S.T.A.G.E. said:
attaboy said:
I'm sure it's already been stated but--remember the PS3 vs 360? Fans were saying, "You had to buy a charger, HD DVD Player, Wi Fi adapter, etc. just to have that "PS3 experience" on Xbox 360". There are probably still TONS of youtube videos on the subject saying Xbox 360 costs more than PS3.
When Xbox 360 was letting consumers only pay for the parts they needed, Sony was offering everything for $500-$600. You can't just say it's okay for one side to do something and then condemn the other side for the exact same practice! |
Those parts were actually a very small part of thr ps3 package. I spent far more dollars on my xbox than i ever did my ps3. Blu ray hiked up the price of the ps3 but it was a needed part of the ps3 and had a value so you could play larger games and larger discs with films and entertainment. MS launched before them so they knew nothing of what sony had up their sleeve in tech. When sony brought out the blu ray ms got hd dvd involved to try and snuff out blu ray. It was secondary as a format not primary. It failed along with hd dvd and ms felt no shame about it. Again, blu ray wasnt forced upon us. In fact a lot of peoplr bought ps3 consoles because they were the most affordable blu ray players on the market.
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Not the point I was trying to make. I my PS3 and 360 sit a couple of feet from my router. People were saying that i needed a $100 router to match the PS3. Personally, i didn't. I was glad to have the option of not having a router forced upon me. My PS3 had abuilt in wi fi router. Never used it. All of my consoles were wired. I'm not discussing what's an integral part of the experience. I'm talking about being forced to buy something with one console that's optional with another.
