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As i'm sure we are all aware, the rather pleasant current situation in the gaming market is that we are in the midst of a price war. War has its casualties (Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo's profits!) and it usually has just one winner. (us, the consumer) Well its about time!
The issue i wish to address is how we buy these consoles. Throughout my life i have owned some great consoles such as a Megadrive, PS1, PS2 and an Xbox. I have also owned some not so great ones such as an Atari ST.
My point is that i have never bought a console in my life, they have all been Christmas or Birthday presents from my parents. I'm sure a lot of you are in the same situation. The thing is, i'm 20 years old and am currently at university, yet still i insist on getting these delightful machines as presents. Yet it seems that a lot of my friends say that their parents tell them they are too old to get such glamourous gifts.
It scares me to death that sometime in the near future, my parents will say the same thing to me. Just imagine it, one minute you're getting an Xbox and Halo for your Birthday and the next minute you're getting socks, slippers and bath salts! Aaaarrrggghhhh!
I think that i've got a year or two left before i'll (gulp) leave university and get one of those job thingies. At that point my mum and dad will probably spend less on my presents. I guess i should count myself lucky. If i'd left school 4/5 years ago after my GCSEs i would have sacrificed years of fine quality free consoles.
What about you lot. How old do you reckon you'll be when you start to get rubix cubes instead of GameCubes? Or have any of you poor souls already reached the age in question?
Another relevant point here is that with such widespread 'sponging', is the fall in console prices as relevant as we think it is? I say yes, because when a console gets £100 cheaper, you can now bug your parents for the console AND 2 games, saying "Well you were prepared to pay £300 last week!"
Thanks for reading.
The issue i wish to address is how we buy these consoles. Throughout my life i have owned some great consoles such as a Megadrive, PS1, PS2 and an Xbox. I have also owned some not so great ones such as an Atari ST.
My point is that i have never bought a console in my life, they have all been Christmas or Birthday presents from my parents. I'm sure a lot of you are in the same situation. The thing is, i'm 20 years old and am currently at university, yet still i insist on getting these delightful machines as presents. Yet it seems that a lot of my friends say that their parents tell them they are too old to get such glamourous gifts.
It scares me to death that sometime in the near future, my parents will say the same thing to me. Just imagine it, one minute you're getting an Xbox and Halo for your Birthday and the next minute you're getting socks, slippers and bath salts! Aaaarrrggghhhh!
I think that i've got a year or two left before i'll (gulp) leave university and get one of those job thingies. At that point my mum and dad will probably spend less on my presents. I guess i should count myself lucky. If i'd left school 4/5 years ago after my GCSEs i would have sacrificed years of fine quality free consoles.
What about you lot. How old do you reckon you'll be when you start to get rubix cubes instead of GameCubes? Or have any of you poor souls already reached the age in question?
Another relevant point here is that with such widespread 'sponging', is the fall in console prices as relevant as we think it is? I say yes, because when a console gets £100 cheaper, you can now bug your parents for the console AND 2 games, saying "Well you were prepared to pay £300 last week!"
Thanks for reading.
I will play games and buy consoles until I'm bored of them.
Which will probably never happen so that's good.
Like AS said, when you have your own money you don't really need them as gifts, you can buy them yourself so you're still good to go.
Which will probably never happen so that's good.
Like AS said, when you have your own money you don't really need them as gifts, you can buy them yourself so you're still good to go.
Whats a Computerman?
Is it some kinda giant robot?
Is it some kinda giant robot?
doublezero wrote:
> I have also owned some not so great ones such as an Atari
> ST.
ST was a computerman, not a console...
But for what its worth, once you start working full time, and get some sort of cas flow going, Birthday & Christmas gifts stop being of any real importance.
> I have also owned some not so great ones such as an Atari
> ST.
ST was a computerman, not a console...
But for what its worth, once you start working full time, and get some sort of cas flow going, Birthday & Christmas gifts stop being of any real importance.
As i'm sure we are all aware, the rather pleasant current situation in the gaming market is that we are in the midst of a price war. War has its casualties (Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo's profits!) and it usually has just one winner. (us, the consumer) Well its about time!
The issue i wish to address is how we buy these consoles. Throughout my life i have owned some great consoles such as a Megadrive, PS1, PS2 and an Xbox. I have also owned some not so great ones such as an Atari ST.
My point is that i have never bought a console in my life, they have all been Christmas or Birthday presents from my parents. I'm sure a lot of you are in the same situation. The thing is, i'm 20 years old and am currently at university, yet still i insist on getting these delightful machines as presents. Yet it seems that a lot of my friends say that their parents tell them they are too old to get such glamourous gifts.
It scares me to death that sometime in the near future, my parents will say the same thing to me. Just imagine it, one minute you're getting an Xbox and Halo for your Birthday and the next minute you're getting socks, slippers and bath salts! Aaaarrrggghhhh!
I think that i've got a year or two left before i'll (gulp) leave university and get one of those job thingies. At that point my mum and dad will probably spend less on my presents. I guess i should count myself lucky. If i'd left school 4/5 years ago after my GCSEs i would have sacrificed years of fine quality free consoles.
What about you lot. How old do you reckon you'll be when you start to get rubix cubes instead of GameCubes? Or have any of you poor souls already reached the age in question?
Another relevant point here is that with such widespread 'sponging', is the fall in console prices as relevant as we think it is? I say yes, because when a console gets £100 cheaper, you can now bug your parents for the console AND 2 games, saying "Well you were prepared to pay £300 last week!"
Thanks for reading.
The issue i wish to address is how we buy these consoles. Throughout my life i have owned some great consoles such as a Megadrive, PS1, PS2 and an Xbox. I have also owned some not so great ones such as an Atari ST.
My point is that i have never bought a console in my life, they have all been Christmas or Birthday presents from my parents. I'm sure a lot of you are in the same situation. The thing is, i'm 20 years old and am currently at university, yet still i insist on getting these delightful machines as presents. Yet it seems that a lot of my friends say that their parents tell them they are too old to get such glamourous gifts.
It scares me to death that sometime in the near future, my parents will say the same thing to me. Just imagine it, one minute you're getting an Xbox and Halo for your Birthday and the next minute you're getting socks, slippers and bath salts! Aaaarrrggghhhh!
I think that i've got a year or two left before i'll (gulp) leave university and get one of those job thingies. At that point my mum and dad will probably spend less on my presents. I guess i should count myself lucky. If i'd left school 4/5 years ago after my GCSEs i would have sacrificed years of fine quality free consoles.
What about you lot. How old do you reckon you'll be when you start to get rubix cubes instead of GameCubes? Or have any of you poor souls already reached the age in question?
Another relevant point here is that with such widespread 'sponging', is the fall in console prices as relevant as we think it is? I say yes, because when a console gets £100 cheaper, you can now bug your parents for the console AND 2 games, saying "Well you were prepared to pay £300 last week!"
Thanks for reading.