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Xbox 360 for $300

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-a-steep-one dept.

Xizer writes "Wal-Mart employees have leaked the price of Microsoft's next-generation console. The Xbox 360 is set to be launched for $299.99. Additionally, games are set to be $59.99 each. Ouch. Looks like the next generation of consoles is going to burn holes in gamers' wallets even moreso than the current generation. One thing is for sure: It's time to start gearing up for an expensive Christmas."

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  1. perhaps not as sure as you seem to think by frovingslosh · · Score: 5, Insightful
    One thing is for sure: It's time to start gearing up for an expensive Christmas.

    Do you understand that buying this, as well as lots of overpriced games, is entirely optional?

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    1. Re:perhaps not as sure as you seem to think by frovingslosh · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Either that, or I raise them to think that they don't get everything they throw a trantrum for. One has to wonder about the next generation when parents make posts like yours.

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    2. Re:perhaps not as sure as you seem to think by hal2814 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I have kids. It's still optional. You just have to learn to tell them no. I know that's not a popular thing to do becuase it requires effort on the parent's part.

  2. Better than Atari 2600 by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Way back in the day (maybe 1980?) I got an Atari 2600 for Christmas, and I think it cost $250. Games cost about $25, IIRC.

    Accoding to http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ that Atari 2600 would cost $634.91, and each cartridge would cost $63.49, in 2005 dollars.

    So Xbox 360 is actually a great deal compared to the Atari 2600 if you just look at price.

  3. I can't see any reason to complain about the price by JudgeFurious · · Score: 4, Insightful


      The price of the console is fine, exceptional even considering what you get. That's to be expected since they routinely sell these machines at a loss to get them in the hands of the game buying public.

      $60 a pop for the games is insane though. I was raised on video games and I love video games but I'll be damned if I'm ever going to give anyone $60 for a game.

      I still think the "optimum price" for a new game should be around $39. Anything more than that turns the game into an instant "I'll look at it again when it gets marked down, or I'll buy it used later on"

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  4. Re:Still $300 by koi88 · · Score: 5, Insightful


    One thing is for sure: It's time to start gearing up for an expensive Christmas.

    Or wait a few months and get a Nintendo Revolution. Which should be cheaper.

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  5. Combat rocked for it's time by Monte · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So enlighten us - what spooky awsome video action were you using in 1977 that made Combat look so lame?

    Here's the history lesson: The idea that you could actually interact with images on a television screen was pretty damned novel back then. Stuff moved around, you shot at it, it went boom.

    Which, in the final analysis, describes most of today's popular video games as well. The images and explosions are just prettier now. But it all still boils down to "Push button, go boom", doesn't it?