XBX360 & HDTV era rant.

Er.. sure, if you're gonna price all the components separately instead of the bundles. XBox360 bundles with three games and an extra controller go for a lot less.

Can't really compare with UK prices, but the XBox 360 bundle goes for under £400 here. That will just about buy me one of the top videocards going, but not the very best.

I know which I'd pick. Ok, I'd pick neither, cuz I'm not the target audience, but considering how much more you need to add to that graphics card for a cutting edge pc gaming system, I can see why people would take the cheaper ( and quite possibly better ) option.

And I agree with Sledge. Inflated development costs are absolutely in the interest of the big boys. They'll think about lowering costs when they've driven everyone else out of business, but until then, it's not in their interest to cut costs.