I had to put money aside for several months to be able to get Skyrim. I'm a poor college student, $60 is a lot when you barely have enough money to afford food and school at one time.
My computer (which can only play it on minimum settings), is barely good enough to play it, but it's a PC, so I guess it doesn't apply to me, but we have a SDTV. And no, I can't afford a HDTV. The only consoles I own are a PS2 and Wii, both of those were puchased after they had been out for several years and the price had gone down into the $100-ish range, the PS3 in our house is my housemate's.
Not everyone can throw down $250 for a TV when the current SDTV works fine. I'd rather eat, personally. $250
is absurdly expensive for many of us.