Yeah. I'm not sure how anyone can look at the cell phone industry and decide that emulating one of it's more reviled aspects is a good thing. At least if you buy it outright and your financial situation goes south down the road you can sell the console, cancel your membership and not be too badly off. Now if you can't afford the monthly fee you get to pay them a lovely cancellation fee before you can sell the thing.Originally Posted by Roto13
Honestly, the whole thing smacks a bit of preying on those who don't know any better. The monthly payment plan sounds a lot more tempting to people who should rightly be scared off by a sticker price of a few hundred bucks. But once they're locked in they're pretty much boned if they realize down the road they can't afford it. Hopefully they never decide to make this sort of service mandatory, even if it would be the last reason I really need to never buy a console again.
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