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Aug 19, 2005 1:24PM PST

Just wrote this in response to the article about how much the XBox 360 breaks down price wise. Something like $639 or whatever. Anyway, some people were talking about "what about a second controller, or free this or that," and other people were defending the conglomerates, believing that the money they dumped into the new systems for pure power was worth it, and that if we don't buy everything special to come out for those systems that Bill Gates' kids were gonna starve or something. Here we go...

Wow, people talking about "there's no such thing as a free second controller," "whaddayou want, free gold online service?"

Does anyone remember the Super NES? That had two controllers. So did the NES. I believe a couple of different companies that never survived had double controllers as well. And Nintendo is giving away free online service with the DS and Revolution. That includes some downloads, sharing of stuff with other gamers, AND online play against other players.

I think what gaming is coming to is more of a "crap you don't need costing more than it would to just give you stuff you want." This whole triple processor super mega transparent textures crap is kinda pointless. There won't be a single game until the end of the new generation that will fully and completely utilize the capabilities of either the 360 or the PS3. So why bother having all that extra power if no one out there is going to use it? Nintendo on the other hand didn't bother with all the crap you don't need, (granted they might be adding some different crap you don't need via the controller, but let's wait on that) brought the price down AND is offering free online services... I'm sure they won't have the second controller standard, but, well... Since we accepted that as the standard, there's no way they'll go back on it now. It's our fault for not throwing more of a hissy when our N64's and PS3's only had one controller.

Everyone just needs to stop thinking about how much money these huge, trillion zillion dollar companies are making or losing on their stuff and realize that if they wanna be in the video game market, they need to provide for the consumer better than the next guy. Microsoft and Sony can afford to lose a few bucks, I'm sure. Maybe they should re-think their strategies of cramming in all this expensive stuff no one is gonna use, and find ways to appeal more to the gaming community than through just sheer power.

Let the "fanboy" shit begin to be flung.
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