I disagree with his assessment of the console lifecycle.<p>I bought an XBox 360 and a PS 3 at dirt cheap prices around the time the 1 and the 4 came out and these are both great values,  still going strong,  etc.  Today I am starting to want to play Yakuza 6 and the new Hyperdimension Neptunia game but I can save that for later.<p>The technological story is that (i) console APUs are in a state of technological improvement but that PCs are not (i.e. Intel is obsessed with making a notebook computer that can fit under the door at a hotel and not with improving any product attributes that matter) and (ii) no way Sony can Nintendo get ahead with a more powerful console.