Did you expect me to lay out some kind of blueprint? Don't be an ass, you know what I was getting at. With all the advances in technology and with everything that we as humans have created, we can't do this? We can make laptops, some even small enough to fit into a shirt pocket (which are infinitely more complicated) but we can't make this?
And yet they can make a small device only a couple inches by a couple inches in which has more computing power than the old systems of yore that took up entire rooms. Oh, and did I mention that using an extensive network of shiny things orbiting our planet (that we put there, by the way) I can actually use this device and speak into it, and someone in germany can hear what I say with little enough delay that I can actually have a full blown conversation?
Please. I may not be well versed enough in hardware to know HOW to do it, but I DO know that integrating a little screen with some simple hardware that can read.pdf files is unbelievably simple (and barely more in TOTAL production cost) by comparison.
I mean...if they can make a pocketPC that fits in the palm of my hand and can do MORE than just read simple.PDF files, why can they not strip out all that extra crap and make something that ONLY reads.pdf files?
Why can't they just put a little 486 proc with 4 megs of ram into a teeny plastic box with a screen? I mean, if the PS2 can fit into the "Slim" case...
LIk eI said in the post above, it is an ELECTRONIC BOOK. I don't expect it to simulate paper. If I wanted something LIKE paper, I would get a PAPER book.
A copy of my previous post:
When I think of an eBook reader being perfected, this is what I envision.
Something the size of those old apple PDA's...roughly about the size of a small paperback. 512mb of internal flash memory with a CF card port. Adjustable brightness and contrast on the screen, adjustable font size, standard times new roman font, the ability to read the major ebook formats.
I don't think of reading an eBook like a normal book (i.e. on paper or something like paper) It is, after all, an ELECTRONIC BOOK.
When I think of an eBook reader being perfected, this is what I envision.
Something the size of those old apple PDA's...roughly about the size of a small paperback. 512mb of internal flash memory with a CF card port. Adjustable brightness and contrast on the screen, adjustable font size, standard times new roman font, the ability to read the major ebook formats.
While I can understand where you are coming from, answer me this:
How do they find out who is a terrorist and who is not? A part of that process is listening into RANDOM conversations with people they THINK might have SOME connection.
In translation: They are grasping at straws. What are you going to do when they grab yours?
***Go read a book, already. (Just don't expect to do it electronically, because in the 21st Century nobody makes a decent e-book reader.)***
That frustrates me in ways the human brain cannot comprehend. We can send you to the moon, replace your eye so you can see, but we cannot develop a simple little 100 dollar black box that reads ebooks in an ergonomic and easy-to-read way.
Unfortunately, the Karma was a crap shoot; either you got a dud in which the hard drive died, or you got a gem and it worked fantastic. To it's credit, you can buy Karmas with EVERYTHING that came with it originally with a brand new (different) hard drive installed on ebay for ~150
On the go alot? Don't care if you have massive quantities of albums with you at all times?
Get a Rio Carbon! I've had my 5-gigger for roughly 3 years now. I used to use it when working on cars (I was a professional mechanic) dropped it upwards of 20-30 times. Thing still works PERFECTLY. Drag-and-drop, no software required. Hooks up using a standard mini-USB cable, 20 hours on one charge, can also be used out of the box as a portable hard drive...small as shit. Easily controlled using one thumb, MUCH faster interface than the clumsy "touch-ring" Ipod.
On the road alot? Still want those 20gigs?
Get a Rio Karma! Same easy to use interface as a Carbon, COMES with a docking station that A. Has USB 2.0 and Ethernet hookups (so you can hook it directly into your network, turning it into a digital jukebox) and B. Has RCA line-outs so you can hook it up directly to your stereo. Have had mine for about 2.5 years, works perfect, looks fantastic, and fits inside the palm of your hand (i.e. won't overlap the base of your fingers...yes I know not all hands are equal size, but my hands are fairly small)
Oh and did I mention? Both the Carbon AND the Karma can play nearly any audio format!
