Bill, could you and I be at opposite ends of the spectrum any more? I guess that's a boon to Armchair Arcade.

"To me, picking these systems up AFTER their effective commercial lives is missing out on some of the fun. These consoles are at their greatest when they're on top and everyone is playing them."

How does that make a game better if "everyone is playing it" or not? I can see like, a multiplayer game being easier to play, or an MMO, but *better*? I used to work at Gamestop and much to the chagrin of management I would always tell customers: "Games don't get worse; they only get cheaper." I believe this is true. Madden '93 is just as good today as it was in 1993. How could it not be? It is 100% exactly the same game as it was then.