Things I read on the forum about Pleo

Since my Pleo is not here yet, I have been avidly reading people's plogs and the forum. Most things said about Pleo are positive. Some are negative, including Pleo sleeps a lot when there is no interaction, Pleo does not walk around very much. Since I imagine my relationship with Pleo will mainly be petting and cuddling, the comments do not worry me very much. But recently, I have read two posts that got me a bit concerned: One is some people say that Pleo is too predictable, after playing tug of war, he does this... after you hold him, he does this...Too predictable is the opposite of real, which gets me a bit worried. Another one is some people saying on the forum that the reason there is no extra batteries for Pleo is if there were extra batteries, people may find out Pleo is currently too limited and get bored with it more quickly. So the extra batteries will come with the life OS update. This must mean that the current Pleo is boring and will not keep people interested for very long. For me, I think the current Pleo is still one of a kind. I have always wanted a robot that gives me love and companionship without adding too much responsibility, and $350 is worth it, even without the future life OS update. I hope I don't change my mind when I have my Pleo.

Posted December 28 at 13:16 PM