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 Nov 28 2006, 02:48 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 909 Joined: 26-August 05 From: Louisville, KY (Well, Memphis, IN technically but you won't know where that is.) Member No.: 7,626  |
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Nov 28 2006, 03:07 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
Knowing them, they won't license the technology to other companies.
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Nov 28 2006, 03:53 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...ahh, different Inquirer that the one I thought.
Couldn't see how a supermart tabloid that ran leads of superstar break ups & makeups or the latest sign of the apocalypse (found in the froth of a latte at Starbucks) would be a reputable source for tech news. The future is coming at us at warp speed. [damn, and all along I thought it was Aeon Technologies who released the first skinlink prototype in 2063] |
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Nov 28 2006, 04:28 PM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
How is this different from all the RL skinlink links posted before SR4 was even released?
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Nov 28 2006, 04:35 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,333 Joined: 19-August 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9,168 |
In Soviet Russia, Playstation plays you!
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Nov 28 2006, 06:40 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 909 Joined: 26-August 05 From: Louisville, KY (Well, Memphis, IN technically but you won't know where that is.) Member No.: 7,626 |
Conceptually, not a whole lot different from the others. However, those others weren't Sony. That's not fanboism. Most of the other skinlink patents were from R&D firms or with rather sketchy hardware branches (Microsoft has a skinlink patent of some kind, IIRC). It is hard to intro new technology and have it actually take off. It requires the skill to make a product that doesn't suck, advertising so people know about it, and pockets deep enough to survive the market adoption period. Let's take the hypothetical case of MS and Sony releasing skinlinked MP3 players at about the same time, since both have the fiscal depth and theoretically the technical expertise to pull this off. Microsoft will likely mangle the skinlink device they ship with bad DRM, weird drivers, and a UI that makes everyone but Steve Ballmer wince. Resetting it requires licking a 9v battery. Sony will mangle the skinlink device with bad DRM & weird drivers but it will be easy to use, reliable and chock full of features. A year later knock-offs will appear that kinda work. In two years the ODMs will figure out how to make decent devices at half the price. The year after that Steve Jobs will announce that Apple has invented uLink for the iPod and that all others are rip-offs. Microsoft will then buy one of the ODMs to release a windows-only version. |
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Nov 28 2006, 07:48 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,333 Joined: 19-August 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9,168 |
A couple years ago, I'd have been right there with you. Judging by the Xbox 360 and the PS3 launches (both Sony & MS's most recent big things) I'd say that might not be the case any more. |
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Nov 28 2006, 08:58 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 909 Joined: 26-August 05 From: Louisville, KY (Well, Memphis, IN technically but you won't know where that is.) Member No.: 7,626 |
They both stumble but MS and Sony are more likely to move an in-house technology forward than an R&D department is to get their product picked up. Look at e-paper. It's been around for several years but it is only now showing up in products, and those are still fairly niche-y.
It will take a Sony or Microsoft, even stumbling, to make a radically new technology prevalent in a short period of time. From any other source it will take several years longer, at a minimum. |
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