Microsoft hints at a $199 Core system

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mrstickball said:
Ummm.

Because your gaming PC costed $1000+ if not more, and my X360 costs 1/3rd of that, if not less?

I bought my 360 exactly for PC games, like Oblivion. The issue is that in order (when Oblivion came out), to go buy an up-to-date PC to play it @ reccomended settings, and a little bit higher, I would have to pay $2000. When Fallout 3 comes out, I'd have to upgrade the GFX card, throw in more ram, and pray that I don't need a new mobo. That's atleast another $500.

Or I can go out and spend $400 on a X360, suffer a slight discount in quality, and still play the games I want to.

Face it, the reason PC gaming is declining is that the increase in computational power to play games (and nothing else) is astounding. You have litterally no need for a dual or quad core CPU, and 2gb of ram plus a dual GFX card unless your playing PC games. Even a strong video editing rig relies more on HDD space, rather than having top-of-the-line computational power.

Thats why consoles are so great: It's a one-time fee and your done. And with the 360, that one time fee includes 50% of the current PC library. All I need are some 4x games, more RTS, and flight sims, and then I'd be in heaven.

Till then, take your $2000 rig that always needs upgraded, and I'll gladly take less-than DX10 graphics to play the same game.

I couldnt agree more!!! You read my mind and wrote it all! Well said mrstickball!

PS : Just out of curiosity, your title is "Mrs" Stickball, so are you female or male, lol :D