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