Yeah dude, the PSX and PS2 were both $300 at Launch (Though the Ps2 might have been $250, it was a damned long time ago.)
I won't be buying a "next gen" console for a long time, I have no need for it; without HDTV all that extra power is essentially just doing nothing. I'll probably pick up another Wii once Metroid Prime 3 comes out and hopefully become the de-facto standard for the way FPS's should play on the Wii. But I'm talking at least 2-3 years before I even think about purchasing either the X360 or PS3. Why? Neither are worth the money. And if we pay these stupidly high prices this time; what's gonna happen next time? There are a few games for the Next Gen consoles I want to play (Armored Core 4, Resistance, Dead Rising), but I can't justify spending 2 months rent on a game console. The advantage to being a late adopted, of course, is lower prices all around. By the time I pick up either, they'll be a decent selection of Platinum Hits games (Like REAL Hits, not Perfect Dark Zero repackaged for the ten billionth time [Has anyone else laughed their asses off at Peter Moore's comments defending Rare? Hell, they're not even RARE anymore, more like half baked]) and all the damned little kinks and such should have been worked out by then (I say while staring at my 16th revision PS2...). Maybe I'll even own an HDTV by that point, but I doubt it.
HDTV is overrated. The compression and low quality MPEG artefacts are piss poor and a bad example of "the future". Half the HD films I've seen just show off how crappy the effects are, or how ugly the actors are.
Don't get a HDTV Shab. I'm with you on the protest front. But protest crappy HDTV sources too.
Anyroad. I think the Wii and DS have shown what the public want. Just look at the NDP's or Japan sales figures (Europes are a little hard to get hold of). Folk don't want all that power. They want fun at the lowest price possible. The public doesn't care for HDTV, they don't care for the super pricey HDTV sources either.
The bitch of it all is that pretty soon everyone in the US is going to broadcast on the HD signal, so in order to get free over the air tv, you'll need a converter box.
Course, you guys have to pay some tax to get over the air TV don't you?
Was it not cheaper than the Xbox?
No, both were $299 at their launches.
HDTV is overrated. The compression and low quality MPEG artefacts are piss poor and a bad example of "the future". Half the HD films I've seen just show off how crappy the effects are, or how ugly the actors are.
It shows that you need a good source! Overcompressing channels to get room for more gives you ugly results.
Don't get a HDTV Shab. I'm with you on the protest front.
Sure, if you're happy with your SDTV stay with it.
But protest crappy HDTV sources too.
That's the important part! Without good source material a HDTV won't look better than a good SDTV.
The bitch of it all is that pretty soon everyone in the US is going to broadcast on the HD signal, so in order to get free over the air tv, you'll need a converter box
Hey, it's exactly the same here, except we don't get it in HD. Just SDTV. And 60-70% of the digital OTA tv channels are pay channels.
Course, you guys have to pay some tax to get over the air TV don't you?
TV license yes... Had it been a tax the administration costs would be much lower.
Note: My two comments above applies to Sweden only. I know that the UK for example has a mostly free OTA digital service.
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Sure, if you're happy with your SDTV stay with it.
Happy enough not to go blow an outrageous amount on a new TV. I've bought 1 new TV in my life and it was a waste of money. It's far easier to buy a second hand TV for relatively nothing (32" for $50? Yes PLEASE.) It's going to be a long, long time before we see HDTV's get down to that price.
Of course, had they added a VGA out to either the PS3 or the X360 it would have solved that problem. I'm still kinda pissed that they dropped that feature from the Wii. Honestly, I've got at least 3 monitors sitting around doing nothing.
VGA out is the biggest piss up of the lot. Kudos for the 360 for having a VGA option. Though in my bitter old age I'm starting to wish companies would give you an option. Buy a console from a store and you get 1 free video out cable. My TV (basically a monitor with an EyeTV) has composite input but everything looks crap through that, then you have DVI (with HDCP) and VGA. If Nintendo gave the Wii a VGA option our house would have 2 Wii's instead of 1.
And to every European with an SDTV - get a RGB SCART cable for your console. I had no idea there was a difference between Composite and proper RGB Scart. But there is!
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I thought they were "long term investments", or so PSInext forums keep saying!
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