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Originally Posted by Lasereth
The NES cost $450 when it launched in the early 1980s (adjusted for inflation). The "videogames have become soo expensive" argument is simply null. These things come with a hard drive, play DVDs, play music CDs and music DVDs, have wireless Internet, AND play videogames designed for them. The XBox 360 and Wii are actually cheaper than the NES, with the PS3 being slightly more expensive.
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That's absolutely right.
However, I'd have to argue why we (the gaming community) need all that shit in the first place? Playing DVDs and ripping music to the hard-drive are great, but it's superfluous. I mean, the average gamer isn't dropping $400 dollars on a 360 to watch their worn out copy of Serenity on DVD and they ain't going to drop $600 on a PS3 to watch it in fantabulous Blu-Ray'O'Vision either.
They buy it for the games...all that other stuff is just icing on the...pudding?
And that's great, as long as it doesn't affect the price tag.
Why is Sony going Blu-Ray anyway? Is it for gaming purposes? I don't think so. Has the dual-layer DVD discs been used to their fullest potential? And don't you think that by the time game developers get around to using the space (200GB for the rumored eight-layered Blu-Ray discs) available that it'll be time for a new round of consoles anyway?*
Movies? Sure, but here's the thing...they're still renting VHS tapes at the Blockbuster down the street. So, no worries about Blu-Ray becoming the de facto standard overnight assuming that it wins the format war in the first place and doesn't become just another footnote in Sony's history. coughAhem
UMDcough*
I'd gladly pay $500 for a PS3 if I was solely paying for the quintessential gaming console and not supporting Sony's attempt to thumb their nose at....well, everybody.
*What's the lifespan on a console anyway? I bet my PS2 won't be running 15 years from now unlike the SNES I bought for my niece a couple of weeks ago from a gameswap place, which seems to run just fine.