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10:42 AM
In reading the comments, I'm not seeing any speed complaints, so I guess it is better than Warner's services. Too bad I didn't get it when I was still in the US. #netflixps3
10:32 AM
I was going to post a video of my "doormat" school's alma mater, but there's not a video of it on YouTube.
10:25 AM
Unless you're USC, right? #ncaafootball10
12:58 AM
10:28 AM
It will eventually. Personally, I give them about two more years before the well runs dry. Look at Guitar Hero. Obviously different developers but the principle is still the same.
In addition they've got a stalking horse on their tales in Bad Company. EA could teach great white sharks a thing or two about being an apex predator. They (EA) found religion a couple years ago and I strongly believe they're going to give DICE the resources they need to produce an amazing property in Battlefield Bad Company. #callofdutymodernwarfare2
11/06/09
My god, EA is becoming the patron saint of PC gaming........ #callofdutymodernwarfare2
05:10 AM
Personally I willing accept our new PC Gaming Messiah. Also since EA owns the C&C IP, they're messiah poster boy can be Kane :D #callofdutymodernwarfare2
11/06/09
We do this on our own, but also with the help of the Netflix community as a whole (to track down upcoming releases - see the disclaimer at the page bottom for how). Netflix even features us in their official App Gallery!
So, give our site a look, and subscribe to our Twitter as well... we keep things updated on both fronts, and love to serve our Netflix friends.
[www.streamingsoon.com]
02:52 AM
The Netflix selection for streaming is very poor imo, although it seems to be vastly increasing week by week so it's all good :D #netflixps3
05:56 AM
That's the stigma we've easily broken 90 times over on our site. It's absolutely ridiculous. Normal people have Instant queues as big as regular queues. Stupid people only watch new releases, and ignore every other title ever released.
I can't change people, but we can point out all of the stuff people ignore, on our site. #netflixps3
07:34 AM
Stupid is not uninformed.
And thank you for streamingsoon dot com. #netflixps3
11/06/09
None of the above are deal-breakers and overall I'm pretty impressed with Netflix on the PS3. It's not as good as the 360's version, but it's better than I thought it would be. If anyone knows if there IS a way to change aspect-ratio on videos, let me know. That's the one serious negative on the PS3 vs. the 360.
11/06/09
Pressing pause brings up a progress bar. It shows you approximately how far into the program you are. Now while it doesn't show you how much time is left, a little quick math will allow you to take the current running time from the program's total running time to figure out how much time the program has left. It's not ideal, but it's workable. But yeah, you absolutely can tell how long the video has been playing, at least.
I can't figure out for the life of me if there's a method for changing the aspect-ratio, though.
That's the only real negative that I've found, and it's not even too big a deal, given that I tend to just watch all my 4:3 programs in widescreen anyway. I got used to seeing folks stretched out unnaturally. :P #netflixps3
11/06/09
Don't know about changing the aspect ratio, though. #netflixps3
11/06/09
So yeah, the only real negative is the inability to change the aspect, and that's not really that huge a problem, IMO. #netflixps3
01:00 AM
11/06/09
"We would like you to play the game the way we designed and balanced it."
This is pretty much their answer to all the problems the community has.
Now I'm just paraphrasing the next part, so forgive me for anything I get wrong.
"Question: Why is the player cap smaller?
IW: The maps are balanced for 9 vs. 9.
Q: But my clan is much larger and doesn't mind to break the balance if it means all of us can play together.
IW: We just want you to have a better experience. We also want you to buy the new larger map packs since we cut you off from custom content. Next.
Q: Will it be possible to use console commands to change the viewing angle this time around?
IW: No, it breaks the balance. If you do try to change it we'll ban you.
Q: Will we be able to ban or kick hackers and cheaters from our games?
IW: No, that's OUR goal, not yours.
Q: This is Related to the 360 version.
IW: Finally... go on.
Q: Why is there no party chat in hardcore mode? It's one of the reasons I pay for XBL.
IW: To stop you from talking to your buddies while you're dead, you little cheater.
