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1.  Jonah Falcon  
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 More options Nov 28 2006, 12:42 pm
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From: "Jonah Falcon" <jonahny...@mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:42:20 GMT
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Subject: 360 has "Xbox Live Arcade", Sony calls it "e-Distribution Initiative"
"e-Distribution Initiative"? LOL

Proof #142 Sony just doesn't "get it", and when they steal it, they have no
idea what they're doing.


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2.  RKRM  
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 More options Nov 28 2006, 12:48 pm
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From: "RKRM" <r...@NOSPAMcomcast.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:48:44 -0800
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Subject: Re: 360 has "Xbox Live Arcade", Sony calls it "e-Distribution Initiative"
Ya like the failed "entitlements"? I have said this before Sony is playing
catch-up and  merely mimicking the competition. Doesn't mean they wont
ultimately win. But it dos mean that innovation has been left to Microsoft
and Nintendo while Sony just tries to keep up.

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3.  Jordan  
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 More options Nov 28 2006, 1:04 pm
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From: "Jordan" <lu...@earthlink.net>
Date: 28 Nov 2006 10:04:34 -0800
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Subject: Re: 360 has "Xbox Live Arcade", Sony calls it "e-Distribution Initiative"

RKRM wrote:
> Ya like the failed "entitlements"? I have said this before Sony is playing
> catch-up and  merely mimicking the competition. Doesn't mean they wont
> ultimately win. But it dos mean that innovation has been left to Microsoft
> and Nintendo while Sony just tries to keep up.

I think I figured out why they didn't go with "Accomplishments".
Nintendo beat them to that one. As you play games on the Wii it sends
e-mail to your Wii desktop outlining that days "Accomplishments".

- Jordan


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4.  boodybandit  
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 More options Nov 28 2006, 5:05 pm
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From: "boodybandit" <boodyban...@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:05:52 -0500
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Subject: Re: 360 has "Xbox Live Arcade", Sony calls it "e-Distribution Initiative"

"Jordan" <lu...@earthlink.net> wrote in message

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> RKRM wrote:
> > Ya like the failed "entitlements"? I have said this before Sony is
playing
> > catch-up and  merely mimicking the competition. Doesn't mean they wont
> > ultimately win. But it dos mean that innovation has been left to
Microsoft
> > and Nintendo while Sony just tries to keep up.

> I think I figured out why they didn't go with "Accomplishments".
> Nintendo beat them to that one. As you play games on the Wii it sends
> e-mail to your Wii desktop outlining that days "Accomplishments".

Why not just call them plain old "SKILL" points?
That would've been cool if Sony did that.
Achievements are kewl but not all they're cracked up to be.
Sometimes they glitch on me and just don't work. I beat Rainbow Six: Vegas
twice on realistic mode and I can't get the legend achievement (100) points.

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5.  Imperium  
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 More options Nov 29 2006, 2:34 am
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From: Imperium <frankm...@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:34:33 GMT
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Subject: Re: 360 has "Xbox Live Arcade", Sony calls it "e-Distribution Initiative"
On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:05:52 -0500, "boodybandit"

Resistance: Fall Of Man does have accomplishments that it calls skill
points,  Those skill points unlock extras like concept art, which is
cool. But I think that's up to the developer and not something that
Sony mandated all titles to have like Microsoft does with
accomplishments.

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6.  Andre Matuch  
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 More options Nov 28 2006, 8:27 pm
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From: "Andre Matuch" <fuck...@spammers.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:27:38 -0500
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Subject: Re: 360 has "Xbox Live Arcade", Sony calls it "e-Distribution Initiative"
The Nintendo accomplishments system doesn't transfer to your friends. One of
the things I liked wit hthe 360 is the fact that your friends and enemies
can drool at the fact that your score is so much higher than theirs :)

Andre

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7.  Khee Mao  
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 More options Nov 28 2006, 6:51 pm
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From: "Khee Mao" <big_bad_buddha_da...@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:51:19 -0800
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Subject: Re: 360 has "Xbox Live Arcade", Sony calls it "e-Distribution Initiative"

"RKRM" <r...@NOSPAMcomcast.net> wrote in message

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> Ya like the failed "entitlements"? I have said this before Sony is playing
> catch-up and  merely mimicking the competition. Doesn't mean they wont
> ultimately win. But it dos mean that innovation has been left to Microsoft
> and Nintendo while Sony just tries to keep up.

'innovation' and 'MicroSoft' have been historically unlikely word pairings,
but I gotta give credit where credit is due and agree that it's a well
deserved distinction in regards to their stellar execution on the
xbox/live/360

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8.  GUTB  
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 More options Nov 28 2006, 2:26 pm
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From: "GUTB" <G...@hotmail.com>
Date: 28 Nov 2006 11:26:47 -0800
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Subject: Re: 360 has "Xbox Live Arcade", Sony calls it "e-Distribution Initiative"

Jonah Falcon wrote:
> "e-Distribution Initiative"? LOL

> Proof #142 Sony just doesn't "get it", and when they steal it, they have no
> idea what they're doing.

The frustrating part is that the online marketplace is a bad idea that
makes gaming worse, not better, and so isn't even worth being copied,
and the quicker the death the better.

I strongly believe we don't need to have our gamer internet space
turned into a magazine with pages and pages full of snake oil and
useless junk fpr us to spend money on. We don't need "content", we need
developer tools and a modding community. I hate Microsoft for trying to
ruin gamer's internet community, and I hate Sony for following suite.
If this is how it's going to be, hopefully this will mark the pitiful
end of the videogaming industry.


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9.  getr...@1upandup.com  
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 More options Nov 28 2006, 3:37 pm
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From: getr...@1upandup.com
Date: 28 Nov 2006 12:37:41 -0800
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Subject: Re: 360 has "Xbox Live Arcade", Sony calls it "e-Distribution Initiative"

How is making small downloadable games a bad thing?  I log into Live, I
find a remake of a classic game I like, done with new graphics and it
put up for sale?

Also, using your line of reasoning, you must believe Sony's disjointed
online gaming is better than Microsoft's integrated approach, because
it is FREE.

You don't want it, don't buy it.  It is THAT simple.  An ability for
developers to come up with new titles, and put them up for no risk, and
get paid, is a big plus for them.

An industry doesn't end when it is funded.  When the money is not
there, it dries up.

- Richard Hutnik


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10.  Robert P Holley  
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 More options Nov 28 2006, 3:38 pm
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From: "Robert P Holley" <holle...@delanet.com>
Date: 28 Nov 2006 12:38:18 -0800
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Subject: Re: 360 has "Xbox Live Arcade", Sony calls it "e-Distribution Initiative"

Did you hear Gears of War sold over a million copies?  Not bad for
"bargin bin," huh?

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