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What is good food to you? You uncultured Garden Grove raised heathen?
You must hate life itself.
I don't hate life, I just hate Messican food.
Pazole? I'll take some Eastern European chicken dumpling soup.
Mole? Curry curb stomps it all day
Tacos are the only Mexican win
Enchilada? Fuck you, that shit sucks, its just cannelloni with hot sauce to cover up the shittiness.
Chile quila? Plain bacon and eggs will fuck its mothers. Don't get me started on what eggs benedict will do to that Messican dish.
Carne asada is the next I know they keep talking about; properly cooked ribeye > carne asada, or you know what's easier/faster to prepare/cook than carne asada? Steak au poirve.
Oh and there's ceveche, thats okay I suppose if people didn't purposely use cheap seafood.
Dang son! I wonder what your taste in women is like!
Stop pretending raider fans do not live off of a diet of rats, drowned puppies and everclear.
I have no standard for women, if they provide me with a distraction, I'm all in.
We Raider fans in California don't have real Everclear (my liver is thankful).
Milfs.
Anime has been in community as long as nfl thread you silly self hating Bostonian.
You know what I'd like? A "Lunchbro & Cajuncat: Roommates" reality show.
As long as he accepts my room full of cute things and anime figures. and Jpop music 24/7.
On the next episode: Lunchbox takes Cajunator shopping for Calvin Klein boxer briefs.
It writes itself.
yankeehater
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As someone that actully does care about the environment I was stunned to see that thread title, but once I read the thread it seemed the op was just throwing that out there with nothing to really back it up. Sony had a ton of servers for PSN last gen and no one ever accused them of trying to destroy the environment. It is really sad how the gaming side is being taken over by these ridiculous threads. I remember when posters like Wollan got banned for trollin MS back in the day, and nothing he did was close to the garbage that is tolerated now. E3 is going to be absolutely unbearable, which is sad because I love reading what the rational people on the gaming side have to say.
I do care about the environment too. And the subject has some validity. But it's framed in a ridiculous way.
All your favorite things on the internet require massive servers (except GAF, apparently). And I'm sure that if you look at all the services that are powered by those servers, the energy saved by things they replace actually make up for a lot. Plus all those companies with huge server farms are deeply interested in making them more energy efficient, even if it's probably mostly driven by financial reasons.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
The thread was already crazy enough but once I read the post comparing global warming to slavery I had to do myself a favor and close the tab.
On the plus side, I probably conserved a bit of energy by reducing my "number of open tabs footprint."
On the plus side, I probably conserved a bit of energy by reducing my "number of open tabs footprint."
I'd play it with your oldest if you have to.
yankeehater
Member
The next time GAF goes down rather then get upset I am going to thank evilore for caring so much about the environment.
Goro Majima
Kitty Genovese Member
Fajitas are fantastic. Not sure how anyone could dislike those!
Wait for someone to Godwin it. Although AP would be proud by mentioning slavery inappropriately!
Wait for someone to Godwin it. Although AP would be proud by mentioning slavery inappropriately!
BlackGhost
Banned
Can't wait for new unis, but I just want Wifi in the stadium for this year.
Viable concerns. They seem to handle the load with what was it 5k or 15k servers? For however many users they have now. I don't imagine that the user base will grow wildly beyond what it is now, so I'm guessing that 300k servers could handle the load as it stands. This also assumes that those servers are dedicated to other tasks as well, so the 300k might be high (some might be used as auth servers, I don't know the details beyond it being a number).
Carnival of stupid. Title always fits over there.
Futurevoid
Member
MCV have details on how retail preowned games will supposedly work:
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/publ...of-xbox-one-pre-owned-sales-at-retail/0116137
The interesting part:
It's unconfirmed as mentioned but wow that's a shift if it's true.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/publ...of-xbox-one-pre-owned-sales-at-retail/0116137
The interesting part:
It's unconfirmed as mentioned but wow that's a shift if it's true.
lol wat?
This kills rentals and private resales (ebay, amazon, craigslist). It gives Microsoft the ability to essentially grant GameStop sole reseller status. This is a MASSIVE win for them, at least in light of the way things looked as recently as yesterday.
The_Darkest_Red
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That's true, but there are some cons for them as well, the big one being the much smaller piece of the pie they'll get from each used game sale.
The massive swing in profit margin per sale is pretty drastic. 100% profit of whatever price they want to make....to possibly 10%?
That's crazy. even with more games going through if that's how it works, I don't think that makes up for the margin
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
MS controls their entire profit margin on this system. They're still fucked but not quite like the others who are getting fucked
Why would Gamestop become the sole reseller? It's in Microsoft's advantage to cut as wide of a berth as humanly possible. Best Buy does used games. Target and Walmart are dabbling in it.
