And because of this weird intertwining thing it does, it can fool each processor into doing two things at once instead of just one by creating a "virtual processor." So basically it's 300 for a 6-processor system. How much would a PC with 6 processors cost, if they even sell those for conventional use in the first place?
I have no money to even buy a remedial PC for the games I want to play. And by the time I do get the cash, I'll be in college and I'll need a laptop, which is another $1-2000. Unless of course you think I should lug my desktop around campus with me.
But, as Chompy said, with consoles there's no installation, no worrying about whether you have the required hardware, no fooling with the system when there's problems playing a game, and no need to upgrade every 18 months. With consoles you can wait around 5 years for the next generation. Till then, all the games work perfectly fine, and as can be seen by these new systems, will all look beautiful.
And no, most decent console games don't get ported to PC, like, as stated by Magicman, Nintendo. I have a whole shelf of games that I loved upstairs that I'll never see on a PC, because most of them
just don't work on the PC. You can't bring a Resident Evil or a Zelda or a Burnout to the PC, and you can't bring a Command & Conquer or most MMO's to console. It's two different markets with different tastes. Things generally just don't sell well when not on their native platform.
I buy the $400 360 because it offers me more than Nintendo has in the past 5 years. It's a shame developers and consumers have given Nintendo that kiddie persona, but it's a reality, and because of that I won't see 3/4 of the games worth buying on the 360 on a Nintendo system. The only reason I still have my GCN still is SSBM, RE4, and hopefully the Zelda game, if they don't postpone it again. I used to be a Nintendo fanatic, but they've let me down, and the Xbox hasn't.
And if Halo sucks balls then there must be a completely profane and irrational reason for the game to sell so much.
