Sorry guys. Can't just hang on the forums all day. Gotta pay the mortgage.

Looks like your assumptions mean you'll probably be surprised to learn that I don't own a PS3. (Nor anything from Bose.) The only piece of Sony gear in the entire house *is* a PS2, but it hasn't been turned on in almost a year. The upcoming Rock Band has me leaning toward picking up a new gaming system because of how much I've loved playing Guitar Hero at friends' places. Overall, not much of a gamer. No games installed on my computers, and as mentioned, the PS2 collects a lot of dust.

Also, back to Sony/PS3, I don't think that arrogance from the marketing department (of which there has been plenty) should be extrapolated to indicate arrogance from the rest of company. Their engineers are pretty amazing, and regarding the "just a consolation line from Sony players" about the platform having legs, well... First, since I don't own a PS3, can't really apply that to me. And second, the PS1 and 2 demonstrated this, the original Xbox really didn't have a lot of people saying how much the programming improved over the lifespan of the platform. Microsoft deliberately chooses to use current and previous generation hardware to make it easier to program and cheaper to buy. Neither approach is right or wrong, and obviously the MSFT approach gets a lot of hardware and software out into the market in a hurry, while the PS 1 and 2 had much longer lifespans than the original Xbox in part because there was enough power in them to keep them viable against the competition over a longer period of time.

(I'm coming at this from an engineering perspective, not a gamer perspective. Again, neither being the "right" one, just different ones.)

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I guess I skipped the customary introduction:

IT Guy
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