What The Tech Ep. 103 – You’re Not Steve Jobs 1-31-12
This week on What The Tech: Andrew Zarian and Paul Thurrott begin by discussing the situation with MegaUpload. Why did the FBI target them? Should similar services be worried? Andrew brings up recent Xbox 720 rumors. Will it do away with optical media all together? Andrew also discusses the next gen PlayStation. Should Sony even bother with a new console? Paul discusses how he think console gaming should evolve. Will we see more Kinect enabled devices? Andrew picks Paul’s brain about OnLive’s remote desktop service. Is it all legal? And Jon Rubinstein leaves HP. What happens to WebOS without him? Paul compares Rubinstein to Steve Jobs.
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[..YouTube..] It is a little exaggerated to say no one wanted a PS3. PS3 released more than a year after Xbox 360, and has sold 61.2M to Xbox 360′s 64.3 millon. I agree Sony will probably end up third, but still has a slight chance to overtake Xbox.
[..YouTube..] 50GB for a game download is not an cheap option here in NZ. The bandwidth cost alone would add 50% to the game price, and 50GB would take quite a while to download (many days or weeks). I’d imagine their are many countries where this is true. These are not smartphone games. I don’t see the optical drive going away this generation – they would be idiotic to do this, it just doesn’t make sense for most countries.
When I watch live or the video podcast of What The Tech, Mr. Thurrott’s sound level is about 80% of yours, and your sound is too loud.
This problem with sound distracts from an otherwise fine production and show.
I hope you can find a solution. I would like to be able to hear Mr. Thurrott without straining or turning the volume up for him and down a bit for you.
Thanks!