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Xbox 360 discussion
Topic Started: Sep 15 2007, 01:51 PM (1,018 Views)
Chaos66	Aug 20 2009, 10:30 PM Post #151
Advanced Member Posts: 73 Group: Restricted Member #198 Joined: March 3, 2009	There aren't even that many games on the 360 that really interest me. I've played the UFC game and that was awesome, and skate was also really good. soul calibur and street fighter look good but they are probably not as good as the originals.Oblivion is awesome but I have it for computer. There are so many shooter/war games it annoys me, they are all the same, I was borrowing my friends xbox and he had like 3 demos for war games and they were all like the same. Also while I was borrowing it, we were playing the UFC game and the 360 got bumped and the game was fucked up to hell. The reason they scratch the dics so easily is that Microsoft didn't put gaurds around the lens so if the game gets off balance a little it will be scratched.



Yoshi64	Aug 21 2009, 01:38 AM Post #152
Veteran Member Posts: 113 Group: Restricted Member #194 Joined: January 29, 2009	Mop_it_up Aug 20 2009, 09:09 PM Eh, if somebody wants to swear off the XBox 360 because of potential hardware issues and miss out on the games, that's their loss really. I think it is more of a gain if you don't buy one, you don't have to deal with the mechanical issues, sending it in, fixing your games, buying new ones, red ring, etc. I have played lots of games for the 360 and they are just plain out not impressive. In my opinion the 360 is a half ass piece of equipment that Microsoft just threw out to xBox fans knowing they would buy it, and not really putting in to much thought about how long it will last etc and just had their sights set on money which Is fine as long as they can make a system that works and worth the money which it isn't. For example I have had my N64 for over 10 years, not once did it ever have any mechanical issues whatsoever and that was made about 13 years ago, so you are telling me Microsoft can't release a decent piece of machinery that won't break down using modern technology. I don't care if the failure rate for the Xbox was 20% (which we know is higher) that is still horrible, that means every 1 out of 5 people buying an xbox will have mechanical issues, to me even 10% is a risk. I wouldn't be willing to gamble 200$ + dollars on a system that is proven to be unreliable. If someone said to me for 200 dollars I will sell you an Xbox 360 but their is a 1 out of 5 chance it will break down within the next year. I would say they are out of their fucking mind. Why can my N64 and SNES outlast an xBox when they are 10-16 years older? Maybe because Nintendo may have money in their sights too, but at least they care enough to make consoles that will last. In my opinion.



alxbly	Aug 21 2009, 11:08 AM Post #153
Alxblymus Primus Posts: 8,715 Group: Admin Member #168 Joined: October 18, 2008	Yoshi64 Aug 21 2009, 01:38 AM Why can my N64 and SNES outlast an xBox when they are 10-16 years older? Maybe because Nintendo may have money in their sights too, but at least they care enough to make consoles that will last. In my opinion. Ah, i wondered when the "Nintendo care" line would be trundled out. Did Nintendo care enough to replace one of our own member's Wii discs? http://s9.zetaboards.com/Nintendo_64_Forever/single/?p=8026895&t=7124835 http://s9.zetaboards.com/Nintendo_64_Forever/single/?p=8028671&t=7124835 or fix his console? http://s9.zetaboards.com/Nintendo_64_Forever/single/?p=8028696&t=7124835 I know of a few other people that have had Wii's die on them; one due to the wii connect 24 melting the board, another with a blown power pack (easily fixed though, just got another power pack). PS3's also suffer from flaws; early 60GB units are now showing the "yellow light of death". Whilst it's really easy to say "Look, cart systems last forever" that's for the simple fact that have no moving parts. Disc based machines have lots of moving parts and simply won't last as long. But... how long do N64 controllers analogue sticks last (you should know, since you had to fix a dozen of them)? How long do NES pin connectors last? How long did the Virtual Boys extremely delicate lenses last? Nintendo does care... about you buying their games. /end. Our opinion on games seems to be world apart; I own all three current gen consoles, and it's still the 360 I play the most. Why? Because the games are excellent; Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, Ninja Gaiden, Dead Rising, Fable 2, Call of Duty, Crackdown, Gears of War... the list is pretty long. I prefer the 360 controller for shooters (nice triggers), it has generally better versions of multiplatform games, exclusive content for a lot of them. I guess what I'm saying is the good outweighs the bad, for me and for plenty other people. And it seems like Microsoft do care that the failure rate is high, otherwise they wouldn't have spent a billion dollars extending the warranty to three years: http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6173633.html And then extend it yet again to cover "E74" errors: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969905 Note that a three year warranty is two years more than you get with any other console. Chaos66 The reason they scratch the dics so easily is that Microsoft didn't put gaurds around the lens so if the game gets off balance a little it will be scratched. Yeah, that's the reason that easrly consoles could damage discs if you changed the position of the console whilst a disc was spinning inside it. But since 2007: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PIOur-K6TQ New disc drive in the newer consoles and problem solved.
	Xbox Live: alxbly \| PSN: alxbly \| Wii friend code: 2326 4589 7536 6941


