Over priced video game systems
doopitydoop @ Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:32 pm
i think that the video game systems are over priced for what they do.
think of it like this we pay like 550$ for a xbox360 and all it does is let us press buttons and play virtual games
American @ Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:45 pm
You didn't know that before you bought it? What else do you want them to do?
Tman1 @ Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:47 pm
Don't buy it then.
xerxes @ Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:16 pm
Exactly. The reeason the next-gen system are so exspensive is becuase of their online features.
Just do what I do. Wait a year until the kinks are worked out and they come down in price. In the interim, mooch of your richer friends.
Canadaka @ Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:06 pm
actualy you are comnpletly wrong!!!!!!!!!!!
First off the XBOX 360 is not $550
second consoles are much cheaper than Computers, specaily when you compare specs, to buy a computer with the same tech spec as a Xbox, ps2, 360, gamecube. any of them would cost WAAAAY more than these consoles do.
Plus the Xbox 360 does way more than just games, it is a full Media Center, which if you were to goto futureshop and buy costs $2000. The new consols also have online arcade and card games.
I dont think consoles are overpriced at all most sell at a lost actualy. Microsoft sold every Xbox at a loss. Of course the price is a little high when they first come out, this is the same for anything!
doopitydoop @ Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:52 pm
Yesyour right canadaka ....buuuuut now since game consoles are improved and server more entertainment its moire reasonable...I guess.
Snow @ Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:36 pm
Well you could pay the $500 or pay full price which is about $1000 because companies don't make any money on their systems, just the software, they actually lose money on them.
doopitydoop @ Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:54 pm
by the way why are there these wierd advertisments there on the right?
bossdog @ Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:31 pm
I love the concept of the PSP but I must say, it's too rich for my blood. If I could hook it up to my TV, I might trade in my XBOX for it!
Actually, that's taking it a bit far...lol
Snow @ Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:33 pm
too bad the psp doesn't have that many games for it at the moment, but it's starting to ramp up.
bossdog @ Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:42 pm
I love the idea in the new firmware that includes WiFi internet browsing.
camerontech @ Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:07 pm
can't wait for the PS3, even though i won't buy it for a couple years, odds are one of my rich roomates will get it the day it comes out, same with the xbox360.
doopitydoop @ Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:33 am
lol as i said .. there pretty expensive
CanadianHeat @ Sat Oct 15, 2005 10:00 am
I don't know about you guys but i still play the best system. The super Nintendo. I remember the day it first came out and i played it. I laughed at my Vectrex (really old system with its own screen but still awesome) and my Atari 2600 and i still Play Super nintendo everyday. Games like:
Super Street Fighter
Mortal Kombat
Donkey Kong
Super Mario World
Super Mario Allstars
ZELDA: A LINK TO THE PAST
Just to name a few classics