Comments on: I disagree with Michael Pachter http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/06/13/i-disagree-with-michael-pachter/ A veteran's view on marketing games Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:07:25 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: lyndon http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/06/13/i-disagree-with-michael-pachter/comment-page-1/#comment-4672 lyndon Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:51:58 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/?p=1929#comment-4672 Unless the the peak 50% figure has nothing to do with technology and everything to do with people's buying practices. For example the technology to buy books on-line has existed for over a decade (Amazon) but brick and mortar bookstores are still doing fine. Why is this? Many if not the majority of people prefer buying at retail than on-line. Unless the the peak 50% figure has nothing to do with technology and everything to do with people’s buying practices.

For example the technology to buy books on-line has existed for over a decade (Amazon) but brick and mortar bookstores are still doing fine. Why is this? Many if not the majority of people prefer buying at retail than on-line.

]]> By: corndog http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/06/13/i-disagree-with-michael-pachter/comment-page-1/#comment-4659 corndog Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:39:44 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/?p=1929#comment-4659 yeah here in the USA we have the development of BPL (broadband over power line). It has been many years in the making. one hurdle was interference with hand radios. That has been solved. Currently we have a upstart that is still a emerging comany called Ambient (ABTG.OB). It has two models x-2000 200mbs and 2007's x-3000 400mbs, and a rumored x-5000 1gb as the next set. This all before it gets the first penny of the billions of stimulus dollars as the communication part of the 'smartgrid'. If the government is behind it. It will happen. In fact the CEO of Ambient and a few others where in the 'white house' the headquarters of our government, on a leadership meeting. This technology will allow cell phones to provide cheap internet connection ANYWHERE there is a power line. Also wireless (non cell phone) connections. Our government has set a goal of 1.2gb for all by 2014. Plus smart houses. Now I say all that to say this: If you had 1gb a second that means that it will take literally less than 1 minute to download a 50GB blu-ray disk that is FULL! No need to pay a preorder for GAMESTOP (a chain of stores here). No more guessing about how many copies to make for a publisher. No more not having supply on a surprise hit. Most games are nowhere near that size, even with three hour movies. It will take you less than 10 minutes to download a 400gb blu-ray (if they are actually released). If the next systems go all download it will solved the piracy problem. And the used games competition problem(even though us consumers tend to like that problem). yeah here in the USA we have the development of BPL (broadband over power line). It has been many years in the making. one hurdle was interference with hand radios. That has been solved. Currently we have a upstart that is still a emerging comany called Ambient (ABTG.OB). It has two models x-2000 200mbs and 2007’s x-3000 400mbs, and a rumored x-5000 1gb as the next set.

This all before it gets the first penny of the billions of stimulus dollars as the communication part of the ’smartgrid’. If the government is behind it. It will happen. In fact the CEO of Ambient and a few others where in the ‘white house’ the headquarters of our government, on a leadership meeting. This technology will allow cell phones to provide cheap internet connection ANYWHERE there is a power line. Also wireless (non cell phone) connections. Our government has set a goal of 1.2gb for all by 2014. Plus smart houses. Now I say all that to say this:

If you had 1gb a second that means that it will take literally less than 1 minute to download a 50GB blu-ray disk that is FULL!

No need to pay a preorder for GAMESTOP (a chain of stores here). No more guessing about how many copies to make for a publisher. No more not having supply on a surprise hit. Most games are nowhere near that size, even with three hour movies. It will take you less than 10 minutes to download a 400gb blu-ray (if they are actually released). If the next systems go all download it will solved the piracy problem. And the used games competition problem(even though us consumers tend to like that problem).

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