Microsoft says Xbox 360 is the best value for the money

In terms of current gen, this is definitely true. But I agree with King, SNES and PS2, although I love my PSone.

CALLING CAPTAIN OBBIVOUS!!!

I wone my 360 and still find my PS3 to be better value.

Toyhome is the most awesome of all awesome games EVER!!!!

Man, if he masturbates some more, I'M going to ejaculate.

@ CrimsonAngel: Are you being sarcastic, or are just on crack?

xbox 360: $350. small 20 gig drive, 2x usb, Some have hdmi some don’t. DVD drive. But now comes the nickel and dimming. $50 for xbox live network, $100 for wifi adapter, $175 for add on HD DVD player. so for $675 you have to pay to get it to match even the $399 ps3 in features and still have 20 gigs less space. Now tell me, is it really cheaper? oh and get a bonus, it’s called the red ring of death, yes 40% of the xbox 360’s sold will break and brick and you will have to wait up to 3 months for it to be repaired. This is why i will not probably ever buy a 360. I hate microsoft. The 360 is last gen, last gen dvd only, so no big huge games with big huge textures. only 3 cores compared to 7 on ps3, smaller hard drives, and no wifi built in, for god’s sake even the wii has built in wifi. You have to pay for online gaming, it’s free for the wii and the ps3. stupid. The 360 is a fools gaming console when compared to the ps3 or the wii. Sorry, but it breaks, and lack so many key options that are next gen.

PS3: $399 for 40 gig ps3 hdmi, wifi, free network, blueray, 2 usb, but lacks memory card slots and backwards compatibility.

Ps3: $499 for the 80 gig with free network, software backwards compat and memory card slots and 4x usb plus blueray, wifi, hdmi.

Ps3: &499 for the 60 gig that does it all and has it all. full back wards compatible.
Look at it this way, on the ps3 you are spending 200 on the gaming console and 200 on wifi, blueray, free network for a lifetime. This is a great deal.

360 does have some good games. The problem is variety. How many 360 games don't involve some rugged soldier with a big gun killing stuff? I don't have time to play every game or a lot of time in general so I like to have a good variety to what I play. The Wii probably does have less good games in total but they have a better variety.

@hexfix

Have fun playing SMG and Pain all year long. I stop reading what you wrote after the 40% RROD. Newsflash, Falcon 360s are out. And those addons are all what you said, Add fucking ons. At least base it on true relevant facts.

Xbox Live > PSN anyday.

@ hexfix

Oh, so I see you're back to your old trolling self. I welcome your douche baggyness. Hexfix93 Quotes: Part Two? I smell a sequel.

Man, you're still a little bitch.
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So, forget Hexfix's whiny, bitch ass comment. All game companies are out to make themselves look like the best. Magesx used sarcasm to make this pretty clear.

The PS3, I think, Is a better value out of all of them. It's still too expensive. It's kind of like Costco. They sell you a box of about 20 pizza pocket meals. Now, you're paying a lot, but you're getting much more for less than if you bought them individually.The problem is sometimes we don't want all that bullshit and we just want to eat.

That's what the PS3 is like, and The XBOX is like that one Hot Pocket. The Wii...the Wii is half of that Hot Pocket. Bite Sized.

:)

now uh...wasn't there a rumor about the built in HD DVD player in 360s and how they were quick to write it off?

let alone, you get 3 different choices of xbl accounts outside the 1 year (although the 1 year + extra month is best, you have the 3 month and 1 month.) But the wifi adaptor...that's something the need to work on either building in or cutting the price even a bit. But I guess they figure you're spendin 350 already, 100 more wouldn't hurt.

LOL Understar, and WTF! the highest rated content ever,i believe that belongs to the ps2,ps1 and snez, all unbeatable(correct me if im wrong, plz) at least they aint gonna screw the 360 when the next xbox comes out, thinking of buying one in a couple of weeks, but good job microsoft, now just sort out ya shitty tech problems,( i WILL piss on my 360 if the RRoD strikes with a vengance, then send it in for repairs, heheh!)

With today's addition of Divx & Xvid playing, the 360 definitely got a lot cooler. But once/as long as the PS3 gets the same relatively quickly, I'll be back to loving my PS3 more.

I agree that game-wise, it's the best deal, but overall I am still going to give it to the PSTriple with the new "lower" end price. It will eventually have some nice games, but right out of the box it's a blu-ray player. To get the HD-DVD add-on for the 360 you need to drop another $179 and end up paying more then you would for a PS3.. But hey, you can't really go wrong with either one. Right now the 360 owns, in the future I'm sure the gap will close a little and with the inclusion of the blu-ray, the PS3 gets my vote for best package.. Just wait another year or so..

Is it just me or does it seem that if a Sony Executive said this about the PS3, everyone would be up in arms saying they're full of themselves and arrogant?

360 is the best value of the big 3, and deserves a spot in any living room. pay me!

360 is mostly pc ports, not really a console game box.

ps3 has the pc ports + the true gaming of a console, games like uncharted, ratchet and clank, little big planet, mgs4. This is where the 360 falls flat on its face, no AAA titles in console style gaming games. Only in First Person Shooter pc port crap. The 360 is just like vista, broken and over priced.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gaming/xbox-360-failure-rate-30-says-retailers-271487.php

http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home/D3Q7G8S2

http://www.360-gamer.com/news.asp?id=964

http://www.ripten.com/2007/07/03/failure-rate-xbox-360-high-as-33-sony-ps3-less-than-1/

http://gamepolitics.com/2007/07/06/xbox-360-failure-rate-do-the-math/

Most say its around 33%, i think it will be 100% in a few years..

What my biggest gripe with all the positive 360 press is, i don't how good the pc fps style games are, how can a system with such a high failure rate be even considered a good purchase, because in any other kind of commerce, this would spawn a total recall. Yet the press thinks the 360 is so great. yet people like me refuse to buy it, because we actually do research on the products we buy. We are not stupid shoppers like most of the xbox 360 community.

to counter ps3 people...clearly noone cares about blu ray ...it's just that thing that ps3 people say it's such a good value because they have blue ray, and they can make games that have more memory on them, except they never will. Oh and you guys have watch a movie, which initially costs more to purchase, which will have a couple more pixels on it. SWEET blue ray is the SHIT. IN a BAD way.

And people say Nintendo fanboys are the defensive ones.

Get what you want, I like my 360, though it is newer to me and I need to amass more titles with the thing. Us gamers know what we want, and we stop and nothing to belittle the other people's purchases. But to a parent who is purchasing a system for their crazy child, they don't care what the kid really wants, they want to know what is cheapest in price for cost of entry. Considering that is the Wii right now, not to mention the ridiculous marketing success Nintendo has had with it, that's become for the second year in a row the hot item of the holiday. So yeah, maybe the 360 is the best value for what you are paying, you still are paying more for the cost of entry.

No comment. I only have a Wii, and I haven't touched it in months.


My other 'wii', on the other hand...



That's right. I went there. Old jokes FTW!

Topic closed. Deiga wins.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/microsoft/xbl-silver-subscribers-kicked-in-nuts-again-this-time-ms-means-it-330051.php

read that, nickel and dime central.

decade long shelf life? you mean a decade long for 10 xbox 360's? cause I certainly think ONE 360 would run for 10 years.