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Anyone buy the Xbox 360?
Don Breezio:
--- Quote from: T-Dogg on November 23, 2005, 01:11:07 AM ---Man I'd sure like one... Problem is they're expensive as FUCK. The price on the tag is so big it isn't even funny.
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its no more expensive than any other console ever has been....think about it...the core console is 299.95...almost every console has been that much or more...even my mom paid that in 1985 for my NES. I paid that for my N64, sega genesis, sega saturn, ps2 and i would've paid that for my xbox if it wasn't for the fact that my roommate was moving, needed a new phone before he moved...and i happened to have a motorola razr that i didnt need...
either way the core console is a great price and so is the pro console or whatever its called....it comes with a harddrive, wireless controller, and remote control....if you were to buy those things it would cost well over the 100.00 difference in price between the 2 packs
Trauma-san:
--- Quote from: Overseer on November 23, 2005, 12:24:40 AM ---trauma.. you're slightly cynical.. lol..
microsoft are doing a world first there. they're pushing the console in every single territory at the same time.. no one every dropped a console in the US, Japan and Europe at the same time.. they know they're gonna run out and yes.. maybe that "influencer" thing is a part of it.. but microsoft's line is that they want everyone to have it at the same time and not have Japan having it for months and then the US,.. and then europe.. it makes everyone feel important and "the first".. these "influencers" arent just the first in your country or your area.. but the among first in the whole wide world.. now thats big
so according to them.. fact is there arent enough consoles made to sell. but they're rather do it this way than swamp several markets at once.
and about timing ... u know last xmas.. it was all about the crystal xboxs.. they were in short supply and running out and people were scrambling to get them... ;)
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So in otherwords, you agree with EVERYTHING I SAID !
Trauma-san:
--- Quote from: Luke on November 23, 2005, 02:45:49 AM ---
--- Quote from: T-Dogg on November 23, 2005, 01:11:07 AM ---Man I'd sure like one... Problem is they're expensive as FUCK. The price on the tag is so big it isn't even funny.
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its no more expensive than any other console ever has been....think about it...the core console is 299.95...almost every console has been that much or more...even my mom paid that in 1985 for my NES. I paid that for my N64, sega genesis, sega saturn, ps2 and i would've paid that for my xbox if it wasn't for the fact that my roommate was moving, needed a new phone before he moved...and i happened to have a motorola razr that i didnt need...
either way the core console is a great price and so is the pro console or whatever its called....it comes with a harddrive, wireless controller, and remote control....if you were to buy those things it would cost well over the 100.00 difference in price between the 2 packs
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I dunno man. I don't agree, I think the 299 is pretty fuckin' high for a stripped system with no game. When you bought all your examples above (I'm not even sure you're right on the price on all of them) they had games, two controllers, etc. and were the 'premium' package, which is what Xbox has for 399.
I just checked some prices, the Nintendo 64 was $199 at launch, so you got screwed wherever you bought yours.
The Gamecube was 199 at launch.
The Super Nintendo was 200 at launch.
The Sega Genesis was 200 at launch in New York, then launched us wide slightly after for 190.
Saturn was initially 400 then dropped to 300.
PS2 and Xbox were of course 299.
MIC:
--- Quote from: I Want My Donation Back on November 23, 2005, 06:44:27 AM ---
--- Quote from: Luke on November 23, 2005, 02:45:49 AM ---
--- Quote from: T-Dogg on November 23, 2005, 01:11:07 AM ---Man I'd sure like one... Problem is they're expensive as FUCK. The price on the tag is so big it isn't even funny.
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its no more expensive than any other console ever has been....think about it...the core console is 299.95...almost every console has been that much or more...even my mom paid that in 1985 for my NES. I paid that for my N64, sega genesis, sega saturn, ps2 and i would've paid that for my xbox if it wasn't for the fact that my roommate was moving, needed a new phone before he moved...and i happened to have a motorola razr that i didnt need...
either way the core console is a great price and so is the pro console or whatever its called....it comes with a harddrive, wireless controller, and remote control....if you were to buy those things it would cost well over the 100.00 difference in price between the 2 packs
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I dunno man. I don't agree, I think the 299 is pretty fuckin' high for a stripped system with no game. When you bought all your examples above (I'm not even sure you're right on the price on all of them) they had games, two controllers, etc. and were the 'premium' package, which is what Xbox has for 399.
I just checked some prices, the Nintendo 64 was $199 at launch, so you got screwed wherever you bought yours.
The Gamecube was 199 at launch.
The Super Nintendo was 200 at launch.
The Sega Genesis was 200 at launch in New York, then launched us wide slightly after for 190.
Saturn was initially 400 then dropped to 300.
PS2 and Xbox were of course 299.
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So basically you're saying that 'stripped' PS2 on launch day cost the same as 'stripped' x360 today. Where's the difference?
And if you take inflation into account, it's even a little cheaper.
Trauma-san:
I guess you have a point, but I'll add a couple things.
1. I didn't buy a ps2, either, because of the initial price. I eventually got mine used for 50 bucks.
2. I didn't buy an Xbox, either, because of the initial price. I eventually got mine used for 75 bucks.
3. I'm not really bitching about the Xbox in particular, because I've already said several times I'd buy a 360 way before I'd buy a PS3, which is going to be considerably more expensive. I'm just bitching I guess about paying 299 or 399 for a system, makes no sense to me... I'm not your average gamer though, so what do I know. I would imagine though, that the PS3 is going to get hurt by it's much larger price tag.
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