Xbox 360 Elite: Is the Backlash Justified?

Many have stated or implied that people will be forced to purchase the Elite 360. You shouldn’t feel forced to do anything besides provide for your family (or yourself) and bathe at least once a day. If you do not have an HDMI HDTV and currently have an abundance of hard drive space the Elite should be irrelevant. If you are the complete opposite then considering the purchase of the Elite is understandable, however, it is not mandatory. The entire “I must keep up with the Jones’s’” mentality is bogus and only leads to debt and making yourself out to be an insecure ass. If you feel the need to have everything that is the latest and greatest you are not in a position to criticize Microsoft because you have made your own bed, and now you complain because you must lay in it. Microsoft has an innovative business strategy. It’s called providing variety and options. Avid gamers have a choice when purchasing a 360 and no longer have to buy the entire kit and caboodle as other companies would have you do. Microsoft has enabled the consumer to select a console which is conducive to that individual or family’s gaming habits and budget. If you don’t consider yourself an avid gamer, only play once or twice a week at most, and don’t have a fat wallet, the Core 360 would be great for you. If you are an avid gamer who plays consistently and enjoys Gears of War online the Premium is the best fit. If you have Bill Gates like money and your house includes the 60” Pioneer Elite PRO-1540HD plasma television with complete Bose surround sound to boot and you play Ghost Recon like a Delta Force operative on a highly classified mission, the Elite is for you. See people, options are great wouldn’t you agree?

 

 

Another argument I hear from Sony loyalists is that providing 3 separate consoles will “confuse” consumers. Confuse consumers? I know some of the general public are not the sharpest tools in the shed, but that line is just tomfoolery. That is like saying people are confused by all the letters and numbers on cars. Everyone knows that if you buy a Chrysler 300 you roll the C model. When buying carpet are people “confused” because gee golly whiz, there is so many colors to choose from? When grabbing some fast food do people become “confused” because H – E - double hockey sticks, there are so many fast food establishments to choose from? How stupid does the Sony loyal think people are? How stupid does Sony as a corporation think we are for that matter?

Bottom line... Buy what you want. If you fancy a PS3 then so be it and more power to you. Just don’t start jabbering at the mouth about how shoddy the 360 is or how much better of a system the PS3 is over the Wii or 360. All I ever hear nowadays is the endless “possibilities” the PS3 has and the “future” is so bright for the PlayStation console Ray Charles could have seen it. As for me, I live in the today so until that “future” arrives and the “possibilities” come to fruition give me a jingle because I’ll be at home playing Gears of War, Rainbow 6, Ghost Recon, et cetera on an already established, fully operational Live-enabled console. Oh what’s that? You think it’s a crock 360 owners must pay for online play? I’m sorry but that coming from a person who just dropped $600 on a PS3 and then goes on to complain about paying $5 a month for the Live service sounds a wee bit ridiculous. That argument holds no water. Game on.