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Microsoft Announces Official Xbox 360 Price Drop

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ackblom12:
Yeah, I've got about 5 games on my "Need to buy" list right now, with a stupidly large number of games coming out in the next year that I'm very very tempted to buy. I managed to skip the X-Box because it had next to no appeal to me but MS managed to rope me in this time.

0bsessions:
That there is my other reasoning. I completely skipped the original Xbox. Ninja Gaiden was really the only original Xbox exclusive I could give two shits about, so I never felt the urge. I got the KotoR games on PC and Fable was also available there.

MlKE:
let's say that the next console generation will happen in 2012.

buying an xbox360 right now means you're basically spending 70 dollars per year on the system.
buying it in a year and a half when it costs 300 bucks, youll be spending 86 dollars per year on the system.



buying a console closer towards the end of it's lifespan for a steep price doesn't make as much sense to me, as buying it closer to the beginning of it's lifespan where you can get more playing time out of it.

And assuming you're going to get the same games, no matter what, you're going to be cramming your gaming into less time, which means a less fulfilling gameplay where you may not get all the easter eggs in an rpg or achievements in a fps. if you like online gaming, you're not going to get as much practice in, and online gaming won't be nearly as fun, because we all know everyone on xbox live are dicks and just want to kill everybody instead of helping out a noob.


in 40 years when you look back at the great consoles of your adolescense, you won't remember xbox360 or ps3 being awesome, because you didn't get as good of an experience out of them as others did, because you weren't willing to shell out the extra cheddaz.

0bsessions:
Your logic on that is absolutely abysmal. The hardware is useless without software and the software simply did not justify the previous price point.

I mean sure, I COULD be getting more gaming time for my money, but not if there's not enough games I care to play. If I'd bought a 360 at launch for $400, sure I'd have it for its entire lifespan, but it would've been a glorified paperweight until Dead Rising came out a full nine or ten months into its lifespan. That's a good seventy bucks right down the shitter. Conversely, I could wait until the first price drop, save fifty bucks and play catchup. Better to have too many games and not enough time to play them in than have the console collecting dust while my investment goes wasted. Those games aren't going away on me.

A console doesn't magically stop working when the new generation comes out. I didn't buy my way into the last generation until about a year into the PS2's lifespan and even then, I was buying a Dreamcast, not a PS2. I paid like $99 for it and I still use it. That factor's in to about under twenty bucks a year.

Sure, I could spend $500 for a PS3 right now and I'd have a longer timeframe to enjoy it, but the only game for it I would even bother playing is a game I already played last generation. If I were so desperate to play a prettier version of Ninja Gaiden, I'd buy a used original Xbox and Ninja Gaiden Black for about $90 total and maybe ten bucks worth of beer to make it look better.

The only console I ever bought at launch (Before my Wii) was the Nintendo 64 and it was a huge mistake. I got Super Mario 64 and beat every minute detail inside a few months and then got to sit on my thumbs with a $200 paperweight and wait for Star Fox 64 to come out months later.

Buying a console at launch is just an ill advised move in most instances. The Wii was a calculated decision on my part. At launch, it was a full $150 cheaper than the closest competition meaning a pricedrop is probably a couple years off and there was a list of games coming out in a streamlined enough manner for me to maximize my enjoyment of it across a good timeframe (Legend of Zelda to Super Paper Mario to Resident Evil 4 to Metroid Prime 3 to Super Mario Galaxy with Wii Sports, the Bigs and SSBB thrown in for good measure). I already have more Wii games on my shelf than there are 360 games I could really picture myself diving into.

There's also the factor of diminishing value of games. I waited almost two full years before deciding for sure to buy a 360. At this point, I will be saving fifty dollars and I can get Dead Rising for only $30 brand new now. By the time I finish that, Metroid Prime 3 should be out. By the time I finish that, Guitar Hero 3 will be on the horizon. By the time I get sick of that, Gears of War will likely have dropped in price a bit. If I'd bought the 360 at launch, that's an extra eighty bucks (Fifty for the console, thirty for the game) to spend on something I would've put in maybe 100 hours worth of time total over the last year or so.

ackblom12:
Ok, how does this list of goodies look for purchasing the 360. Keep in mind I have a $500 budget.

360 Premium - $350 ($330 if Amazon keeps it's price down long enough)
Dead Rising - $30
Viva Pinata - $20
X-Box Live Camera Bundle - $65 (Includes a year of Gold, Uno, Robotron, Camera and another headset)

I already have a 2nd controller, albeit wired, and I might be able to fit another budget priced game on the list. Also, Settler's and Carcassonne will be bought the moment I get it home and connected to the net. Also multiple other XBL games that I'm sure I'll find.

Is Ninja Gaiden Black BC with the 360?

Also, yes, the first year is rarely worth owning a console for with rare exception. The Wii did it for me mainly due to the VC and launching with Zelda and also being $250. The 360 really would have done nothing but collect dust for 10 months If i had gotten it at launch.

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