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[ible]

also looking forward to gamescom footage and thoughts. for all who are going... it's your duty.

 

[matzesu]

By the way: i ditnt know if its was asked bevore, but:
Wath will happen to the 2GB Editions, if its stays under 20 Orders??
Most orders are for 4GB Ram Units...

 

[rygD]

Everyone gets stuck with 2GB units.

 

[matzesu]

But its not that bad as whit the diverent Pandoras, the one ghz Units also runs dreamcast quite good where the CC Units gets some Problems whit some PSX Games (ditnt got Formula 1 2001 to run on my First Batch)..

Where every Pyra should run everything, because normal Games ditnt need more than 2 gb Ram, and even the slowest Pyra is several times more Powerfull than a Pandora

You arend doomed whit a 2GB Pyra, its more Physologic:
Everyone wants to have the best, and nobody wants a 2GB if you also can have a 4GB..

I for my part cant image yet, when my 4GB 4G Pyra will ever runs out of ram, as im was still happy whit my CC Pandora, but well, its like Mercedes: "The best or Nothing"..

 

[Klumpen]

its like Mercedes: "The best or Nothing"..

One can argue that Mercedes is far from the best in the things that matter like fuel consumption and if it's about speed, I wonder why those people don't buy a helicopter instead.
It's rather about status symbols, that's why practically all Mercedes drivers are egomaniac asshats and a constant danger to the traffic as well as to the environment in general.

 

[EricB]

I chose 4GB but still would be happy with 2GB.
I think modded minecraft is one of the few rare things that might need more than 2 GB

 

[matzesu]

Hey my Dad got a GLK (great for tow a trailor whit bees etc)
And Unimog was also from Mercedes..

For my Part i prefer my Fiat Doblo:
Also a CE like a Trawer Wall, but super usefull, and it got these pretty cool side mirrors where you see everything behind you

Not every Mercedes Driver is a asshole, i think you cant shear everyone over on hearbrush..

 

[Silent-Hunter]

One can argue that Mercedes is far from the best in the things that matter like fuel consumption and if it's about speed, I wonder why those people don't buy a helicopter instead.
It's rather about status symbols, that's why practically all Mercedes drivers are egomaniac asshats and a constant danger to the traffic as well as to the environment in general.

What about the diesel ones? Surely they're decent.

 

[matzesu]

You could also arque, that everyone who wheres a Hugo Boss Dress is a Nazi, because Boss dit the Double S Uniforms..

 

[Klumpen]

You could also arque, that everyone who wheres a Hugo Boss Dress is a Nazi, because Boss dit the Double S Uniforms..

Well, one can surely say, that most people who wear Hugo Boss are asshats too. ;P

 

[matzesu]

Ok that means my Dad is an Asshat, he drives 2 Mercedes ( Unimog and GLK) and wears Boss Kloths..

Can whe now get back to topic, i wantet to know what happens to the about 18 2GB Preeorders when the Pyra gets made..

 

[Letalis Sonus]

What about the diesel ones? Surely they're decent.

Mercedes had some serious issues with a loss of quality over the past years. You don't want to know how often my uncle's last Mercedes had to be repaired... his record was 5 days between two repairs - he expanded his warranty as often as possible and managed to actually save a lot of money this way every single time.

Not really surprising if you think about that they even started to sell a relabeled Renault Kangoo... Ford pulled a similar stunt before - ask a Ford mechanic about the Ka 2 and you'll earn a Fiat shitstorm.

 

[directive0]

So just getting back on Pyra talk, I'm really hoping we get to see some vids from gamescom soon. I also am really excited to hear about those prototypes getting to the devs so we can start to hear more about development and whatnot.

So gamescom is next week, right? So excited! I can't wait to get a Pyra, it's all really moving along nicely.

 

[levi]

I think it starts tomorrow, based on the latest news OP, with public access starting Thursday or Friday, I think.

