As Microsoft and Sony start to hype and counter-hype their next-gen consoles upon us, it's easy to become dazzled by the promise of fantastic sounding features.
CNN's Money column has a good article suggesting we come back to reality and realise that some of the promises and feature details of the PS3 and X360 may never materialise, and that we need only look at the launches of the PS2 and original XBox to see a pattern of empty hype:
The PlayStation 2 was going to offer AOL Instant Messaging and have characters whose facial expressions were incredibly lifelike as they progressed through the game. AIM and PS2 were never again spoken in the same sentence
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Gates, meanwhile, told gamers they would be able to download trial versions of games to their Xbox's hard drive to help them decide whether to buy a retail copy. The same promise is being made with Xbox 360.
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