Do Any Of You Have Regrets?

[mali]

He could just sell it in the app store. Stuff doesn't _need_ to be free there.

 

[mvickers03]

I have one regret, I regret not buying 2 because my girlfriend really wants one,

I will buy her one when there a little more available

 

[valhalla]

(huge snip)
Software: the first impression of the os was incredibly polished. but when looking closer you will notice immediately the work in progress nature of it. out of the box you con't even play mp3's for example.

This is not because the OS is work in progress, this is because a device that plays mp3s is patented almost everywhere and can't be sold without an expensive license. This is being actively enforced, so OP coudn't even hope to pass unnoticed. Pure software is not considered a device, is harder to patent worldwide, is safer to distribute and downloading a multimedia package is just a minor hassle.
Yes, this isn't fully sane, but patents often aren't.

OP could have chosen to ship an OS with multimedia players and support just for open formats such as ogg/vorbis, but IIRC it was considered more confusing for novice users than the alternative.

 

[ste_167]

the nubs themselves however are not optimal. the left one has a higher acceleration to the right than to the left.

Try resetting it in the Settings > Nubs menu. I had the same issue with the left nub but after resetting it a few times it now works perfectly.

 

[Prometheus]

I have no regrets, myself. I've gotten a very good unit, it's exactly what I expected to get, and I'm sure that the team will sort out my adorably absent right-hand lightpipe (this is the only really "major" build issue on my particular unit, since it leaves a hole in the case ) when they're able to respond to my e-mail about it.

 

[jlepley]

I regret not ordering sooner; the wait is killing me.

 

[x68000]

Yeah I wonder what happened to Zod who was going to port the PSX emu? He was all gung ho then got swallowed up with iPhone again never to be heard from.

I think that porting other peoples work to the iphone then charging for it leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth

 

[Jumpman]

No regrets at all. I'm loving it. Well worth the wait.

I am have some problems coming to grips with how things run, and my wifi is a little broke(team knows about the issue), but the build quality is better than I had hoped. I'm still trying out, and playing with many things, so hopefully I'll post a review tommorow or monday.

Chris

 

[quadomatic]

Thanks for all the honest opinions everybody.

Yeah...I'm hoping someone picks up Zodttd's psx emulator source and works on it. Any takers?

 

[elinscheid]

Yeah I wonder what happened to Zod who was going to port the PSX emu? He was all gung ho then got swallowed up with iPhone again never to be heard from.

I think that porting other peoples work to the iphone then charging for it leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth

I'm afraid I have to agree. I'm all for donations but if you port something that someone else made and then ask for money...If the emulator was built from scratch and you wanted to charge for it then I would be 100% behind that decision.

However, since the source was released then I hope some other talented person decides to pick up with he left off.

 

[quadomatic]

I can't seem to find the emulator source code anywhere. Just curious, but any links to it?

 

[Consequence_9]

my only regret is not going for upgraded shipping, this wait is KILLING me (and it didn't help to hear about the dude in the other thread getting his two weeks after the shipping email either =/)

 

[Aninhumer]

I think that porting other peoples work to the iphone then charging for it leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth

I'm afraid I have to agree. I'm all for donations but if you port something that someone else made and then ask for money...If the emulator was built from scratch and you wanted to charge for it then I would be 100% behind that decision.

However, since the source was released then I hope some other talented person decides to pick up with he left off.

What licence is it under?
If it's GPL, someone else could just package it up and distribute for no charge?

EDIT: And if it's BSD or something like that, then it's the original dev's decision that they don't mind if people commercialise it.

 

[WizardStan]

I'm afraid I have to agree. I'm all for donations but if you port something that someone else made and then ask for money...If the emulator was built from scratch and you wanted to charge for it then I would be 100% behind that decision.

Porting something isn't always just a matter of downloading the source and hitting compile, especially when it comes to an emulator. A lot of work can be required to take something that works well on one system and make it work equally as well on something else. If an author deems that the weeks or months of work required to make it work well is worth some money, who are you, really, to argue?

