WTF! how many?

[johnsobas]

prlatino86 said:
I dont know why people are acting like this is a new thing. Even nintendo(for those who say "thats why i like nintendo because they only release one sku" Isnt there a Nintendo DS, and DS lite? GBA and GBA SP? You do know there was an NES version that was smaller and toploading? SNES had a couple of versions too. Hell, Sega Genesis had so many versions its hard to count. The PS1 and PS2 have had multiple versions also. In fact, if you have a old launch version of the PS2, there was a certain period of time after that you couldnt play new games because they started coming out in Dual Layer and the launch PS2s didnt have a CD Drive capable of reading dual layer yet.

The only difference now is they are launching at the beginning these different skus, that mainly are very smiliar to each other.

Plus, nintendo is guilty of this now with the Wii too, just not with consoles. How many different types of controller layouts (im not talking about different between wired and wireless) do they have? And like cant some games only work with one controller layout and not the other? Also how many times have they release different versions of the same game, like different versions of pokemon or nintendogs, that are each totally different games(this i consider different from like limited edition versions, cuz those games are all the same, just with special features like on a DVD.) Everyone is guilty of releasing multiple versions of the same thing.

I dont see how its confusing to people either. Like when you look at the xbox, the main difference is just accessories. Either you get a core with just a wired controller, or you get a premium with wireless controller, and a ton of other shit, including a harddrive. PS3, either no bluetooth with smaller hard drive or bigger harddrive and bluetooth. I mean, besides the halo 3 version of the xbox, the main different between the units is accessories, and whether or not you want to bundle all those accessories with your xbox now, or spend a ton of money on them later. Same thing goes for the ps3.

those examples are way off.  those new versions of nes and snes came out very late in the life cycle, in fact the top loading nes was released in 1993, 2 years after the SNES came out and the price was $50.  Usually the reason they make a new versions is because there is a flaw in the hardware or it is less reliable or big.  However it is still the exact same system with the same features as the old one. 

Microsoft and Sony are putting in and taking out all kinds of stuff within 1 year of launch.  Sony is literally downgrading their system by taking out the EE then selling it at a higher price.  Stop playing games with us, just stick with one damn SKU.

edit:the new version of SNES came out in 1997, 6 years after launch in america and 7 years after in japan.