Seriously. I never understood the whole Ipod thing. To me, they have always been and always will be overpriced "look at me" gadgets designed for a generation too stupid to know that no matter how much reflective plastic you cover shit with, it is still shit.
Even better, you should tell them. Say to them "I am going to disable the spam filter for you for one week. At the end of the week, come back and tell me you don't think the filter works."
First off, points to you for having to deal with that kind of crap...my fellow IT folks are indeed in the trenches.
Now, that being said, you should be ELATED that you have to catch spam. You should be ready to squeeze off a load every time. Why?
Because for every spam email you are able to succesfully block and/or identify, it makes you look that much better! Think of it...some PEBKAC-stricken manager comes up to you one day:
"Hey Bob, how goes the IT stuff?" "Eh, kind of frustrating...all this spam...we are finding it, it's just taking a while to take care of it all." "Keep up the good fight, Bob!"
Hold on a second...last time I checked, the RIAA didn't produce music, musicians did.
I have never once wanted to listen to a song from the RIAA. I have wanted to listen to a song by a musician. When I buy an album, it pisses me off in a way that human vocabulary prevents me from describing that part of that money pays for companies like the RIAA.
If I had my way (which I know is a pipe dream, no need to comment on that) The RIAA wouldn't even exist. Why do I think that? Because I want to support an ARTIST, not a COMPANY. Quite honestly, I do my best to steer clear of any artist or group that is on the RIAA's side...what cattle. Do they not realize that the portions of album sales going to that farce of an organization could have instead gone to them?
Musicians are supposed to care about music. You want to care about money? Fine. Don't have a double standard though. Don't just be pissed at the guy not paying for you music, be pissed at the guy DIRECTLY taking a slice out of your pie.
I have NEVER, not ONCE, bought an album and felt all warm and fuzzy because I was supporting the RIAA. Because I don't support them.
"I'll show you politics in America. Here it is, right here. 'I think the puppet on the right shares my beliefs.' 'I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking.' 'Hey, wait a minute, there's one guy holding out both puppets!'"
I own well over 600 retail bought DVD's, as well as well over 400 retail bought CD's. Now, I'm not saying this so I can use the stupid "they ahve enough of my money" bullshit argument. I'm saying it so you can see how assuming things such as I don't want to spend the money and am too cheap to do it are complete crap.
I buy at LEAST one if not two DVD's a week, and at LEAST one CD a week. Does that mean the others that I download are suddenly ok? No. Like I said, I am fully aware what I do is illegal.
HOWEVER. The accusation that I do these things because I am "too cheap to pay" is entirely wrong.
Read every one of my comments. Have I ever even *HINTED* that I thought that what I am doing is NOT illegal?
I know damn well what I am doing, just as you do. I also know that if certain video games (read: Galactic Civilization II) and bands/albums (Read: SoaD: Steal This Album) are WIDE open for being stolen (shipping with no anti-piracy security, being distributed freely online by the band) are able to make it, why can't they all?
Galactic Civ II sold an unbelievable number of copies, despite it having ZERO anti-piracy measures. Ditto for Oblivion for PC. These are big-name games, and yet they did GREAT in retail. Now go on the forums and look at how many people cited one of the reasons they actually bought it was because there was indeed no anti-piracy stuff on there.
I know what I do is illegal. I know that. I am well aware and openly admit that. I also know that if I were truly a musician and cared about the masses hearing what I have to say, I wouldn't give a fuck if they stole my albums. Take them all. I'll put them on my website, I don't care. Why?
Because as a musician, your goal should be to get as many pairs of ears as possible paying attention to you, not to get as many dollars as you can.
Many bands have lost sight of that. And yet, there are thousands of bands that still follow that same philosophy: "This is what I have to say. Do whatever you fucking have to in order to hear it."
I realize I am the minority in this, but there are albums/movies/games/etc. that I REFUSE to download simply because I want to show my support for that particular artist/movie/whatever...often times, however, downloading from a torrent is the only way that I have been able to find a CD.