 

[notaz]

I can't seem to find the emulator source code anywhere. Just curious, but any links to it?

http://github.com/zodttd/psx4all

I'm afraid I have to agree. I'm all for donations but if you port something that someone else made and then ask for money...If the emulator was built from scratch and you wanted to charge for it then I would be 100% behind that decision.

Porting something isn't always just a matter of downloading the source and hitting compile, especially when it comes to an emulator. A lot of work can be required to take something that works well on one system and make it work equally as well on something else. If an author deems that the weeks or months of work required to make it work well is worth some money, who are you, really, to argue?

Usually they are done in a few days, a week at best. And talking about zodttd specifically, it doesn't look like he did very good job (PicoDrive at least, based on feedback I've read on his forums).

 

[puppydee]

The only regret I have is that I only bought one

 

[elinscheid]

I'm afraid I have to agree. I'm all for donations but if you port something that someone else made and then ask for money...If the emulator was built from scratch and you wanted to charge for it then I would be 100% behind that decision.

Porting something isn't always just a matter of downloading the source and hitting compile, especially when it comes to an emulator. A lot of work can be required to take something that works well on one system and make it work equally as well on something else. If an author deems that the weeks or months of work required to make it work well is worth some money, who are you, really, to argue?

hmmmm...well, lets say a person does a port and people donate cash because they want to encourage more ports. I'm totally fine with that. But flat out charging for an emulator that you didn't actually code seems wrong to me. It's just my opinion, take it or leave it I don't care.

 

[Drack]

Yeah I wonder what happened to Zod who was going to port the PSX emu? He was all gung ho then got swallowed up with iPhone again never to be heard from.

Nothing happened to him, he is still around and still working on PSX. He will make a release when he is ready. The current version runs in a window and in debug mode and people would just bitch and moan if he released it now. It's such a double edged sword sometimes.

Disclaimer: I'm a software developer. I make my living writing proprietary commercial software targeting Windows. I haven't written anything for this project. Those who have may see things differently.

Craig hit the nail on the head with this quote. The attitude of the users is one of the #1 things that discourage devs from working on projects like these. If the developer releases software before it's perfect, users will complain that it lacks feature X, has bug Y, or requires users to use configuration Z. If you take your time and release a good product free of obvious bugs or missing features, users will complain that it's not out yet, regardless that it's only been days since the platform launched to consumers.

Typical users demand perfect, bug-free and feature packed software with no time to properly develop it. What's more, they expect it for free and most will either ignore or even scoff at even the idea of donations being possible. I admit that since I develop proprietary commercial software I'm personally shielded from this, but I can imagine how developers for these projects feel when users take for granted the existence of a rich selection of top-notch software available at launch for free and raise hell otherwise.

I'm not asking for users to worship devs as gods (the IT dept. where I work does just that, and I think it's hilarious). Just acknowledge that every piece of software for this platform has a real person behind it, who sank hours into it and is giving it away for free. Yes, you can mention that it lacks feature X or report bugs, but don't ever expect developers to write something for any reason other than that they WANT to.

 

[bce23w]

Craig hit the nail on the head with this quote. The attitude of the users is one of the #1 things that discourage devs from working on projects like these. If the developer releases software before it's perfect, users will complain that it lacks feature X, has bug Y, or requires users to use configuration Z. If you take your time and release a good product free of obvious bugs or missing features, users will complain that it's not out yet, regardless that it's only been days since the platform launched to consumers.

Typical users demand perfect, bug-free and feature packed software with no time to properly develop it. What's more, they expect it for free and most will either ignore or even scoff at even the idea of donations being possible. I admit that since I develop proprietary commercial software I'm personally shielded from this, but I can imagine how developers for these projects feel when users take for granted the existence of a rich selection of top-notch software available at launch for free and raise hell otherwise.

I'm not asking for users to worship devs as gods (the IT dept. where I work does just that, and I think it's hilarious). Just acknowledge that every piece of software for this platform has a real person behind it, who sank hours into it and is giving it away for free. Yes, you can mention that it lacks feature X or report bugs, but don't ever expect developers to write something for any reason other than that they WANT to.

+5

 

[sold]

+ Large arbitrary number, indicating strong approval.

EDIT: I don't really care, but a lot of people sure do whine around these here parts :lol: