My nephew made out like a bandit and I blame Microsoft

[Words Of Wisdom]

TWRoO said:

Words Of Wisdom said:

TWRoO said:
That's a lot of expensive presents.... Christmas is really getting overblown, especially in America. When I was that age the sum total of my presents at Christmas would have come to about the worth of 1 launch GameCube, and I am including presents from aunts/uncles/grandparents.

(for reference, I got half of my launch GameCube paid for as one of my birthday presents)

What is a lot of expensive presents?  A Wii and 360?

In addition to DVDs and a DS yes..... like I said, we just don't spend that much for Christmas here, if I really wanted something paticularly expensive like a games console, it would generally be my only present except for a few chocolates or something.

Reread the OP.  That was his wishlish, not what he actually got.