“They can cut it to “free” and I’d still prefer to play on my PC.”
I feel exactly the opposite way. I got tired of the whole rat-race of PC and video card upgrades necessary to run the latest games, and assorted glitches and what-not. I prefer the gaming experience on a console, where developers know exactly what hardware they’re writing the games for. Of course, I actually have to buy the games that I play.
My only issues with the 360 are its abysmal reliability record, and the amount of heat and noise it produces. The gaming experience has been excellent. They really need to get the next generation of 60-nm process chips out to reduce power consumption (ie heat output) and cost. Also, they never should have had a version with no hard drive. Well, maybe I should have waited and gotten a Playstation 3.
Same here.
When I was heavily into flight sims (Stick, throttle, pedals - complete HOTAS system) I spend over $1500 a year keeping up to date.
I bought my X-Box solely for Halo and it was worth it.
I’ve bought about five other games, then Halo 2.
Push a button and boot it up.
On-line combat was a cake walk and better than anything PC-related (including the Delta Force series).
Never requires an upgrade and easy enough my kids can turn it on, put in a game or DVD and go to town.
When Halo 3 hits the shelves, I hope prices are down enough on both the console and HD flat panels ;)