Moreover, when you walk into a Best Buy, and you see a Toby Keith CD on the shelf, guess what? THE RECORD COMPANY GOT THEIR FUCKING MONEY. It's the STORE that get's screwed, not the record company. They were already payed.
Beyond that, explain to me how it DIRECTLY COSTS those companies for me to download something that is COMPLETELY independent from them.
They got paid for the original hard copy that was put on the internet. Someone copied those 0's and 1's. I then read those 0's and 1's, and copied them as well. In this entire process, am I taking something tangible from the record label? Am I charging them my electric bill? My hardware usage? My time?
No. It costs them nothing. The INSTANT a CD is on a shelf in a store, they have already been payed. Why?
Because the store has to BUY the shit, that's why.
Because I enjoy amassing a large digital archive. I haven't listened to a large portion of the music I have downloaded. Just as I haven't read the majority of the thousands upon thousands of ebooks I have downloaded. Just like I haven't watched all the movies I have downloaded. Etc.
I enjoy having a massive archive. Beyond that, your question is irrelevant at the moment. If I download an album from a torrent, it doesn't directly cost the RIAA, the artist, or the label a single cent because SOMEONE had to buy that original copy to distribute it digitally. If I am not going to PAY for their hard copy (which DOES cost them money to make) and instead opt to obtain a bunch of 0's and 1's (which does NOT cost them any money) they haven't lost anything.
Alternatively, if I do as you say and just say "fuck it" and not download it at all, guess what...THEY STILL DON'T HAVE MY MONEY.
You can't claim to have lost something you never had.
How am I costing the RIAA money if I never planned to buy a CD anyway? By downloading something I never planned on purchasing, they have lost no money because whether I download the fucking song or not, they are not getting my money.
Then tell people to not care about which one will or will not be a dud.
Because if they truly didn't care, they would base their purchase decision on the fun they can have this year or next year, not the fun they can have in three years or four years or six years or ten years from now.
First to start, I have owned nearly every console from the commodore 64 days up until last generation...Ironically, despite your assumptions, the only current-gen console I have is in fact a 360.
The PS3 is future proof in the sense that it includes a POTENTIAL (note the emphasis) future optical disc format (which you mentioned) as well as a first party process to get Linux on it...meaning if the PS3 ends up becoming a dud, you now have one hell of a Linux box that also plays Blu-Ray AND the games that you enjoyed. And if you have no interest in making it a Linux box? OK no big deal...you still have the experience and memories of all the time you spent playing what games you DID enjoy on it...any true gamer will tell you that gaming is rewarding in and of itself. I'm not saying that bad games don't exist, but I am saying that are overly critical in the sense of what is and is not a good game. Whether that gaming time was worth the money is entirely subjective, and only you can decide that. Then again, you can't decide that if you don't own it, can you?
As far as why you bought a 360, I never once said that the PS3 and the 360 were not gaming machines as well. What I was getting at is each respective console has it's additional uses beyond simple gaming. Frankly, if you ONLY look at the gaming capabilities of a machine, then you are ignoring half of the console and are short changing yourself. You want to ensure that you have a console that won't be a dud in a couple years...and this is where the additional features come into play.
See, when something like the Dreamcast died, it had no other use. However, I can ASSURE you that there will be thousands of people that continue to use their Xbox as a Linux machine/emulator platform...the console itself will still have practical use even when games are no longer developed for it. Just as if the PS3 dies, and Blu-Ray lives, now they have a Blu-Ray player in addition to something that plays what few games they deemed fun. The same thing goes for the 360, if the software ends up sucking, guess what? Now you have a preconfigured box that can be used to stream things at a fraction of the cost of a decent PC. Not to mention, again, it does still have the ability to play the games that you enjoyed. Simply trying to choose "the best" console will ALWAYS result in you losing because it will cause you to miss out on the many things that are on only one system...and I'm not talking about big blockbuster games, either. If the past few years have proven ANYTHING, it is that the small developers are making a comeback, and many of the best games in the past...say 5 years came out of small development houses (or at least development houses that were small back then)
If you cannot afford more than one console, fine. But if you purposely keep yourself confined to a single console, you miss out on alot of the stuff that is only on those respective systems. Granted, time will tell how many exclusives each system obtains, but still...you get my point. When I think of all the games that I have played only available on a specific platform, it makes me realize how happy I am to always try to think of each console as good.