I guess most people will have work commitments that mean they have weekend access only, and by the time videos get uploaded the effects might be more in next week than this week, in terms of my stats in this thread.

 

[levi]

Week 16 reports are in. A much better week, as we were predicting last weekend.

Week 01 (01/05-07/05) : 563 preorders (0-563)
Week 02 (08/05-14/05) : 82 preorders (563-645)
Week 03 (15/05-21/05) : 53 preorders (645-698)
Week 04 (22/05-28/05) : 28 preorders (698-726)
Week 05 (29/05-04/06) : 29 preorders (726-755)
Week 06 (05/06-11/06) : 16 preorders (755-771)
Week 07 (12/06-18/06) : 16 preorders (771-787)
Week 08 (19/06-25/06) : 15 preorders (787-793)
Week 09 (26/06-02/07) : 10 preorders (793-803)
Week 10 (03/07-09/07) : 20 preorders (803-823)
Week 11 (10/07-16/07) : 10 preorders (823-833)
Week 12 (17/07-23/07) : 7 preorders (833-840)
Week 13 (24/07-30/07) : 12 preorders (840-852)
Week 14 (31/07-06/08) : 7 preorders (852-859)
Week 15 (07/08-13/08) : 4 preorders (859-863)
Week 16 (14/08-20/08) : 12 preorders (863-875)

I'm not sure gamecom pictures and videos have had a big influence yet; by Monday morning we'd already got 6 extra preorders, and the remaining preorders came in pretty much one per day. Maybe the build up helped, but I'm fairly sure that if we see some more impressive movies soon particularly, that will help a lot.

 

[Lightkey]

That includes three cancellations.

 

[levi]

Uh oh, lots of gamescom news this week, but that doesn't seem to have resulted in many preorders. In fact it's the slowest week yet!

Week 01 (01/05-07/05) : 563 preorders (0-563)
Week 02 (08/05-14/05) : 82 preorders (563-645)
Week 03 (15/05-21/05) : 53 preorders (645-698)
Week 04 (22/05-28/05) : 28 preorders (698-726)
Week 05 (29/05-04/06) : 29 preorders (726-755)
Week 06 (05/06-11/06) : 16 preorders (755-771)
Week 07 (12/06-18/06) : 16 preorders (771-787)
Week 08 (19/06-25/06) : 15 preorders (787-793)
Week 09 (26/06-02/07) : 10 preorders (793-803)
Week 10 (03/07-09/07) : 20 preorders (803-823)
Week 11 (10/07-16/07) : 10 preorders (823-833)
Week 12 (17/07-23/07) : 7 preorders (833-840)
Week 13 (24/07-30/07) : 12 preorders (840-852)
Week 14 (31/07-06/08) : 7 preorders (852-859)
Week 15 (07/08-13/08) : 4 preorders (859-863)
Week 16 (14/08-20/08) : 12 preorders (863-875)
Week 17 (21/08-27/08) : 2 preorders (875-877)

Those two preorders are one non-GSM 4GB unit (ordered on Monday) and one EU 4GB unit (ordered on Wednesday). No cancellations this week at least I guess. Perhaps the gamescom outing revealed how many little tweaks were required to make everything handle well. But now that tiler rotation mostly works, and we've seen video of it running an emulator from a deb package, we should see prototypes running cool stuff soon hopefully.

 

[vcoleiro1]

@levi
I think once ED gets the Pyra finished so that he can produce some game play videos, then I think Preorders will pick up again. He can also then get it into the hands of the media and youtube channels for marketing .

I noticed that before Gamescom, ED had sold very few GPD WINs , then during and after gamescom , he seemed to sell a whole bunch - maybe 30. No doubt because people could use and play it at Gamescom. Well that and because now they realize he actually sells it also .

 

[comradekingu]

The focus has been on the EOMA68 as of late, should see some return of attention to the Pyra now that its secure. Exciting times.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

I indeed don't understand at all why the GC had no effect at all...