Man the Xbox360 addon prices are annoying...

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12-07-2006, 04:41 PM
rhettro

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Originally Posted by ImaNihilist

Cell phones may have been around for a while, but it's only in the last 10 years where everyone has one, and people are using them for two hours a day, every day.

400,000 people, 20 years of use, no increase in cancer rates. I'm not worried.
12-07-2006, 04:45 PM
remo

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Originally Posted by Timman_24

Yup, Wii costs when added up:
250 for console
25 for classic controller
30 for component cables
60 for nunchuck + wiimote
50 for 4 gig SD card
=415 just to get me started

360 for me to get started was 400 (actually 275 since I bought it used.)

What do you need a 4gig SD card for right now? It has plenty of internal memory. And a classic controller is only required if you want to play VC games.
12-07-2006, 04:49 PM
flutie98

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Originally Posted by taggart6

Nope..I think you need a virtual controller...and you have to buy wii points to buy virtual games. It think its $20 for 2000.

yes you can use the gc controller to play most VC games, on the VC purchase screen it has a picture of the controllers allowed for each games
12-07-2006, 04:55 PM
taggart6

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Originally Posted by flutie98

yes you can use the gc controller to play most VC games, on the VC purchase screen it has a picture of the controllers allowed for each games

really? Damn..hahah...thats good to hear. Any details on which games support the GC controller?

EDIT: Lifted from wikipedia:
NES, SNES and N64 are all compatable with the GC controller.
Some turbographix and sega gaes are also compatable.

EDIT2:Fro wikipedia:
All current non-snes Virtual games are compatable with the GC controller and wii remote.
12-07-2006, 05:24 PM
Kamakazie

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Originally Posted by rimmerchant

btw: can i use the game cube controller to play virtual console stuff?

Yep. With the GC controller you'll be able to control every virtual console game.
12-07-2006, 05:26 PM
Kamakazie

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Originally Posted by taggart6

really? Damn..hahah...thats good to hear. Any details on which games support the GC controller?

EDIT: Lifted from wikipedia:
NES, SNES and N64 are all compatable with the GC controller.
Some turbographix and sega gaes are also compatable.

EDIT2:Fro wikipedia:
All current non-snes Virtual games are compatable with the GC controller and wii remote.

All virtual console games can be controlled with the GC controller. TG16, NES and some Genesis games can also be controller with the Wii Remote on its own (being held sideways).
12-07-2006, 05:35 PM
UghMAS

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Originally Posted by KaoTiK

lol, not quite yet my friend. $700 for a 8800GTX, $250 for a Mobo, $400 for the processor, $200 for the ram, $80 for the case, $100 for the sound card, $20 for a DVD drive, $80 for a HDD, $80 for a PSU, $300 for a monitor, $250 for speakers. $2460.

You could buy a HDTV bigger than the computer monitor, the console, and all the accessories you need and still have money left over to go out and buy a cheeseburger at Burger King. :)

yeah 8800GTX's are SO necessary, might as well get 2 for sli.
12-07-2006, 06:19 PM
XJ

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Originally Posted by KaoTiK

lol, not quite yet my friend. $700 for a 8800GTX, $250 for a Mobo, $400 for the processor, $200 for the ram, $80 for the case, $100 for the sound card, $20 for a DVD drive, $80 for a HDD, $80 for a PSU, $300 for a monitor, $250 for speakers. $2460.

You could buy a HDTV bigger than the computer monitor, the console, and all the accessories you need and still have money left over to go out and buy a cheeseburger at Burger King. :)

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Originally Posted by UghMAS

yeah 8800GTX's are SO necessary, might as well get 2 for sli.

Yeah I thought that was pretty lame... (along with other numbers in that post) PCs are already more expensive you don't have to exaggerate it. I agree with your point KaoTiK, but your comparison is ridiculous.
12-07-2006, 06:27 PM
Snakespy

Boulder (MEDIA) has corrupted you ImaNihilist, you need to think about moving out of there ;)
12-07-2006, 06:37 PM
Timman_24

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Originally Posted by ImaNihilist

You can show me all the studies you want. Radiation causes cancer. Cell phones give off radiation. Cell phones likely have SOME negative effect. Putting a device that emits radiation next to your head can't possibly be good for you.

You are getting into probabilities that are so small they are negligible.
12-07-2006, 06:44 PM
Timman_24

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Originally Posted by remo

What do you need a 4gig SD card for right now? It has plenty of internal memory. And a classic controller is only required if you want to play VC games.

I think you just like to pick apart my posts :p

Most people will want to play the classic games, and I would. The post was about how much it would cost ME to get started with the wii. You can do whatever you want. Why not get 4gig? Why not get 8gig for 75 bucks? Eventually I am going to need it.
12-07-2006, 06:47 PM
Klashe

Don't forget Xbox Live - $70.
12-07-2006, 06:50 PM
vairox

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Originally Posted by Klashe

Don't forget Xbox Live - $70.

yeah cause online gaming is a necessity
12-07-2006, 06:51 PM
Timman_24

Xbox live is 5 dollars a month. Which is 60 dollars a year. I would rather pay for great online than get crappy free online (PS3) or no online (Wii as of now).
12-07-2006, 07:25 PM
remo

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Originally Posted by Timman_24

I think you just like to pick apart my posts :p

I can't help it your posts are so inaccurate :)

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Most people will want to play the classic games, and I would. The post was about how much it would cost ME to get started with the wii.