Why is it OK to like only one console but NOT ok to equally like all of them?
you are very slightly mistaken...Microsoft and Sony are MARKETING to the same market...
An example.
There is this fantastic Apple Pie. It is delicious and sweet in every way an apple pie should be. Both Microsoft and Sony want it. Nintendo looks at it and says "Thanks guys, but we are going to try this Pumpkin Chiffon pie. Enjoy that apple though!"
So now you have Sony and Microsoft sitting there, one with a fork and one with a spoon, eating from the same apple pie, staring at nintendo trying out that chiffon. They start wondering to themselves "wow...I wonder what kind of tasty pie we could make for ourselves"
I know the things I outlined in an earlier post don't reflect the way Microsoft and Sony are MARKETING, but the mere fact they have included what they have in their respective consoles is showing that they are indeed beginning to notice there is more than just one type of pie. Sure, from the gaming perspective they are going after the same market.
From a functionality perspective though? One is eyeing Lemon Merangue, while the other is admiring a Banana Cream.
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Did you expect me to lay out some kind of blueprint? Don't be an ass, you know what I was getting at. With all the advances in technology and with everything that we as humans have created, we can't do this? We can make laptops, some even small enough to fit into a shirt pocket (which are infinitely more complicated) but we can't make this?
And yet they can make a small device only a couple inches by a couple inches in which has more computing power than the old systems of yore that took up entire rooms. Oh, and did I mention that using an extensive network of shiny things orbiting our planet (that we put there, by the way) I can actually use this device and speak into it, and someone in germany can hear what I say with little enough delay that I can actually have a full blown conversation?
.pdf files is unbelievably simple (and barely more in TOTAL production cost) by comparison.
.PDF files, why can they not strip out all that extra crap and make something that ONLY reads .pdf files?
Please. I may not be well versed enough in hardware to know HOW to do it, but I DO know that integrating a little screen with some simple hardware that can read
I mean...if they can make a pocketPC that fits in the palm of my hand and can do MORE than just read simple
Why can't they just put a little 486 proc with 4 megs of ram into a teeny plastic box with a screen? I mean, if the PS2 can fit into the "Slim" case...
LIk eI said in the post above, it is an ELECTRONIC BOOK. I don't expect it to simulate paper. If I wanted something LIKE paper, I would get a PAPER book.
A copy of my previous post:
When I think of an eBook reader being perfected, this is what I envision.
Something the size of those old apple PDA's...roughly about the size of a small paperback. 512mb of internal flash memory with a CF card port. Adjustable brightness and contrast on the screen, adjustable font size, standard times new roman font, the ability to read the major ebook formats.
Why is that so difficult?
I don't think of reading an eBook like a normal book (i.e. on paper or something like paper) It is, after all, an ELECTRONIC BOOK.
When I think of an eBook reader being perfected, this is what I envision.
Something the size of those old apple PDA's...roughly about the size of a small paperback. 512mb of internal flash memory with a CF card port. Adjustable brightness and contrast on the screen, adjustable font size, standard times new roman font, the ability to read the major ebook formats.
Why is that so difficult?
I would, but I'm not 3v1L l33t enough:(
While I can understand where you are coming from, answer me this:
How do they find out who is a terrorist and who is not? A part of that process is listening into RANDOM conversations with people they THINK might have SOME connection.
In translation: They are grasping at straws. What are you going to do when they grab yours?
