[General Discussion] True Cost to Own

The first thing that comes to mind before anything else is how bullshit some of the arguments for tacking costs on are.

You don't need wifi. In fact, I prefer wired and run that to both my 360 and PS3. You don't need an HDTV either, although it's certainly optimal. You know what else is optimal? Buying a new stereo for your car. Optimal, but not REQUIRED. Was that factored into the CTO? Doubtful. With all the bullshit extra costs tacked on in the above argument, one could say that buying a PS3 implies the cost of upgrading one's DVD collection to Blu-ray, just because you now have the option to. Especially talking about depreciation. Games aren't a market where you own one or two and that's it, then selling what you've got and move on. It's a totally different sort of thing here.

Cost to own is how much you invest in the thing, not how much you theoretically could or should. Especially when you're talking an entertainment device instead of a mode of transportation, considering how one's...y'know...important, and the other's for wasting time with.

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Originally Posted by RacinReaver

I actually know a number of people that only keep a few games on hand at a time, as they don't see a reason to hang onto games they'll probably never play again. Thankfully a lot of people like to sell of their games, or my collection would be considerably smaller.

Uh, yeah, lots of people do that. But do you know people who have a handful of cars, sell them when they don't think they'll be driving them anymore out of boredom, and then get new ones and keep having a turnover like this every couple months?

Thanks for proving my point that it's an entirely different thing though, and that applying the exact same thought process to it is ridiculous. I appreciate not having to do it myself.

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Insurance is mandatory, as is gas if you want the thing to, y'know, run. Gas is more easily compared to electricity if you're going for a console here, not the game library.

Are you being intentially obtuse for the sake of lulz or what?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.