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Next-Gen Gaming to be Uber Expensive
The CNN column Game Over is running an article discussing the costs associated with going Next-Gen. Using the Xbox 360 as an example, they calculate that to get the full next-generation experience would cost almost $2000. From the article: "The first test comes this fall, when Microsoft debuts the Xbox 360. The company hasn't announced a price for the machine, but several industry observers believe it could cost $399 -- $100 more than new consoles have traditionally cost."
Uh... that includes $1000 for a HD-TV and $250 for surround sound?
Plus, you'll want to gold plate your thumbs to get better reaction time and higher scores! That just drives the price up more!
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What?! $2000 is LOW! I mean, come on! It only includes the cost of the system, TV and speakers!
They totally left out the price of extra controllers ($30 x 3), a router ($50), broadband access ($40/month), wires ($20), home theatre cabinet ($200), couch ($500), foot stool ($80), snacks ($5/day) and house ($100,000-$1,000,000).
I could cost you as much as $102,902.00 to play Xbox 360! And that's assuming that you get a relatively modest house and does not count your monthly expenses. Truly, we are at a crossroads were the gaming community will be divided into the haves and the havenots. It will be a crisis, my friends. A true crisis.
I have a lot of opinions about Cyborgs and Architects
Which in some cases could cost over $200 just to walk up to your new console.
Get over it. This isn't german, it's english, even if it came from the german. That's how english works. And english does not have an umlaut, Sie dumm fuhrt.
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