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    360's Next-Gen Wireless Out Nov. 3?

    360's New Wi-Fi will be $100; Old WiFi to get Price Cut

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    Image of nrXic nrXic
    10/05/09

    In reply to 360's Next-Gen Wireless Out Nov. 3?
    It would be wiser to buy a wireless bridge that you could use to connect to your PS3 and 360 and PC if you have them at your home theatre.
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    Image of Polite Society Polite Society
    10/06/09

    @nrXic: and how exactly would you connect to it with your wirelessless 360?
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    Image of Orionsaint Orionsaint
    10/05/09

    In reply to 360's Next-Gen Wireless Out Nov. 3?
    $99 dollars for that little plastic piece a shit?
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    Image of ithyphallus, bonks morrigan ithyphallus, bonks morrigan
    10/05/09

    In reply to 360's Next-Gen Wireless Out Nov. 3?
    big surprise, $100...
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    Michael Dukakis promoted this comment ithyphallus, bonks morrigan was starred ithyphallus, bonks morrigan was unstarred
    Image of Michael Dukakis Michael Dukakis
    10/05/09

    @ithyphallus, lazy beareaucrat: Its not a $100 its $99.99, duh.
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    Image of Archaotic Archaotic
    10/05/09

    In reply to 360's Next-Gen Wireless Out Nov. 3?
    I have a wireless-N router...but my router is also less than a foot from my 360. So this isn't too helpful.

    DAMN is it expensive though.
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    Image of kyle4 kyle4
    10/05/09

    In reply to 360's Next-Gen Wireless Out Nov. 3?
    $99.99? HILARIOUS!

    My DS Lite with Wi-Fi included? $100.
    The PS2 was $70 on sale two weeks ago.
    My Belkin Wireless router? $60.
    A 4GB iPod Shuffle? $89.99
    My 1TB External Hard Drive? $99.99

    F*** your pricing Microsoft.
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    Antiterra promoted this comment Edited by kyle4 at 10/05/09 8:07 PM kyle4 was starred kyle4 was unstarred
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    10/05/09

    In reply to 360's Next-Gen Wireless Out Nov. 3?
    Listed for $99.99

    [gizmodo.com]
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    Image of DukeOfPwn DukeOfPwn
    10/05/09

    @-Skyline-: Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties!: Man, you sure are quick on the trigger.
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    10/05/09


    @DukeOfPwn:
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    Image of DouglasJayFalcon DouglasJayFalcon
    10/05/09

    @-Skyline-: Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties!: So does this make the old one obsolete.
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    spiderweb1986 promoted this comment DouglasJayFalcon was starred DouglasJayFalcon was unstarred
    Image of spiderweb1986 spiderweb1986
    10/05/09

    @DouglasJayFalcon: No, it makes the old one $80.
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    Image of acj540 acj540
    09/23/09

    In reply to 360's New Wi-Fi will be $100; Old WiFi to get Price Cut
    What sort of nanotech goes into that tiny thing to make it worth $100?

    Please tell me
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    Blore07 promoted this comment acj540 was starred acj540 was unstarred
    Image of Blore07 Blore07
    09/24/09

    @acj540: I hear its made of ademantium reinforced nanomachines and inside is a solid block of gold the nanomachines use to feed off of. Hence the price.
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    Image of Joey22688 Joey22688
    09/23/09

    In reply to 360's New Wi-Fi will be $100; Old WiFi to get Price Cut
    wow talk about a fail price drop, stop ripping people off MS, just include the dam thing in the xbox
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    Mike Newlad promoted this comment Edited by Mike Newlad at 09/23/09 2:53 PM Joey22688 was starred Joey22688 was unstarred
    Image of Mike Newlad Mike Newlad
    09/23/09

    @Joey22688: I don't see how they can remotely justify charging the same price for 120GB 360 as the 120GB PS3.

    Without WIFI, Bluray or a battery pack it just doesn't make sense that this wouldn't be in the box.
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    Image of mrjoeyyaya mrjoeyyaya
    09/23/09

    In reply to 360's New Wi-Fi will be $100; Old WiFi to get Price Cut
    This is bullshit. lol

    Why do you have to spend $100 to put the 360 on wifi connection, and then spend $50 a year for xbox live? Are you kidding me? What is this? The modern day Sega Genesis? Attachments and peripherals up the ass every which way there is?

    -Wifi attachment
    -HD DVD attachment (which failed)
    -Camera attachment
    -The power supply is external, as big as a brick, that counts as an attachment too.
    -Project Natal, another attachment.
    -The hard drive is technically an attachment.

    Whats next? A device that prewarns you of the RRoD an hour before it occurs?

    We shall call this the, RRR, Red Ring Radar.
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    Mike Newlad promoted this comment mrjoeyyaya was starred mrjoeyyaya was unstarred
    Image of Mike Newlad Mike Newlad
    09/23/09

    @mrjoeyyaya: lol, I hate their charges for wifi/online gaming as much as the next guy (maybe more so) but you can't really slander them for Natal/Camera/HDDVD attachment - the console launched before HD kicked off, the camera isn't needed for 99% of games and Natal hasn't even come out yet.
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    Image of brass2themax brass2themax
    09/23/09

    In reply to 360's New Wi-Fi will be $100; Old WiFi to get Price Cut
    Don't forget that if you get the cheaper G adapter, it only supports WEP, so if you're using WPA or WPA2 and wireless is the only way you can go and you end up with that adapter, you'll have to intentionally make your wireless network less secure so your 360 can connect to it.

