Soulxxx, my PC Oblivion blows yours (PS3) out of the water, and I have a modest PC (AMDX2 3800, ATI X1600XT 256mb), I play it @ 1280x1024 on my 19" LCD that I got for free to boot. :) HDTV's are nice, but at least around here they're still hella expensive, going into the store offers a decent 32" SDTV for $249, a 27" HDTV for $469, or a 32" HDTV for about $700. I'll be sticking with my 27" SDTV for many years at this rate. :) I'm technically a "hardcore" gamer, but I don't have massive amounts of money to spend on just games and things to make them look better. I want a console with fun games, and if more people can play on it, even better. Since it's launch I've managed to get my own Grandmother into Wii Sports Bowling, and she enjoys it. My mother has always been a casual gamer, but she loves Wii Sports as well as Cooking Mama, which we just rented yesterday (and I think it's quite fun as well), and she looks forward to Super Paper Mario as well, we'll be splitting the bill, launch day, on that puppy. :) The $250 I spend on getting a Wii on launch day has not been regretted at all, and it is by far the most I've ever spent on a "game console". I've never spent more than $200 on a playstation console, and I have no reason to change my habit thus far. Especially if Nintendo gains control in Japan, I may not even HAVE a reason to get a PS3. :) I'm putting aside money for a DS Lite as we speak. :)
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