[Bubble #5]

Originally Posted by Boofo

I don't put a whole lot of stock in stats anyway, as they are usually doctored one way or the other.

These has all been certified and no one from either side has ever disputed them.

What I find odd is that the Wii is blowing away the PS3 in sales, and yet the Wii has the worst resolution of any gaming console, has the least amount of memory, the least options, the worst GPU, the smallest CPU, the least amount of I/O, and isn't even HDTV compatible. In-fact when you do a side by side comparison the Wii really sucks as modern gaming consoles go. Yet it's blowing the doors off of the PS3 in sales. Conclusion; Hyping a product with advertising works

Kinect is like the iPad. It is the top of the line right now but as with the iPad, others are catching up and passing it.

I know of nothing that has passed the iPad per se, but there are more generic tablets being sold cheaper, and there is no tech even close to the Kinect - so no other products to even compare it with. I think that not only is Kinect going to be a real game changer (pun intended) but it will change gaming consoles forever as Kinect is used for more things than just gaming. I wouldn't say that MS got lucky with Kinect, as they spent millions developing it. Now that they know they have a real cash cow on their hands they will be developing the next generation and this tech will be used for things we can only imagine today.

I found this interesting in the link you posted

...but wait, I though you didn't like stats

I saw those too iFixit has a bigger heatsink which seems to keep the heat issues at bay on the 360, but they try to force people to buy tools along with it so they can keep it. MS has no excuse for that many defective units. It should be closer to what the Wii offers.