Instead of making the manufacturers print a unique card for each device, how about people change their credentials and print their own cards? Complex machenery in secure locations can be well served by a laminated card with the credentials printed on it.

Generally speaking "retro gaming" covers any generation of hardware not currently sold by big-box retail. PS1 is pretty firmly retro and even the PS2 is starting to be so. You're getting old. It sucks.

You said you gave a couple to the church? Ask the pastor. Church pastors, even if they don't know anything about technology, are very connected to the community and will know who needs them the most. In my hometown the computer giveaway charity is run through the Methodist church and the rest of the pastors know to ask there if they have a family in need. Alternatively, if you're in Eastern WA I'll take them for the above charity.

Yes, that's the only reason. It's not that the Cell processor was a non-starter and extremely difficult to code for, it's not that Sony is trying to reduce the cost of hardware manufacture and software development, and it's sure as hell not to make ports of PC or Xbox-centric games easier. It's so they can resell games. Yes, they can emulate the PS3. I'm sure emulating a 9-core processor on an 8-core processor will work perfectly at full speed with no sync issues! Or they can include the PS3 hardware and jack the price up by another $250. That will go over well with consumers! You have the option of buying a backwards-compatable PS4. I simply refer to it as "A PS4, PS3, and a roll of duct tape." Toe-MAY-toe, toe-MAH-toe, right?

Hell, I'm young without medical problems and I get the same thing. It's not just for old people any more!

>Remember: Not even the iPod had WiFi until recently.

Therefore, Ipod = lame. QED.