So if I judge correctly based on all the "sheep" comments I see, then a person who buys a shiny new Xbox360 on opening day is just an uneducated lemming marching onward in the direction 'the machine' tells them to?
Man, I hadn't thought about it like that before... I guess I'll just give up playing games on their platform. After all... if they decided to do something as dirty as keep supply constant over the entire holiday season by throttling shipments, then there's no reason for me to believe their games or online play will be any good. The way that the units are marketed and sold are very indicative of gameplay and functionality, after all. (ok, sarcasm aside now...)
If hardcore gamers with $400 burning a hole in their pocket want to drop it on the single newest and most advanced video game console (to date)... that's fine. Before you get ready to throw all the sheep in the pen, just consider how much _you'll_ be shelling out for this system in 6 months... I doubt waiting half a year is going to improve your bottom line by any significant amount--even if it does keep you from the ranks of those who go "baah".
I thought most people would eventually stop expecting 'a sense of fair play' from Bill's creative PR crew and just embrace the product if they want it, and blow it off if they don't. Besides... when was the last time you fired up Halo 2 and thought about all the dirty and underhanded business practices going on in Redmond. Get real... sometimes a cigar is just a cigar... and in this case, a new video game console is just that... a new video game console.
(take your coat, it'll probably be cold out when you're standing in line)
P.S. -- Are you expecting much better from Sony? Maybe instead of shady marketing ploys, they'll just give us a CPU with a native DRM root-kit built right in... free of charge.;)
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...oh my.
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So if I judge correctly based on all the "sheep" comments I see, then a person who buys a shiny new Xbox360 on opening day is just an uneducated lemming marching onward in the direction 'the machine' tells them to?
Man, I hadn't thought about it like that before... I guess I'll just give up playing games on their platform. After all... if they decided to do something as dirty as keep supply constant over the entire holiday season by throttling shipments, then there's no reason for me to believe their games or online play will be any good. The way that the units are marketed and sold are very indicative of gameplay and functionality, after all.
(ok, sarcasm aside now...)
If hardcore gamers with $400 burning a hole in their pocket want to drop it on the single newest and most advanced video game console (to date)... that's fine. Before you get ready to throw all the sheep in the pen, just consider how much _you'll_ be shelling out for this system in 6 months... I doubt waiting half a year is going to improve your bottom line by any significant amount--even if it does keep you from the ranks of those who go "baah".
I thought most people would eventually stop expecting 'a sense of fair play' from Bill's creative PR crew and just embrace the product if they want it, and blow it off if they don't.
Besides... when was the last time you fired up Halo 2 and thought about all the dirty and underhanded business practices going on in Redmond. Get real... sometimes a cigar is just a cigar... and in this case, a new video game console is just that... a new video game console.
(take your coat, it'll probably be cold out when you're standing in line)
P.S. -- Are you expecting much better from Sony? Maybe instead of shady marketing ploys, they'll just give us a CPU with a native DRM root-kit built right in... free of charge.