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EdHieron on 28 November 2013
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yvanjean said:
EdHieron said:


After getting my first hdtv in years today, I don't have the money to pick up a console too.  If I could, I would go for Best Buy's deal of an Xbox 360 with the 250GB hard disc drive, Halo 4, Darksiders 2, Batman:  Arkham City, and Tomb Raider all for $189.99.  However, I don't.  I wouldn't pick up either the 4GB version of the Xbox 360 or the 12GB version of the PS3 because I consider both versions with their miniscule hard drives to be unsuitable for much gaming.

 

I'm not willing to pay that much for a console that is 1/8 as powerful as the best console on the market when the latter is only $100 more..

 

Are you refering to the Wiiu? Because the PS4 is $200 and Xbone is $300 more then Xbox 360 would cost you. You shoulnd't really think of it as powerful but simply on which console will give you the most gaming time. You bviously don't have the money to buy a next gen console, but if you pick up a Xbox 360 today, and pay $189.99 with the game that you've mention. all of whihc average 10-15 hours of game time, that's a total of 60 hours minimum of playing time. $189.99 / 60 hours =  $3.16 per hours. Since you haven't own a Xbox 360, the backlog alone will give you countless hour of available playtime. All of the game would be discounted since their not new release on Xbox 360. The cost per hours of entertainment of your Xbox 360 would become meaningless.

I was referring to the Wii U being 1 / 8 as powerful as PS3.  I wouldn't buy any console when its nearest and most powerful competitor only costs $100 more.  You're right about gametime value though.  I do consider PS3 and Xbox 360 to have much more gametime value than their nearest competitor ie. the Wii U justifying the purchase of one of them at $199 or $250 for all of the awesome 7th Gen content I missed.

 

Note:  I would buy a Wii Mini at $99 if one could play Gamecubue, Wii Ware, and Virtual Console games on it ( and I wouldn't have needed the tv).