PixlBit

I've been thinking of getting a new laptop regardless, so I may go that route as well.

I heavily doubt it'll always be online though, I'm fairly certain this e-mail is legitimate.

From what I've played of this generation, I'd be kind of bored of it, too honestly (played DmC 4 at a friend's place, found it boring/repetitive with too many cutscenes, couldn't really get into AC: 2, find FPS extremely dull, etc.), but I still want a PS3 for Blu Ray and backwards compatibility. If I ever make good on actually getting one, I feel like a broken record saying I'll buy one of these systems eventually, but have no idea if I'll ever actually do it.

My answer to that would be price, access to live cable TV (apparently), and the preference to play on a TV as opposed to a PC monitor.

But, price could be justifiable if you have both more games and more functionality, cable TV isn't as attractive when you can find most of it online not that much later than it airs, and you could probably find a way of hooking up your PC to a TV. Still, for some dumb reason, I just prefer buying consoles for games, so I don't know if I have an intellectual argument other than I've just always been a console gamer.

That and if they actually have lots of exclusives you can't get on PC, it might be worth it, but ... you know, I'm just gonna wait until everything has been out a while. lol

Reverse compatibility is something that bothers the shit out of me about these new consoles, and might mean I buy a PS3 eventually, but never a "new gen" console.

As for gimmicky bullshit, the IllumiRoom Microsoft showed off (basically a projector that covers multiple walls) does not look ready, but it's a neat concept ... it is gimmicky, though, and not something I'd pay any sort of premium for in the near future until all the kinks are worked out.

Yeah, I myself missed out on this entire generation, but it's the longest running generation yet, so God knows there'll be a lot of games for it. Games are honestly taking a seat way behind getting my life together (i.e. either getting a Master's or a better job that enables me to live on my own), but as soon as that happens I might invest in a PS3, preferably a model with backwards compatibility.

Yeah, I was always an early adopter with Nintendo, but I skipped this generation, and all the Red Ring of Death and other hardware malfunction stories with this current generation when they were new has pretty much solidified that I will not be an early adopter in this coming generation.

No, Ben and I have thought the same about Orth, so you're not alone in thinking that was it. I am also looking forward to having actual facts to go on with this stuff.

I have to admit, it actually does appeal to me, but its appeal depends on other factors like how it compares to PS4 in terms of software line-up, hardware capabilities, price tag, how long the system will last when used properly, etc. so we'll see, but I'm glad they don't appear to be going full retard with online-onlly at least.

Yeah, I definitely think using the rumor mill as both a hype machine and a public opinion gauge has worked very well for Microsoft if that's what they did.

In Nintendo's defense, I think I remember that because of their smaller overhead, their profit margins are actually a bit higher than the competition most generations, so they usually know how to make a profit in their niche. Could be wrong, but while outside the Wii, NES, and SNES, their consoles haven't been the biggest selling each generation, they've done something right to stay around so long.

I also feel like a weight has been lifted. This means actual competition between Microsoft and Sony going forward if it's true, and I sense that it is. Thanks for commenting!

I never realized how few mafia games I played, and I always saw GTA as a gang series, not a mafia series (to me the difference is mafias have some form of order, like a large business, where the gangs in GTA are more analagous to contract workers, if that makes sense), but you raise some good points.

Finance management sounds like an interesting component to have in such games, though I'd probably prefer it be optional.

Also, i just finished actually watching the rest of the video up top (paused it to type this blog) and here's the comment I left in my desperate but more than likely meaningless attempt to get "pelted in the face" with an XBOX 360.

"It makes me very nervous, because this makes it easier in the future for people to have guns who really shouldn't, almost regardless of law if someone knows someone with a 3D printer. That being said, I want the next XBOX to also be a gun."

Maybe in the future, I'll just be able to 3D print my own game system. The future, man.