Yoshi64	Aug 21 2009, 01:52 PM Post #154
Veteran Member Posts: 113 Group: Restricted Member #194 Joined: January 29, 2009	Every other video game console > XBox 360 & Virtual Boy The Wii failure rate is still WAY lower than the 360, that post said it may have dirt in it, if you are questioning whether your Wii has dirt in it you probably don't take to good care of it. All systems may have their problems, some just more than others hahahaha. I'm sure Microsoft was forced to due something about their consistently breaking consoles through warranty to make buyers more confident in buying an a 360, besides a warranty doesn't mean your console won't break down in three years, in their case it is a way of apologizing for broken consoles by saying "we know your consoles will break down within three years" I don't like the 360 obviously, so if you want to play it I'm not criticizing you hahaha I'm just hating on Microsoft and their half ass product, and warning some people that their is a good chance they will have problems.



alxbly	Aug 21 2009, 02:16 PM Post #155
Alxblymus Primus Posts: 8,715 Group: Admin Member #168 Joined: October 18, 2008	Yoshi64 Aug 21 2009, 01:52 PM I'm just hating on Microsoft and their half ass product, and warning some people that their is a good chance they will have problems. That's fair enough but I'd assume that most people are already aware through the other posts in similar thread all over the internetz, although it seems to still be people that don't actually own a 360 that are most "concerned". I guess it's like saying "don't buy the Wii if you want to play games made by anyone other than Nintendo"; I assume most people already know this. As for Niniendowarriors Wii, I'm 100% sure he would have taken very good care of it; the dirt mentioned is just general dust that gets inside every console.
	Xbox Live: alxbly \| PSN: alxbly \| Wii friend code: 2326 4589 7536 6941


Mop_it_up	Aug 21 2009, 02:19 PM Post #156
Dark Birdo Posts: 5,141 Group: Admin Member #24 Joined: August 8, 2006	alxbly Aug 21 2009, 02:16 PM I guess it's like saying "don't buy the Wii if you want to play games made by anyone other than Nintendo"; I assume most people already know this. A statement often made by people who don't own a Wii.
	===MISQUOTE OF THE MONTH=== ""I vomited eleven times today, what's your excuse?" -dataDyne


alxbly	Aug 21 2009, 02:24 PM Post #157
Alxblymus Primus Posts: 8,715 Group: Admin Member #168 Joined: October 18, 2008	Mop_it_up Aug 21 2009, 02:19 PM A statement often made by people who don't own a Wii. Indeed. We can also add; "PS3 has no games" and "Gamecube is kiddy" to the mix, as other favorite concerns from non-owners. This could become a fun game. How many console generalizations can we get in one thread?
	Xbox Live: alxbly \| PSN: alxbly \| Wii friend code: 2326 4589 7536 6941


