| Borkachev said: What I disagree with in this debate is how everyone is treating the gamer crowd as though it's the same as the general public. Yes, only a fraction of the overall population owns an HDTV (28% as of the beginning of the year; even conservatively speaking, it's at least 1/3 now), but the overall population includes all the hippies and technophobes and your gramma in the nursing home. The people who buy gaming consoles are at the leading edge of technologies like HDTV, and the percentage of HD owners among them is going to be much higher -- thus making HD extremely important to this generation. (It's true that Wii has appealed to a broader audience, but I'm positive the HDTV ownership rate among Wii players is still much higher than the general pop.) |
Early adopters are supposed to be the largest segment of technophile and yet we've already seen a disturbing poll of way too many people with a PS3 (a $600 machine mind you so I'd hope you'd do your research before spending that kind of money) not having a clue about either the HD or blu ray aspects of their console. I'm sure all of these people took those composite wires that came with the system and plugged them in not having a clue. They probably do own an HDTV because they obviously have money to waste and are likely still watching regular cable. Or those that read they supposedly get HD "out of the box" but still aren't tech savvy enough to realize Sony lied and those composite wires are not getting them their HD graphics.
edit: meant to say technophile not phobe.
To cash in my CC rewards points for $300 in Circuit City gift cards to purchase a 360 or not: That is the question.
