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Will Microsoft's choices to not include HD-DVD or a hard drive, affect the end result or outcome of game development on the PS3.  That is the question that I have. Obviously this is hypothetical and arguable until such time in the future that games start becoming more exclusive because of this fact or that there is a dominant winner  between the 360 and the PS3.  Just for clarity, I consider the Wii in a league of its own.

The time to upgrade to a newer, faster PC that is!  If you haven't read my previous article "Why wait longer to build a new system?", read that bugger before moving on to this one.  Just scanning through the usual list of "happenings", I noticed the stars beginning to align themselves in what will be a great era for PC gaming.

So you have an ancient gaming rig, that's struggling to run flash games from yahoo and you are thinking about upgrading to a nice Core2Duo/Athlon X2 2.4Ghz or something CPU with some fast Corsair/OCZ DDR2 Memory on that nForce 650i/a motherboard and drop in a bombing 8800 series PCI-Express video card....
If you did that you could get a screaming rig for pennies...And it would definitely do justice to the likes of BioShock and maybe even Call of Duty 4.  But that rig won't last more than a few months before it becomes an out-dated gaming rig.  If you are the "late adopter" buyer that gets the best bang for the buck at the end of the life-cycle of a killer product then, don't let me hold you back.  But if you are waiting for the next best thing and once everything is out and you want to pick the winner, now is a bit too soon (or late rather).  Let me tell you why I think it's too soon.