Why the Xbox Entertainment-For-All Plan is Good for Consumers

[J_Allard]

VGKing said:

thranx said:

VGKing said:
"At retail, both a 4GB Xbox 360 w/Kinect and a 250GB Xbox 360 are $299.99."

This is probably the biggest issue here. This console is 8 years old! Same goes for PS3 as Sony actually increase the price of entry with the Super Slim. These consoles are way too expensive for their age. The more people that buy into these plans, the longer we will go without price drops. The late adopters are the ones who can potentially get screwed in the future.

the entry model is only $199 . Price drops have no relation to these subscription plans. If they did than why hasn't the ps3 droped more in price since it doesn't have a sub plan?

Because its more expensive to make and it has lost Sony billions.

about that 360 $199 model, it doesn't count. That's a barebones model. I wouldn't count that one like I wouldn't count that 12gb Super Slim PS3 that released in Europe.

Not even close to the same thing. A 4GB 360 can last you quite awhile before you even have to worry about upgrading memory with a simple thumb drive.  A 12GB PS3 is essentially worthless. Sony has a GT5 bundle coming, right? According to the people who made that game, you need to set aside 10GB of free space just to get the "optimum experience". But too bad the game also has over 4GB of required updates. So right off the bat just to play one retail, non-downloaded game, you're stuck losing 1/3 of your HDD space. And it's not even possible to play it in its best form.

4GB model counts, as does the 12GB PS3 model.