| Who doesn't love games?!? I don't think I can | | | | |
| name one person that is my age who doesn't | | | | So, what exactly are people supposed to do? |
| enjoy playing video games online or offline, | | | | Just not buy these consoles or games? No! |
| it's just a fact of life! Between the DS | | | | Here's what I do, I visit sites that have |
| lites and the Xbox 360s there's no denying | | | | cheap or discount games and consoles. This |
| that gaming is a large part of a lot of | | | | allows you to buy the same exact quality |
| people's lives. According to market | | | | assurance product at a store such as Best Buy |
| researcher David Cole, who runs the firm DFC | | | | but not pay an arm and a leg for the product. |
| Intelligence, his best estimate is that 40 | | | | For example, a PS3 at a discount store will |
| percent of U.S. households own a working | | | | cost somewhere around $284 compared to other |
| video-game console. Michael Pachter, an | | | | predecessors such as Best Buy for $400. That |
| analyst for Wedbush Morgan Securities, | | | | is sick! In this case, you could buy a |
| estimates that 52 percent of households own | | | | discount PS3 for you and a friend and just |
| consoles. Neither Cole nor Pachter is | | | | top the price of one PS3 at Best Buy. The |
| counting handheld devices, such as Nintendo's | | | | same goes for the top PS3 games. For example, |
| Game Boy or Sony's PlayStation Portable | | | | Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3) cost about $40 |
| (PSP). Whether it's 40% or 52% those are | | | | at Best Buy, and at discount stores about |
| still pretty large percentages regarding | | | | $20! That's a $20 savings difference! |
| ownership of gaming consoles! | | | | Alright, let's try for top PS3 accessories. |
| | | | The Logitech Driving Force Pro Wheel (PS3) |
| The only downside to teasing us with all | | | | From Logitech (yes the discount sites sell |
| these new gaming capabilities is the price. | | | | everything the regular stores do) which cost |
| Wii, for example, has been out for a while | | | | about $150 in retail stores and $75 in |
| now and it still costs a few hundred bucks to | | | | discount store. That's pretty incredible. |
| buy one of these things. I even tried eBay, | | | | |
| one of my all time favorite stores and the | | | | So, really, which choice is the best choice? |
| price can go up to $4,000 when bidding! That, | | | | Really, I would go for the discount store. |
| to me, is just ridiculous. I would never pay | | | | You can have all the same high quality |
| that much for a system, ever! Sony | | | | products the regular stores sell, for a |
| Playstation 3 comes in at around $400 on a | | | | fraction of the price, and who doesn't love |
| site like Best Buy, and Xbox 360 comes in at | | | | saving money?!? Try it out for yourself so |
| around $260 for a regular Xbox 360 and at | | | | you can see exactly what I mean. Have fun and |
| around $400 for an Elite. The games aren't | | | | if you get stuck on any of the games you can |
| much better heading in at around $40-$100 per | | | | always look for PS3 cheats online, there are |
| game depending on its popularity and if it's | | | | plenty around! |
| a special "limited" game. | | | | |