I, for one and surprised over all this drama on the pricing. I think people are being a little unreasonable. I don't think the pricing is that bad, it's just not what everybody wanted. Blame lies on both sides, M$ sayying they were aiming for the $299 price point and not offering specifics, and people who had hopes, dreams, and delusions that M$ was going to hook them up with all the bell and whistles they've been hyping for $299.
Let's just be real, as stated above te $299 price is aimed for those who don't gice a damn about the HDD, wireless controllers and such. M$ is going for market pentration and they are trying to get the casual gamers to ante up. There is no splitting the market, you can get all the functionality buy buying the other components later, so while I think it kinda sucks perosnally I can see what they are trying to do. I may not agree with the apporach 100%, but I can at see what the overall goal is. To me this is not that big of a deal. You're acutllyl getting a break by going with the $299 model. I know it would have been nice to have the 'pimped out' X360 for $299, but M$ isn'ttrying to eat as much cash as they did with the first XBox. :lol
But hell, what do I know. Vote with your wallets, If $399 is too rich for your blood then so be it. But I why a ot of people are extremely pissed off?! f I had some PS3 and Revolution pricing and details, or some form of comparison, I think I'd could understand. Please don't take my repsonse the wrong way. Although you may disagree, just explain how the pricing is unreasonable?
<gulp> BOy, I've set myself up haven't I?
