Is it just me who think's it's insane that people are lining up and going completely nuts over a game machine like this?
Why on earth would you waste hours lining up in front of a store so you can be the first to get a shiney new toy like that, just so you can be a guinnea pig for the mark-I version? Waiting a couple of months means a lot more games available, better reviews about what's actually worth buying, and if any major problems pop up there's a good chance that they're addressed & fixed in a better 2nd release. Look at all the horror stories about the XBox 360 apparently inadequate cooling - tons of people are running into overheating problems. And it's december now, image how the current crop of systems is going to fare by the time July rolls around. :-?
(In all fairness, I am not into consoles at all. We have a SNES around somewhere, but it's not hooked up. The last handheld game thingey I had was an Atari Lynx. Despite its demise, much better than the gameboy at the time)
Why on earth would you waste hours lining up in front of a store so you can be the first to get a shiney new toy like that, just so you can be a guinnea pig for the mark-I version? Waiting a couple of months means a lot more games available, better reviews about what's actually worth buying, and if any major problems pop up there's a good chance that they're addressed & fixed in a better 2nd release. Look at all the horror stories about the XBox 360 apparently inadequate cooling - tons of people are running into overheating problems. And it's december now, image how the current crop of systems is going to fare by the time July rolls around. :-?
(In all fairness, I am not into consoles at all. We have a SNES around somewhere, but it's not hooked up. The last handheld game thingey I had was an Atari Lynx. Despite its demise, much better than the gameboy at the time)