Unless you’ve been living under a rock, then you’ve known about the release of the Xbox 360, the mother of all video game systems…well at leats until the Playstation 3 comes out in addition to the new Nintendo box currently code-named “Revolution.” Anyway, by the end of the year, the Xbox 360 will have about 25 or so titles to choose from. And by the end of 2006 there should most likely be at least 100 titles. If you’ve seen the games in action then you know just how powerful this new system is when compared to the original Xbox or any other game console currently available. The games are nothing short of breathtaking. If there were more systems available then impulse buying for this thing would probably be through the roof. And finally you have the backwards compatitbility of the 360 that allows you to play the majority of the original Xbox games.
Now having said all of this, one would think that the life expectancy of the original Xbox is short at best. But is this really the case? Let’s look at a few more details.
At this point the scarcity of the 360 is driving the price at places like Amazon and Ebay through the roof....