...how naive consumers can be about final and initial costs.

yeah, its true that they try to make alot of cash with addons like the HDD and the likes, but as long as the consumers choose to buy it, I dont see why MS should stop doing it. The console market, like any market actually, is all about money. You wonder why Xbox Live aint free? Well because people are willing to pay for it and MS knows it. You think that Sony put a blu-ray drive in the PS3 so games would be better on it? You missed the point, they put it in because they knew it would give them a sizeable advantage in the format war. Why is the DLC free on PC but not on Live? Console gamers are willing to buy it, people on PC have been used to getting it for free and probably wouldn't buy it. Why are games downloaded from the G.o.d. service or from the PS Store as or more expensive than the same game in store? People buy them anyway, that's why!

Btw, what's with the headline, MS deson't not understand recession? What about Sony and the PSPGo? What about Apple and its overpriced products? It's not about MS not understanding recession, it's about people still willing to pay the big price even in the recession.

because it is black and will go with my elite. I have the beige one attached to the hddvd player and it is in my front room on my original 05 360 serving as my movie machine. I dont have any issues streaming netflix over wifi.

My ps3 is in the game room next to the elite. It will be nice to eliminate the long yellow cat6 cable I am currently using to connect my elite to the net.

Does no one have a job anymore?...oh wait..recession = lay offs.

Besides, wired beats wireless gaming any day. Do like WenisWagon said above, hard wire that bad boy or just buy the Linksys game adapter.

Really not seeing the big deal once again...but then again, not "seeing" any actual 360 owners doing the complaining and whining.

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well $100 is a lot for a piece of plastic that should come with the system in the first place and costs $2 to make

and i am "whining" because i may get a 360 someday and don't want to buy the system for $99 and then pay $200 more for a hard drive and wifi

BOOHOO....Sniff.....Sniff..... BOOHOO...MS is charging 100 bucks for wireless adapter ina recession. Dont like it don't buy, i mean how old is it getting watching people cry day in and day out. F'ing pathetic.

@ Tarasque - Your post is pathetic and ignorant. Some people want an affordable add on not one that is'nt triple the cost of a standard pc counterpart.

This is just one more thing I hate about the 360. If your happy wih just owning the reasonably priced 360 fine but when you need add ons and if they are propriatary this is where you get ripped. @ this moment i cant hook my device to my wired network so I need a solution that will connect my 360 to the internet. This is where I refuse to pay highly over priced accesories from ms.

Im going to run a cat 5 cable from my router upstairs to the tv downstairs. Id much rather spend an hour or 2 doing this than spending 100 spot on an overpriced adapter that came included in my other 2 consoles.

When you buy a 360 that box should state many functions require lots of your money, accessories, and time to have full functionality and the ultimate gaming experience that is Microsofts Xbox 360.

If you want to jump in your going get nickle and dimed to the max.

Im not upgrading nada on my 360 it is what it is when bought and I also refuse to pay for live until its free. My games will be on ps3 my 360 games will be old and discounted classics or exclusives if they are worth it.

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And i said before i get tired of people whining and crying day in and day out. Dont play your 360 buy all your game's on the PS3 and PC, you think i give 2 sh1t's.

For a wireless N router, the price really isnt that bad.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site...

there's some on best buy. This one is actually competitively priced instead of almost twice as much.

Now those WiFi adapters are heck of expensive and I just use Tomato setup as a wireless bridge, but why stop selling something people are willing to pay for?

Clearly the author is an idiot as MS must be releasing this because they expect it to CONTINUE to sell well! Let me MS worry about their profit.

Frank here and I would like to share my thoughts on MS and their pricing of accessories.

While I and most of law enforcement love both the 360 and PS3 we have to admit, Microsoft is out of their freaking minds when it comes to what they charge.

To purchase a harddrive for your 360, it is very much like taking a 'dead-horse' pounding while in a prison bathroom. Lets be honest here, MS knows that you can buy a 1t HDD for less than $100. Think of that folks. How much does MS charge for a HDD for the 360? How big is that harddrive?

You can buy wireless adapters dirt cheap and what do you have to pay for one to use on the 360? Yet again, another 'prison pounding.'

I admit, I love my 360 but the prices for addon is out of this world.

If you have wifi at home you can get a Buffalo airstation (that supports N or super G) for about 40 bux. It turns your wifi into a 4 port wired connection. Perfect for those who don't want to buy special wireless adapters, and it feeds multiple devices. Just an option.

Funny, didn't realize that add-ons were compulsory purchases 'cos I'm playing games just fine on my standard set of 360 without them. On the other hand, it wasn't that long ago when getting a standard set of PS3 was still far and away the most expensive venture, was it?

PS3 fanboys b*tching about things they don't have to buy is a regular occurance on N4G. Simular to b*tching about the cost of Live when it cost just as much as a big mac a month.

Consumers vote with their wallet. If it's realy too expensive, it won't sell.

z-hayden:
"and i am "whining" because i may get a 360 someday and don't want to buy the system for $99 and then pay $200 more for a hard drive and wifi"
Seriously dude, that is some stupid sh!t. You are trying to justify why you are whining? Just quit b*tching until you actualy have an Xbox360. By then maybe you will have enough sense to rather buy the Pro or Elite instead of the arcade since the arcade clearly doesn't suite you. If you are so pressed for cash, get a second-hand WiFi for cheap off ebay or something. It's realy not that complex.

http://n4g.pgpartner.com/se...

It must be hard living life when you're that stupid.

HAHAHAHHA! I know how it feels to take care of kids like them. If you ever need help, just call me okay?

it must be hard living life when your a prick. Dont stick yourself into any clamps or electrical sockets, canadiandick.

Wow deleted by the mods in the Open Zone! Now that's a real achievement...

PS3 = last place.

doesn't matter what you say, how you spin it ... ps3 is last this gen.

Whatever you think about M$, sony has done worse.

pwned youself ...

u pawned urself coz SONY is doing better in the same timeframe so if both consoles where released at the same time PS3 would be 2nd! but hey ur a bot so i dont expect u to understand this!

@ The Real Killer
they stole the idea from apple not amiga.

"A wireless signal is required to some gamers who aren't able to get a long enough Ethernet cord."
-You do realize there are ethernet cords of up to 100 feet for about 40 dollars.
"It's also required for gamers without internet and share internet with their neighbor."
-You mean steal internet right?

"Really, they stole the first OS from the Amiga systems and re-program and name it Windows 3.11 Because the first amiga windows (DOS) came from the Amiga makers NOT!!! FROM MICROSOFT!!! those bastard stole a opens source OS and ask so quickly a patent. "
-I'm not talking about operating systems kid, I'm talking about business. But you obviously didn't read my statement because you're a retard.

Sony has been around since 1946, yes, 1946, i think they know a lot more about electronics than microsoft ever will, considering, that is, microsoft doesnt even know how to make an operating system and they are a software company, imagine what type of hardware they make

If Micorsoft wasnt around we would all be in debt because everyone would own an apple Mac.

wrong - if microsoft wasnt around we would all have thousands of dollars more because we would be using Linux

as ignorant as u can imagine!