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[venta]

Those of you who know me may be immensely surprised to hear that I was greatly looking forward to the launch of the PS3. Here's why...

Some time ago, the hype for the forthcoming console from Sony described how the user was expected not to stack the shiny black box away, but display it proudly. To encourage non-stackability, the sides of the console would be convex.

The press from M$ was remarkably similar. The sleek white box would not be stackable, because it would have concave sides.

You can see where I'm going with this, can't you ?

Well, I tried it at the weekend. They don't. Not even a little bit.

Pah. I've lost all interest in next-generation consoles now.

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[marjory.livejournal.com]

Just to be endlessly exciting, we ended up forking out for a stand for our PS2, on the grounds that keeping it stacked meant that more of it got dusty sooner, which was not a great addition to our leisure time, having to seriously dust the bugger any time we wanted to play. It works... better...

As we forked out 12.99 Euros to destack our console (the stand involves a round piece of plastic and a screw; oh, the technology!), my suspicion is that soon one will be able to buy conversion kits/stands for PS3 and XBox 360 just to make them stackable, each one lovingly fashioned by a Taiwanese craftsman.