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Munkeh111 on 23 July 2008

The developers dont like them giving the consumers a choice



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d21lewis on 23 July 2008

I have a co-worker who got a hard drive free 360. He's very happy with it (the fool!). There are people out there that think the arcade is a good deal.



SaviorX on 23 July 2008

Wouldn't it be easier (and cheaper) to just come out with "sku"? What does SKU mean anyway?



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bobobologna on 23 July 2008

Wouldn't giving consumers choice be something more like allowing users to use any blue-tooth headset? Or any 2.5" HDD?



HappySqurriel on 23 July 2008
SaviorX said:
Wouldn't it be easier (and cheaper) to just come out with "sku"? What does SKU mean anyway?

 

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ToastyJaguar on 23 July 2008
bobobologna said:

Wouldn't giving consumers choice be something more like allowing users to use any blue-tooth headset? Or any 2.5" HDD?

 

there are 3 xbox models.

they are differently priced

= choice




bobobologna on 23 July 2008
ToastyJaguar said:
bobobologna said:

Wouldn't giving consumers choice be something more like allowing users to use any blue-tooth headset? Or any 2.5" HDD?

 

there are 3 xbox models.

they are differently priced

= choice

 

That's like asking if someone wants dog shit or cat shit for dinner.  And please believe me that I'm not trying to knock on the XBox360 as a game machine.  I'm just pissed off at the way Microsoft wants to rape me in the ass when it comes to everything I need to buy to get everything that I want out of the machine.  Let's see, the XBox360, Wifi adapter (overpriced), XBox Live Gold (overpriced), and if I had bought the Arcade, an extremely overpriced HDD?  If I want a wireless headset, I have to settle for another overpriced peripheral.  Thanks Microsoft, you really gave me a choice in terms of which ass-raping I want.



disolitude on 23 July 2008
bobobologna said:
ToastyJaguar said:
bobobologna said:

Wouldn't giving consumers choice be something more like allowing users to use any blue-tooth headset? Or any 2.5" HDD?

 

there are 3 xbox models.

they are differently priced

= choice

 

That's like asking if someone wants dog shit or cat shit for dinner.  And please believe me that I'm not trying to knock on the XBox360 as a game machine.  I'm just pissed off at the way Microsoft wants to rape me in the ass when it comes to everything I need to buy to get everything that I want out of the machine.  Let's see, the XBox360, Wifi adapter (overpriced), XBox Live Gold (overpriced), and if I had bought the Arcade, an extremely overpriced HDD?  If I want a wireless headset, I have to settle for another overpriced peripheral.  Thanks Microsoft, you really gave me a choice in terms of which ass-raping I want.

I got an xbox live gold 12 +1 month membership for 39.99 last week at retail.

Also, I got the 120 gig hard drive off ebay for 92 bucks...here is the link.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250272023460&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=015

If you shop around its hardly overpriced...Nintendo wii is much more overpriced but no one is complaining.

No one wants to rape you in the ass my freind. Xbox is pulling in a tiny profit yet they are giving you a price cut on a 360...I think thats fair.

 

 



alucardremixed on 23 July 2008

Maybe Sony should do the same, Have a HDD free Playstation 3 so you can immediately put in a 500 GB HDD, That would be nice. And it can be sold for 299.99, buy a 200 dollar HDD, voila, choice



bobobologna on 23 July 2008
disolitude said:
bobobologna said:
ToastyJaguar said:
bobobologna said:

Wouldn't giving consumers choice be something more like allowing users to use any blue-tooth headset? Or any 2.5" HDD?

 

there are 3 xbox models.

they are differently priced

= choice

 

That's like asking if someone wants dog shit or cat shit for dinner. And please believe me that I'm not trying to knock on the XBox360 as a game machine. I'm just pissed off at the way Microsoft wants to rape me in the ass when it comes to everything I need to buy to get everything that I want out of the machine. Let's see, the XBox360, Wifi adapter (overpriced), XBox Live Gold (overpriced), and if I had bought the Arcade, an extremely overpriced HDD? If I want a wireless headset, I have to settle for another overpriced peripheral. Thanks Microsoft, you really gave me a choice in terms of which ass-raping I want.

I got an xbox live gold 12 +1 month membership for 39.99 last week at retail.

Also, I got the 120 gig hard drive off ebay for 92 bucks...here is the link.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250272023460&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=015

If you shop around its hardly overpriced...Nintendo wii is much more overpriced but no one is complaining.

No one wants to rape you in the ass my freind. Xbox is pulling in a tiny profit yet they are giving you a price cut on a 360...I think thats fair.

 

 

 

Cool, my friend got a brand new 40 GB PS3 for $350 a couple months ago off of craigslist.  Does that mean that we should use $350 as the PS3 pricepoint when discussing how much each console sells for?  When people say the PS3 is $XXX more expensive than the XBox360 should I say "whoa, wait a minute, my friend got one for $350 on craigslist..."?