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Casey Barton (ceba...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca) wrote:

:    People have been saying this about Origin since they released Wing
: Commander.
:    "What?! You *need* a 386 for it to be playable? That's ridiculous!
: They're abandoning a substantial part of the market. They don't understand
: economics - they're going to go bankrupt for sure!"

Yup.  And people continue to bash Origin about this.  Yet Origin has
stated time and time again that pushing the technological edge is their
goal.  (Along the way, they've released some very playable games, and
a few stinkers, but mostly excellent games)  Yet all people do is moan.
These people *SHOULD* be forced to go back to their 286s right now!  Who
needs them?

:    Then a funny thing happened. People went and bought 386 computers.

I was planning on getting my first 386 box anyway, but as soon as I saw
Wing 1 playing on a friend's machine it clinched it.  I *had* to have it
*right away*. :)

: (I still believe that the single biggest reason people bought their first 386
: *was* Wing Commander itself! Of course, Origin won't be driving the market for
: CD-ROMs in the same way this time. Myst has already done it... :) )

I fell asleep the other day playing Myst.  YMMV.

Jeremy (yawn)