MrHealthy wrote:Again, I was assuming that the buyer was a 'hardcore' gamer and would like these features. Also, I wanted the same features to be seen across the entire comparison. Most hardcore gamers do like to play online for at least one or two games and paying yearly is the cheapest way to do it. Also note that I was pricing based on suggested retail price from amazon.com, so ya, the adaptor might be cheaper now other places, but its still in the 70 to 80 dollar range. Considering that wifi is standard on most electronic products now paying between 70 and 100 dollars is ridiculously pricey.
I looked at it from a purely finacial perspective. I didn't look at how the PS3/360 online works, nor who has better exclusives. For all the same features and additions, PS3 is cheaper though, no question. You can not say otherwise.
Oh and if you had cared enough to read my second post, I stated that without the same features of PS3, a 360 will run $239.97. Cheaper then PS3 yes, but that 100 dollars more for PS3 adds 4 features compared to one feature of an elite 360 unit.
You're still assuming everyone is going to actually use all of those features. I know I don't. You can't come out and say it's the more cost effective system, but only if you were to buy all of the optional stuff the other one has. If you're gonna do that, you have to factor in the cost of a blue tooth headset, since you don't get one, the price difference from buying blu rays, and the fact that you're getting extra features and functionality with XBL Gold.
