Eliptical Madness:

So we all know that this week brought on the advent of the next generation systems and Xbox led off the pack with the Xbox 360. I saw one a few weeks ago and I must admit that I wasn't too terribly impressed. But, I do know that games will get better as the system progresses.

What bothers me right now is the price of the system: $300 for the basic, core system or $400 for a system with a wireless controller and a hard drive. In order for the system to be backwards compatible with the original Xbox games, you HAVE to have the hard drive.

I saw kids waiting at the local Walmart until midnight to get one of these things... and this was at 4 pm that I was there... I can't imagine waiting 8 hours to spend that kind of money... I don't make that in 8 hours!

For the sake of Halo, I hope that the 360 (who thought up that name anyway? A slight lack in creativity is sensed) doesnot go the way of the Dreamcast.

Being the first one out of he gates just means that the competition knows what not to do with their systems. Best of luck Microshaft, thanks for ravaging our wallets in the name of entertainment.