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The 360's Towering Pricetag Explored
Last week Gamasutra had up a call for commentary on the revelations about the Xbox 360's pricing structure. This week, comments are available on the groaning pricetags gamers will have to endure if they want to jump on the next-gen bandwagon. This commentary is especially well seen, given that Gamestop has just come out with a 360 Bundle that clocks in at a whopping $1,199.83. From the article: "I don't think the prices for the $300 or the $400 bundles are unreasonable, but anyone who buys the $300 bundle is going to end up paying more on expensive accessories. $99 for a 20 gig hard disk? You can get a 250 gig hard disk for less than that! If you don't want to get the hard disk, you have to pay $39.99 to save your game."
Breaking news, this just in, the XBox 360 is gonna be expensive.
Microsoft (or anybody else) selling a console without a save mechanism would be like Microsoft selling Excel without the save button (it would be available as an online patch for $40 though).
Please don't give them ideas.
The basic console and one game costs about $460.
Damn, $460 for one game.
What a bargain.
"Limit 1 Xbox 360 bundle per household. "
somehow i dont hink with a 1.2k price tag, that is going to be a big problem.
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