I'm pretty sure Sony already broke down the costs of both consoles months ago and admitted they were getting their asses kicked by a more expensive machine. A 360 slim + price drop could end the HD console war tomorrow! B360lieve!
| RolStoppable said: What many people often forget is that the Wii comes with a lot of hidden costs as well. Since it's primarily a party machine you only get out of the closet to show off to friends, you need a set of four controllers. Three additional Wiimotes and Nunchuks cost $180 and the now required four Wii Motion Plus accessories add another $80 to the total cost. So the Wii costs $510 to game on, making the PS3 the cheapest console on the market. Yet it's getting outsold despite coming with Blu-Ray and futureproof technology. |
Don't forget to add the cost of breaking things while waving with the Wiimote.. I broke a vase one... an expensive one..
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seece said:
For startes $299 isn't the cheapest 360, nor is $49.99 online, 3 year warranty? meaning you're VERY unlikely to shell out anything fixing your 360. More so your PS3 that has a standad warranty. The whole artical is BS and if you believe it then it doesn't say much about you, the fact very few places sell the WA for that price also goes against his point. |
Yes, the Arcade is the cheapest model....but then, with the way this article is going, you'd still be shelling out $100 for an HDD anyway. And I believe that he's talking about retail. Not finding XBL cards or HDDs on eBay. And the warrantly only applies for 2007 and beyond. 2005 models don't count.
Ironically enough, I told my friend not to buy a first gen Premium 360 that was at Fry's for $200 because of RRoD problems and such, and he did it anyway. Now a couple of weeks ago, it RRoD'd on him, and he doesn't get the warranty either, because his model was too old. So he shot it up, literally lol.
And I will believe that article, because besides repairs, it was spot on for my situation. I bought a $300 Pro, $50 wireless, and $100 adapter. I'm sorry that since I've bought the adapter, the cost went down a whopping $15.
And I see your most recent post as I'm typing this. You say it doesn't matter why. I say it does matter. Unless you think it's ok for companies to release shoddy products, then you have to pay for them because you were the one of the first to buy it (thus not knowing it was shoddy), and then when it breaks down on you and many others, you have to pay for it. Then you all complain, and it becomes known as a problem. So then, Johhny Average buys the same thing and pays nothing if it breaks down. Is that ok with you? That's not ok with me
| RolStoppable said: What many people often forget is that the Wii comes with a lot of hidden costs as well. Since it's primarily a party machine you only get out of the closet to show off to friends, you need a set of four controllers. Three additional Wiimotes and Nunchuks cost $180 and the now required four Wii Motion Plus accessories add another $80 to the total cost. So the Wii costs $510 to game on, making the PS3 the cheapest console on the market. Yet it's getting outsold despite coming with Blu-Ray and futureproof technology. |
i belive that the ps3 will outsell the wii 1 year after the PS4 comes out
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@bmaker, I skipped most of your post as it looked like rambling. In this artical, the why doesn't matter, its the what that matters. You're never likely to shell out money fixing your 360. To put $139.99 in the repiar box for 360 but nothing in the PS3 box is pure fanboyism and laughable.
BHR-3 said:
i belive that the ps3 will outsell the wii 1 year after the PS4 comes out |
I believe that Sony executives have been sharing their crack supply with you.
Tease.
I don't get why is there a persistence need for people to swing a 180 whenever the price argument suits them
"The PS3 is the most expensive machine on the market, for it's price its doing great"
"The PS3 has the most added value, if you take into account x, y, z, then it's actually CHEAPER"
I know there are certain context where both can be applied but FFS, it's like a broken record.
Price! Price! Price!
@BHR-3: You made so many mistakes with this. I'm sure most of them are already pointed out, but here we go:
- Wireless on the x360 is optional, and you are assuming people need that to game. Ethernet > wifi for gaming.
- The ps3 costs $149 to repair, and you should include the ps3 repair price. While the failure rate of the x360 is surely higher, I'm not sure how you could reasonably put one and not the other, especially with how the x360 has a 3 year warranty on rrod.
- XBLA cards can be acquired for much less than the price you stated.
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| dsister44 said: I have never payed for repairs for my xbox. I got 12 months of live for $30. and i play on live with a ethernet cable I proclaim this thread Fail |
This.
OT: This thread is going down in flames like a 10-cent hooker doused with lighter fluid. BE REAL. You can game with a 360 for $199 plus tax. The rest of that is unncessary. Buy a couple of games - buy a cheap HDMI cable and be playing in FULL HD for under $250.
To the OP - why post this flamebait? PHAIL.
| seece said: @bmaker, I skipped most of your post as it looked like rambling. In this artical, the why doesn't matter, its the what that matters. You're never likely to shell out money fixing your 360. To put $139.99 in the repiar box for 360 but nothing in the PS3 box is pure fanboyism and laughable. |
Because his 360 wasn't covered by the warranty, and he didn't want to pay the repair costs, he shot it. I know it's an extreme measure, but it was basically a "F*** you Microsoft for making shitty hardware"
After it initially RRoD'd, he had to jerry rig it to make it work, for only the shortest amount of time. When he was doing it, he said, via Facebook status "(His name)
The reason the repair cost is on the 360 is because millions upon millions have failed, whereas out of the 23 million PS3 that are in consumer homes right now...only like 15 failed (exaggeration, I know, but you get the gist). If every other PS3 failed on someone, I'm sure Sony would make a "PS3 failure warranty program" It's not fanboyism to know that there is such a high certainty that a product will fail and that another is 99.5% of the time NOT going to fail
edit: Here's the failed 360 project lol. Playing CoD4 before it died completely to gunfire
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