I intend to purchase a lot of VC games as well, but I have no immediate plans to buy an SD card. With 512 MB of built-in memory, it's simply not necessary yet.

I haven't seen any stats on the size of Wii saves or VC file (anyone?), but there's no way you're going to fill that up anytime soon -- even if you were to buy every single VC title currently available.
12-07-2006, 07:25 PM
kpxgq

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Originally Posted by vairox

yeah cause online gaming is a necessity

for the 360 it is, LIVE is pretty much one of the main foundations of the 360, hell the first screen you see when you turn on the 360 is the LIVE logon screen
12-07-2006, 07:35 PM
Timman_24

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Originally Posted by remo

I can't help it your posts are so inaccurate :)
I intend to purchase a lot of VC games as well, but I have no immediate plans to buy an SD card. With 512 MB of built-in memory, it's simply not necessary yet.

I haven't seen any stats on the size of Wii saves or VC file (anyone?), but there's no way you're going to fill that up anytime soon -- even if you were to buy every single VC title currently available.

You keep saying I, I, I. My post was about ME not you.

Inaccurate? How can opinion be inaccurate? You are the only one that consistantly argues with me. Mr. Casual on GoeW :p
12-07-2006, 07:37 PM
ImaNihilist

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Originally Posted by Timman_24

You keep saying I, I, I. My post was about ME not you.

Inaccurate? How can opinion be inaccurate?

Magic.
12-07-2006, 07:42 PM
remo

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Originally Posted by Timman_24

Inaccurate? How can opinion be inaccurate? You are the only one that consistantly argues with me. Mr. Casual on GoeW :p

You're welcome to buy one if you think you need it, I just didn't want others to think it was a required purchase. :) At least as far as I can tell, still haven't found any good info on file sizes.
12-07-2006, 07:44 PM
Timman_24

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Originally Posted by remo

You're welcome to buy one if you think you need it, I just didn't want others to think it was a required purchase. :) At least as far as I can tell, still haven't found any good info on file sizes.

I want it because it lets me take my saves games away from my console and lets me store music on it to play on the wii. You thought you knew the whole situation...
12-07-2006, 08:41 PM
splurgedsturgeon

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Originally Posted by kpxgq

for the 360 it is, LIVE is pretty much one of the main foundations of the 360, hell the first screen you see when you turn on the 360 is the LIVE logon screen

And if you can minimize the cost of Live (fallaciously, IMHO) by saying it comes to only $5 per month, you can also claim that the free PS3 online service is a $240 value.

If you're interested in a console with a hard drive and wireless online play (for the life of the console, say 4 years), the premium PS3 is quite a bit cheaper, huh? $740 for an xbox 360 vs. $600 for a PS3. The PS3 online service is free isn't it?

(300(core)+100(wifi)+100(hard drive)+240(live for 4 years) = $740)

Also of interest (just read this at slashdot):

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scientists in Denmark tracked over 420,000 cell phone users over the course of 21 years in an attempt to determine if the urban legend that cell phone use causes cancer is true. Their results: the RF energy produced by the phones did not correlate to an increased incidence of the disease.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=2702500
12-07-2006, 08:54 PM
kpxgq

but like tinman said, i am pretty sure that M$ LIVE is alot more fleshed out than Sonys offering. even so, to me, if you look at the big picture, the ps3 is not overpriced.
12-07-2006, 09:11 PM
splurgedsturgeon

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Originally Posted by kpxgq

but like tinman said, i am pretty sure that M$ LIVE is alot more fleshed out than Sonys offering. even so, to me, if you look at the big picture, the ps3 is not overpriced.

I haven't even used Live on Xbox 360 yet, but with the Xbox/PS2 online services the biggest differences that made Xbox a lot better were 1.) a global friends list and 2.) free downloadable content for games. The free PS3 online service has this stuff at least:

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6161997/p-4.html
12-07-2006, 09:19 PM
Transfurzz

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Originally Posted by kpxgq

but like tinman said, i am pretty sure that M$ LIVE is alot more fleshed out than Sonys offering. even so, to me, if you look at the big picture, the ps3 is not overpriced.

The PS3 is not overpriced, I agree with you. For the stuff you are getting, its a good deal. However, it falls to the fact that it has an equivalent competitor at a very competitive pricepoint. Thats the problem.

I agree entirely with you that the PS3 is not the overpriced system. In fact, if there's anybody practicing predatory pricing its Sony.

Now its up to whoever better implements those features. At this point in time its Microsoft, Xbox Live is an amazing selling point. With the PS3 its "online what ?". The Xbox has a far better library at this point in time. Most multiplatform release games at this time seem to run poorly or below that of the xbox 360. You can say its more expensive, blah, blah, blah. But apparrently we believe its worth the money and that is what counts. Technical analysis will get you nowhere here. More than likely when you pay for an addon you want, your ten times more likely to actually use the damn thing than if it was included free. The issue is not value for money, but better implementation of features. People pay for quality, those who pay for value shouldn't be buying a next gen console within the first three weeks after release anyway.
12-07-2006, 09:25 PM
splurgedsturgeon

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Originally Posted by Transfurzz

People pay for quality, those who pay for value shouldn't be buying a next gen console within the first three weeks after release anyway.

This is a good point, but not in the context of this thread (which is called "Man the Xbox360 addon prices are annoying...")

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