Microsoft
I have enjoyed my Xbox. Great network play in college with Halo, excellent games like Kotor, Fable, Jade Empire, and Psychonauts (which yes, I bought when it came out), and the final stage of being the primary DVD player. I would love to buy an Xbox 360, for wireless controllers, media center functions, and great games. Except I won’t because of your horrid failure rates. It has been almost 3 years since the console hit the market, and STILL buying one of those console is playing russian roulette, and I LIKE roulette. Looks like I’m going to be waiting for the next generation of your console, (with a 2 year wait time after release to watch for issues, like I did with the original xbox).
Nintendo
My former roommate had a Wii shortly after it’s release. A bit misguided about multi-player and the true power of having a networked device under the TV, still a excellent platform and I would love to own one. Except I can’t find one. I refuse to pay more then MSRP, camp out for it, or buy it in a bundle. I can’t order one from Amazon, I can’t walk into Target or BestBuy to pick one up. What is wrong? It’s been 2 years!
Summary
I’m a male 18-25, with the income of an established software engineer. I have the money to spend, I have the desire to spend, but I can’t. What sort of business model is this?