I’ve been in class all day, and since it’s not the most exciting subject material in the world I’ve been browsing. Some people started discussing the Xbox 360 in our Gaming discussion folder. Surprisingly very were actually enthusiastic about the new system at all, let alone running out tonight to get one. Then someone mentioned eBay. I watched an auction come to a close this morning with a winning bid of $3,350. What? For a gaming console that costs $400? I saw one later go for $5,100. For no particular reason. The consoles are available today, and shortages can’t be bad enough yet to make them worth that much money. Pe0ple are just stupid.

Most of the people here that commented in the discussion folder said they were at least waiting to buy a 360, if not skipping it altogether. I was pretty surprised by that, and even more surprised when most of them said they were waiting specifically for the Revolution. Only one person said they were going to wait for the PS3 to come out before deciding what to do.

I stand firm with the Revolution camp. The Xbox 360 looks nice, it really does. I played one the other day: the controller felt good in my hand, the game looked great in Hi Def, but it wasn’t enough to make me want to buy one. Especially not for the $400 it would take to get a fully functional system. And what about the games? The launch titles are nothing special, many of them even sound underwhelming.