I Have been gaming for the last 30 years and Ive seen games and systems come and go over the years.
It is the way of things when it comes to both the hobby and the business of videogames.
With the current systems this has all changed the current systems full capabilities will most likely never be reached if most of the manufacturers (I.E. Microsoft and Nintendo) have anything to say about it since it seems that they are content on shortening the lifespans of their current gen systems Xbox and Gamecube respectively.
Now dont get me wrong here I know this is nothing new to any of us that lived and suffered through the "last days" of Dreamcast and other great systems before it that were sacraficed long before there time, Turbographix-16 anyone?
So here is the question I put in front of all fellow gamers out there who were here long before the PSX days and can remember when it was a small "geek" hobby long before it was cool to be playing the newest PS2 or Xbox sports game.
Do you THE GAMERS really need or want a new system with slightly superior graphics? just because it has always been the tradition? In my opinion my PS2 and Xbox have just about everything I want or need in a game system, great graphics (I mean how much better do we need Gran Turismo to look anyway?)unlimited possibilities in gameplay online or off, full DVD capabilities etc.
Anyway I have decided that IM sticking with my PS2 and Xbox until there are absolutely NO MORE GOOD GAMES coming out for either of them, For me the buck stops here, of course you have to keep this all in prospective from my point of view I started out on the venerable Atari 2600 and to say that was a million years ago in video game time is an understatement. I grew up on games that had blips for football players and when I read a post that says something along the line of "GTA 3 looks blocky and outdated" It truly makes me laugh out loud but I digress that is for another post all together
In the end I agree with a comment that the great miyamotoson (creater and director of mario and Zelda) said recently in that the ongoing process of continually updating game systems just for better graphics has hit a brick wall, that it is time for more innovation and use of current technologies to be the focus (at least for the most part).
LATER GAMERS!!!