by JQW » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:58 am
Jack Straw wrote:you bought a WRX, then traded it in for an STi. You have absolutely no room to judge other's purchases of videogame systems that cost as much as one gold wheel for the Scoob.
You have me confused, my good man.
I'm not judging the cost. OK, maybe slightly. But not in "you can't afford it" way (I know too well how that feels and never put that on others) but "man it costs a lot to only be able to play a couple games" way. I'd be cheering you on if you were dropping that much on, say, a mini-MAME cab.
But hey, whatever, it's your purchase and my opinion doesn't matter.
I do disagree on the PC gaming thing, of course. And your Xbox360 controllers should work fine on the PC; in fact, MS is making sure that their PC games (apparently including things like Solitaire and Hearts) play perfectly with the X360 controller.
I still don't feel comfortable with modern gamepads and much prefer kb/mouse (for FPSs, etc) or old-school joysticks. PC games are also obviously much more mod-friendly.
As for the car - those wheels are not STi wheels (at least not US ones) - only 16", not BBS, and the brakes are not big-ass Brembos. I don't know what the price for the stock gold wheels is but I can tell you that when I bought the WRX, to get 17" BBS wheels very similar to the factory STi ones (with 10mm narrower tires), it was a $3,400 option - NOT including tires. Needless to say, most people went aftermarket if they wanted 17"s!
Realistically, on eBay, you could probably buy maybe a couple stock STi wheels for the cost of the X360. For my winter tires, the X360 costs about what 1 1/2 of one wheel and one tire cost. Obscene, I tell you!
[quote="Jack Straw"]you bought a WRX, then traded it in for an STi. You have absolutely no room to judge other's purchases of videogame systems that cost as much as one gold wheel for the Scoob.[/quote]
You have me confused, my good man.
I'm not judging the cost. OK, maybe slightly. But not in "you can't afford it" way (I know too well how that feels and never put that on others) but "man it costs a lot to only be able to play a couple games" way. I'd be cheering you on if you were dropping that much on, say, a mini-MAME cab.
But hey, whatever, it's your purchase and my opinion doesn't matter.
I do disagree on the PC gaming thing, of course. And your Xbox360 controllers should work fine on the PC; in fact, MS is making sure that their PC games (apparently including things like Solitaire and Hearts) play perfectly with the X360 controller.
I still don't feel comfortable with modern gamepads and much prefer kb/mouse (for FPSs, etc) or old-school joysticks. PC games are also obviously much more mod-friendly.
As for the car - those wheels are not STi wheels (at least not US ones) - only 16", not BBS, and the brakes are not big-ass Brembos. I don't know what the price for the stock gold wheels is but I can tell you that when I bought the WRX, to get 17" BBS wheels very similar to the factory STi ones (with 10mm narrower tires), it was a $3,400 option - NOT including tires. Needless to say, most people went aftermarket if they wanted 17"s!
Realistically, on eBay, you could probably buy maybe a couple stock STi wheels for the cost of the X360. For my winter tires, the X360 costs about what 1 1/2 of one wheel and one tire cost. Obscene, I tell you!