Shrygue
May 23rd, 2007, 19:51
via Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/gaming/history-is-cool%21/this-day-in-gaming-may-23rd-262377.php)
1997: Sony announces that they will use NBA Shootout '97 to predict the winner of the NBA finals. However, they would run a simulation only when the two teams from the finals were announced. Seems like even the worst programming would give Sony a 50/50 shot, no? And then keeping in mind that Michael Jordan Steve Kerr was still around...
2000: Codemasters releases MTV Music Generator for PC in the US. Sure, it was already released for Playstation a year earlier. But what's most confusing is the audience of such a product. Most music creation fans who are PC savvy were probably already rocking out Fruity Loops with (highly legal) professional level software. I guess it was easy money.
1997: Sony announces that they will use NBA Shootout '97 to predict the winner of the NBA finals. However, they would run a simulation only when the two teams from the finals were announced. Seems like even the worst programming would give Sony a 50/50 shot, no? And then keeping in mind that Michael Jordan Steve Kerr was still around...
2000: Codemasters releases MTV Music Generator for PC in the US. Sure, it was already released for Playstation a year earlier. But what's most confusing is the audience of such a product. Most music creation fans who are PC savvy were probably already rocking out Fruity Loops with (highly legal) professional level software. I guess it was easy money.