Mop_it_up	Aug 21 2009, 02:31 PM Post #158
Dark Birdo Posts: 5,141 Group: Admin Member #24 Joined: August 8, 2006	Let's see: 1. "Don't get an XBox 360, it will RRoD and explode." 2. "PS3 has no games." 3. "Wii is teh casualz." 4. "Only cool kids gets a PS2." 5. "XBox has only shooters." 6. "GameCube is tiku tiku tiku!" 7. "Beer is for men." Stereotypes are fun. I can't remember what previous systems had though...
	===MISQUOTE OF THE MONTH=== ""I vomited eleven times today, what's your excuse?" -dataDyne


alxbly	Aug 21 2009, 02:35 PM Post #159
Alxblymus Primus Posts: 8,715 Group: Admin Member #168 Joined: October 18, 2008	Wasn't "it has no games" a common recurrance? See Saturn, Gamecube, N64, Xbox... basically, anything that wasn't the most successful at the time had "no games". EDIT: fck, just like the 360 console, bang goes the 360 discussion thread! Edited by alxbly*, Aug 21 2009, 02:36 PM.
	Xbox Live: alxbly \| PSN: alxbly \| Wii friend code: 2326 4589 7536 6941


Mop_it_up	Aug 21 2009, 02:45 PM Post #160
Dark Birdo Posts: 5,141 Group: Admin Member #24 Joined: August 8, 2006	Ha ha, so true. Now the market-leading system is accused of having no games. It's one more way this generation is ass-backwards.
	===MISQUOTE OF THE MONTH=== ""I vomited eleven times today, what's your excuse?" -dataDyne


Chaos66	Aug 21 2009, 03:37 PM Post #161
Advanced Member Posts: 73 Group: Restricted Member #198 Joined: March 3, 2009	alxbly Aug 21 2009, 11:08 AM Chaos66 The reason they scratch the dics so easily is that Microsoft didn't put gaurds around the lens so if the game gets off balance a little it will be scratched. Yeah, that's the reason that easrly consoles could damage discs if you changed the position of the console whilst a disc was spinning inside it. But since 2007: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PIOur-K6TQ New disc drive in the newer consoles and problem solved. Did you even read the comments on that video? All of them say that their new version of the 360 still scratches the disc or that it was a blank cd so it wouldn't have been spinning so it couldn't get scratched. It doesn't seem like Microsoft fixed the problem.



alxbly	Aug 21 2009, 03:53 PM Post #162
Alxblymus Primus Posts: 8,715 Group: Admin Member #168 Joined: October 18, 2008	^ You're right, I totally believe any and all youtube comments. Again, from personal experience, 2+ years of playing two Xbox 360's and none of my discs are scratched. None of my friends discs are scratched. Could it be that we just not dumb enough to move the console with a disc in it? Yeah, it could be that. Maybe I should shake my 360 with a disc in it so that we can agree?
	Xbox Live: alxbly \| PSN: alxbly \| Wii friend code: 2326 4589 7536 6941


Mop_it_up	Aug 21 2009, 03:57 PM Post #163
Dark Birdo Posts: 5,141 Group: Admin Member #24 Joined: August 8, 2006	Could it also be that the people who do have problems like to complain all day long about it, though the people who don't have problems don't speak up so it seems like the situation is far worse than it really is?
	===MISQUOTE OF THE MONTH=== ""I vomited eleven times today, what's your excuse?" -dataDyne


alxbly	Aug 21 2009, 03:59 PM Post #164
Alxblymus Primus Posts: 8,715 Group: Admin Member #168 Joined: October 18, 2008	Mop_it_up Aug 21 2009, 03:57 PM Could it also be that the people who do have problems like to complain all day long about it, though the people who don't have problems don't speak up so it seems like the situation is far worse than it really is? Lol, that could never be the case on internetz! Where all information is irrefutable proof!
	Xbox Live: alxbly \| PSN: alxbly \| Wii friend code: 2326 4589 7536 6941


