Anyone planning to get 360?
 

I finally got my order down today... Just got it finally ordered, now I only have to wait till the 22nd..

Not me. I'll probably wait a while until the PS3 and Revolution come out before deciding on anything, and I'll probably pay less, too. In the meantime, there's lots of great games for GameCube and DS to keep me occupied.

I'm waiting for the PS3, but even with that, I'll probably wait a while. At least until prices go down a little and they work out some of the kinks that usually come with the first generation of consoles. I still remember when XBox first came out, it used to actually get so hot that it would melt itself if left on for too long. And there were also some cases of units catching fire.

I hated the original Xbox on sight

However...

I'm now stuck between PS3 and 360. It depends om what's going to be available for each platform.

(Hmm... 360 degrees = 1 full Revolution.... strange coincidence)

I am glad I didn't get Xbox at launch for 2 reasons:

1-That awful original controller

2-Thompson Drives

I think me and my brother are the only people that like the XBox controller. Our hands are pretty big, so that may have something to do with it. I can't use the S controller at all...it just feels awkward.

-Lasereth

Also waiting for the PS3.

waiting for the revolution before I decide anything, can't wait to see all 3 consoles in action.

Competing with 10 million assholes to get 3 shitty games during the christmas rush is a pain in the ass.

Wait a while and atleast some good games will be out. Hell, there probably is less than 10 worthwhile games on any of the current generation consoles.

I'm a little uneasy about the Xbox 360 not having HD-DVD drives. They're sticking with the original DVD drives, while PS3 will have the Blu-Ray drives.

Is this not a big deal or what? I'd love to hear what you guys have to say about it.

whats a blu-ray drive?, and im not getting the 360 since im pretty sure i can score one off my brother for free, since he'll be paying for it (he's not stealing it) although he'll probably wait for more games to come out that he'll be interested in.

wow, I thought the 360 was going to have the HD-DVD drives. I guess that puts them way behind and it completely changes my opinion on the 360. I thought it might be a huge jump to set the bar high for the other two next gen consoles ( which I am definitely going to buy) but it looks as if they set the bar low. Now I am probably not going to get one.

The drive will be HD-compatible, but will only be used for movies, not for games. Ladies and Gents, I do believe Blu-Ray will be the winning format, there.

Ya, if it isnt for games, I don't even understand what the point is then. :(

have you seen the 360 controller?? i saw a demo at my local EB and it's pretty much the same as a PS2 controller... left1 and 2. right 1 and 2. small LIKE the ps2. other stuff too but its still a nice machine. not for me though.

I will be getting one at the local Best Buy at midnight on the 22nd.

I am however mighty bummed that my one must have game (Oblivion ) looks to be at least 3 months away from my gaming pleasure.

PS3 is obviously going to be the most powerful system, so I'm hoping the games for that are gonna be good but who knows this early in the game.


360 I'm gonna buy coz I am pretty sure there will be good games for it.

I think once again, sticking with my PC is the best option. :-)

maybe a new graphics card would be nice.

I don't know, you seem to have it backwards, at least in my opinion. The Playstation has always been known to have good games, whereas the XBox struggles to get any good games out there. I personally have not seen one game on the XBox that would have ever made me want to buy an XBox.

The roles may change however for the PS3 and the XBox 360, we will just have to see.

I'm buying an xbox 360 at launch.

I'm struggling with which games to buy, I really was looking forward to Elder Scrolls IV, but oh well.

Gonna go with Perfect Dark and NFS:MW probably.

Going to wait and see what happens, but I will only get it if it can be chipped.

I'd say Halo 1&2, KoToR 1&2 is enough for me personally. Others may argue differently though.

Mech Assault and Crimson Skies when they first came out for Live multiplayer were well worth the price of admission as well.

'Course, if you have a somewhat modern PC, three of those are available too ;)

You know, I was going to get one at launch. Now I'm not so sure.

The backwards compatability list is a joke. If I have to keep the old x-box in the living room just to play Splinter Cell, then what's the point of the new system being backwards compatable at all (of course, you still have to buy the big bundle; look at all the stuff you get; you'd be a fool to buy all that seperately...)? It seems to me backwards compatability should be an all or nothing choice or maybe an all or just the really popular games that sold really well, but not so much the crap like 'Blinx.' Now I have no choice but to try and stack both these silly systems on a shelf that's already under buckling under the pressure of having so much shit on it if I ever want to take Sam Fisher out for walk.

Hmmm, got off on a little tangent there...let's try to swing her back.

Unless I see a game that I just 'have' to have at launch, I don't think I'm going to be snagging a 360 on the 22nd. The new Morrowind has been pushed back, Saints' Row might be out at launch, but who knows, Kameo looks nice, but not 'I've got to shell out $400 to play it' nice.

I really think Microsoft dropped the ball on this one. It's not enough to just hype the hardware, there has to be something there to play. I don't think anyone could argue against the notion that Halo help pushed a lot of X-boxes out the door when it debuted. I just don't see anything like this coming out for the 360.

I'll probably end up buying one anyway. When it comes to video games and the like, I'm 'gotta-have-it' whore, but I probably won't be standing in line at midnight with a bunch of smelly teenagers and smelly not-so-teenagers to get my hands on one.

Nope. No new gamming machines in our house. It's hard enough prying the kids off of the PS2. It had to be disconnected so that the school marks could creep back up to respectability. Not to mention the need for physical activity...

