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X Box 360 - questions.
BillieTheBot
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hi again
I was thinking of purchasing a 360 instead of a PS3 and was wondering do you need a HD TV to play it and whats the difference between a core system and a premium system.
thanks
I was thinking of purchasing a 360 instead of a PS3 and was wondering do you need a HD TV to play it and whats the difference between a core system and a premium system.
thanks
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I'm getting a 360 for christmas and I don't know the answer to your first question but I do for your second. One is just the Xbox 360 and the other has wireless controllers but costs fuck loads more.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Xbox-360-Console-Core-System/dp/B000AXFKGQ
XBOX 360:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Xbox-360-Console-wireless-controller/dp/B0007SV72A/sr=1-1/qid=1166364492/ref=sr_1_1/202-1450691-5341401?ie=UTF8&s=videogames
I think its the fact that PREM is HD ready, where as the other one aint
This is coming froms someone who dont own one haha:D
Pill'ed: I sorta agree with you, after all the 360 gets the new GTA as sony don't have rockstar in their pocket and I fancy Crackdown and Gears of War.
Since I aint got a HD TV, I guess the cores for me.
The premium 360 comes with a hard drive, wireless controller and wired headset. The core doesn't, not even a hard drive.
I have no idea where you lot are getting the idea that the core unit isn't high def.....
ETA: I will add that the text in some games is almost unreadable, due to the resolution. Dead Rising and, I think, Lost Planet are the main culprits.
ETA2: And, the lack of hard drive on the core unit does affect the games. Loading times are a lot longer.
which would you recomend?
The premium.
The core unit is a false economy as you'll end up wanting to buy a harddrive and all the extra stuff anyway.
If you just want to play the occasional game, don't really want to connect to Live! and you're not a huge games player then the core will be fine. However, you will need to buy a memory card, which is about 22 quid. If you want to save your games that is.
If you do want to download games from the Live! Arcade, have better performance, not have to worry about filling a memory card, want a wireless controller, want to download extra content for games/videos/demos from Marketplace and you'll play it a lot, get the premium.
You can still take the core online and play but with the way games are being updated and patched, it's a lot more hassle.
My 2p.
Just out of interest which one do you have infinite?
and hows gears of war?
I have the premium but I play online a lot and I download loads of stuff from Xbox Live Marketplace.
I still reckon the premium unit is the one to get, I think it's highly likely that you'll want the hard drive at some point. The price difference is only 80 notes, a hard drive is 65 quid, a wireless controller is 32.99 and then you'd have to buy an ethernet cable if you ever wanted to go online....
Gears of War is ok. I finished it on the easiest setting then started on the 'hardcore' one but stopped playing because of Viva Pinata. It's an incredibley atmospheric and tense came but it's a bit one note at points. Hide, shoot, hide shoot...it's worth buying though. And the online is awesome.
Well thank you all for your input, im off to look for funds to pay for said X box.
Althoug, it's highly likely that they'll be released as a physical disc, it might be a good while after they've been available for download though.
I guess Im stuck on this next gen, either way you go its not cheap.
However, getting the premium future proofs you a bit. Unless you fancy having 10 memory cards with all your saved stuff scattered around them :razz:
I'm fairly sure that there will be a price drop for the 360 next year, depends how on desperate you are to get one really.
I'd just like to see what the hububs all about.
Definetely worth investing in the premium pack in my opinion.
Will probably get a few games next week probably Cod3 and having played the demo probably fight night 3.
Im not really a big gamer but fancied the 360 and luckily a friend sold me his which is the premium version including dead rising for £220 which is a pretty decent deal.
Like a good zombie film - you can take on a hundred but they break you down over time
It's great! I sold my PS2 on e-bay and then bought games for it. I run it on a standard widescreen TV (31", 100Mhz) and it's not bad graphics. Obviously, an HD screen would be awesome with something like Gears of War. My mate has his hooked up to a 19" monitor and its excellent.
may not even find one before xmas.
no biggie though.
That's the universe telling you to buy a premium unit