I’m obviously not in the right thread. 
Knead
Whose only video game systems are his SNES and his Game Boy
Yeah, imagine if they started doing stuff like that…
I bought more new PS2 games last year than Xbox360, Wii, or DS games combined. '06-'07 were inarguably that system’s greatest years, and they were year 6 and 7 of its life.
See, now, if you’d have made that part of your case from the beginning, you’d have had me on your side then. I guess I assumed you wouldn’t have left a little detail like that out.
umm. did you read the next line?
I can see in no way that the standard DS is technically inferior to the DS lite. Technology gets smaller & cheaper, so they put out newer versions to the benefit of newer consumers. The NES got smaller. The SNES got smaller. The PS2 got smaller. The GB Advance got smaller. Desktops get smaller. Laptops get smaller. DVD players get smaller. And so on. How are these screwing the customer? It’s just the way technology progresses.
Hey, nothing wrong with the classics! But would you pay $400 for a brand new SNES? Actually, maybe you would… Would you pay $400 for a new console with SNES graphics? ^^
Inarguably? Hardly. Tell me, what great games came out for PS2 last year that weren’t released on other consoles?
Dude, we could make a list of probably hundreds. God of War 2, Persona 3, etc. etc. etc. etc. a lot
The DS Lite has brighter screens, enhanced viewing angles (no more "screen goes white if you shift your head a centimeter in either direction), louder speakers, longer battery life, better buttons, a better stylus, and a significantly nicer case design.
Also, the DS “fat” version of the browser is available only by special order through Nintendo; the lite version can be bought in any store. Major difference.
Okay, I’ll give you GOW2. Persona 3 was released in 06 in japan, and released more than a year later in the US, so you only get a half point. I’m not sure who “we” is, but you’ve got 199.5 more good PS2 exclusive games released last year to come up with.
As least so you say.
At any rate, it doesn’t really matter. The PS2 did have an unnaturally long life, and its noted for it. That’s the thing though, it wasn’t expected to last this long.
…why are we even having this discussion? Of course early adopters get screwed. That’s why we have the concept of “early adopters”, to explain the risk they take buy buying the stuff on day one.
Yeah, 'm done.
Well, no. But then (a) I didn’t pay $400 for my SNES and (b) I wouldn’t pay $400 for what the hell ever it is y’all are talking about.
I just like Tetris and Super Mario World.
And Mario Kart.
And Defender. With my adapter to play Game Boy carts in the SNES.
Technology gets better. What do you want? Hardware makers to put out one version, and then call it quits? Are you going to complain every time Intel puts out a faster chip? They have chips planned out years in advance. Every chip they put out, they know is going to be obsolete in 2 years.
Either deal with the progress of technology, or get out. But don’t call it ‘screwing over’ early adopters, because otherwise we’d all be running the same old shit from 30 years ago.
Shocking news to early adopters of the <insert product name here>, there will likely be a newer, better, smaller, sexier version released soon! Don’t buy the <insert product name here> yet because you will be “screwed over” by the company. Oh, and don’t buy the new version either, because it is very likely that an even newer, better, smaller, sexier version is in the works!
Years ago in Gibraltar when the border with Spain was closed a Brit couple moved out there to open up a bar called The Boxer.
My colleagues and I were amongst the very,very first customers there and the fresh paint smell was very heavy.
We were made very welcome,made to promise that we would use it regulary and asked to get as many of our friends and aquaintances as we could to use it and we were also promised extra special service as we were helping their first few days and were virtually members of the family.
Well we got special service alright,two days later when we went to go in there at first we were asked if we could drink somewhere else but when we asked why the hell why?we had to go into a dingy little back bar.
Was it because servicemen were forever fighting,smashing things up or collapsing dead drunk all over the place
No Gibs a small place and what with all the service police plus the local police it was a surprisingly law abiding place(Though when a Gibbo tried to mug me as he thought I was drunk and I defended myself maybe a little too strenuously it was I who was arrested by the Gib Constabulary inspite of the frank admission of the local that he was indeed trying to mug me!)
No it was because the locals just didn’t like nonGibaltarians in bars that they had decided were theirs.
With a closed border and 200 pubs within the 2 square miles I hope that owners were glad that their customers consisted of a few "sit over a drink for a couple of hours locals"instead of large numbers of transient,free spending forces personel.
At that time the armed forces WERE the economy,good enough to defend them but not even good enough to make eye contact let alone anything else.
Give it back to Spain and let them pay Spanish taxes.
I’ll second Sony. We’re STILL WAITING on a final profile (2.0) for Blu-ray, guys.
I think it was the original Game Boy Advance that didn’t have an earphone socket. You had to pay extra for a peripheral that provided the socket. That was lousy.
So, wait, are we talking about girlfriends now or still video games?
That was the Game Boy Advance SP. I believe the extra peripheral sold for $5.
Ah right $5 isn’t bad I suppose (I bet it cost more on this side of the Atlantic), just a bit strange to sell that separately at all. For a portable machine, earphones are fairly important.
Or a year and a half later, if you prefer. The DS Lite was announced in January 2006 but wasn’t released outside of Japan until June so they gave a lot of warning as well.
Nintendo have been releasing new handheld consoles every one-and-a-half to two years since the late 90s. I can’t believe you didn’t see that one coming.
So always wait for Gibraltan bars to be open for a while before claiming them as your regular haunt.