The only thing keeping me from purchasing this game is the static frame around the screen. Anyone else worry that it will result in screen burn-in after many hours of gameplay?

Screen burn-in is apparently a problem for CRT and plasma televisions, but LCD screens do not have this problem. I had heard this but hadn't found what I consider to be a credible source until I searched on the Sony site:

http://www.kb.sony.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=C216618&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_KNOWLEDGEARTICLES_1_1&dialogID=42248190&stateId=0%200%2042246557

So, I'll probably pick up this game. I love having relaxing games like Blow and Braid (how's that for a complimentary comparison) to play as a break from all the frenetic shooters.

 BWhiteNB5E wrote:

The only thing keeping me from purchasing this game is the static frame around the screen. Anyone else worry that it will result in screen burn-in after many hours of gameplay?

Looks like the game has been updated with transparency settings for the border, which should help to reduce the risk of burn-in.  It's nice to see improvements  to an already amazing game.  I had emailed David directly some months ago about this, nice to know that he is listening to the community.

Just found out about this myself.  So far, I have only been playing one round at a time, and I will set a fan and use the RB button to zoom out to see how the bubble reacts, instead of watching the preview path on full-screen.  Just something else you can do if you are concerned.