You can add me to the list of people that are waiting for revolution.
I always pickup Nintendo systems on launch and wait a year or two sometimes three before I buy other systems. Just got my PS2 6-months ago
and even then i thought i was paying too much for it
Bring on the revolution
oh, and AendarCallenlasse, dont be so quick to say that the next-gen consoles are soooo much more powefull than a computer. the 3-core (6 thread), and 9-core proccesors of the 360 and ps3 are a lot of fluff. Each of these \"cores\" is severly limited and crippled compared to a regular desktop CPU, so the idea is that by sticking 3 of these very limited cores together you can achieve a powerfull CPU with a lower manufacturing cost.
This is evidenced by the fact that the ps3\'s 9 cores are capable of about the same performance as the 360\'s 3 cores. each of the 9 cores in the cell processor is really not a core at all. Its function is better compared to the pixel pipelines from modern GPU\'s. Each of the nine cores can only effectively do one very specific, very limited task at a time, whereas a full-fledged CPU is much more flexible, and powerfull.
9 cores does not = 9 CPU\'s
3 cores does not = 3 CPU\'s
9 cores is not necesarily > than 3
3 cores is not necesarily > than 1
one real-world example of this would be a dog-sled pulled by 9 sled dogs. The sled pulled by 9 dogs is not neccesarily more powerfull than a snow-mobile with just one small engine.
What you end up with are systems that perform poorly unless they are running highly optimized code. This has seen and well documented. multi-core CPU\'s often perform worse than thier single core counterparts under these circumstances.
now im not saying that these arent great pieces of hardware. They are some good powerfull machines, but dont let the PR guys fool you. The PS3 is not going to replace the supercomputer as we know it, an the 360 will not swallow the uindustry whole.
