Anyone going to stand in line for this thing? Just wondering

[ElPolloDiabl]

Yeah I'll stand in line just so I can yell out, "Amiga FTW. Down with Microsucks!"

[ElPolloDiabl]

Does anyone know what speed the screen is? 2ms? 5ms?
I have no trouble reading on a 2ms/75hz refresh screen, but an 8ms screen is shocking.
I still wouldn't get one though without at least 250GB of storgae in it. It would be cool to rip all your movies onto it.

[ElPolloDiabl]

You don't have to defend it, the iPhone (must also include iPod touch) is officially in 2nd place behind the Nintendo DS.

The risk is that games will be further dumbed down to accommodate people who only have touchscreen interface. Consoles have already made some PC games frustrating to play because they removed the mouse based control.

It's easy to fix... the software companies should force people to buy a trackball or gamepad peripheral in order to play. It's a PC and also Amiga tradition of forcing someone to upgrade in order to play your new bells & whistles game.

[ElPolloDiabl]

I am willing to guarantee that at this very moment, as I type this post, more people are playing Bejewelled than there are people who will ever play Crysis in the history of the human civilization.

I agree with this statement, I have heaps of fun playing pictionary or artillery games where you get to chat with people at the same time. Also It would depend on the age group, oldies play the strategy games the younger ones play shooters.
Somebody needs to do a marketing study I think, it might improve things.