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So, anyone getting one? 400 quid seems like a lot for a gaming machine to me.
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What about u, brokenbeat? U getting one now or later?
My PS1 takes up enough hours of my day, so I probably don't really need another machine right now! Maybe the price will come down next year sometime or at least when the Microsoft one comes out.
Evenm the demo models r being sold.
Think I might wait for the X-Box n the new Nintendo console to come out b4 I decide
its called moving on with technology. If we didn't conform to it we would still all be playing sonic the hedgehog on the sega master system <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/biggrin.gif">
I saw that on a prog. on the tele a couple of weeks ago.
Apparently they ain't publisising it too much yet, but it's gonna put all of the other ones in the shade!! Sounds good to me.
J9
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself
I know what you mean Spirit, we bought our son a playstation for his 6th birthday bacause all of his friends had them & he just "had" to have one. At the time I didn't want him to be the odd one out, he has a hard enough time anyway. We really struggled to afford it too.
But now, he tends to play with his meccano & lego, and frequently asks why we got rid of his BBC!
Peer pressure is a horrible thing, but unfortunately, these days, it all seems to centre on what level of technology you are at, forcing parents to struggle, or children to suffer ridicule from their peers.
J9
The government is to blame for the high prices we pay for everything as consumers in the UK.
They can control prices to make them fair but they make more tax when more money goes through the system so they r happy as it is.
We r supposed to be the biggest consumers in the world but I think what they really mean is that we spend more as consumers than any other country because stuff is just too god damn expensive.
Most families get into debt at Christmas, that just shows how these companies and the media exploit us too. And I agree that its not fair on families that cannot afford the flash toys they throw in their kids faces. It sucks.
But as parents we have to be strong and try not to conform to the rat race. If we give in, we are just as bad, and making other people feel the need to conform.
Honestly, I would never buy state of the art stuff as soon as it comes on the market. Its a bloody big fat rip off.
We should raise our kids to know that we love them and that they should be grateful for whatever we can afford to give them materially.
Kids that are rasied this way will appreciate things more. I never had the expensive stuff other kids had at Christmas but I was so happy with what I did get because my mum put lots of love and thought into it. We were also constantly reminded that some kids in the world don't even get anything to eat, nevermind cool toys.
Some kids try to bully other kids because they aint got cool toys but it is the character of the bullied child that will determine whether or not the bullying stops.
As parents we should concentrate on raising our kids to feel secure so that if anyone tries to bully them they know how to deal with it.
Giving in to the bullies and trying to make them accept your child because they have the up-to-date toys is definitely not the way.
GUTTED!!!!!!!
That's not what I meant at all Gwai, you know the problems that Ian has, I'm suprised at your wording here.
J9
The graphics on it are really good, but I wouldn't fork out £400 for something I hardly have time to play on.
Besides, the old playstation still has some good games on it, I just can't be arsed buying a more powerful machine when it'll only have enhanced graphics & DVD.
Aah well, I'm happy enough with a gameboy. <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/wink.gif">
That wasn't directed towards u but to ppl in general.
Sorry it's taken me so long to get round to this, with all the posting that's going on it takes me ages to keep up. lol
Anyway, maybe I took it a bit too personally, I'm having such trouble with Ian at the moment, I think I have a persecution complex lol.
j9
yeah right. Most console makers loose money on the console - they make thier money on the licensing for the games. The pitch the price to cut out the people who can't afford to buy lots of games.
Free market, supply / demand, cash cow barfarama. But well intentioned.
Lots of "it's the thought that counts", "money can't buy love".
If that doesn't work, try "ii you loved me, you'd get me a dishwasher"
[This message has been edited by Carriage Return (edited 29-11-2000).]
Yeah I heard that too Spirit. They're just trying to make people rush and buy them and create a huge hype. I don't think I'll be buying one because a) I havent got that much money! b) I used to have a normal playstation and I never played on it so I sold it !
That's capitalism 4 u.
The games, [apart from one or two - SSX and Fantavision] are awful, the DVD playback quality will only work with a Sony suppiled SCART socket not the normal RGB SCART adapters [Otherwise you get a green tinge on your movies] and the way Sony has treated its European customers is unfathomable - [75,000 units for an entire country? The US had 500,000 available]
Only *18* copies of the game 'Midnight Club' were sold in the UK- it is that awful.
If you want a console for Christmas, then get your arse down to Toys R Us and buy the Dreamcast, 2 games and a superb DVD player bundle for just £270.
Whats more, Shenmue's just been released for the DC today - its worth the price of the console alone....
i'm keeping it retro..... :chin:
http://www.dreamcast-scene.com/
"buy a dreamcast only £270" ahahahah