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Squilliam on 24 March 2010
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Reasonable said:
Squilliam said:
Reasonable said:
still too expensive for me - in principle, if you see what I mean. Compared to general cost of HDD today that's too much still.

Which principle is that? I thought that everyone was gangster with the idea that console prices are cheap, console accessories are relatively expensive. The value here is more than the sum of its parts. As a business consultant how much is your time worth if you compare migrating a 40GB PS3 to a new HDD (generally after its full) to using the bundled transfer cable to upgade a 20/60GB Xbox 360?

The principle that I don't accept consoles or other electronic devices should have more expensive proprietary devices.

Man, you should have seen me when I bought DS and discovered you couldn't use GBA accessories you already had with it!

I just hate this whole business model.

The time doesn't matter - with PS3 you just dump it to an external HDD then back again.  Besides, who actually sits watching while this stuff is going on?

To conclude, I want to see fairly consistent prices for something like and HDD not a specialized one that costs more.

But to show I'm fair in this, I'll point out that nothing made my blood boil more than the cost of 8MB or whatever they were memory cards for the PS2.  My foray into consoles almost ended right there!

 

Im glad that you're consistant. I remember working in retail at the time and seeing some people get quite angry when they found out they needed an accessory which jacked the price up by 20-30% (can't remember exactly). The business model is monopolistic within each consoles eco-system. Theres no such thing as an open console unfortunately and they all have their share of proprietary hardware.

I can't blame Microsoft for the bed they made with the HDDs. They already use it as a means for distinguishing the different console SKUs so they cannot offer them cheaper until the price difference between the Elite/Arcade becomes smaller. I simply judge it based upon the value of the size + easy transfer cable and the saleability of the old HDD. The proprietary nature of Microsoft makes the 60GB HDD I possess worth more than the PS3 HDD of the same size I have in my launch unit and this more than offsets any additional cost I might face. Furthermore, given the ability to stream media onto either system why would I need more space than that? Both options in my mind are fair alternatives of each other and I wouldn't really say that one option would be partcularly better.

I play most of my games on the PC due to its open nature, but I suspect open also suffers from the pitfall of human nature as seen by the > # of PS3 hacks in games as well as the even greater problem on the PC of the same between piracy and cheating.



Tease.