1STnTENDERBITS

andrewj5790 said:

 

SpamSandwich said:

Now that makes more sense than paying tens of millions of dollars for an entire company. Just hire the best engineers.

Updated story. Looks like they went with the route that makes less sense. Lol! 

"That's what I meant.  This choice made more sense.  I really didn't think the other choice made sense." - random overzealous fan

Breaking update:  Apple doesn't buy entire company, just the building and the patents.

"This is what really really makes sense.  That's all Apple needed was the building and the patents.  Only Apple could do this." - same rando confirming to another rando fan

Breaking update 2:  Apple decides they want the employees and the building but not the patents.

"Yup.  I thought this was going to be their big move all along.  Why would Apple need someone else's patents.  - same rando.  other rando starting to give side eye.

Breaking update 3:  Apple says patents it all it needs.  The rest is useless.

"Aww yeah.  Apple playing 3D chess while the rest are playing checkers.  Just making their patents stronger.  Building that war chest. - rando by himself.  other dude left 

Of course I'm joking but there is a fair contingent of fans who act just like that.    

doctwelve said:

the monk said:

doctwelve said:

...... JJ is hardly box office gold. 

Star Trek. Star Wars. Are you sure?

Yeah, pretty sure. Established franchises. His Mission Impossible was the lowest box office of the series. Lost did well but he's had a lot of misses: Fringe, Alcatraz, Person of Interest. I think he's over-rated. Not worth $500 million. I'd love to see Apple entice someone like Luc Besson instead. 

 You want to put JJ Abrams accomplishments up against Luc Besson.  Luc Besson?  I like Luc's portfolio as much as the next guy, but c'mon man.  There's no comparison.  Abrams is the definition of mainstream Hollywood, and Apple is rumored to desire just that, mainstream.  Nothing controversial.  Looking at your list of misses... Alcatraz is the only miss.  Fringe and Person of Interest were both 5 season shows.

Also Luc's films don't exactly fit into Apple's rumored style of film making.  Seriously, do you see Apple coming out with an Ong Bak, Le Femme Nikita, The Transporter and Taken series of films, or the upcoming Anna?  Naaaaaah.

schlack said:

Really hate that Nintendo’s going freemium. Dilutes the experience. Dilutes the brand. Makes it not kid friendly.  Just let us pay for the app. 

Nintendo already stated their preference was for 1x pay apps.  Unfortunately, freemium is the method that garnered the most money.  They were disappointed with the revenue from their 1x pay app and got pleasing returns from their freemium offerings.  Nintendo is a bidness.  They are going to cater to the demographic that spends the most money.  As long as that is the freemium crowd, Nintendo is going to release freemium games.  

They aren't going to dilute their brand.  Nintendo fans are some of the most diehard fans in gaming.  Their fans are going to continue to buy all of Nintendo's console IP.  Freemium on mobile isn't going to make that crowd love Nintendo any less.  The vocal minority clamoring for 1x pay... yeah, they don't really matter that much because they don't spend as much and as often as the freemium crowd.  I say that being firmly in that minority.

NoFliesOnMe said:

Just my own wonderings, but the thought occurred to me that maybe TPK was told to pull out by the Chinese government. 

That doesn't make sense.  The Chinese firm Harvest Tech still might invest and another Chinese (Hong Kong) firm Oasis Mgmt might replace TPK.  I'm not sure why any of them would invest in propping up JD but that's just me.  

randominternetperson said:

Wouldn't the "right thing to do" be to update the apps so they are 64-bit compatible rather than simple stopping their sale?  It's a shame they didn't see the writing on the wall years ago and come up with a migration strategy.  

Aspyr isn't a large dev house.  They're a small house that primarily caters to Mac and Linux, so you can imagine their revenue isn't comparable to a primary PC dev house.  The work to convert  and QA 32 bit to 64 bit isn't trivial and requires dedicated man hours.  They have to weigh potential future sales against the work required to garner those sales.  They are only going to put in the work if the potential sales are there. There aren't that many games being deprecated and I'd be the sales don't warrant the work required to upgrade the games.