Total Cost of Ownership

[souixan]

Steve 3.2 said: Something that hasn't been discussed much is the 'Total Cost of Ownership' of all the new systems. Today, we evaluate everything from cars to water heaters to determine how much more something will cost us down the road. As such, I think it's only fair to give some thought about how much a video game system may run us over the course of it's lifetime. Anyone care to break them down to come up with some estimates? I've got the ball rolling below: 360: $400 Initial Purchase $50 - Extra Controller $600 - 10 New Games $40 - Charge and Play Kit x 2 $250 - Online Service Over 5 Years Total So Far - $1,340 ($1,090 w/o Live Gold) PS3: $600 Initial Purchase $50 - Extra Controller $600 - 10 New Games Free - Batteries (Included in controllers) Free - Online Service Over 5 Years Total So Far: $1,250 Wii: $250 Initial Purchase $500 - 10 New Games $20 - Extra Controller (You really need both the Wiimote and Nunchuck but you got the wii remote with 1 of the 10 purchased games) $30 - Batteries (Buy rechargeable NiMH) Free - Online Service Over 5 Years Total So Far: $800 So feel free to add whatever else you feel is necessary to own the system over 5 years. (10 games is based upon the attach rate of the last generation of system in the US.)

I edited the PS3 console cost to 600$ because they make SO few of the 20GB it's not even worth mention.. and the 2 Play and charge kits imply you want WIRELESS controllers for the 360 which is 50$ the wired controller is 39.99 the wireless is 49.99 In addition I'm going to assume 75% if not more buy the Wii play game, just for the "Free" wii remote.. or "10$ game" you decide