    Typical of Microsoft, making people lower security. Makes me laugh.
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    Image of Michael Buttler Michael Buttler
    09/23/09

    @brass2themax: wep is just fine its just as safe thear all crack able within 10 mins any way
    iknow when i move to the philippine i had the wifi crack in 5 min if you whant be 100% safe use lan i never put my data @ risk on a wifi net work i know how esy it is to hack in to
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    Mike Newlad promoted this comment Edited by Michael Buttler at 09/23/09 3:05 PM Michael Buttler was starred Michael Buttler was unstarred
    Image of Mike Newlad Mike Newlad
    09/23/09

    @Michael Buttler: WEP can take less than a minute to crack using a one button application.

    WPA (AES) and WPA2 aren't easy to crack unless you are running a super computer and lets face it. If you are, you don't have no need to access someone else's internet because you are already paying for yours.
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    Image of mixpix72 mixpix72
    09/23/09

    In reply to 360's New Wi-Fi will be $100; Old WiFi to get Price Cut
    in case anyone is wondering a ps3 includes this in their system no need to pay extra and no need to attach some ugly antenna. what is this basic cable???
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    Mike Newlad promoted this comment mixpix72 was starred mixpix72 was unstarred
    Image of Mike Newlad Mike Newlad
    09/23/09

    @mixpix72: Well sort of, PS3 includes a much lower quality (slower) wifi adapter.
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    Image of Koztah Koztah
    09/23/09

    @Mike Newlad: Most users will have a hard time bottlenecking the PS3s wifi bandwidth. For those who do so on a regular basis, you can grab a 20$ adapter. Or plug in an RJ-45.
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    Image of Gam3r Gam3r
    09/23/09

    In reply to 360's New Wi-Fi will be $100; Old WiFi to get Price Cut
    Only a $20 drop on the 4 year old POS. It should be no more than $50, even that is a rip off.
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    Image of PoweredByHentai PoweredByHentai
    09/23/09

    In reply to 360's New Wi-Fi will be $100; Old WiFi to get Price Cut
    That Ars Technica mole is ridiculously accurate with his info. Who the hell is he?
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    Image of Mike Newlad Mike Newlad
    09/23/09

    @PoweredByHentai: oops
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    Image of richterbelmont richterbelmont
    09/23/09

    In reply to 360's New Wi-Fi will be $100; Old WiFi to get Price Cut
    Not trying to start a fight or anything, but why wont microsoft just put in the 360 for free. I mean even the Wii had that. Personally i would never buy a wireless adapter for a console that in my opinion is already over priced.
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    09/23/09

    @richterbelmont: I like that I can pick and choose what I want in a console to lower the cost. I'd rather buy an Arcade plus HD for roughly $200 total, possible with the Dell deal, than be forced to pay another $60-100 just to get the upgraded system with WiFi, assuming it'd be part of the Elite package. While the savings margins aren't as drastic thanks to the price cuts seen this year, it was a pretty large factor in the past years.
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    Image of bakagaijin bakagaijin
    09/23/09

    @Kobun: Sorry Kobun, but that's a very 2005 answer.

    My freaking DS has Wi-Fi. There is no reason why the 360 shouldn't have it as well. It's just another excuse to nickle and dime customers who don't know any better.
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    09/23/09

    @bakagaijin: Wireless is more important with portable gaming systems which are intended for use away from established Internet networks such as at a playground or on a train. I still don't see the lack of wireless in a console being a big deal, particularly since wired networks offer a more stable environment best suited for playing games over, but I'm sure your anecdotal evidence differs from mine. :p
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    09/23/09

    @Kobun:

    According to [www.amazon.com] , the Arcade doesn't come with a hard drive and costs 199.99$.

    Where do you get a hard drive included for 200$?
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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    09/23/09

    @Koztah: I wrote:

    "I'd rather buy an Arcade plus HD for roughly $200 total, possible with the Dell deal, than be forced to pay another $60-100 just to get the upgraded system with WiFi, assuming it'd be part of the Elite package."

    Dell apparently is out of stock as of yesterday according to this CAG post, but you can see how people could get an Elite for about $200, which is a better (though temporary) deal than I originally offered. Dell's Arcade systems had been available for $170 for almost a year now, and you can grab a 20GB HDD from eBay for about $15-20.
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    Image of bakagaijin bakagaijin
    09/23/09

    @Kobun: Nah, hardwired is the way to go. My PS3 is hardwired. But I still think it should be included in all systems.(edit: well technically it is, except one. :P) When I worked at Circuit City, there were plenty of people who wanted Wi-Fi in their system of choice, and when it came to the Wii, PS3, handhelds etc. It was quite easy to explain what they needed to do, and most were pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to hook-up.

    When 360 owners came in with the same question their responses weren't so pleasant. 9 times out of ten their response was "wtf".

    People just don't want to spend money on this type of stuff, especially at $100 a wack. I still think it should be included.

    But hey, we roll hardwired, so no sweat off our backs.

    /fistpound
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    Image of d1gw33d d1gw33d
    09/23/09

    In reply to 360's New Wi-Fi will be $100; Old WiFi to get Price Cut
    Yeah I don't get this. A bridge capable of N speeds over the 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz band can be had for $100 and that allows for multiple devices. Does this thing even do 5Ghz? 1080p is NOT going to stream smooth over 2.4Ghz even at N speeds. Sorry.
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    Image of Mike Newlad Mike Newlad
    09/23/09

    @d1gw33d: [en.wikipedia.org]
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