Flash's core premise has always been 'low bandwidth, high CPU'. It was invented as FutureSplash back in the 28.8 modem days so this was a great asset until the generation of mobile phones with high-end browsers. I imagine that Flash on a mobile device will be awesome as soon as battery-life increases to compensate, but by then we will have all moved on.

For Apple it worked because part of their marketing problem was an affiliated retail channel that was actively damaging their brand with poor service and limited supply.

You are absolutely wrong.

One and a half Gamecubes, at most.

Dude, I went to http://www.tempura.org/ and it didn't have anything to do with Microsoft.

"Flaunt"? Will it come with a perspex case, so when you turn it over ... BAM, you get an eyeful of A8 CPU?

I guess if you've got it...

Dude, you sound like you'd love a DS right now.

Am I the only one who read that as "given the panties involved"?

And you don't want to know what an Australian fanny is.

I don't know why people keep bagging Ewoks. When I was a kid, I didn't think the were out of place. Now, my kids love them - I'm pretty sure they view them they same way I did (as 'fact', and not as a merchandising opportunity).

I absolutely love 80s-era Cray-level CGI - TRON, Last Starfighter etc. Like you say, it takes me back.

Perhaps it's because the graphics are nowhere near the uncanny valley? And because of that, they can be viewed as art, instead of ultra-realism?

A man can be killed. But an idea ....

For real? I vote Australia leaves the Commonwealth for the EU now!

I think you're right, but I'm really really enjoying playing console ports at 1920 x 1200, maximum settings and AA @ 60fps (see GTA4, Burnout Paradise, Mass Effect, Dirt 2 etc etc). It almost makes my $400 graphics card worth the money.

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Why would Sony introduce a PS4 while the PS2 is still selling? For crying out loud, GT5 only just came out! That would have to mean GT6 would be a "launch" title for the PS4 (e.g. 4 years after launch).

At the moment, the PS3 is the one console that is yet to be pushed to its limits. The other two are very close already, with little room to improve.

I actually think the end of a generation is where the best games are released: Metal Gear Solid 3, God of War I & II. It seems a shame to drop an entire knowledge-base and shift to a new platform (as we all knkow Sony would do). Then it would take another 4 years before the machine's limits could be properly exploited.

So, what we need right now is a "0.5" generation, all new fully backward-compatible machines, but with extra horsepower to keep up with PC hardware. But it seems Nintendo is the only one concerned with compatibility.