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NJ5 on 27 August 2009
Demotruk said:
Only Sweden and Switzerland in Europe I think have broadband networks that compare to S. Korea.

http://www.socrata.com/dataset/OECD-Broadband-Penetration-Rankings/p8zx-jkxn

Korea is just 6th in the list, tied with Sweden.

 



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SaviorX on 27 August 2009

"It takes maybe 30 people to make a Wii game, and just a handful (or one) to make an iPhone game."

I'm savin this for the archive.

Xbox 560? I think he means 540. 360 + 180 = 540



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johnsobas on 27 August 2009

actually i think EA is just bitter that they can't get any games to sell in Japan.



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johnsobas on 27 August 2009
NJ5 said:
Demotruk said:
Only Sweden and Switzerland in Europe I think have broadband networks that compare to S. Korea.

http://www.socrata.com/dataset/OECD-Broadband-Penetration-Rankings/p8zx-jkxn

Korea is just 6th in the list, tied with Sweden.

 

Korea is #1 in internet speed, but only in Seoul. 



currently playing: Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine, Xenoblade Chronicles X

NJ5 on 27 August 2009
johnsobas said:
NJ5 said:
Demotruk said:
Only Sweden and Switzerland in Europe I think have broadband networks that compare to S. Korea.

http://www.socrata.com/dataset/OECD-Broadband-Penetration-Rankings/p8zx-jkxn

Korea is just 6th in the list, tied with Sweden.

 

Korea is #1 in internet speed, but only in Seoul. 

Yeah but speeds are good enough in many other places.

It's not like online gaming requires a great connection... Anything with not very high ping times is good enough.

 



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Demotruk on 27 August 2009
NJ5 said:
Demotruk said:
Only Sweden and Switzerland in Europe I think have broadband networks that compare to S. Korea.

http://www.socrata.com/dataset/OECD-Broadband-Penetration-Rankings/p8zx-jkxn

Korea is just 6th in the list, tied with Sweden.

 

In terms of penetration, yes some European countries compare, though Korea leads in both penetration and speeds, which is the point. Sweden and Switzerland have higher speeds but lower penetration than Netherlands and Denmark for example. S. Korea is ahead in both.

This study is quite recent:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/us-20th-in-broadband-penetration-trails-s-korea-estonia.ars



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johnsobas on 27 August 2009
NJ5 said:
johnsobas said:
NJ5 said:
Demotruk said:
Only Sweden and Switzerland in Europe I think have broadband networks that compare to S. Korea.

http://www.socrata.com/dataset/OECD-Broadband-Penetration-Rankings/p8zx-jkxn

Korea is just 6th in the list, tied with Sweden.

 

Korea is #1 in internet speed, but only in Seoul. 

Yeah but speeds are good enough in many other places.

It's not like online gaming requires a great connection... Anything with not very high ping times is good enough.

 

yea i mean honestly why do you need 1000 mb connection?  Especially when since it's the fastest in the world by far you can only download at that speed from a very select few sites. 



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NJ5 on 27 August 2009
Demotruk said:
NJ5 said:
Demotruk said:
Only Sweden and Switzerland in Europe I think have broadband networks that compare to S. Korea.

http://www.socrata.com/dataset/OECD-Broadband-Penetration-Rankings/p8zx-jkxn

Korea is just 6th in the list, tied with Sweden.

 

In terms of penetration, yes some European countries compare, though Korea leads in both penetration and speeds, which is the point. Sweden and Switzerland have higher speeds but lower penetration than Netherlands and Denmark for example. S. Korea is ahead in both.

This study is quite recent:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/us-20th-in-broadband-penetration-trails-s-korea-estonia.ars

But please explain how the speeds make it so fantastic for gaming...

I mean, maybe they can download games faster from Steam, but so what?

 



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Demotruk on 27 August 2009

As bandwidth has become available, the use of that bandwidth increased also. Right now games are limited to sending small packets of information to eachother. That's something that limits the gameplay of MMO's for example. Right now they're designed around that factor, but with higher speeds players have the less they have to be limited by it.

(although they may still be limited by the people who continue to play on slower connections, as our MMO's are..).



A game I'm developing with some friends:

www.xnagg.com/zombieasteroids/publish.htm

It is largely a technical exercise but feedback is appreciated.

vic_viper on 28 August 2009

Got a good laugh out of the Korea is the future of gaming/ Japan is the past remark. If garbage mmorpgs, horrible games and rampant pirating are the future of gaming, then you can have it. Now just be a good, bloated corporation EA, and spend yourself into insolvency.