Comments on: Xbox 360 and HDMI

By: twistedsymphony

twistedsymphony — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:46:15 +0000

Why are you trolling a 3 year old post on an outdated topic?

As for being “brainwashed” I vote on many many things with my hard earned and finite cash, There are numerous products I refuse to buy on principal alone, many of which are orders of magnitude more expensive than a game console.

I simply don’t see progressive upgradability as feature I look for in this type of product.

In-fact I play my games on consoles instead of PCs BECAUSE they’re not upgradable. That’s a big part of the reason I made the switch in the first place.

I also don’t buy the “cost to the environment” argument either since any upgradable produce with swappable parts (such as a PC) is only damaging the environment peace-meal every few months instead of in larger chunks every few years.

Case and point: I’ve yet to throw-out a single console I’ve purchased since the 80s, meanwhile PC hardware hits the bin every few months… what kind of environmental comparison is that? Most people I know scrap their PC every two years, those same people re-sell or shelve their consoles for a rainy day. Which do you think is occupying more landfill space and seeping it’s innards into the precious soil?

How many original NES and Atari systems do you see floating around people’s closets, ebay listings and pawn shops? How many PCs from that era do you see around?

By: nick

nick — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:54:27 +0000

It’s brain washed consumers like you that PLC’s and corporations love, you are willing to inanely spend your hard earned and finite cash on products that are not progressively upgradable, not to mention the real cost to the environment.

By: thax

thax — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:57:22 +0000

This is caused by the irrational behavior of humans in regards to sunk costs. Money spent on an original xbox should have nothing to do with the new xbox’s additional functionality, however people have a desire to get additional utility for money they have already spent.

For example when people were questioned in the following senerio the results were much different.
The first target group was presented with a senerio where they lost a 10 dollar movie ticket and were asked if they would spend an additional 10 dollars to buy a second ticket to see the movie. About a quarter of the people asked said they would not purchase a second ticket.
The second target group was presented with a senerio where they lost 10 dollars on the way to the movie theatre, would they still purchase a ticket? Nearly 100% of the people responded that they would.

There is no difference in the senerios as the lost money or ticket is a sunk cost and should not influence future purchases.

There is no rational reason to be upset about the release of the elite console.

By: grim_d

grim_d — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:19:57 +0000

amen twisted.

a-freakin-men.