posted 2006/08/24 at 23:28
I didn't get my first NES until the system had been out for a few years. I got a Super NES a few days after its release (they were sold out first day), and then proceeded to get both the Nintendo 64 and the PS2 on their first days out. Of course, I should follow that last remark by saying that in the case of the Nintendo 64, it had yet to be announced that Square was deserting Nintendo for Sony, and in the case of the PS2 I hadn't yet bought a DVD player even though I'd purchased a very expensive limited edition Tenchi Muyo! boxed set. (I love Ryo-Oki, so sue me.) Also, in both cases I wasn't in school and had large amounts of both time and disposable income.
So help me, though, there is absolutely nothing in this new generation of consoles that's catching my eye. Xbox 360 is ... well, it's Microsoft, and even though it's got a DDR game coming out this year, but it looks little different from the current XBox DDR games. I know other classic gamers are salivating over the Wii's ability to download and play classic console games, but I already collect classic console games, and from my few dalliances with emulators a few years back I know that I just can't get into a classic game unless I'm playing on the system's original controllers. The PS3 looks very interesting, but with the war between Blu-Ray and HDDVD yet to be settled, I don't want to commit to a single format yet.
I realize that this is just me being a savvy consumer, but so help me I can't help but take it as yet another sign that I'm getting old. Sigh.
(Oh, Joe: The first comment on tesuto posuto ... I can't make out most of those kanji. *headdesk*)
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