Helo

Big deal! This drive was already selling on several online sites for $149. The only way this would be even interesting is if those same sites reduced the price to around $120. And yes, even then it's OVERPRICED...

Base ring of chameleon.

Well I've had my console since launch with no problems whatsoever. No crashing. No scratched or unreadable disc errors.

And then, 13 months later, out of the blue I get the red ring of death. Of course it was out of warranty but since it was a launch console they're fixing it for free. However, they didn't (won't) send me a box. I have to send it out myself with my own box and then they'd mail the same box back and pay for shipping. I just sent it out this past Monday. They said 2 days to fix and 4 days to return.

I was in Circuit City yesterday at the service desk trading one upconverting DVD player for another when the guy behind the counter asks me if I'd like the real thing. Real thing I ask? He says Blu-Ray and proceeds to pull a PS3 out from under the counter. He said it was returned today and I ask "Why? They didn't like the games?".

The guy says "No it's unopened. We received 4 returns today all unopened. They probably were trying to sell them on eBay but they're not going for much profit now."

This was at Bailey'S Crossroads in Northern VA last nite around 8:45pm.

Good. Perhaps this will shut those idiots up yesterday complaining that since there were no reviews a day before launch that it must be complete dreck or some vast conspiracy to hide the truth. The only truth here is your own idiot fanboyism.

> I think it's great that Nintendo is going right after the Sony launch. Nobody will be able to find a PS3, but with 4 million shipped by Dec 31st, lots of people can get their Wii on.

Comments like these are funny. Are you guys serious? Do you really think people that will be looking for a PS3 and find them unavailable actually will be buying the Wii? Doubtful. People with that kind of money to burn don't care that it's $250. They also are looking for the best graphical bang. Sorry but the Wii doesn't provide that. Those unable to find a PS3 will be moving towards the 360, which by then will have a nice, established stable of games and great online support.

17"! Wow that's huge...in 1998

That looks like a severed dog head on an inflatable raft.

Floppy Disk, please STFU. Fanboyism usually results because some schmo, like you, can afford only one system and needs his justification. I can go on and on about how Nintendo rehashes the same franchises over and over again but I won't. You see, I'll be buying a Wii in addition to my 360. I love Nintendo. But to think the 360 is crap just shows what an idiot fanboy you are. Some of us like the best of both worlds; systems that complement each other's strengths and weaknesses.

idioteraser
stop acting like a damn fanboy. Most 360's are in the closet and not being used? That's the stupidest statement ever. Do you have proof of that because everyone I know with a 360 plays it all the time.

I HAVE a Gamecube and played Metroid Prime and the AMAZING Resident Evil 4. No doubt they are fantastic and I love my gamecube and the Wii will sit right next to it in the future. But apparently you're either Hellen Keller's long lost brother, just another nintendo fanboy or own a tv from 1988. The 360 graphics are sharper, higher-def and amazingly more detailed. It's hard to go back to pre-high-def graphics on the older systems although I'll admit to playing Resident Evil 4 on Gamecube because it is and always will be fantastic. And even though the Wii won't be high-def, the controller is compelling enough for me to buy it and enjoy it.

And that's what I'm getting at. ENJOY the games (all of them no matter what system!) and stop acting like a blind fanboy to one and perpetuating stupid blatantly false statements about other systems.