Mop_it_up	Aug 21 2009, 04:04 PM Post #165
Dark Birdo Posts: 5,141 Group: Admin Member #24 Joined: August 8, 2006	Did I just make a post based on logic? I need more sleep...
	===MISQUOTE OF THE MONTH=== ""I vomited eleven times today, what's your excuse?" -dataDyne


alxbly	Aug 21 2009, 04:05 PM Post #166
Alxblymus Primus Posts: 8,715 Group: Admin Member #168 Joined: October 18, 2008	Mop_it_up Aug 21 2009, 04:04 PM Did I just make a post based on logic? I need more sleep... Quick! Edit it before anyone realizes!
	Xbox Live: alxbly \| PSN: alxbly \| Wii friend code: 2326 4589 7536 6941


spikie	Aug 21 2009, 05:52 PM Post #167
End All Sorrow Posts: 625 Group: Member Member #55 Joined: January 3, 2007	The disc scraching isn't a issue at all Only one game I have got scrached and that's because my friend tripped over the the ethernet cord when the 360 first came out and the 360 toppled over
	^^^ My girlfriends (jess) xbox live account


Chaos66	Aug 21 2009, 07:37 PM Post #168
Advanced Member Posts: 73 Group: Restricted Member #198 Joined: March 3, 2009	I have my wii set up on top of my speaker (that is about 3-4 ft high) and my friend tripped over the gamecube controller wire while we were playing and the wii fell from there to the ground and nothing even happened to the disc or the wii. Everything was perfectly fine.



alxbly	Aug 21 2009, 09:19 PM Post #169
Alxblymus Primus Posts: 8,715 Group: Admin Member #168 Joined: October 18, 2008	You should keep it closer to a window. Wii's are pretty solid, but then they're smaller, lighter, don't have harddrives and share a lot of their tech with Gamecubes (which were also solid as rocks). 360/PS3 are much heavier and more fragile so there's more chance of damage in a fall. With the PS3 slim about to hit the market, I wonder if Microsoft will be considering a console redesign...
	Xbox Live: alxbly \| PSN: alxbly \| Wii friend code: 2326 4589 7536 6941


alxbly	Sep 17 2009, 09:55 AM Post #170
Alxblymus Primus Posts: 8,715 Group: Admin Member #168 Joined: October 18, 2008	New 250gb Elite to celebrate Modern Warfare 2. 250Gb! I never seem to have more than 30gb on my 120gb drive... But it's a bummer they won't sell the harddrive separately. http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/16/no-plans-for-250gb-xbox-drive-outside-modern-warfare-2-bundle-m/
	Xbox Live: alxbly \| PSN: alxbly \| Wii friend code: 2326 4589 7536 6941


Mop_it_up	Sep 22 2009, 12:11 PM Post #171
Dark Birdo Posts: 5,141 Group: Admin Member #24 Joined: August 8, 2006	Seriously, does anyone really need all of that space? Is there demand for it? How much data does the average game save use? How much space does the average XBox Live Arcade game take up? If they sold the hard drive separately it would probably be priced at $200, so it wouldn't sell well enough to be worth it.
	===MISQUOTE OF THE MONTH=== ""I vomited eleven times today, what's your excuse?" -dataDyne


alxbly	Sep 22 2009, 04:16 PM Post #172
Alxblymus Primus Posts: 8,715 Group: Admin Member #168 Joined: October 18, 2008	Game saves usually don't take up much room but I suspect this is aimed at people who will be storing videos and transferring full games to the hard drive (and they're usually 8GB per game). But even then... I can't see how you'd fill it unless you really, really, really tried. I wish to god that the PS3 didn't require a hard drive install for most games. My 80GB PS3 is already half full.
	Xbox Live: alxbly \| PSN: alxbly \| Wii friend code: 2326 4589 7536 6941


