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