Amazon will be a licensed reseller. It can (and will) undercut Gamestop on price because apparently Amazon shareholders do not give a flying fuck about profit margins.
Gamestop faces the reality of drastically cut margins on used game sales.
Gamestop, oh you dead.
Sole b&m reseller, unless you think Best Buy will survive more than a couple years...lol
Yes, but yesterday everyone was of the opinion that used game sales would be totally shut off. And 100% profit assumes zero overhead. C'mon man.
Yes, but yesterday everyone was of the opinion that used game sales would be totally shut off. And 100% profit assumes zero overhead. C'mon man.
Futurevoid
Member
That's great point. The concern is the profit margin loss as its fairly significant if indeed they are walking away with 10% as opposed to the larger percentage/"100%" of used game sales they enjoy today. It's a fairly massive shift in their business model if that turns out to be true.
Worth remembering again though (for everyone) that the 10% figure is completely unconfirmed at this point.
Amazon, sure. I struggle to imagine a scenario where Target/Walmart become licensed resellers if the margins aren't there.
Nemesis121
Member
10%? can't be true? then why sell used games? when new ones will get them more profit.. the number is too low.
Well Gamestop has changed their business model and are continuing to change it, it's not like this news blindsided them. And it wouldn't suprise me if Microsoft cuts a deal with Gamestop as having a dedicated gaming store does help the brand.
I'm just going to wait and see.
I actually stepped into one for the first time in years last week. That place is depressing. Everybody is showrooming.
There is no way in hell that Microsoft grants exclusive access to one store for used games. No way. If Target and Walmart come calling, Mattrick will pick up that phone.
Why will they when the margins are small and the overhead is high? There are infrastructure and capacity issues that simply won't make sense for new market entrants.
The idea that Microsoft will simply dictate that number is humorous. It will be negotiated like anything else and profit margins for the reseller will likely depend as much on the publisher as Microsoft. Those are two different deals, publisher and license holder (Microsoft) that GameStop will have to make.
The idea that Microsoft will simply dictate that number is humorous. It will be negotiated like anything else and profit margins for the reseller will likely depend as much on the publisher as Microsoft. Those are two different deals, publisher and license holder (Microsoft) that GameStop will have to make.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
Just imagine how much more Gamestop will love the PS4 if Sony doesn't go this route.
If Sony follows suit I guess Gamestop's biggest profit margins will come from the sale of used 3DS, Vita, and Wii U games. That's kind of funny to think about.
If Sony follows suit I guess Gamestop's biggest profit margins will come from the sale of used 3DS, Vita, and Wii U games. That's kind of funny to think about.
They still have to pay for the game. That doesn't change, of course. I'm just working with simple numbers that should be translate pretty easily when talking about this shift.
Semantics doesn't change the fact that their net income per used sale is likely to be change from over $20 on newer games to possibly a few bucks.
If this pans out how it's set up, they're taking a hit. But yeah, I'm sure 10% is (maybe) worst case scenario. Either way, it doesn't sound good to be GameStop right now.
edit: Schematics...fucking auto-correct, lol
Obviously
One potential outcome is that they turn into a volume play. They pay less for games but also resell them for less. When your margins are small (let's say 10%) the incentive/necessity for a retail space is to churn.
It'd be funny to see GameStop be the driving force behind depressed pricing for games.
It would just be a complete waste of space for Target and Walmart. I just don't see any profit in doing so for them at all.
CleverGirl
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So I've never been to this forum before because I tend to have only a passing interest in football and the after hours lives of the players makes me more disinterested. However I heard something yesterday on lockerdome, about Ray Lewis which was really uplifting. He, along with nutrition and fitness expert Basheerah Ahmad and former Chicago Bear Tommie Harris are climbing Kilimanjaro to raise money and awareness for clean water projects in East Africa. Its refreshing to me to see these athletes really pushing themselves for a cause beside money. Well I guess the cause is money, but not for them.
http://raylewis.lockerdome.com/
http://raylewis.lockerdome.com/
Futurevoid
Member
Publishers want this. They dislike used games as much as anyone and that pressure will push Sony to adopt some type of model that cuts them in. I just don't see it not happening.
The private sales and used games market as we know it today is going bye bye. One way or the other.
Yeah, because their margins are massive. When the margins are worse than on new sales, the incentive disappears and indeed, becomes a disincentive. Why would they offer a used copy of a game and get 10% as opposed to a new copy and get 20%?
Ayup, but as we are discussing right now; the margins are not going to be there anymore; and I don't see any used games for sale when I go to the local target(s).
Really can't answer that without knowing the volume of the used game market compared to the new market. Presumably Gamestop doesn't split Pre-owned and New on their financials because why would they?
The fact that Halo 3 is up for $17 on both site means that people are paying $17 for a used Halo 3.
Consumers deserve every piece of shit that's dumped on them.
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