XBox 360 Owners

[Arrow_Raider]

So are you a little annoyed by this new XBox 360 Elite coming out? Now effectively making your XBox 360 Premium second best only a year after it's release?
Also, doing the maths (correct me if I'm wrong), but isn't the price of the XBox and the HD-DVD plugin the same price as the PS3?

I am angry. The features that the elite will have may be only a mediocore upgrade, but one of the features is that it will be QUIETER. I got my 360 premium on launch day and it sounds like a vacum cleaner. Its mostly the move that microsoft is taking by releasing another version of its console so quickly the enrages me.

Sony released an (arguably) better second version of the PS2 - but the console was 4 years old at this point, so it wasn't really an evil move.

Nintendo released a second version of the gamecube - but it was actually worse than the original because all it did was remove the component cable output socket. That was a sucky move, but at least the loyal nintendo fans who had bought a gamecube before the release of the second version weren't shafted.


Currently, if you add a HD DVD drive to the 360 premium, it will be just as expensive as the 60gb PS3. The elite 360 will cost 480, so the cost would be 680 with the hddvd drive - more expensive than the PS3. If you need wireless capabilities on the 360(which the 60gb PS3 has built in), it will cost you another 100 dollars. So that brings the cost to 700 and 780 - outragiously expensive.

I'm a firm believer in ONE version of everything. It causes nothing but confusion for consumers when companies release different versions of products - sadly, it seems to be the growing trend these days.
Office 2007 has many editions: basic, small buisiness, standard, professional, professional plus, enterprise, ultimate, student.
Windows Vista has many editions: home basic, home premium, buisiness, enterprise, ultimate.
The 360 will soon be available in 3 different editions.
The PS3 is available in 2 editions right now.

But the console that keeps selling the highest number of units each month - the Nintendo Wii, only has one configuration.