Millennium on 10 September 2009
The reason the Slim didn't move software is simple: most of the first week's sales were from previous PS3 owners trading up to the latest-and-greatest. They already have the games they want, and so they didn't need to buy more.
This is not to say that the entire boost is from such trade-ups: the software sales did indeed go up about 20% over the usual growth curve, and that likely reflects the new customers.
Complexity is not depth. Machismo is not maturity. Obsession is not dedication. Tedium is not challenge. Support gaming: support the Wii.
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What do I hate about modern gaming? I hate tedium replacing challenge, complexity replacing depth, and domination replacing entertainment. I hate the outsourcing of mechanics to physics textbooks, art direction to photocopiers, and story to cheap Hollywood screenwriters. I hate the confusion of obsession with dedication, style with substance, new with gimmicky, old with obsolete, new with evolutionary, and old with time-tested.
There is much to hate about modern gaming. That is why I support the Wii.
There is much to hate about modern gaming. That is why I support the Wii.
