That's soo cute.

You're making a strawman argument in that nobody has specifically mentioned the avatar aspect of the Wii to be gimmicky. In fact, I will argue that the integration of individual, strong virtual identities has played a central role in Microsoft's (as well as everybody else's) online strategies. Microsoft gave gamers a sense of ownership of their identities through Achievement.



The "gimmick" argument in regard's to Nintendo's system has always revolved around the system's lack of competitive graphics and ridiculous controller that was promised to us to be the most innovative thing since 3d.



"It will be perfect for fps games!" Turns out it's not so perfect.



"You'll be able to use it like a lightsaber or sword!" Turns out that means, when you swing it, your character does a preprogrammed swing.



I've mentioned it before, but I'm not a big believer in motion-sensing gimmicks, and they really should be limited to what TrackIR does for simulation games, but, even so, it's not a necessity.



As for the appropriateness . When you sign up for LIVE, it's supposed to be rated for just about everybody. When you buy a game, it's rated for a specific age group and up. There really is a logical divide between what can be permitted in one and not another. The argument is akin to saying that violent movies are okay to show in preschool and kindergarten because as a society we are very violent.

i bet you have to pay for them

"Theres no limitations on Playstation Home"



WRONG!!!



The limitation is that you have to own the ps3 to use it.

You're an idiot sublime.

Home seems to be the only place where you can use your avatar in Sony's model. I've yet to see them used anywhere else really.

I better get them both for free, for completing Gears 1 and 2 campaigns on Insane mode.