Why You Don't Want a $99 Xbox 360 530
itwbennett writes "Peter Smith has done the math on Microsoft's $99 Xbox 360 — 4GB model (no hard drive) and a Kinect sensor. Here's why it's a bad deal: 'You'll be paying $99 + $359.76 in monthly fees, or $458.76 over the course of two years. Compare that with (I'm using prices from Amazon that were accurate as of May 7th, 2012) $287.70 for an Xbox 360 4GB + Kinect bundle, and two 12-month Xbox Live Gold cards at $48.41 each, a total of $384.52. So you're paying almost $75 for the privilege of laying out small cash now.' And then there's the not insignificant matter of early termination fees."
Re:Or... (Score:5, Funny)
However I live 30 miles from my house.
Man, that must be annoying. :-)
Re:Or... (Score:5, Funny)
That's divorce. The wife got the house. He got the restraining order.
Re:Or... (Score:4, Funny)
*rolls eyes* and I gave up my TV and cut the cable a decade ago.
Re:Same reason as before... (Score:4, Funny)
There are many forms of entertainment that are arguably better for mental health and demonstrably less expensive than video gaming.
Your hand doesn't count.