Q: So, how are you going to stop me from using Ventrilo?
IW: I thought you were talking about the 360 version.
Q: Okay... how about a cell phone?
IW: We're working on a solution to that problem. We want you to play the way WE designed it. Next.
Q: Dedicated servers?
IW: Better experience.
Q: Leaning?
IW: Ruins the balance.
Q: Of your character?
IW: No, the balance of the entire game.
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IW: The recession hit us hard too you know.
Q: What? But what about the economic concerns of gamers?
IW: Vocal minority. Didn't you say this was getting to a 360 question? We have these neat avatar clothes.
Q: ...
11/06/09
IW: I'm glad you asked that, actually we've prepared a video to help illustrate just how amazing the new MW2 experience, and the edition of avatar clothes, is going to be for conso- .... gamers! F.A.T.P.H.U.C. Fashion Awareness To Promote Healthy Urban Communities.
Q: ... #callofdutymodernwarfare2
11/06/09
I would love to see this game set sales records. I hope it broadens the audience and brings more people into gaming. #callofdutymodernwarfare2
11/06/09
11/06/09
God, the bullshit dripping out of Bowling's mouth could drown a blue whale. Christ...making decisions for your consumers and telling them "you'll buy it and like it!" just should not fucking fly.
I don't really know why I care, because I can't stand Call of Duty in GENERAL, but it just makes me so angry to see Infinity Ward just kicking PC gamers into the dirt, spitting on them, pissing on them, and thne kicking them a few times for good measure.
"Our most feature-rich PC game yet", eh? Considering you've cut out pretty much every single feature that made it a PC game, I'm gonna have to disagree. Such bullshit. Penn and Teller would throw up just listening to it. #callofdutymodernwarfare2
11/06/09
I love the chart. Simple, yet it simply gets the point across. #callofdutymodernwarfare2
11/06/09
11/06/09
Majority of PC gamers, not you guys, the CORE, but the majority of Casual PC gamers don't care about manually slecteing a server, controlin bad language, free demo's, or the ability to record The majority would believe Mod's would be cheats, and that certain people could ban them for no reason unfair.
So really in the minds of the noncore pc gamer, The features which have been added, Lack of Mods (cheats...), and People who kick you from a server, and not having to chose a game, are actually positives.
Thats what IW is saying. #callofdutymodernwarfare2
11/06/09
I don't think that it would lead to the downfall of PC gaming, but it would lay down a precedent of not trying to give PC gamers what they want/would like/are used to.
I'm all for change, if it makes sense to the majority of people involved. But when the changes that are being made appear to spite the PC gamers, then that worries me. Greatly. #callofdutymodernwarfare2
11/06/09
11/06/09
Both in the way things happen: IE speed of guns, health, damage, vehicle changes, and a bunch of things. Or in level design IE: New levels, new skins, change of gun appearance, and other things
I realize that the MAJORITY of Mods focus on level design, gun design, reskinning and the like but it does open the door up for The other things, like flying or health or damage modifiers #callofdutymodernwarfare2
11/06/09
I hate to ask, but how interested are "casual PC gamers" (I'm assuming you're not talking about Bejeweled-casual) in a game like this? #callofdutymodernwarfare2
11/06/09
You don't use modded servers for "cheating." #callofdutymodernwarfare2
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07:27 AM
11/06/09
It's not available here anyway, so meh. #netflixps3
11/06/09
11/06/09
[forums.tversity.com] #netflixps3
11/06/09
11/06/09
If you follow this forum topic word for word, guaranteed you'll be transcoding files in no time:
[forums.tversity.com] #netflixps3
12:32 PM
Changing containers is not transcoding. Transcoding implies recompressing with a different codec. Media containers are not codecs. They're file envelopes. As such, there's no loss of quality/data as the video and audio files contained within the container remain the same. Containers such as MKV (matroska) exist with the purpose of combining multiple audio/video/subtitle streams into a single file. The specifications of the container describe only the way data is stored (but not coded) within the file. #netflixps3
11/06/09