Sapper	Oct 9 2009, 09:32 AM Post #173
Nintendoin' since '97 Posts: 136 Group: PD Champs Member #129 Joined: March 17, 2008	Hey guys, i ordered a Xbox 360 Elite at a local electronic market two ago. Why? I'm a big soccer/football fan and the latest FIFA PC ports suck! They use a slight rewritten engine of FIFA 06, whereas the Xbox360 and PS3 use a complete new engine since years. The second and more important reason: I don't wanna miss all the console-only games again. I skipped the PS2/GC/Xbox era already! (Bought the GC last year ago) My last "current generation" console was the N64. The Xbox 360 should arrive on monday and i am going to spent the first week with playing demos. Could you please post some opinions on the following games i might consider buying: Banjo Kazooie Nuts And Bolts Fable 2 Project Gotham Racing 4 Prince Of Persia Castle Crashers XBLA Shadow Complex XBLA Trials HD XBLA Burnout Revenge Viva Pinata Midnight Club: Los Angeles Thank you in advance! (I know i should simply play the demos, but your opinions helped me in the past ) Edited by Sapper, Oct 9 2009, 09:39 AM.
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alxbly	Nov 2 2009, 04:15 PM Post #174
Alxblymus Primus Posts: 8,715 Group: Admin Member #168 Joined: October 18, 2008	Sapper Oct 9 2009, 09:32 AM Hey guys, i ordered a Xbox 360 Elite at a local electronic market two ago. Why? I'm a big soccer/football fan and the latest FIFA PC ports suck! They use a slight rewritten engine of FIFA 06, whereas the Xbox360 and PS3 use a complete new engine since years. The second and more important reason: I don't wanna miss all the console-only games again. I skipped the PS2/GC/Xbox era already! (Bought the GC last year ago) My last "current generation" console was the N64. The Xbox 360 should arrive on monday and i am going to spent the first week with playing demos. Could you please post some opinions on the following games i might consider buying: Banjo Kazooie Nuts And Bolts Fable 2 Project Gotham Racing 4 Prince Of Persia Castle Crashers XBLA Shadow Complex XBLA Trials HD XBLA Burnout Revenge Viva Pinata Midnight Club: Los Angeles Thank you in advance! (I know i should simply play the demos, but your opinions helped me in the past ) Hey mate, Sorry I never noticed your last post somehow. Anyway, here's my impressions of those games: Banjo Kazooie Nuts And Bolts - A really good game if you can "let go" of the old banjo games and accept this isn't the same. It's all based around building vehicles to solve problems and the level of customisation is just mind blowing. Think of huge lego blocks that build cars, bikes, hovercraft, aeroplans and jets and add in the charm of the banjo games. It's really good fun. Fable 2 - good but feels like it could have been better. An enjoyable game but it feels a little bit lighweight in comparison with other titles. Project Gotham Racing 4 - I preferred PGR3, which can be found for less. PGR4 has more restrictive races but it's still fun. Prince Of Persia - Good but easy. I thought I enjoyed it but the game never really got me hooked. Try Assassin's Creed instead, it's got the good stuff of Prince of Persia and one of the most beautiful and enjoyable game worlds you'll ever play in. Castle Crashers XBLA - not played. Shadow Complex XBLA - not played Trials HD XBLA - not played but it looks a lot of fun Burnout Revenge - Really, really nice. Burnout Paradise has a lot more content but Revenge is more straight up crashing, racing and taking other drivers down. This game is dead cheap and it's well worth buying. Viva Pinata - Still the best strategy game on the 360. I've sunk a silly amount of hours into it. Also very cheap these days and it'll give you many enjoyable hours of gaming. Midnight Club: Los Angeles - I've owned this for ages but I've not really played it. It's not a bad game, it's just that I've not been in the mood for playing any racers. An totally unrelated but... Microsoft have recently been banning people who have been playing pirated games. This has resulted in the official Xbox forums being totally hilarious. My favorite so far is this: Quote: CONSEL BAND FREDDY TO WHO IT MAY CONCERN MY XBOX 360 GOT BANNED TODAY I THE MOSTWEIRD WAY SEE MY ACCOUNT GOT HACK I GOT A 7 YEARD OLD SON THAT WAS PLAYING HE CALLED ME TO TELL ME THAT HE GOT SIGN OUT I TOLD HIM WHO WHERE YOU CHATTING WHIT HE TOLD ME WHIT A GUY THAT TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO GIVE ME RECON I TALK TO THE KID ON MY OTHER ACCOUNT I TOLD HIM TO GIVE ME MY ACCOUNT BACK BECAUS EIT HAD PERSONAL INFO SO HE DID I RECOVERDE IT AND WELL I DECIDE TO PLAY TO DAY HIT MY SON HALO3 AND WELL MY XBOX 360 WAS BNNED I THINK THAT I NOT RIGHT I FOLLOW THE TERMS OF USE NEVER BROKE THEM WELL I CALLED THE 1800 4 MY XBOX AND WELL THEY WERE RUD I THINK THAT I AM JUST GONNA SELL MY 360 AND BUY ME A PS3 SINCERLY THE FREDDY I really hope it's a joke. If so, it's genius. If not, well...
	Xbox Live: alxbly \| PSN: alxbly \| Wii friend code: 2326 4589 7536 6941