***Go read a book, already. (Just don't expect to do it electronically, because in the 21st Century nobody makes a decent e-book reader.)***
That frustrates me in ways the human brain cannot comprehend. We can send you to the moon, replace your eye so you can see, but we cannot develop a simple little 100 dollar black box that reads ebooks in an ergonomic and easy-to-read way.
they still sell the 6 gig version of the carbon, as well as a 512 and a 1 gig flash player
I THINK they also have a 2.5
Unfortunately, the Karma was a crap shoot; either you got a dud in which the hard drive died, or you got a gem and it worked fantastic. To it's credit, you can buy Karmas with EVERYTHING that came with it originally with a brand new (different) hard drive installed on ebay for ~150
On the go alot? Don't care if you have massive quantities of albums with you at all times?
Get a Rio Carbon! I've had my 5-gigger for roughly 3 years now. I used to use it when working on cars (I was a professional mechanic) dropped it upwards of 20-30 times. Thing still works PERFECTLY. Drag-and-drop, no software required. Hooks up using a standard mini-USB cable, 20 hours on one charge, can also be used out of the box as a portable hard drive...small as shit. Easily controlled using one thumb, MUCH faster interface than the clumsy "touch-ring" Ipod.
On the road alot? Still want those 20gigs?
Get a Rio Karma! Same easy to use interface as a Carbon, COMES with a docking station that A. Has USB 2.0 and Ethernet hookups (so you can hook it directly into your network, turning it into a digital jukebox) and B. Has RCA line-outs so you can hook it up directly to your stereo. Have had mine for about 2.5 years, works perfect, looks fantastic, and fits inside the palm of your hand (i.e. won't overlap the base of your fingers...yes I know not all hands are equal size, but my hands are fairly small)
Oh and did I mention? Both the Carbon AND the Karma can play nearly any audio format!
Seriously. I never understood the whole Ipod thing. To me, they have always been and always will be overpriced "look at me" gadgets designed for a generation too stupid to know that no matter how much reflective plastic you cover shit with, it is still shit.
Even better, you should tell them. Say to them "I am going to disable the spam filter for you for one week. At the end of the week, come back and tell me you don't think the filter works."
First off, points to you for having to deal with that kind of crap...my fellow IT folks are indeed in the trenches.
Now, that being said, you should be ELATED that you have to catch spam. You should be ready to squeeze off a load every time. Why?
Because for every spam email you are able to succesfully block and/or identify, it makes you look that much better! Think of it...some PEBKAC-stricken manager comes up to you one day:
"Hey Bob, how goes the IT stuff?"
"Eh, kind of frustrating...all this spam...we are finding it, it's just taking a while to take care of it all."
"Keep up the good fight, Bob!"
Hold on a second...last time I checked, the RIAA didn't produce music, musicians did.
I have never once wanted to listen to a song from the RIAA. I have wanted to listen to a song by a musician. When I buy an album, it pisses me off in a way that human vocabulary prevents me from describing that part of that money pays for companies like the RIAA.
If I had my way (which I know is a pipe dream, no need to comment on that) The RIAA wouldn't even exist. Why do I think that? Because I want to support an ARTIST, not a COMPANY. Quite honestly, I do my best to steer clear of any artist or group that is on the RIAA's side...what cattle. Do they not realize that the portions of album sales going to that farce of an organization could have instead gone to them?
Musicians are supposed to care about music. You want to care about money? Fine. Don't have a double standard though. Don't just be pissed at the guy not paying for you music, be pissed at the guy DIRECTLY taking a slice out of your pie.
I have NEVER, not ONCE, bought an album and felt all warm and fuzzy because I was supporting the RIAA. Because I don't support them.
See, that is where things get completely stupid (not saying YOU are stupid, just saying what you are DESCRIBING is stupid)
That's the equivelent of them saying "well, we have lost revenue because you are listening to a band on that OTHER record label"
Guess what, whether I listen to a CD that I bought once or five hundred times, you make the same amount of money off me.
Summary of Modern Politics:
"I'll show you politics in America. Here it is, right here. 'I think the puppet on the right shares my beliefs.' 'I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking.' 'Hey, wait a minute, there's one guy holding out both puppets!'"
