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Why You Don't Want a $99 Xbox 360

Posted by timothy on from the but-it's-only-wafer-thin dept.

itwbennett writes "Peter Smith has done the math on Microsoft's $99 Xbox 360 — 4GB model (no hard drive) and a Kinect sensor. Here's why it's a bad deal: 'You'll be paying $99 + $359.76 in monthly fees, or $458.76 over the course of two years. Compare that with (I'm using prices from Amazon that were accurate as of May 7th, 2012) $287.70 for an Xbox 360 4GB + Kinect bundle, and two 12-month Xbox Live Gold cards at $48.41 each, a total of $384.52. So you're paying almost $75 for the privilege of laying out small cash now.' And then there's the not insignificant matter of early termination fees."

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  1. Re:Or... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    However I live 30 miles from my house.

    Man, that must be annoying. :-)

  2. Re:Or... by clickety6 · · Score: 5, Funny

    However I live 30 miles from my house.

    Man, that must be annoying. :-)

    That's divorce. The wife got the house. He got the restraining order.

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  3. Re:Or... by Zeromous · · Score: 3, Funny

    *rolls eyes* and I gave up my TV and cut the cable a decade ago.

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  4. Re:Same reason as before... by arkhan_jg · · Score: 3, Funny

    There are many forms of entertainment that are arguably better for mental health and demonstrably less expensive than video gaming.

    Your hand doesn't count.

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