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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 53567

s Missing Xbox 360 Hard Drive - Xbox boss J Allard said that Microsoft decided to leave the hard drive out of the core system package to reduce the obstacles standing in front of would-be gamers:  "The thing to remember is that while we designed a no-compromises game system, a

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xxxx · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:36 pm Post subject:

People complaining about Xbox prices makes me laugh.. Gee nearly a complete system for under $500, Wow and modern gfx that look fantastic and work even up to a HDTV! Yet, EVERYONE doesn't bitch when a VIDEO CARD!! 1 COMPONENT OF A WHOLE COMPUTER COSTS $800 and it's OK!?!!! I say F U all. Bunch of whiners. Too bad they didn't make it $100 for you. Pfffff! People should concentrate on the REAL theft going on and thats ATI and nVidia who are ripping people off left right and center.

lmer · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:12 pm Post subject:

So you buy an XBox for under 500$. And then you get some addons for 50$, a nice peripheral for 100$, and some XBox live subscriptions for some more $$$, and this, n that... Smile

On a side note; there was an article somewhere recently which states that even the PC enthusiast aren't spending all that cash on latest GPUs anymore, but the rich'n'stupid Smile

I believe it and doubt that anyone who has some knowledge about latest video hardware actually buys that. I mean, the prices are gonna drop fast, and all that extra money could have earned you a nice peace of *****.
I got myself a budget card 1 year before today, picked by hand. It served me well, but soon it's time for 6800 Smile

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Oh and like Mr. Carmack said in the Quakecon keynote: "The fact is that those cosoles are pretty much as powerfull as today's high end PC".

Prices for high end PC hardware are gonna drop, but the XBox prices will stay solid for some time Wink

. It's not even out yet...

nb411 · Elite Member Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 497

Did you guys see the Doom3 remixes there? Awesome stuff Smile

Nosferatu · Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:30 pm Post subject:

The reason I'll never buy an Xbox360:
I should consider myself lucky here in Ukraine because I have enough money to buy an A2500 1Gb ram R9800Pro computer and all the games we play here are pirated (hehe) thus they cost from 5 to 7 bucks; you can't buy at least a few decent games for consoles in Ukraine (you still can't buy an Xbox here, thus no games available for it) and I could never afford to pay 50$ for a game, I have no such money.
Conclusion: no nextgen for me Sad