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If you plan to buy it, you'll have to go for premium. Word. :lol:
The basic version is basic-ally a rip-off.
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Uber Newb was telling me that microsoft isn't supporting the core packages anymore??!!
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Yup. And I finally found the story on digg. http://vgrc.ddstuff.com/articles-281.html
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It says at the bottom it's an April fools joke.
But, if they wanted people to buy hard drives, they should be more readily available. I've tried everywhere there are some at an o.k price on ebay, but they want a lot for postage. :cry:
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Ha! Guess I should a lot more time to reading entire articles. Sorry, atari.
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So how do you guys think the Xbox 360 will do now against the PS3 when it is released?
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"Bad Dog" wrote:So how do you guys think the Xbox 360 will do now against the PS3 when it is released? MS just announced Fable 2, and Forza 2, and the 360 premium doesn't cost $4000000000000000000, I think it'll continue to do well.
 
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I think it will continue to do well, as long as they bring out some good games. The main advantage that Sony has is that the PS can sell on brand name alone more than xbox (but i'm sure most people have heard of microsoft)
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On lots of forums you can read that people are upset about PS3's high price. If they all really won't purchase a PS3, as they claim now, Sony might have problems and this would be good for MS and Nintendo of course.
But as already said several times, the Playstation brand name alone is likely to sell quite an amount of PS3s. :?
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I think a smart move from Microsoft would be to reduce the price of the 360 the week before the PS3 launches, just to take some of the limelight away from the PS3 and make it look even more expensive.
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I'm pretty sure MS will lower the price until PS3 launches. Maybe 300$ instead 400 for the premium version? Then it would be half the price of the PS3 and still give you graphics as good...
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"Aaron" wrote:is the 360 DVD play back better then the first XBOX? Much better, the 360 works out of the box, you don't need to buy a remote to use it. It's also progressive scan, the original XBox wasn't. If you have the VGA cable, it also upconverts the video to whatever the current set resolution is.
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Alright cool. I wouldn't mind seeing what the MS Market Space is like. I mean I like how you can buy games Online via the service, like Street Fighter 2 with Online play. I know it's more then $10 but maybe it will drop in price soon? Who knows. When ever it does I may check it out when I get a 360.
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What do you guys reckon to the xbox 360 elite? If you don't know what it is, its a new 360 model, with a HDMI input/output/whatever and a new 120GB hard drive. Its also black.
I'm not too sure how popular it will be. Not many people will have HDMI compatable screens. However, i'm sure people will want the bigger hard drive but its quite expensive on its own. Also, I think it looks really bad in black. I'm hoping that when it rolls out (April 29th in the US I think) it will lead to a decrease in price for the core and premium models.
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"David" wrote:What do you guys reckon to the xbox 360 elite? If you don't know what it is, its a new 360 model, with a HDMI input/output/whatever and a new 120GB hard drive. Its also black.
I'm not too sure how popular it will be. Not many people will have HDMI compatable screens. However, i'm sure people will want the bigger hard drive but its quite expensive on its own. Also, I think it looks really bad in black. I'm hoping that when it rolls out (April 29th in the US I think) it will lead to a decrease in price for the core and premium models. I did a pretty big write up on it on my blog, I think that for most people, the premium is still going to be the place to go. It really has everything the Elite has, aside from HDMI, and MASSIVE storage, which most people don't need and will never use. That said, I do want one, because I do have an HDMI capable TV, and I'm really picky about video signals. :P the extra hard drive space I'm not really too concerned with, if my 20GB gets full, I can always delete some demos I haven't played in a while. Personally, I like the way it looks in black, but unfortunately that's a complete contrast to all of my current accessories.
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"Luke" wrote:That said, I do want one, because I do have an HDMI capable TV, and I'm really picky about video signals. :P the extra hard drive space I'm not really too concerned with, if my 20GB gets full, I can always delete some demos I haven't played in a while.
Personally, I like the way it looks in black, but unfortunately that's a complete contrast to all of my current accessories. Ok then, how about this then? You buy the Elite when it comes out, then we trade case, controller & accessories, faceplate, and hard drive :razz: It'll match my set-up perfectly :wink:
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I just think the black makes it look a bit tacky, but the colours not really important. I agree with you on the fact that many are still going to go for the premium. I'm pretty sure that the hard drive will sell well, as many people have been complaining that the original is "too small"
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"Luke" wrote:"Bad Dog" wrote:So how do you guys think the Xbox 360 will do now against the PS3 when it is released? MS just announced Fable 2, and Forza 2, and the 360 premium doesn't cost $4000000000000000000, I think it'll continue to do well. I am really looking forward to Fable 2. The first one was really good expect just a little short in length. "David" wrote:I just think the black makes it look a bit tacky, but the colours not really important. I agree with you on the fact that many are still going to go for the premium. I'm pretty sure that the hard drive will sell well, as many people have been complaining that the original is "too small" Is there any way to Hack the 360 and put your own Hard Drive in it? Like how you could with the First Xbox.
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"Aaron" wrote:Is there any way to Hack the 360 and put your own Hard Drive in it? Like how you could with the First Xbox. You can plug in just about any type of USB storage device and put things on there, but protected content can't be moved to unprotected storage mediums. So things like game saves and the like will require a microsoft hard drive or memory unit.
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I was at 4 stores today and all of them had the price for the premium 360 25% down (from 399) to 299 Euro. Is that a hint on a price cut or something?
On a sidenote:
Game prices at Gamestop in Munich are ridiculous...
Most 360 games cost 64.99 Euros (around 87$). They ask 69.99 for PS3 games (94$). What's that?? :x :evil:
Well, even a 25% reduced 360 still costs 400$.
Prices are too high in Europe...
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