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From what I can see, your disappointment is your own fault and not Microsoft's. How the hell else did you expect a wireless controller to work without batteries?



Next gen leap could have also incorporated new technological specs, like a controller that doesnt need batteries. Answer me this: Whats the point in a wireless controller that costs you more money than the regular kind, in battery costs, or more money by buying a charger to juice it up in regular intervals? Its just a poorly thought out gimmick

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Even when you learn that there's the corded option (which you said you wanted) you just bitch.





Yeah, the corded, regular controller, is cheaper. Why picture a wireless controller in all the 360 photo shoots when its a limited edition piece of shit that costs you even more money than the usual, for no forseeable extra benefits. I'd rather give my extra money to a charity than Microsoft

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As far as "how can you sell a system without a hard drive?" Ask Sony. Seriously, this is a way to get the system into people's hands quicker and cheaper at $300 instead of $400.



Except you have to have a hard-drive in order to access Xbox-Live, and you have to have X-Box-Live in order to get any semblance of backwards compatability. So, in effect, your paying for backwards compatability, another complete joke!.... Unless ocourse you want to do the whole CD burning thing, which is more trouble and money if you dont have the right equipment

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You can buy a hard drive later and just slide it in. I see nothing wrong with the 360. It looks kick ass, and I can't wait to get it. And in case you missed it, Microsoft is offering two versions of X-Box Live. A free version and the pay version that gives you more options.



Yeah, I did miss it, does this Free version of Xbox-Live actually do anything worthwhile? Even if the free version of Live does allow the joke Microsoft calls 'backwards compatability', do you think its right that you'd need a Hard-drive in the first place to even consider playing old games?


The whole thing just seems like a glorified graphics boost, something that probably could have been achieved by some sort of original Xbox mod of some kind, but because Microsoft know they're in deep shit with the competition, they decide to market it as a whole new console. Besides, im happy with the graphics of current games. Sure I'd like everything to look like the Final Fantasy movie, but not at the cost of the 360. It should plummet in price sooner or later anyway, the current crop of consoles did, and I remember feeling especially pissed off when the current Xbox did...

As far as the file transfers from the PC and the ability to play your music over games goes, its good. I like it. However, its not worth a whole new consolse to do it, atleast in my opinion





xbox offers a hard drive..every other system makes you pay out the ass for memory cards (the only option! with xbox you can upgrade later or buy cards for it--and they don't make you buy blue-tooth dvds). I'd gladly pay some extra money for a hard drive and some rechargable batteries thank you..why not bitch at the phone companies too??? phones with wires used to not need batteries...and damn those answering machines that cost me extra money....





I love the whole "They should have come up with something better, but I don't know what" line in response to the wireless controllers having batteries. Any technology that could have been implemented to not require a replaceable or rechargeable power source would only cause for a higher price for people to bitch about as well as quite possibly cancer.

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