WOW.. $99.99 for a 360 wireless adapter.. Really Microsoft?

[QUOTE="HuusAsking"][QUOTE="TheTrystero024"]Is there a person pointing a gun at you? Is there someone forcing you to buy this wireless adapter?TheTrystero024

And here I am playing my 360 and having a blast while my PS3 sits there and collects more dust. Wow I feel like a sucker.

[QUOTE="TheTrystero024"][QUOTE="HuusAsking"]How else can one go online if the router's too far away (or the router's not yours) and you lack a laptop? Plenty of 360 games focus more on the online than on the offline, so buying them without an online connection is just getting half the game.HuusAsking

Is there a person pointing a gun at you? Is there someone forcing you to buy this wireless adapter?TheTrystero024

[QUOTE="Hanass"]

yea MS wont even cover your RROD fixing costs if they find out you used the cooling system or any other 3rd party accesory for that matter.

Which pisses me off because my power supply just went bad and now I can either get an Elite(I need the HDD space anyway, and the black is sexy, but it's $300) or buy a third-party power brick(which voids my warranty and I don't trust after-market products, but it won't cost me $300). The worst part, I just got about $250 for my birthday that I was going to use on Darksiders, Dante's inferno, and Heavy Rain, but now I might have to use on a new 360.

The only gripe I have with MS is with the Hard Drive.TheTrystero024

[QUOTE="TheTrystero024"][QUOTE="HuusAsking"]How else can one go online if the router's too far away (or the router's not yours) and you lack a laptop? Plenty of 360 games focus more on the online than on the offline, so buying them without an online connection is just getting half the game.HuusAsking

dont lie please, you were told 3rd party memory options were blocked not wireless ethernet bridges, if what you say is true then all 3rd party controllers and the like no longer work. The only thing blocked was 3rd party memory. controllers, ethernet bridges...ect still work hell the xbox live support page has a list of officially compatiable ethernet bridges.

[QUOTE="ogvampire"]

[QUOTE="Hanass"]

Look at this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833180017&cm_re=wireless_adapter-_-33-180-017-_-Product

Hanass

would that work with the 360?

Theoretically it would, just like a non-proprietary HDD, but you know MS.

Yea, wernt like 1 MILLION people baned for altering their Xbox 360!!http://www.gamespot.com/news/6130691.html

ANY work around, or alteration will get people BANNED!!! http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/11/xbox-modded-consoles-live-cut-microsoft

MS wants your MONEY NOW!!!http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Report-Microsoft-To-Make-Huge-Profit-With-Xbox-Live-2414.html even though they make money from live. http://www.microsoft.com/msft/IC/segments_edd.aspx?tab=Performance

BUT hey Xbox fans love to give MS money.. DON'T hate!!:lol: They like that warm feeling MS gives them. Its explosive. :o

[QUOTE="Kennysolidsnake"][QUOTE="Renegade_Fury"]

Cool, then don't buy it.

Renegade_Fury

I agree its def. Not going to get Microsoft to drop the price lol But still it is pretty Ridicoulous especially if your a kid like me haaha I dont have a job or anything so I cant get everything i want so 100 for a wireless adapter is crazy

It's a good thing the PS3's wireless is FREE.

EDIT: Haha, oh wow. Some of you guys are getting pretty defensive for something's not that big of a deal.

VanHelsingBoA64

what game is your AVatar from?

And here I am playing my 360 and having a blast while my PS3 sits there and collects more dust. Wow I feel like a sucker.

Republican11

is that why Your PS3 says Suckish in dust?

The topic has been beatin to death resuscitated and then beat to death again.

Do i like the fact that the accessories are as high as they are? NO

Do i like the fact that the amount of content that is available on xbox live is to much for the 120 or the 250 for that matter to handle? NO

Do i think they should let me do what sony does and have access to put my own hard drive on there? YES

But this is the reality and if you game on the xbox 360 you should know what you getting yourself into

I agree with you their prices are just absurd. This is the reason I switched to the ps3.

[QUOTE="stereointegrity"]WOW ur 4 years late....really kenny?Kennysolidsnake

what's wrong with it?

99% of american family doesnt have WiFi at home, so they shouldnt have it included in 360 anyway since no one is going to use it in states.

Whoa, I didn't even realize the X360 had come out yet. When did this become news?

Ok seriously, whats with MS charging so much for their accesories?.. The only logical conclusion i can think of is they lost so much money in the past on the 3 year extended warranty and the RROD that they have to overprice the accessories and pass the costs on to consumers buying these things.. I mean come on, even the most hardcore 360 fans have to think $99.99 for a wireless adapter is just outrageous!

On top of that if you want wireless for your 360 you HAVE to buy the MS one, the 360 doesnt allow any 3rd party accessories.. it wouldnt be as bad if you could also buy off brand wireless for cheaper but with the 360 you cant so you have no choice but to pay $99.99..

I mean that costs half of what a whole Wii console costs, which BTW has built in Wifi. I mean just think about this for a second, $99.99 for wireless adapter, $150.00 Hard drive and one year of Xbox live and that alone all costs $300.00, and that doesnt even include the 360 console itself! Anyone else find this to be ridicoulous?

Kennysolidsnake

you answered your own question in the first 2 sentences.

They even announced that their goal at the START back in 2005 when they lost on every console sold was to MAKE money back on accessories.

Or mind telling me why you bought a PS2 with the failure rates, also needing to buy:

network adapter

4-player controller adapter

Hard drive wasn't included, so you bought memory cards.