spikie	Nov 10 2009, 04:00 AM Post #175
End All Sorrow Posts: 625 Group: Member Member #55 Joined: January 3, 2007	alxbly Nov 2 2009, 04:15 PM An totally unrelated but... Microsoft have recently been banning people who have been playing pirated games. This has resulted in the official Xbox forums being totally hilarious. My favorite so far is this: Quote: CONSEL BAND FREDDY TO WHO IT MAY CONCERN MY XBOX 360 GOT BANNED TODAY I THE MOSTWEIRD WAY SEE MY ACCOUNT GOT HACK I GOT A 7 YEARD OLD SON THAT WAS PLAYING HE CALLED ME TO TELL ME THAT HE GOT SIGN OUT I TOLD HIM WHO WHERE YOU CHATTING WHIT HE TOLD ME WHIT A GUY THAT TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO GIVE ME RECON I TALK TO THE KID ON MY OTHER ACCOUNT I TOLD HIM TO GIVE ME MY ACCOUNT BACK BECAUS EIT HAD PERSONAL INFO SO HE DID I RECOVERDE IT AND WELL I DECIDE TO PLAY TO DAY HIT MY SON HALO3 AND WELL MY XBOX 360 WAS BNNED I THINK THAT I NOT RIGHT I FOLLOW THE TERMS OF USE NEVER BROKE THEM WELL I CALLED THE 1800 4 MY XBOX AND WELL THEY WERE RUD I THINK THAT I AM JUST GONNA SELL MY 360 AND BUY ME A PS3 SINCERLY THE FREDDY I really hope it's a joke. If so, it's genius. If not, well... Ha! I laughed like mad at that, Who let's a 7 year old play on xbox live? More so by the sounds of it (I can't really understand it to be honest) He was playing alone, Most people have to realize the xbox live communitity is not a "Babysitter" for there kids. Being 14 I can't really complain about kids being on live but 7 is way too young, Halo 3 is rated 15 in the uk and 17 in america and proven that he fell for the "recon" scam he isn't mature enough to play on xbox live
	^^^ My girlfriends (jess) xbox live account


niniendowarrior	Nov 22 2009, 05:56 PM Post #176
Veteran Member Posts: 209 Group: Member Member #192 Joined: January 26, 2009	Just gave UFC Undisputed 2009 a spin and well, as an MMA fan, it's nice to see the game get pushed to something much closer to the real thing... but it's a little weird. The controls are mind boggling and complicated. I'm sure if I invest a lot of time I could be really good at it... but I'm not going to go through all that pain.


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