The only difference between men and boys is the size of their toys.

Think of the Ferraris, yachts and private jets owned by millionaires. You honestly think these AREN'T toys?

Horrible.

First of all, $300 is not expensive for a video game system.  NES cost $200, Atari cost $200, Intellivision cost $300.  When you factor in inflation and $300 isnt costly at all, if not cheaper.

Secondly, catering to an adult audience will not hurt Microsoft and Sony at all because the younger audience that is attracted to Wii, DS, and the like will eventually grow into Micrsoft and Sony's target market if they aren't already brought into gaming through the systems already.  To think that one day kids wont want video games because XBox 360 and PS3 didnt cater is kinda silly.

Theres a truth on the video you know, since its also happening in our beloved anime scene, YEAH, its still popular but is it that popular on the west that most people reading mangas instead of comic books or Harry Potter books? Or any reading materials for that matter? In Japan it is, I doubt the US.

I mean, are new anime lover a.k.a. the teens "the kids" still remembers Evangelion, Samurai X, Cowboy Bebop, Card Captor Sakura, etc...? Of course not, because its not as mainstream as Yu Gi Oh, Naruto, Bleach, Pokemon, Digimon and the likes...

Before animes are cool, its a medium for us mature audience to appreciate animation not to brand as we're acting like a child. NOW... its only a excuse to watch spiky characters with ridicolous plots and logic and fangirls watch emo guys without social interaction and drooling over them...

Before, from 1998 to early 00's animes are booming, there are more variety Gundam W, Evangelion, Serial Experiment Lain, DBZ, Sailor Moon, Ranma 1/2, Samurai X, Card Captor Sakura, etc... Now that the older fans of animes are into other things like families and jobs, now animes are becoming mediocre stories turned into filler eps and emo stories and flashbacks nobody cares about.

I still like animes I still do, but animes arent the way they used to...

Opinions are nice, though useless, and Im not wasting 10 minutes of my free time on this. Wrap up the jist of it into a post?

^^This guy makes a lot of sense, watch it instead.

First I was like of course, another Wii bashing video. Then I watched (thank you Soriku for your comment, I was confused when I heard you agreed with it) AND I TOTALLY AGREE! Going into my sig...

PS3 is an adult toy ;)
Seriously though, that was pretty good. I don't really care what happens in the long run though, as I can sense that I am already losing some interest in gaming, and I am still a teenager. I like childish games less, and ultraviolent and ultra sexual games disgust me, so...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByPcQBveWOA&feature=related

I prefer this one, btw.

Some thoughts.

First of all, I like this guy. The work he is doing reminds me of stuff I did in high school (slides to songs in the pre-MTV (at least where I lived) era).

Second, professional sports is asking the same question about renewing fans, especially given the ticket cost.

Third, the comments about corporate profits concerns are real. Remember that Sony has said no price drop because it does not want to loose its shirt with the PS3 hardware.

OK. So maybe the arguments can be simplistic and maybe people can come up with counter-examples. But just remember at E3, both Sony and Microsoft were big into how their game consoles played downloaded movies while -- for better or worse -- Nintendo talked about games for everyone.

Mike from Morgantown

I've watch it again with some of his other videos and their really good.