You have to remember though that back in the day the NES was cutting edge. Just because the definition of cutting edge has changed (i.e. having DVD Player, HD video out, etc etc) doesn't mean it is any less groundbreaking.Tthe NES was an amazing piece of hardware back in the day. Just like the 360 will be when it comes out. The price is lower due to sheer competition and an increase in customer expectations.

Oh, I realize that, but 90% of the people complaining about videogame prices think that prices have rose drastically since the 1980's. They haven't. They've stayed the same in the most extreme circumstances and have went down on average when factoring in inflation. "I can't believe the nerve of Microsoft for charging $400 for a VIDEOGAME!!" Nintendo, Sega, and Sony have all did in the past and no one cared, simply because it was a smaller number.

-Lasereth

As gaming gets more widespread, there'll be many more who complain. Can't do much about it.

Yeah, I see what you mean by that. I don't complain about the price. The big retailers LOSE money on the console a majority of the time anyways, but make that money back on software, accessories, etc.

Actually, the big retailers bar Nintendo still lose money, games and peripherals included :P

Yeah, it's interesting to note that Nintendo is the only one in the current-gen console market making money on their console!

and Nintendo, is less then 100 bucks, I thought the ps2 was profitable for sony. I knew the X-Box wasn't for MS

Exactly my opinion. That, and all these new functions are sort of "useless" compared to what we already have...
DVD player, we have like 3 per household..HD video is nothing huge...etc..
however back in the day, having the control to move a little red and white character on the screen and kill turtles was huge! My grandfather bought one when it came out and was blown away.
Now its like "meh...the games'll just be a little more visually stunning"

ermm.... computer monitors display MUCH higher resolution than HD spec, and there's obviously room to improve on a normal TV set. CNN still looks more realistic than the best game, no matter how crappy the TV is you're watching it on.

I agree a bit with the PS3 bit though.

Perhaps games will be absolutely photo realistic someday...we never thought we'd see games that look like RE4 or Halo back when we were moving a block around a screen on the Atari 2600

They're not far off - look at GT4, and that's on a PS2. It's all about the shaders, yo.