As an avid gamer and videogame collector ( twenty three systems across almost 30 years ) I'd like to chime in on this one :)
The money $ : As mentioned before, used games are the way to go. There are also game rental services similar to netflix that can feed your gaming jones and also save you a bundle. That being said, there are some games that are 100% worth buying new: Anything by Shigeru Miyamoto of nintendo ( Mario, Starfox, Zelda and every almost other good Nintendo game ), anything by ID software ( Nobody does 3D tech like ID ) and anything by Rare ( recently bought by Microsoft, the jury is still out on how the acquisition will impact their creativity). My poor wife has watched me drop almost $2000 on the three new systems , games, and a jumbotron-like plasma TV in the past six months... She's a good sport, no? The PS3: I firmly believe the PS3 is going to be number 2 in this console generation, second only to the Nintendo DS. The hardware is radically different than what developers are used to and there will be a 2+ year learning curve attached to it until you see the true power of the Cell processors. Sony's hardware is by far the most powerful out there, absolutely smoking everything else in the market. The high price ? Lack of games? Momentary issues. In the meantime, I happily run my Yellowdog linux, watch movies and play games on this beast and I've barely scratched the surface.I bet I could run VFP on it if I tried :) BTW: My current favorite system is the Wii. The graphics pale to everything else, most of the games are bunk, but darn! It is sooo fun ! Kudos to the big N for daring to innovate :) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Cully Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 4:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] Hi, I'm PC and I'm a Mac... and I'm Linux It's the grandparents that front most of the bill. <g> I'm not sure if we've ever paid full price for a GameCube game. Rhino (now GameStop) is our $ saving stop. They buy and sell used games. When our GameCube stopped playing the mini-DVD disks, after much cursing to myself, I found a website on the Internet on how to tune the DVD laser thingy in the deep dark bowels on the underside of the motherboard. Saved me! Whew. -Kevin CULLY Technologies, LLC Sponsor of FoxForward 2007 foxforward.net Steve Ellenoff wrote: > Makes me glad my kids are still too young to want any of that stuff. > When the time comes, I think their 'allowance' will have to cover > those kinds of purchases. It's insane the $ you have to spend to keep > up these days, as my friends tell me. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
