i go way back to the Riva TNT2 and voodoo2 days. i bought a top of the line voodoo2 the day it came out back in 1998. cost me $299. these days a top of the line card is $500 or more and it sucks enough electricity to power a small town.
x-box 360 cost me $299 same as my PS3. i can also use each one to watch media on my tv without the hassle of doing it on the PC which is usually in the opposite side of the house or room. the games are usually the same which means that the gameplay experience is the same. most people won't spend the money just for the graphics card. the "gamer" is now a 40 year old person that plays Cityville on facebook. not a nerd playing Doom, command and conquer or starcraft on their PC
That's not bad. I go back to the Matrox Mystique and Millennium days. I bought the first 4mb voodoo 1 passthrough card a few days after they came out for almost $400. Let me tell you, no upgrade since has ever made me squee as much as firing up Quake2 and selecting the voodoo 3dfx renderer for the first time. I shat myself.
"If it's not loud, it doesn't work!" -- Blank Reg, from "Max Headroom"
