Part 1 - question #64

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Now, if you're talking about 3-man, things are different.

Well crap. Hasn't 2-man gone the way of BetaMax and LPs yet?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by jdw3018

Well crap. Hasn't 2-man gone the way of BetaMax and LPs yet?

You mean replaced by an inferior but more widely marketed technology? I don't think so.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by mbyron

You mean replaced by an inferior but more widely marketed technology? I don't think so.

That was Sony's blunder.

Sony was greedy and didn't license the Betamax technology to others where JVC licensed VHS technology to anyone that wanted it. And those many VHS manufacturers, being in competition with each other, proceeded to price it substantially lower then Betamax. (Also VHS technology was less complicated and cheaper to make).

Holding a technology to yourself only works when no one else is able to make something similar....even if slightly inferior.

Sony's other blunder was that the early tapes were not long enough to hold a typical movie.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by jdw3018

Well crap. Hasn't 2-man gone the way of BetaMax and LPs yet?

If by that you mean that there are a significant number of older folks who cling to it and constantly argue that BetaMax, LP's, and 2 person is a far superior technology, and swear up and down that they'll never change, then yes. It has gone exactly the same way.

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

If by that you mean that there are a significant number of older folks who cling to it and constantly argue that BetaMax, LP's, and 2 person is a far superior technology, and swear up and down that they'll never change, then yes. It has gone exactly the same way.

I've gotta say, all the discussions on here that relate to 2-man mechanics serve as a good reminder to me of how grateful I should be that we use 3-man in everything - even the few middle school games I do!

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by jdw3018

Hasn't 2-man gone the way of Beta Max and LPs yet?

With a few exceptions, not here in the "Land of Steady Habits",