| crissindahouse said: 250 for xbox live + 400 i had to pay when i bought my 360 in 2005 (i said i bought the console in 2005). this means, live or not, i had to pay 400€. and if i would buy a pc now for my job without the idea to play games on it , i would buy one for 600€ or so. but if i wish to use the pc for gaming, i can put 400€ extra in the pc instead of buying a console on release. this would be a 1k pc. and after some years, i could upgrade the pc with the money i saved with the lower game prices or as example i would pay for a new xbox like most of the people who bought the old white 20gb xbox did. i still buy consoles because of the exclusives and some friends always buy this or that console and i love to play with rl friends but a gaming pc and an uprgade after few years wouldn't cost more for me than a console with all extra costs over 8 years or so. you said you |
Okay, the console was $400 in 2005 if you bought the Pro. However, that same old piece of hardware will play any Xbox 360 game for the life of the platform. A gaming PC from 2005 though... generally won't run modern high end games well if at all. It would probably make more sense to buy a new machine than do upgrades.
Xbox Live is definitely what puts cost potentially over a gaming PC. But not everyone pays for Xbox Live. Xbox Live also allows you play games online that can't be played anywhere else. People pay a subscription fee to play WoW online. I pay a subscription fee to play Halo, Gears, and other games online.
Ultimately, not everyone is paying what you paid. Especially those that waited for console price cuts or buy Xbox Live Gold subscriptions at discounted prices.
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