Well my brother just got a 500 GB for that price but whatever.  However still for them to be that cheap for PC you would think there would at least be some corrolation in price for the 360 ones.  I mean they can't be that much more special than them.  All I'm asking for is to be brought down to $50 for the 60 GB.  Is that really too much too ask.

I'm not disagreeing with you about wanting them to come down in price, because trust me, I want them to get cheaper too.  I was simply correcting the 500gb price you mentioned.  You can actually get heft sized HDD for the 360 fairly cheaply on eBay.  So we aren't compeletly off base from one another, I like cheap HDDs too! :D

Hmm maybe I'll look for a 60 GB one online then. I mean my 20 GB just doesn't get the job done so I need a larger harddrive.

I know what you mean.  I still have my original 20gb, and I was thinking about giving it to my 7-year old kid and upgrading to a 60gb myself, but I'm a cheap bastard really and never buy anything unless it's on clearance. :)

The big difference between the "overpriced" Wii and the "overpriced" 360 HDD and WiFi is that the vast majority of people want a Wii compared to the other two items.

No 360 WiFi built in is a pain, especially now since COMMUNITY GAMES purchased cannot be played unless one is online.

2009 is going to be a pivotal year for the 360, as Microsoft has to choose between the lucrative "nickel and diming" of the hardcore fanboys and the "ease of use" the mass market requires.  (Most people aren't going to go out and hunt down a old XBOX bridge.)

Things Microsoft need to do:

 - free up the HDD for video storage.  As is, I must use a connected PC for storage  (artificial problem)

 - include WiFi

 - allow off the shelf HDD's

 - allow a wider range of video bitrates for video playback

 - allow purchased COMMUNITY GAMES be played while not online

 - use a weaker spring on the USB port cover  (it pushes quite hard on USB sticks, I will be fixing this myself once my warranty expires)

BTW, I bought a 320 GB SATA 2.5" drive about two months ago for $93 at retail.  There is no justification for a $100 60GB drive. 

I wish the 360 proponents would praise its good points but criticize its weaknesses more.  If the early adopters did not accept RRoD, etc so easily, Microsoft would have been forced onto a better position now. 

if it pleases you:

artificial Wii weaknesses:

 - can't play games from the SD card

'artificial' PS3 weaknesses:

 - price

Yeah the wi-fi connector is horribly over priced but I just bought a 10m long ethernet cable for pennies.

What they should stop charging for is xbox live. I dont play online that much so Im not going to pay for it. Its peer to peer gaming anyways so its a bit rich charging for it. All the money they make through market place should justify making live free.

^^^ Accept there is nothing artificial about the PS3s price. It costs $400 for an entry level console because it costs even more than that to make. Sony can't afford to drop it more now, so there is nothing artificial about that.

It does suck that the PS3 doesn't come with component/HDMI cables, but neither will set you back 100 dollars.

>_>

Locking this because it's really annoying when people post IN ALL CAPS LIKE THIS. Please don't do that. Not in the title, and not in the "content."