Total Cost of Ownership

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For the sake of completeness, a couple of points added: i/ Many Wii titles are/will be less than $40US. Here in Australia 360/PS3 titles vary between $100-$120 (good ones are $120), and the last three new Wii titles I have picked up for $80 (and one for $60). ii/ The Wii comes with one FREE title. It should be counted, as its a significant title. iii/ Extra controller is too expensive, as many people WILL buy Wii Play (basically a free controller - or $10 game). (so I would take $100 off the Wii package personally... ) Another thing to potentially add is Bandwidth/Internet costs (although this may vary in each country, etc). We upped our ADSL plan at our house for all the consoles - but mainly for the 360, as its more bandwidth heavy. Obviously, as you buy more games (across any platform), the other costs even out. If you assume purchase of 100 titles - the cost ratio comes down to the cost ratio of the software.