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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. Still $300 by TPIRman · · Score: 5, Informative

    Looks like the next generation of consoles is going to burn holes in gamers' wallets even moreso than the current generation.

    Launch price of Xbox 360: $300
    Launch price of PS2: $300
    Launch price of Xbox: $300

    If you account for inflation, the Xbox 360 is cheaper at launch than its predecessor.

    1. Re:Still $300 by mr_gerbik · · Score: 5, Informative

      If you account for inflation the Xbox 360 is *much* cheaper than some of its predecessors.

      Atari 2600
      1977 price: $199.95
      Adjusted for inflation: $648.83

      Colecovision
      1982 price: $199.95
      Adjusted: $405.63

      Nintendo Entertainment System
      1985 price: $199
      Adjusted: $353.16

      Inflation based on the Consumer Price Index.

      Inflation Calculator

    2. 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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    3. Re:Still $300 by Fishstick · · Score: 5, Funny

      I always thought 'burning a hole in your pocket' meant that you had money, and were anxious to spend it?

      as in:

      Look at him, he just got paid and that $20 is burning a hole in his pocket.

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    4. Re:Still $300 by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 5, Funny

      You're right, but this is Slashdot, the home of misappropriated analogies.

      Just you sit tight and we'll burn that bridge when we get there, OK?

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  2. 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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  3. 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.

  4. OT: where'd all the 4/5 comments go? by Damek · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Is it just me, or has something drastically changed here at Slashdot? I'm seeing almost no 4/5-moderated comments on any Slashdot stories for the past few days...

  5. That's because .. by dustmite · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a Microsoft product, no one on Slashdot is going to actually pay money for it

    That's because most slashdotters' parents are going to buy it for them ;)

  6. 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?