[Harry]

Originally posted by mechman
Actually, for the first year of Xbox Live, all people will have to buy is the Xbox Live starter kit. It is $49.99, and includes "Revolt", a fun online racing game, the Xbox Live Communicator, and a year's subscription to Xbox Live. There is no $9.95 per month fee, the kit covers a whole year.

Actually, we already said that. And Re-volt is really not even close to TW: B Online...

Originally posted by mechman
I'm an Xbox owner and I find this fair. The kit includes a game which retails at $49.99, plus a headset and a year's subscription to Xbox Live. About PS2's hard drive...Large games such as Final Fantasy XI, will require PS2 a hard drive. The hard drive will cost anything from $80-$100. Xbox has one built in.

Yeah, we said that.

Originally posted by mechman
Tons of ppl are interested in Final Fantasy XI. If I had a PS2, I'd be pissed off about the hard drive. Not being able to play FFXI because it requires an $80-$100 hard drive is a huge loss. Xbox is the same price as PS2, yet it includes a hard drive and an ethernet card.

Sure, but not everybody will be able to play it, especially in Europe. Not everybody can afford to play online games which leads to hours and hours of online gameplay. Including the HDD into the console would have caused a higher retail price for the console. Btw, I hope that the HDD will come bundled with the game to reduce the cost for the persons who simply can't afford to pay 80$ ( this is the price according to unofficial rumors) plus a game.