I read an article the other day on is xbox 360 hurting the gaming indusrty? I thought to myself naah! No way is it hurting gaming and then I decided to try and go purchase one as a birthday present to myself.After an exhausting day of going to literally 20 stores I came to realize that this damn thing is hard as hell to get a hold of.All the stores I went said the same thing as if they are all programed."No we dont have any in and we dont know when we are getting them.Try this tuesday" I swear it as if they are all in the same boat reading the same script.Today it was just pouring snow outside and I got to stay home from work today(Well I write my own hours
)But I decided to see how buying one of the internet would be.Now I have to go back to the earlier part of this blog and say "Is the xbox 360 hurting gaming?" Well after seeing how the only way I could even get a system was to.....
A: Buy an extremely expensive bundle pack with crap that I dont even want and an unsure delivery date
B:Buy just a premium system that costs $200 dollar than the store shelf price and doesnt have all the crap that I dont want
C: Rob about 5 liquor stores and so that way I can afford a premium bundle pack with crap I dont want for $699.99 and an unsure shipping date and a cramped stomach from the slim jims I grabbed on the way out
D: Try and walk out with one hidden under my expensive and over priced HD-TV
So is the xbox 360 hurting the gaming industry? Well I have got to say yes with just a splash of no.It is hurting the gaming industry because the very people that keep the industry going(Us gamers) cant even get a hold of the new product coming out and we are supposed to be diligent about it?Patient?Uuuhhh....what happens if I cant get one all the way until Revolution or PS3? And what if I can easily go in and pick up one of thoses console? Am I supposed to start taking sides? This sucks more or less because I know when I eventually do get my hard working hands on one Im probably goin to have fun playin all the games that Ive been wanting to try and this whole ordeal with buying one will be gone but why should the very people that keep the gaming industry alive not have the chance to purchase next gen stuff wether it be to expensive or unavailable.Seriously! WTF? I feel like this gen of consoles is made to be just out of reach!I still need a damn HD-TV!
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http://www.xbox360tracker.com/
It shows when 360s are avalible and where they are avalible. I think I'll use it when I get a 360. I hope I helped!
1. This is Microsoft, there is no way they did not anticipate the demand of the next gen consoles coming out. Conclusion, they under produce to get you, the consumer, to want it really really bad because you can't have it.
2. Microsoft knew it was going to be the first next gen console to the market by about a yr. So when the other "nice shiney new" consoles come out they don't want the consumer to look at the 360 as the "machine that has been sitting in my living room for the past yr". Conclusion, again under production so the consumer can see it, want it, but not have it. They can't get board of what they can't have, and you will still beat the competition to an early release by about 6 months if not more.
3. The games. Here we are over half way through the year and there are a total of about 10 games on the 360 (just an estimaiton that I am sure is not accurate, but there certainly are not many games). This for 1 of 2 reasons. A: the games aren't ready yet and they realeased the 360 waaaaay before they had really anything ready for it (this is a possiblity). Or B: They delayed game release/production to coincide with the other "brand new shiney" consoles in order to breath life back into the 360 nearly a year after it's release.
4. Overall result, you have a Next gen console released a full year ahead of the competition that the public is not tired of and brand new games to respark interest right as the competition is trying to make that initial push of it's product.
Bottom line, these dates and production rates are all tools used to drive up demand and uniqueness. Sry for the long post. Keep the good BLOGs comin.
P.S. Tell your friend dadeisvenm, yeah American cars suck but his first mistake was buying a caravan....those things are hideous (found you through his blog). laters.
dadeisvenm
A decent Rig is almost 4-5K.(with all the comforts included)
I'm going to time it just right and make timely upgrades. i.e buy the new blue ray movies to get the PS3 to get an HDTV.