Reducing the Cost of Ownership for XBox 360

Since the XBox 360s went down in price, my GF decided that the time was right to purchase one.  She had long ago decided to buy one, but was waiting for a big dip in price to help soften the blow.

She was able to buy a refurbished XBox 360 for $280, plus tax.  So total it came out to $302.40.  Not bad, considering how high the price was originally.  By waiting on a luxury purchase, she has been able to save $108 — and by buying a refurbished model she has saved an additional $22.  The styles and warranties are the same, but those two moves saved her $130 (30% off).  She could have saved a bit more by buying used, but the potential for out-of-warranty replacement is too high for us to consider it to save a small amount of money (buying used would save around $50).
She also purchased Dynasty Warriors 6 used for $60 (tax included), but we both have a history of playing Dynasty Warrior (DW) games very often over the course of years… so that was a purchase that I wholeheartedly agree with.  We currently have DW2 through DW6, DW-XL 3 through 5 plus DW Empires 4 and 5.  We also own Samurai Warriors 1 and SW-XL 1, which has the same setup as DW but is set in Peri-Feudal Japan as opposed to Han/Post-Han China.

If you think that we’re big Dynasty Warrior geeks, you’d be right 😀  So for a game that will easily provide us each with 500+ hours of enjoyment, I’m more than happy to have her buy it and enjoy it.

I, however, am trying to rent exclusively and am resisting the temptation to buy quite well.  So I won’t be buying anything for the XBox 360 for quite a while (if ever).

We have yet to get a second controller, but that’s something to do in the future — not needed right now.  🙂