Which console is the best bang for your buck NOW?

[dorbin2009]

I've poured more hours into Halo 3 than any other game on the console market. Also I know a lot of people who will consistantly play it three-four times a week.

So, lets do the math here.

I paid 199$ for the console. 90$ for a used hard drive. 60$ for ONE of my games.

I've probably dumped a couple thousand hours into the game. We'll say 1500 for the sake of making me not look like a complete nerd. I'll throw in another 1000 hours for all of my other games.

So for all of that, 349$. Lets throw in 40 bucks for batteries. 389$

So for Halo 3, I've paid .25 cents an hour plus the xbox live hourly rate which I'm fairly sure is less than 1 cent.

I suppose thats what gets lost in all of this. Yeah, I'm missing out on Blu-Ray. How many movies do I buy anymore? I stream Netflix to my Xbox whenever I'm in the mood. Yeah, I'm missing out on the Wii. I have not seen a single person that plays one single Wii game for more than a few hours (excluding Wii fit).

While I can see everyones point, I just don't think you can automatically put the 360 last. It's the intangibles. Sure, you will be playing Uncharted 2 and Heavy Rain, but long after those games are collecting dust I'll probably still be playing some form of Halo or GoW.