@ mrstickball: It looks like you just pulled the most expensive eBay prices you could find. By contrast, here's what I found with a cursory search of completed auctions. (Note that you may need an eBay account to view these.)
Fable, new & sealed: $6.95 + $5.95 s/h. http://cgi.ebay.com/FABLE-THE-LOST-CHAPTERS-XBOX-NEW-FACTORY-SEALED_W0QQitemZ160178294526QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item160178294526
Crimson Skies, new & sealed: $0.99 (no bids) + $7.95 s/h. http://search-completed.ebay.com/crimson-skies-new-xbox_W0QQ_trksidZm37QQcatrefZC5QQfclZ3QQfisZ2QQfromZR7QQfrppZ200QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQnojsprZyQQpfidZ0QQsacatZQ2d1QQsofocusZbs
Halo 1, new & sealed: $9.99 BIN + $6.95 s/h. http://cgi.ebay.com/Halo-1-Combat-Evolved-Xbox-X-BOX-P-Hits-vers-NEW-SEALED_W0QQitemZ180178015370QQihZ008QQcategoryZ62053QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
It's not that hard to find a better deal than what MS is offering. Two of the three you mentioned I just found for less than $15 at their final selling price, including shipping, in less than 5 minutes' searching. As for the third, it's easily a game that you want to have in disc form so that you can take it to a friend's place. And those, of course, are brand-new, sealed copies; if you search for like-new used copies, you can go even less.
"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."
-Sean Malstrom
