Re: Well, time to cancel deposit on 360 and wait...

babanoosh <snoop@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Consider the many people who DON'T have an Xbox. If XBox360 was fully
> > backwards compatible, this would give them access to the older games as
> > well as the new ones from day one.

> At this point, the many people who don't already have an xbox probably
> wouldn't be very interested in an xbox, don't you think?

Not necessarily... The majority of households are only going to buy *one*
console per generation. This is where the real fight between Sony and
Microsoft is going to take place. People like you and me are going to buy
both (if not all 3) simply because we're gamers, collectors, and/or have
the disposable income available.

Even then, I didn't decide to get an Xbox until earlier this year. At
that point, I was torn between waiting to see if the 360 was going to be
backwards compatible, and just buying an Xbox "now". My wife solved that
problem for me :D But had I known back then that Xbox360 was going to be
fully backwards compatible, I would have just waited for the 360, and just
buy a bunch of Xbox games.

> > It also gives the Xbox360 a larger library on day one - something that
> > potential customers are going to be interested in.

> Well, I'm with that lad as far as this, but then I guess that could be
> because my box is modded and has way to much value in its multimedia
> capabilities for me to ever think about parting with it.

I'm aware of the awesome capabilities a modded Xbox posesses, but I'm
ignoring those since your average person isn't going to be interested in
something like that.

> At this rate, I'll probably make a
> > decision between PS3 and Xbox360 after each has had a price drop.
> >
> By both big dollar! :) I know you're staying in the valley so you must
> be rich.

Doesn't matter. I just don't have the time to play that I used to. Seems
to be the inevitable curse of being an older gamer...
.

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