Originally posted by Coaster indavidual
I think cost is going to start to become an issue as this technology grows. Just compare the 360 to the n64. My N64 cost not more than 150 USD and the games were around 30-50ish. Now lets look at the X-box 360, the base model costs 300 if you want to play online it costs 400. Each game is at least 55 bucks as is the controller. The extra crap you can buy also costs abit. The 20 dollar faceplate is a pretty steep price for a piece of plastic. Then theres the 60 GB harddrive you can get for it that costs 80 USD if my memory serves me.
TANGENT------------->FYI for all those who want a bigger HD in your 360 it runs off of an IDE harddrive so you could literally take it out and hook it into you PC just fine and any Harddrive will do, you just gotta copy to 360 OS onto it and your set.
back to what I was saying. All that money is going to add up. Not to mention in order to play "High Definition Games" you need to have a High definition TV which if you dont have one will set you back at least 1000.
does anyone know what the expected prices of the PS3 and revo are supposed to be?
I think PS3 will be at least $500, maybe even $900, but either way, it's likely to have $70 games, not kidding. The revo should be no more than $200 as it's able to render images only twice as good as XBox's, and the clock speeds of the devices are very similar, and it only has around 90mb of memory. The games are probably no more than $50, I don't know about the controllers, but they might be around the same prices as GCN's controllers, perhaps a bit more. (plus you might have to buy the shell for certain games, etc)