Comments on: The Late Adopter

By: Joey

Joey — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 05:49:05 +0000

I have all 3 of these, Too!

By: Hammid

Hammid — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:46:51 +0000

You had me right up until the end. New features are exactly why one SHOULD be an early adopter. I was perfectly happy with my iPhone 3GS until that darn Steve Jobs went and demonstrated FaceTime on the iPhone 4. I recognized the significance of FaceTime and how it would affect my life, so I purchased the iPhone 4 immediately after launch. I now use FaceTime everyday and can not imagine life without it. :-)

By: Daniel Owen

Daniel Owen — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:35:29 +0000

You see, where it all falls down is when you have friends…

I don’t often get to play games these days, but when I do it’s normally COD or Fifa. Recently mainly COD, I could have bought an old COD game, and no doubt it would be good, but would any of my friends be playing? Nope.

So don’t early adopt, or late adopt; adopt at the pace your friends adopt :)

By: UnderScore

UnderScore — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:54:01 +0000

“I consider late adopters idiots and don’t associate with them.”

That is funny because I consider idiots who give a damn about being early adopters or late adopters as requirements for intelligence idiots.

By: sam

sam — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:06:23 +0000

playing games like gt4 and GOW2 now feel nostalgic complared to whats available. but im also alot older and have moved on, so quite frankly i like my older ps2 games better because i cared alot more about the release dates and was there to experience them. however maybe im just suprised you can still buy these units brand new. i own an xbox360 as my entertainment box, but will be switching it for the ps3 once it gets rrod again so i can play gt5 and GOW3

By: sam

sam — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:05:09 +0000

playing games like gt4 and GOW2 now feel nostalgic complared to whats available. but im also alot older and have moved on, so quite frankly i like my older ps2 games better because i was cared alot more about the release dates and was there to experience them. however maybe im just suprised you can still buy these units brand new. i own an xbox360 as my entertainment box, but will be switching it for the ps3 once it gets rrod again so i can play gt5 and GOW3

By: Emp

Emp — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 01:26:41 +0000

Exactly . Those ps3 games as new are do expensive , i usually always wait them to drop to a quarter of the original price. Already owning 15 games for it after a about 1,5 years of owning a ps3

By: Johnnt

Johnnt — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:30:59 +0000

Great article, Berne!

Makeitreal: Suggestion: early adopt a life! ;)

By: The Gremlin

The Gremlin — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:25:17 +0000

That’s exactly the place I’ve been for the last five years. I usually carry a lag of about a year on my gaming purchases. Haven’t paid more than $20 for a game in a long time. The thing is, once you build your lag, you can always count on a AAA game hitting your price point by the time you run out of things to play (unless its a Nintendo title, those never come down in price). Think of it as your “launch”, a game launches for me when it hits $20. If you haven’t played the game, its new to you, and just as fun as it was for early adopters the year before.

The dark side of this strategy is that if everyone started doing it, the industry would go broke. Fortunately I don’t think that’s going to happen.

Now excuse me as I go and finish Banjo Kazzoie Nuts and Bolts, which I got for $10 a couple of weeks ago.

By: Makeitreal

Makeitreal — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:44:31 +0000

Moronic. The latest greatest stuff is fun for some people. I consider late adopters idiots and don’t associate with them. Atari is exactly what I see in my head when I hear someone dosen’t have an iPad or tries to explain why a new product isn’t worth an upgrade.

By: Wuss

Wuss — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:47:31 +0000

I’m sorry, I didn’t even read your article yet, but I saw the title, and saw the pic of an Atari, and I lol’ed.