10th December 2003, 3:12 PM
I think you underestimate the playing time of the average casual gamer. Good multiplayer games always sell well, and online play enhances the longevity of multiplayer games by tenfold. While I think that $50 is great for the headset and the excellent online gaming service that MS provides, I suppose it might be too early to tell just how successful it's going to be in the long run. However, there's no way that online console gaming is going to fail. It can only go up from here, and Nintendo's stuborness is going to keep them way behind Sony and MS.