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I'm going to go out on a limb here, and announce that I couldn't care less about the Xbox 360 -- as a matter of fact, I don't think there's been a videogame system made that's generally worth a damn since the Dreamcast. Say, what stupid Final Fantasy version are they up to now? How may gigaflops of calculations can the system's GPU push? Is there another empty, mindless GTA game being dumped out for it? Can it clean my toilet and wash my dishes in addition to all the other useless home entertainment-centered, pricetag raising crap packed into it?
And is all this really worth robbing someone for? Apparently. And apparently it's also worth paying thousands of dollars to some shark on Ebay as well.
I don't think Microsoft has any idea how to build a videogame system. I don't think Sony has a creative bone in their bodies when it comes to game licensing. I think Nintendo knows how to build a videogame system, and probably has the second best in-house game design team in the business (behind the late Sega AM2 team, of course) but has neither the might of Microsoft nor the market share of Sony required to get it out there.
The industry is do for another crash -- I just can't believe it's still holding up. How many more wallet-raping systems and half-assed games and gimmicky handhelds can be pushed out into the market before it reaches critical mass? Where are you people getting the time and money for this stuff? And WHY ARE SCUMBAGS ROBBING PEOPLE OVER A STUPID GAME SYSTEM!