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To: bobs10 who wrote (218407)	12/1/2006 10:01:59 AM
From: paarl99	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Personally, the way I look at it there isn't enough room in Dodge City for both gaming machines and PCs as they're redundant. Either game machines become PCs or PCs become gaming machines. This was part of my thinking when I got back into AMD on the ATI merger news. To me gaming machines will have a very difficult time competing with PCs especially as PC prices continue to plunge and decent integrated graphics become incorporated with the CPU. It's hard to see how game makers can begin to compete with PCs on a cost basis. ////////////////////////// I agree....I am not a gamer but I will not buy my step grandson a gamer on top of the first rate PC he has....cannot see the majority of parents getting both for kids at home... Paarl

To: bobs10 who wrote (218407)	12/1/2006 7:03:58 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Bobs, To me gaming machines will have a very difficult time competing with PCs especially as PC prices continue to plunge and decent integrated graphics become incorporated with the CPU. It's hard to see how game makers can begin to compete with PCs on a cost basis. I think the consoles, being totally idiot proof, have certain advantages. Also, the approach of paying little for razor blade holder, and charging more for the replacement razor blades is appealing to certain demographics. As far as prices, the cheap PCs have integrated graphics, which really stinks for playing games. Yet another variable is that for the lower economic echelons, the TV is their life, they invest a lot of their money in ok TVs, and if you plug a console to a good TV, you get good picture quality. OTOH, if you take a cheap PC with integrated graphics, plugged into a cheap monitor, the outcome is not that great. So the PC does not have the console beat just yet. Encouraging sign here is the next get integrated graphics from ATI, that is going to raise the bar for integrated graphics to a new level. Anothe good thing is that AMD owns it now, and good integrated graphics may be a tool for AMD to compete in some markets. Joe