Why does this gen cost so much?

I thought about something. A few games on the 360 pain me not to be able to play, seeing as I don't personally own a 360. *I play it a lot at friends' houses*

So I looked up the prices for the 360 on the Mircosoft site. I'm trying to get the most basic deal.

Base Console + 64memory + controller + 5 arcade games (awesome) + Silver membership= $280 bucks.

I'm like: "Awesome! Thats only 30 more then the Wii! Oh right, its not WiFi enabled.

100 bucks.

Wow. Christ. Looks like I'm not playing online. Lets see how much a small extra memory card is.

64 mb memory. 40 bucks.

What the..!! THE 1014 BLOCK FOR THE CUBE WAS ONLY LIKE, 40 BUCKS. I HAVE A FLASH MEMORY THATS THE SAME SIZE THAT I GOT FOR FREE.

How much are extra controllers. Wait, I can't buy wired ones anymore?

50 bucks each.

I'm playing alone. Lets see how much Halo 3 is.

60 bucks.

*Head in hands* Is the $10 dollar increase really really necessary?

Hell, at least I can try and use this thing for HD DVDs right?

180 bucks.

*Twitch, foam, etc*

If I wanted to play a halo 3 with at least one friend, online, I'd need to spend....

$490.

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Why doesn't the 360 have built in Wifi support? Why do extra controllers cost so much? (The wii isn't much better, 40 is still kinda ow, thats without a nunchuk. Thank goodness for gamecube controller compatible wii games.) Why is the norm for 360 games 60?

Oh, and my friends 360 just broke. So now I can't even play his.

System wars, what should I do?

You people in the US have it good. Take us in Australia:

Xbox 360 Pro (Core discontinued) = $579.95

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller = $80

Xbox 360 HD-DVD Player = $249.95

Halo 3 = $99.95

Total = $1 009.85

You people in the US have it good. Take us in Australia:

Xbox 360 Pro (Core discontinued) = $579.95

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller = $80

Xbox 360 HD-DVD Player = $249.95

Halo 3 = $99.95

Total = $1 009.85

daqua_99

damn straight. Americans need to stop whinging. Try playing 100us for some xbox 360 games

You people in the US have it good. Take us in Australia:

Xbox 360 Pro (Core discontinued) = $579.95

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller = $80

Xbox 360 HD-DVD Player = $249.95

Halo 3 = $99.95

Total = $1 009.85

daqua_99

;-;

I really want a 360 too

And... I think I'm just gonna wait until microsoft releases a wifi enabled system, because 100 bucks for that adapter is just too much.

You americans have no idea how good you have it. Its roughly $600 for the watered down PS3 with no BC in the UK.hongkingkong

God that sucks.

Americans have it so good, their gaming is so cheap. I'll just have to settle for my free healthcare and education ;)Drathyl

and probably a president that isn't an idiot, and...

I could go on actually.

This generation of gaming doesn't cost that much

Wii $249

Xbox 360 $279

PS3 $399

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1995

Sega Saturn $399

PlayStation $299

Nintendo 64 $199

This generation of gaming doesn't cost that much

Wii $249

Xbox 360 $279

PS3 $399

- - -

1995

Sega Saturn $399

PlayStation $299

Nintendo 64 $199

c_smithii

Factor in all of the extras.

Hrm. lemme think on this. I paid nearly $1500 for my HDTV. A PS3, a 360. Yeah. Just those three things there are a lot. Do I care? No. Can I afford it? Hells yeah. Life is good. Enjoy it while you can.ChrisMun

... So basically:

"ITS OKAY THAT THINGS ARE EXPENSIVE BE MORE ADVENTUROUS!"

Sony should start using that as their sales pitch.

get a jobImmortal_Evil

This generation of gaming doesn't cost that much

Wii $249 ($400)

Xbox 360 $279 ($580)

PS3 $399 ($900)

- - -

1995

Sega Saturn $399

PlayStation $299

Nintendo 64 $199

c_smithii

Our prices for consoles are in brakcets .... see how we get it worse off in Australia ...

I really dont get it why are you complaing. US has the cheapest prices when it comes to consoles and games. Here in the UK we get raped prices of consoles and games.

PS3 60GB version with the currenct price drop is £350 (was £424). £350 = $718. $718 dollars for a PS3 which is worse than in the US. In the US i think you can still get a 80GB for less than $718 and it has that emotinal chip or whatever which in europe we never had.

Xbox elite is £300 which is $615 dollars in US money.

Lets talk about the games. Halo 3 cost £40 which is $82 dollars. In the US it cost $60 dollars so games cost $20 dollars more in the UK and they are the SAME GAMES. Most new games that come out cost in the UK cost between $82-$92 dollars (£40-£45).

In a console lifetime you guys in the US will allready save soo much just on games compared to us that its a joke. We are paying much much more for the same quality sometimes even for the worse quality we are paying more.

LOL@ the pic! :lol:

ye, things are getting pricey...especially in the UK...

With I thought the new core comes with a 256 memory card?

And aren't there cheaper wifi devices out there you can buy that aren't MS made. I remember many people saying this and talking about buying there from 3rd party companies etc...