Technically he didn't have to pay for the money. The bells and whistles for the XBox are being subsidized in the long term so it can be priced at the same level as a ps2. The XBox isn't MS's only product either. Admit it, $300 for a PIII, 64 MB DDR ram, an 8 Gig HD, a GeForce3, and a network card ain't that bad of a price.
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Technically he didn't have to pay for the money. The bells and whistles for the XBox are being subsidized in the long term so it can be priced at the same level as a ps2. The XBox isn't MS's only product either. Admit it, $300 for a PIII, 64 MB DDR ram, an 8 Gig HD, a GeForce3, and a network card ain't that bad of a price.