European Xbox 360 Price Cut Confirmed, Detailed; Arcade Unit Now Cheaper Than Wii

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  wouldn't that make the ps3 last gen as well? : gokart.
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    No. : MrGrindy
    • Because? : SinistarX
    • It has "most of the same games" as well, with identical graphics. The PS3 and 360 are in the same gen. An... : MaxPete82
    • Ken Katarugi? is that you? : AroundTheFur1380
• Last gen? Heh. : tension
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  I consider them all "current gen" : FushigiDenki
  • ^^^^^ : dantastic
• alright cool : nomaad
• here we go.... *zips of flame suit* the 360 and ps3 share far more games than the 360 and PC do, a : AroundTheFur1380
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  Your updated PC cost a lot more than $280 to play those same games. But nice troll. : shredomatic
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    Your 360 games cost more than those same games, in part to offset the fact that you paid less than he did... : Schnapple
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      It has mostly to do with licensing fees to the console maker, not with "offsetting" anything. To be fa... : MaxPete82
      • and the licensing fee's are set to help offset the subsidy on the console. : ahk-med
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        No, it's about what the market is willing to pay for a 360 game, not with licensing fees. : MR 9000
        • But it is true, is it not, that a developer makes less per game sold on a console game than a PC game due... : Schnapple
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      an extra $10 per game. You have to buy a shit load of games. Like 100 games to equal the cost of gettin... : ease one
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        But you only have to buy a handful of games, like maybe seven, to offset the cost of manufacturing the console itself. Everything above that is profit and collectively, the number of games purchased per console user is above that number (it probably helps that the video rental places of the world also buy a good number of titles). Console makers take a loss on the hardware to sell more software (except Nintendo, which seems to create their own gravity it seems). When something comes along like the RROD problem, there goes that profit (see MS and their $1B hit on fixing that).
        
        Anyway yeah the point is MrGrindy threw out a little flamebait and people took it in this thread. But it's not like consoles are cheaper than PC's because they're better, they're cheaper because the console maker is taking a loss on the hardware in order to sell software and make money. If one player in the console space takes over they get cocky - see Sony and their $600 PS3 entry. Nintendo lost their cocky years ago so they come out with moderately powerful hardware which is innovative in some respect and sell shit tons. Microsoft isn't cocky (just trigger happy apparently), which is why their console experience is second to none. Sony got cocky and decided to have PS3 be their delivery channel into the HD space and it nearly killed them this round.

        Mar 10, 2008 11:18am PDT
        But you only have to buy a handful of games, like maybe seven, to offset the cost of manufacturing the co... : Schnapple
      • not really, everyone (almost) has a computer already. The price difference between a new ordinary compu... : Old_Fart
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    To Shredomatic: Incorrect, good sir. If you factor in the $50 per year over the 3-4 years that you'll h... : wytefang
    • That initial $50 per year I was referring to is for the Xbox Live Gold subscription... (just to correct/c... : wytefang
    • Don't forget the cables at $40 a pop for those who've never heard of monoprice : Schnapple
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      He's not wrong though. For the vast majority of people, a 360 is and always will be cheaper than building... : MaxPete82
      • "For the vast majority of people, a 360 is and always will be cheaper than building and maintaining a dec... : wytefang
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      So you don't have to buy controllers or display devices for computers now? : nudel
      • Nope. Usually you just carryover your old monitor and keyboard/mouse. ;) : wytefang
• While I can appreciate your opinion, I can't help but think that it is severely flawed. As others have st... : Lycronis
• Back under your bridge troll. : ColoradoCNC
• front page commenters are the worst : derelict515
• Go synergise your money with SONY PLAYSTATION 3 POWERED BY BLU-RAY then. : johnsto
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  Shouldn't your name be McTrolly? : Fred Garvin
  • Don't you mean "MrTrolly"? : JimRune
• I always think of the PS3 as RETRO take that bitch. : usedillusion