I'm in the same boat as you Alcar-san...I was pretty upset about a year ago when the move to X-Box was made and my PS2 and I swore we'd never let a Devil Machine into our household...now I am going insane over the anticipation till I recieve my X-Box on X-Mas (I found the package it's wrapped in and practically my whole family chipped in on the tag, they don't know I know about it because I like to keep surprises).
Since I opted not to get a new computer for college because I'll be living in my basement and I got a scholorship I guess this is where my college fund is going to now (heh)...(hey I got a Job mainly for the X-Box so I sort of earned it...now I can buy presents for them
Anyhoo (back on topic) while I don't believe everything was done for PURE greed (in some minute ways money had to play a part since they didn't want to go out of business) but even if money was the reason I really don't care. Our world isn't perfect, and I enjoy the stories (first) and the awesome gameplay (second) of Oddworld so be it...
One of the major complaints/criticisms of the X-Box is that people say it's just a computer with a different processor. In fact
some of those people
desperately tried to convince me to just buy a G-something and wait for it to come out on computer. But those same people are people who are comfortable with computers and I'm not.
So anyway Lanning-san, if you somehow remotely hear about this topic, please know there are many of us who still appreciate what you and the other Inhabitants do and thank you for bringing a great story and a fun way to
waste spend our time. I look forward to an epic Oddworld movie someday in the theaters...