Ha, that happened to me when I was in Japan and was playing Virtua Fighter 3, except I was dominated by this mid-30's salary woman

This leaves us at an impasse, your three articles use the same source (IHS), my article from the Wall Street Journal quotes Techinsights. It should be noted that Techinsights has the advantage in this field as it is their specialty. I will also point out that Forbes uses the Techinsighs estimate as well.

First of all, I said gross, which only includes the parts cost of the console (though technically including parts cost isn't gross, I should have clarified that); if I was factoring net, then that would include subtracting R&D and shipping and handling, but also including tie ratio of games, subscriptions to…

Actually, this time neither PS4 or XB1 are loss leads, grossing $61 and $82 respectively at the $400 price point.

Um... the XBox One at $400 was grossing $82 per unit. On the other hand, the PS4 at the same price point was grossing $61 as of November 2013 (not including controllers on either unit)...

I'll state outright I'm a moderate that leans left, and I don't know anywhere near enough of your economics and politics to make an intelligent statement. From the sounds of it, though, it seems a lot like the situation here in the US. Obama has been relatively successful considering the constant obstruction he's…

Seriously, you guys are making me feel SO much better about the political situation here in the U.S.; intellectually I knew other countries go through the same shit, but to see it mirrored so... precisely...

As an American, I find your current discussion oddly comforting...

Restraining orders are judges ways of saying you need to practice your stealth skills...

Yes, this is why Japan still sells record numbers of CDs (1000kps) compared to digital downloads (320 kps MP3s), despite the digital downloads being immensely cheaper (cds run around $30-60, single MP3 is approx $2)

Headphones with sloppy bass, no mid range, and moderate high range, from a 192-320kps mp3, via even moreso compressed via bluetooth (and just for shit and giggles, the mp3s were stripped from youtube), after it had been normalized by the producer...

You do realize your personal opinions mean nothing in the grand scheme of things, right?

Guy, please don't... well, I guess it's too late now, but try to refrain from this in the future :\

Easy, more efficient! We don't have to deal with that preposition bullshit, we just say December 27, 2014; forget that 27 of December crap! No wasting time with an extra syllable!

Each person starring the comment did it with one hand while clutching their pearls in the other...

Wal-Mart, Target, and Best Buy at least aren't going to stop you from looking through it in the store if you've already purchased it (particularly if it's been refurbished or repackaged). In fact, I encouraged it when I worked retail because it was easier to do the trade out and salvage instead of getting called later…

When I worked in retail, I always, ALWAYS suggested inspecting the contents in the store refurbished or repackaged item, primarily to ensure all the cables and such were there and there was no additional damage ( I remember one PS3 having the USB port bent at a weird entry). In fact, for anything of value, I don't see…

Turn based and menu driven gameplay is the primary reason I've never been interested ;p

First time I've ever been even interested in a FF game!

As I'm enjoying the four games I got in the last 3 months, two of them being Fantasia and Dance Central Spotlight, while I also have Disney Infinity 2.0 and Shadow of Mordor. Prior to that the games I have are AC: Black Flag (to which, I'm one of the few people who actually didn't like it, not a fan of the sailing)…