even when i prop the phone on something

im sure ron paul has a roku :P

let's hope they can re-prove their genius with control schemes in the PS3 version. the PSP games were amazing so i can only imagine what they'll do with a DS3 controller.

and yeah, hooray if it IS PS3 exclusive. why water down another established franchise by multiplatforming it? i'd rather them put as much time and effort as possible into just one version. i loved the PSP games.

@swartzmi: i use unbox and have no qualms with it. it gives me an SD version of the movie and a smaller copy for my Zen. everything just works, im okay with most of the pricing, and i only have to pay for a movie again if i REdownload it. (i just built a new machine, installed unbox, and copied my movies to the directory, and it sees them fine without telling me i have to redownload) the mp3 service has been phenominal to me, with my only wish is for the mp3 store to be built into the downloader.

im not saying they're perfect or anything, but they seem to go out of their way to do what's easy and right for their customers from the get go, instead of defending unfair practices and then turning around later on. the book thing i think is a special case because we're talking about a medium that's been around for ages and is now being literally transformed into a digital medium from a physical.

regardless, i doubt popcap's issues with amazon have to do with drm. if anything, it's pricing or them not being 100% in control of how their titles are handled instead of being standardized into amazon's setup.

right. i understand that game companies are going through tough times and need every penny they can get, but are they really LOSING any money by tossing bejeweled and peggle onto Amazon for $10, and losing a bit of the cut? they're busting into a new market, amazon will likely also recommend to the users the other games and/or even physical copies, and im sure amazon would be cool with popcap making amazon-exclusive games that are built around the pricing.

i WAS going to get bejeweled for my G1 when it came out, but nevermind. (especially not at the $12 i think it's going to be)