of course that's not counting x box live, or the other accessorys. ----- Original Message ----- From: "AudioGames.net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 12:41 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Article about New Program for Creating XBox 360 Games
> New XBox 360 retails at around 299 dollars, not 500 dollars... sure, still > not cheap... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 6:37 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Article about New Program for Creating XBox 360 > Games > > >> Hi Liam, >> So true. I would bet not many blind gamers have a $500 Xbox laying >> around, and the initial up front costs alone would be harmful to any >> accessible games dev market that could be carved out for it. >> For that price one could go out and buy a cheap Compaq or HP computer >> from Wal-mart for playing games which defeats the cost of a Xbox which >> is only for games. >> >> >> Liam Erven wrote: >>> the x box is expensive though. especially the 360. Me and one of my >>> sighted gamer friends were discussing this last night, and neither of us >>> could understand why someone would plop down 500 bucks for the XBox to >>> take >>> a gamble like that. I could understand if the xBox offers more that we >>> could do besides play some games, but I'd much rather save my money and >>> play >>> windows based stuff. Though, who knows. maybe down the road something >>> will >>> open up that will let us use Xbox live or get auditory feedback about >>> other >>> things. I just would never spend the serious cash on that. I'd be >>> interested to see how many blind folks own a 360? > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > > > > __________ NOD32 1.1659 (20060713) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
