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I wish Microsoft would get run out of the market altogether TBH. Nevermind they've never made a single red cent off of any XBOX (it was mentioned on some show on one of those news networks that they have lost money every quarter on the XBOX), I just don't like how they do business. They make the system cheap out of the gate to be appealing, but then you soon realize you're spending the cost of the system in basic accessories and online subscriptions to get up and going. $100 for a Wi-Fi adapter? fuck you Microsoft. The PS3 is UNBELIEVABLY off-the-shelf mod friendly for a product that isn't put out by a chinese bootleg company. It accepts USB controllers, any laptop drive (SATA?), comes with Wi-Fi, free online play, etc. etc. Once you get past the high price (now not bad at all at $300), you're basically done. Say what you will, but of all of the major game companies still going, Sony is by far the least deceptive in terms of marketing or features IMO. Hopefully the new marketing strategy with less of the "WTF? why is the PS3 floating in a room by itself?" and more of the "hey look! it does everything for $300!" will grab some more fans.
There 20GB HD was 99.99 out the gate back in 2005. You could get sata HD off the shelf but you would've had to ghetto rig it jsut to work. Then MS decided to make the HD an optional feature which is a stark contrast to the original Xbox. Then they charge you for damn near everything on XBL. To play somebody online i gotta buy Gold which get me online play and early dibs on demo's most of the time. Then the damn thing can't use usb ports for other controllers. I even bought one of those MS headsets for my laptop the same one they use on the 360 cept it's white and low and behold it doesn't work on my 360. At least the first Xbox was pretty sturdy.