---Bill Hicks
Don't be so quick to judge.
I own well over 600 retail bought DVD's, as well as well over 400 retail bought CD's. Now, I'm not saying this so I can use the stupid "they ahve enough of my money" bullshit argument. I'm saying it so you can see how assuming things such as I don't want to spend the money and am too cheap to do it are complete crap.
I buy at LEAST one if not two DVD's a week, and at LEAST one CD a week. Does that mean the others that I download are suddenly ok? No. Like I said, I am fully aware what I do is illegal.
HOWEVER. The accusation that I do these things because I am "too cheap to pay" is entirely wrong.
Read every one of my comments. Have I ever even *HINTED* that I thought that what I am doing is NOT illegal?
I know damn well what I am doing, just as you do. I also know that if certain video games (read: Galactic Civilization II) and bands/albums (Read: SoaD: Steal This Album) are WIDE open for being stolen (shipping with no anti-piracy security, being distributed freely online by the band) are able to make it, why can't they all?
Galactic Civ II sold an unbelievable number of copies, despite it having ZERO anti-piracy measures. Ditto for Oblivion for PC. These are big-name games, and yet they did GREAT in retail. Now go on the forums and look at how many people cited one of the reasons they actually bought it was because there was indeed no anti-piracy stuff on there.
I know what I do is illegal. I know that. I am well aware and openly admit that. I also know that if I were truly a musician and cared about the masses hearing what I have to say, I wouldn't give a fuck if they stole my albums. Take them all. I'll put them on my website, I don't care. Why?
Because as a musician, your goal should be to get as many pairs of ears as possible paying attention to you, not to get as many dollars as you can.
Many bands have lost sight of that. And yet, there are thousands of bands that still follow that same philosophy:
"This is what I have to say. Do whatever you fucking have to in order to hear it."
read above your post for my reasons.
I realize I am the minority in this, but there are albums/movies/games/etc. that I REFUSE to download simply because I want to show my support for that particular artist/movie/whatever...often times, however, downloading from a torrent is the only way that I have been able to find a CD.
Moreover, when you walk into a Best Buy, and you see a Toby Keith CD on the shelf, guess what? THE RECORD COMPANY GOT THEIR FUCKING MONEY. It's the STORE that get's screwed, not the record company. They were already payed.
Beyond that, explain to me how it DIRECTLY COSTS those companies for me to download something that is COMPLETELY independent from them.
They got paid for the original hard copy that was put on the internet. Someone copied those 0's and 1's. I then read those 0's and 1's, and copied them as well. In this entire process, am I taking something tangible from the record label? Am I charging them my electric bill? My hardware usage? My time?
No. It costs them nothing. The INSTANT a CD is on a shelf in a store, they have already been payed. Why?
Because the store has to BUY the shit, that's why.
Because I enjoy amassing a large digital archive. I haven't listened to a large portion of the music I have downloaded. Just as I haven't read the majority of the thousands upon thousands of ebooks I have downloaded. Just like I haven't watched all the movies I have downloaded. Etc.
I enjoy having a massive archive. Beyond that, your question is irrelevant at the moment. If I download an album from a torrent, it doesn't directly cost the RIAA, the artist, or the label a single cent because SOMEONE had to buy that original copy to distribute it digitally. If I am not going to PAY for their hard copy (which DOES cost them money to make) and instead opt to obtain a bunch of 0's and 1's (which does NOT cost them any money) they haven't lost anything.
Alternatively, if I do as you say and just say "fuck it" and not download it at all, guess what...THEY STILL DON'T HAVE MY MONEY.
You can't claim to have lost something you never had.
A question:
How am I costing the RIAA money if I never planned to buy a CD anyway? By downloading something I never planned on purchasing, they have lost no money because whether I download the fucking song or not, they are not getting my money.
Then tell people to not care about which one will or will not be a dud.
