Talk:Killer application

message: BitCoin digging programs are KillerApps for AMD 7970, x290X graphics cards.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daroooo (talk • contribs) 16:28, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  BitCoin as KillerApp

message: Hi, i wrote the 3rd paragraph about UNIX being a 'killer app' for digital computers.  I recognize that it is a less-strong but still, very relevant example.  Many universities would buy PDP-11's and VAXen *only* to run UNIX, never intending to run the DEC operating systems at all.  Digital almost "monpolized" the academic market for small computers and operating systems from the mid 1970's through the early 1990's because of a piece of software that they had no hand in writing (their own flavor of UNIX, Ultrix, was a failure at most schools.)  I worked with UNIX #1 at UIUC and was an undergrad in CS from 1980-84 and CS grad student 1986-1993. SystemBuilder (talk) 01:24, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  UNIX a killer app for DEC computers 

message: Having individual words in the sentence linking to different games apparently randomly seems odd. I've never seen unrelated words link to a page. It reads awkwardly and doesn't promote clear navigation. CanningIO (talk) 20:17, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Section 

message: I first looked at "Another was Eastern Front (1941), released in 1981."
The citation is  actually only a review. It in no way documents the game's status as "killer app"  
I then checked the second: Star Raiders, released in 1979, may have been a system-seller for the Atari 400/800 computers. The article doesn't mention how well (or poorly) Atari systems sold, just that the game existed.
Both citations give a review and have no evidence of it's status as a "Killer App". The poster of these games seems to think it just needs citation to show it was popular.  The next mention, for "Wizardry" quotes the article "sent AD&D fans scrambling to buy Apple IIs".  THAT is evidence the game is a "killer app" and not just a popular game. I'm not even sure it is entirely true, it might be an exaggeration! The point is that it is documented, published evidence that the game could be considered a killer app. Citations that the game is very popular aren't going to cut it. I was alerted by the fact that Atari Computers aren't even best-selling for their time, certainly not in comparison to Visicalc with the Apple II family. I'm beginning to think many of these mentions don't pass "the smell test". 75.71.166.197 (talk) 18:52, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problems with Video Game mentions: Needs Proper Citations 

message: The source doesn't say it was a killer app or it sold system, but rather it was the best selling game for the system - which seems like a grey area. Rayman was the best selling PS1 game in the UK, but I doubt people would call it a system seller. I've decided to put it in here as I can see merit on keeping it on, but at the moment, consdering taking it off.80.192.165.53 (talk) 18:51, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Resident Evil and NFL GameDay

message: In June 1979, WordStar was released for CP/M systems. In October 1979, VisiCalc was released for the Apple II.
At that time, Wordstar was also released for the TRS-80, which outsold the Apple II by about 3 to 1 in 1979 and 1980.https://arstechnica.com/features/2005/12/total-share/3. While Visicalc was a spreadsheet, Wordstar was the first WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) document editor, often replacing typewriters and batch document programs like RunOff. Wordstar was also used as a text editor by programmers. The Apple II was never that popular, outsold by one or more computers from competitors every year that the Apple II was made. Other references cite WordStar as being the first killer app.https://lynceans.org/all-posts/35-years-since-the-introduction-of-personal-computers-with-word-processing-and-spreadsheet-apps. Rcgldr (talk) 03:11, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is Visicalc considered to be the first killer app, when it was preceded by Wordstar?