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[QUOTE="ianuilliam"]So if a kid asks Santa for what is essentially a $200 game (assuming one doesn't already have Kinect), and their parent tells them flat out not going to happen, that's trolling their children? My daughter would love the game, and I'd love to have it to play it with her... but there's no way in hell I'm spending $350-450 for a 360, Kinect, and the game. And some kids are inquisitive and smart enough to see through whatever BS answers you try to give about why Santa can fly around the world in a night but can't get his hands on a Kinect by 5 years old.
Personally, I got a chuckle out of his post.
WilliamRLBaker
im not sure what does that have to with heli's post pretty sure hes trying to defend him. considering the fact its not 200 dollars for a game since there is far more on kinect...his post basically amounts to saying the ps3 was a 650 dollar game, the 360 a 450 or so game the wii a 300 game. But I do love how his parents probably bought him video games or systems for christmas and they paid exactly that much like many other parents did...and I know for a fact if either actually had children and those children wanted something they'd get it for em.P.S: and with his reply he just didn't get it no where did Heil mention that he wasn't getting it becasue it was 200 dollars...he just flat out said there is no way hes getting her a kinect and he should probably tell her there is no santa whole hes at it. hence trolling the child pissed off that she would ask for kinect he tells her there is no santa and your not geting kinect.
If he has no interest in other Kinect-exclusive games, then buying Kinect plus Once Upon a Monster is indeed paying $200 for one game. In my case, I have very little interest in buying 360 exclusives, and would still get multis on PS3, so while I very much would like to get OUaM to play with my 2 year old, it would cost me at minimum $350 to get that one game. When I got a PS3, I had no other current gen console (and no intention of getting another), so the $600 is subsidized over all the games, and all the bluray movies, I've bought/played/watched over the past 5 years, as well as any other uses I've gotten from the device. Likewise, growing up, I did get an NES, SNES, N64 and PS1... but again, up to the 64/PS1, they were gotten as my only current gen consoles, and used for far more than 1 game (although the N64 wound up only being for a few games... the games were way too expensive). The Cube and PS2 I bought myself. All those systems though were gotten because there were many games on them that I wanted that were only on that system. If I buy a $200 system, and 20 $50 games, I only paid ~$60 per game. If I buy a $300 360+Kinect bundle, and one $50 game, that is indeed $350 for one game.I do indeed have a daughter, 2 years old. And you're partially right; if she wants something, I'll do my best to get it for her... within reason. She loves Sessame Street, especially Cookie Monster and Elmo. But that doesn't mean I can justify buying a new console for it. I know for a fact if you actually had children, you'd know that buying your kid every single thing they ask for is not only impossible for 99% of parents, but is also just as bad parenting as never getting them a single thing they ask for.
While Heil didn't say flat out he wouldn't get it for her because of the cost, he also didn't say he wouldn't get it purely because he doesn't like Kinect. From his posting habits, we know he doesn't like Kinect. We also know he has 0 interest in any Kinect games. So buying it because his kid wants one specific game would, in fact, be paying $200 for that game. Therefore it makes perfect sense to assume that the cost is at least part of the justification, and not just that he flat out refuses to allow the thing in his house, and that he's pissed at his daughter for even asking for it. And as I said before... by 5, some kids are smart enough, and persistently inquisitive enough, to reason things out when you try to explain to them why Santa can't get them Once Upon a Monster for Christmas that breaking the illusion may be unavoidable. But this whole conversation is based on the assumption that his post was 100% serious, and not at least in part joking (which is my assumption, hence me saying I chuckled).
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