Seriously, get over yourself. Sony does things like that, you turn your head "it's k"

Microsoft does it "zomg a console i dunt hav is so dum, i r haet that im in last"

That's the fact. Keep on being selective, you only prove why the minority group of PS3 owners is also the worst group of sheep to ever post in these forums. Proving the Xbox community to be better

Cool, then don't buy it.

Renegade_Fury

[QUOTE="Renegade_Fury"]

Cool, then don't buy it.

fifamessi

ANYONE WHO SAYS NON-MS ADAPTORS DONT WORK ON THE 360 KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE 360shadow8585

[QUOTE="fifamessi"][QUOTE="Renegade_Fury"]

Cool, then don't buy it.

13C

from a economy point of view, we are helping and doing something good, unlike the people who don't want to pay for things

[QUOTE="shadow8585"]ANYONE WHO SAYS NON-MS ADAPTORS DONT WORK ON THE 360 KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE 36013C

And who's fault is that but their own?

Ok seriously, whats with MS charging so much for their accesories?.. The only logical conclusion i can think of is they lost so much money in the past on the 3 year extended warranty and the RROD that they have to overprice the accessories and pass the costs on to consumers buying these things.. I mean come on, even the most hardcore 360 fans have to think $99.99 for a wireless adapter is just outrageous!

On top of that if you want wireless for your 360 you HAVE to buy the MS one, the 360 doesnt allow any 3rd party accessories.. it wouldnt be as bad if you could also buy off brand wireless for cheaper but with the 360 you cant so you have no choice but to pay $99.99..

I mean that costs half of what a whole Wii console costs, which BTW has built in Wifi. I mean just think about this for a second, $99.99 for wireless adapter, $150.00 Hard drive and one year of Xbox live and that alone all costs $300.00, and that doesnt even include the 360 console itself! Anyone else find this to be ridicoulous?

Kennysolidsnake

It is too expensive but in the end its for customisability. Say you didnt have enough money for a PS3 right? Wouldnt it be cool if you could get a PS3 with only the stuff you want? Like wired controllers, no wirelss internet and so forth. Then the PS3 would be cheaper right? So 360 is going for customisability. If its only one part of the 360 that makes it too expensive you dont have to buy it! Do you get what I mean?

Imagine a PS3 was say $700 (I live in NZ) and i only had $500. then instead i could get a model without a wireless adapter and I'll get it for cheaper. Thats what the 360 does. But I still agree the 99.99 US (?) is too much

Microsoft is the only company that is actually doing it right. A wired connection is alwaysbetter than a wireless connection so that is why all of my consoles are wired to my router. I have never used the wireless in my Wii or PS3 which to me is a waste of money. I just wish that Nintendo and Sony made wireless an option and used the saved money to upgrade the GPU of their respective consoles so they could at least have a chance to stand up to the 360.

[QUOTE="13C"][QUOTE="shadow8585"]ANYONE WHO SAYS NON-MS ADAPTORS DONT WORK ON THE 360 KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE 360AdobeArtist

And who's fault is that but their own?

$50 or less if you buy the original Xbox Wireless Adapter. It works just as well (and can be used on a PC) but doesn't look as sleek.

EDIT: I've also heard nothing good about the off-brand 360 adapters (like MadCatz or Pelican types).

Microsoft is the only company that is actually doing it right. A wired connection is alwaysbetter than a wireless connection so that is why all of my consoles are wired to my router. I have never used the wireless in my Wii or PS3 which to me is a waste of money. I just wish that Nintendo and Sony made wireless an option and used the saved money to upgrade the GPU of their respective consoles so they could at least have a chance to stand up to the 360.

DropTarget

[QUOTE="DropTarget"]

Microsoft is the only company that is actually doing it right. A wired connection is alwaysbetter than a wireless connection so that is why all of my consoles are wired to my router. I have never used the wireless in my Wii or PS3 which to me is a waste of money. I just wish that Nintendo and Sony made wireless an option and used the saved money to upgrade the GPU of their respective consoles so they could at least have a chance to stand up to the 360.

13C

I understand the point you are trying to make, but it is invalid. It does not matter if the consumer is inept and cannot do proper research before making a purchase. This reminds me of a friend who told me to get a PS3 as a blu-ray player because it was a great deal at $299 and later that day I installed a blu-ray drive in my PC for $49.99. Does this mean that the PS3 is a rip-off? Not really. This just means that a product cannot be judged by the actions of the consumer. Do I think that $100 for a wireless adapter is too much? Yes. But I would rather have the opportunity to opt out of paying for a useless feature than overpaying for something I feel I need.

Ok seriously, whats with MS charging so much for their accesories?.. The only logical conclusion i can think of is they lost so much money in the past on the 3 year extended warranty and the RROD that they have to overprice the accessories and pass the costs on to consumers buying these things.. I mean come on, even the most hardcore 360 fans have to think $99.99 for a wireless adapter is just outrageous!

On top of that if you want wireless for your 360 you HAVE to buy the MS one, the 360 doesnt allow any 3rd party accessories.. it wouldnt be as bad if you could also buy off brand wireless for cheaper but with the 360 you cant so you have no choice but to pay $99.99..

I mean that costs half of what a whole Wii console costs, which BTW has built in Wifi. I mean just think about this for a second, $99.99 for wireless adapter, $150.00 Hard drive and one year of Xbox live and that alone all costs $300.00, and that doesnt even include the 360 console itself! Anyone else find this to be ridicoulous?