2010 = Magical $199 Price point on all three consoles

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Sansui said:

God said:
Does live still charge, does the elite still not have wifi? Sony easily offers the best hardware if all systems are at an equal price, and they'll likely have the most great games by that point.

 

If you want to talk about cost of ownership and add it to a console's price, why not add cost of electricity?  PS3 consumes a LOT more electricity than a 360 (and 360 in turn much more than a Wii), so if you want to talk about Live being a necessary cost (and there are quite a few million x360 owners who don't seem to care about online play), you need to consider all costs of ownership.

Not everyone needs wifi either... I keep my network hardwired on a gigabit lan.  I'm glad I didn't have to pay for extra features I'd never use

 

 

Yep,  my router sits about 2 feet away from my 360.  Why the **** would I pay for something I am not gonna use?  I did need the HDD though so the Arcade was out of the question for me.  And the cost of Live is measly compared to my other monthly expenses.

EDIT: In all honesty, if Live became free, I would barely ****ing notice.  The money is already automatically debited from my bank account on a monthly basis(yes, I am paying a rather large amount more than I could be).