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Xbox Price Drops to $200
ProfBooty writes: "Just two days after rival Sony Corp. cut prices on the PlayStation 2, Microsoft has announced they are cutting Xbox pricing by 33% to $200. Nintendo still has no plans to cut pricing on the Gamecube. Now is definitely a good time to be a gamer with all 3 next-gen systems at $200. Too bad i just bought a Playstation 2 yesterday." I'd like to know if anyone has succeeded in porting a Free operating system to the Xbox.
According to Penny Arcade, Sony accelerated their price drop plans leaving Microsoft with no choice but to follow suit. This is a real kick to the groin for Microsoft, whose consoles haven't been doing as well as they thought and cost more to produce. Sony's probably recouped their initial losses, but I doubt Microsoft has.
Yay Sony, I guess.
The Xbox Linux Project is currently working to port Linux to the Xbox. It appears that the primary hurdle is getting past the hardware based authorization system, which does not allow unapproved software to run.
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I bought a Dreamcast late last year and I've aquired all of these games for under $30 each, most at $14.99 or less:
Chu Chu Rocket
Space Channel 5
Sonic Adventure
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Marvel vs. Capcom
Crazy Taxi
Jet Grind Radio
Resident Evil: Code Name Veronica
Sega Bass Fishing
Sega Marine Fishing
Shenmue
Soul Caliber
Virtua Tennis
Sword of Beserk
Typing of the Dead (hilarious! type at zombies to kill them!)
Dead or Alive 2
Power Stone (AMAZING 3-D fighter, a genre I'm only kinda into, this game is serious fun. I got it for $8.99 last week and have been playing it non-stop!)
There are a lot of seriously awesome games for the dreamcast that while you might have to search a bit, are worth the effort. Here's my list of games I'm currently tracking down (some are still easily availible, I just can't drop $300 on a dozen games right now.):
powerstone 2
seaman
sega bass fishing 2
skies of arcadia
granda II
shenmue 2
Street Fighter 3: Third Strike
Marvel v. Capcom 2
Capcom v. SNK 1
Capcom v. SNK 2
bust a move 4
house of the dead 2 (and light gun)
samba de amigo (and special controller)
alone in the dark 4
sonic adventure 2
crazy taxi 2
tony hawk pro skater
tony hawk pro skater 2
fatal fury: mark of the wolves
Bangai-O
Bomberman Online
Giga Wing 2
Gunbird 2
Project Justice (rival schools sequel)
Dance Dance Revolution (and dance pad)
now, i realize hunting high and low for games isn't most people's idea of a good time, but if you're up for it, the dreamcast is WELL worth the effort. Not to mention all the neat hax0r things you can do with it, like boot linux, burn your own boot discs and play nes emulators...
the fishing controller and keyboards are easily availible, as are memory cards and additional regular controllers. Aracde stick controllers are a bit rarer.
the dreamcast is well worth the investment.
I do plan on getting a used ps1 to play metal gear solid, final fantasy 7, and dance dance revolution (easier than tracking down the import only DC version), so I see your point about if you're only going to buy one console, but I think for me, that one console would be the dreamcast. I'm starting to be fond of it in the way I am fond of my iBook, which says a lot.
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