attaboy said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
attaboy said:
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.
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When did the MS router come out, like what four years after the PS3 came out with a router in the box? The Xbox 360 was never meant to have Wifi. I heard people were using wifi dongles and stuff with the PS3 way before MS put those things ojn the market. Sony always thinks of hardware first. MS thinks of online first. When it comes to hardware MS is out of their element, which is why they always try to catch up with Sony. Sony element is not online, but they are learning, which is what they learn from MS. If Sony was ever to have an advantage it would always be hardware and format. I doubt rechargable batteries were on the market at launch for the 360 as well. It was only after Sony already had these things stock that MS started to respond.
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The 360 had wired controllers, wireless controllers, charge and play kit, and Wi Fi adapter at launch in 2005. If I weren't on a cell phone, i would link you to the 2005 reviews.
*steps off the S.T.A.G.E.*
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Sorry for responding so slowly, but I have been having internet troubles lately. Anyway, the play and charge kit was launched in 2007 and recreated in 2010. Thats when I picked up my first play and charge kit for my Xbox 360 when I was still primarily gaming on the 360. I'll give you the Wifi part, but you must concede that after they saw Sony got good response from having Wifi stock in the box they made the wifi stock in the Xbox 360 slim. Why? Because they did. :)