Because if they truly didn't care, they would base their purchase decision on the fun they can have this year or next year, not the fun they can have in three years or four years or six years or ten years from now.
First to start, I have owned nearly every console from the commodore 64 days up until last generation...Ironically, despite your assumptions, the only current-gen console I have is in fact a 360.
The PS3 is future proof in the sense that it includes a POTENTIAL (note the emphasis) future optical disc format (which you mentioned) as well as a first party process to get Linux on it...meaning if the PS3 ends up becoming a dud, you now have one hell of a Linux box that also plays Blu-Ray AND the games that you enjoyed. And if you have no interest in making it a Linux box? OK no big deal...you still have the experience and memories of all the time you spent playing what games you DID enjoy on it...any true gamer will tell you that gaming is rewarding in and of itself. I'm not saying that bad games don't exist, but I am saying that are overly critical in the sense of what is and is not a good game. Whether that gaming time was worth the money is entirely subjective, and only you can decide that. Then again, you can't decide that if you don't own it, can you?
As far as why you bought a 360, I never once said that the PS3 and the 360 were not gaming machines as well. What I was getting at is each respective console has it's additional uses beyond simple gaming. Frankly, if you ONLY look at the gaming capabilities of a machine, then you are ignoring half of the console and are short changing yourself. You want to ensure that you have a console that won't be a dud in a couple years...and this is where the additional features come into play.
See, when something like the Dreamcast died, it had no other use. However, I can ASSURE you that there will be thousands of people that continue to use their Xbox as a Linux machine/emulator platform...the console itself will still have practical use even when games are no longer developed for it. Just as if the PS3 dies, and Blu-Ray lives, now they have a Blu-Ray player in addition to something that plays what few games they deemed fun. The same thing goes for the 360, if the software ends up sucking, guess what? Now you have a preconfigured box that can be used to stream things at a fraction of the cost of a decent PC. Not to mention, again, it does still have the ability to play the games that you enjoyed. Simply trying to choose "the best" console will ALWAYS result in you losing because it will cause you to miss out on the many things that are on only one system...and I'm not talking about big blockbuster games, either. If the past few years have proven ANYTHING, it is that the small developers are making a comeback, and many of the best games in the past...say 5 years came out of small development houses (or at least development houses that were small back then)
If you cannot afford more than one console, fine. But if you purposely keep yourself confined to a single console, you miss out on alot of the stuff that is only on those respective systems. Granted, time will tell how many exclusives each system obtains, but still...you get my point. When I think of all the games that I have played only available on a specific platform, it makes me realize how happy I am to always try to think of each console as good.
Why is it OK to like only one console but NOT ok to equally like all of them?
And your decision fits EXACTLY into what I described.
You wanted the best GAMING experience. Hence, you bought the system most geared towards gaming.
If you wanted the best streaming box experience, you wouldn't have bought only a Wii no matter how fun it may be.
If you wanted the best future-proofing, you wouldn't have bought only a Wii no matter how revolutionary it's controller may be.
Thank you for proving my point.
read my above pie analogy...I do infact explain that very point (mainly because I worded it badly)
you are very slightly mistaken...Microsoft and Sony are MARKETING to the same market...
An example.
There is this fantastic Apple Pie. It is delicious and sweet in every way an apple pie should be. Both Microsoft and Sony want it. Nintendo looks at it and says "Thanks guys, but we are going to try this Pumpkin Chiffon pie. Enjoy that apple though!"
So now you have Sony and Microsoft sitting there, one with a fork and one with a spoon, eating from the same apple pie, staring at nintendo trying out that chiffon. They start wondering to themselves "wow...I wonder what kind of tasty pie we could make for ourselves"
I know the things I outlined in an earlier post don't reflect the way Microsoft and Sony are MARKETING, but the mere fact they have included what they have in their respective consoles is showing that they are indeed beginning to notice there is more than just one type of pie. Sure, from the gaming perspective they are going after the same market.
From a functionality perspective though? One is eyeing Lemon Merangue, while the other is admiring a Banana Cream.