Can't even play HD out of the box, you have to pay extra for that.

That's pretty stupid.

To each his own, I suppose.

This reminds me of when I worked in the electronics dept. at Wal-Mart. An old guy called in one day and said he wanted to return his broken printer. He said the error message on the screen said "out of ink". He wouldn't believe me that you have to actually buy more ink for printers. I tried an analogy to buying gas for a car, but to no avail. I think he ended up calling HP to complain that their printers run out of ink.

wireless isn't included with 360..

I don't get the part where he complains about the internet and the modem. The Wii is wireless what's his problem? Even if he doesn't have a wireless router, he doesn't need an internet connection to play.

Also LOL cause this guy "realized" the Wii could go online but complained about the router being in another room, like it matters... the Wii has wireless, as long as his router is wireless anyway what does it matter? Really this guy doesn't know anything XD

I woudn't make fun of the guy as much as is done here though.
It's true that the price of peripherals has exploded and the real cost of a console is a lot higher than the advertised cost ( not including extra games).
Seriously, back when the PS2 was king and few ppls played on the net, the only extra cost was one extra controller...

This is why the industry is dying. Not enough free games, controllers, guitars, batteries and magical internet fairies.

What does the 360 have to do with anything mentioned in this thread? Or what you even quoted...

I bought a car once, but when I found out that I'd have to pay for gas, maintenance, car washes, insurance, a drivers licence, washer fluid, a block heater and parking, I returned it. Too many hidden costs.