Hah, $400 for a console? No thanks.

Maybe once a mod chip comes out, but till then it's just a huge money sink.

You could get the lastest and greatest vid card for your PC for that amount of cash and be leaps and bounds beyond what the 360 can do.

negative on that ghostrider.

Xbox is gonna outperform any PC me, you, or 99.9999% of the board can afford.

I'm gonna have to disagree on this also. My PC runs a 6800 GT which was $450 brand new, 2 GB of PC3200 RAM, and an Athlon XP processor. I've played Call of Duty 2 on it. I also played it on XBox 360, and while I love my computer, I have to say that the 360 version simply looks way better. The amount of money you'd have to spend to get a PC looking like XBox 360 is over a thousand, possibly towards $1500. $400 isn't a bad price for a console considering the NES cost more than that in 1983..and never had a price drop in the 80s.

-Lasereth

i loved that original controller.

wish i could still buy them.

speaking of controllers... why wont games suppot the mouse as a controller? there are games that let u use the keyboard to chat already. now all is needed is mouse support for fps games, rts games, etc.

and as for cod2 looking better on the xbox360, i was wondering what resolution it was at? is there anyway to tell? if it was a standard tv, not hd.. would it be 640x480? it is was an hd set, maybe 1024x768 minimum?

It'd cost $1500 for a PC to be built up to that spec, true, but it must cost MS close to that to build a 360 ;) They're just taking the cost for you. Aren't they nice?

As for mouse/keyboard control, how many console gamers play at a desk? It's all couch-based, man.

3) I got the limited ed crystal one
:thumbsup:

I dunno. I played COD2 in Best Buy the other day, and while it was nice, it wasn't stunning like I thought it should be. Plus, Oblivion is delayed, leaving only sports games to be outstanding release titles (I can't remember if Perfect Dark is going to be a release). I'm gonna wait til the price drop prolly.

The new Madden looks good, but it has less features than the PS2/Xbox versions. That's kinda sad.

Looking at the reviews that have come out already, Project Gotham Racing 3 looks like the best of the launch games.

All of a sudden I want it. It's killing me I won't have a chance till April to walk into a store and buy it. Unless Microsoft cuts production more.

Thanks Microsoft.

sooo... edit: I know there's some people around here work in game stores. Any idea when a second 360 shipment is due?

I just played 360 on Friday, for about 2 hours at a friends place. He reviews games for a few websites, a local paper, and gets everything in advance (for free!). Got to say some of the graphics looked a bit choppy in the NBA game, I liked playing it better on the old xbox (maybe the controller I was more used to, but I thought the game was a drop smoother, and there seemed to be a drop of lag once in a while). Playing Kameo, was cool, the other chars was awesome, but I felt Kameo looked dinky. I mean you can be a flying fairy, a nice elemtal (and you can pickup and smack around the mobs with him, or toss him at others). But what was horrible was your 3rd alt form, a stupid armadillo. I did not play as long as I liked, but seemed very cool. A lot of stuff there seemed from WoW, and the graphics were really smooth. But learning to use the armadillo reminded me of prince of persia, making all the jumps perfect etc...

But basically my thought is, if you can wait a year I would wait. In most platform releases, the good games take a year to come out, and the kinks are removed etc.. I was not that impressed and I still got a lot to accomplish on my current X-Box.

After reading some of the post here, I'm beginning to have my doubt about the 360. I've always love Xbox over PS2 (The Xbox is mine, the PS2 belongs to my brother) and now, I'm wondering if PS3 is gonna be any better than Xbox.

I'd better get my research in order before tomorrow ;)

No Joke. December 20th. The last and only shipment before Christmas.

I don't really think Im going to break my neck to get a 360 just yet. I've seen some of the demos on the PS3 and that alone made me want to wait til Sony releases it. I'd say only the die hard XBox fans will snag a 360. I own an XBox but I just rather wait and see what Sony brings to the table before I go dropping 400 dollars on something I wished I would've waited on. God forbid if the 360 has that.....DreamCast effect :/

Just out of the curiousity, when is PS3 set to be released?

2006™ ;)

When Sony's good and ready, I imagine. I wouldn't expect it before the Revolution, by any means.

I am thoroughly unimpressed with the launch titles, and frankly, not many good reviews so far either. Even if I had the $550 for the system, 2 games plus tax, I wouldn't get it tomorrow

Agreed, and I just learned today one of two launch titles I wanted, Elder Scrolls, got pushed back to Dec.

550! Holy crap, it's going for 400 bucks up in Canada at the local best buy and that's Canadian! Not American

Planning on going to the local walmart with a few friends hoping to get one think we gonna go at 9..dont think We will get one but who knows maybe not many are in line..

We actually went about 7..three walmarts two targets a best buy and circuit city later..lol guess we gonna be waiting a bit! We just missed out at one of the targets..said they only had 14..we were 16.

I waited in line with my buddy for 7 hours tonight. There were 7 people in line at the time for 18 Boxes. Bunch of people showed up at the end, we feared for our lives.

Madden kicks ass, haven't played any other games yet.

Well, $400 for the system, $120 for 2 games, plus tax...

There were a shitload still for sale at Wal Mart when I went at 1am last night, and barely anyone in the store. Certainly nobody waiting in line.

Then when I was driving to the airport this morning I saw about 30 people lined up outside of Best Buy... Suckers.

People on ebay are buying these things up for $2000+

I woulda waited 16 hrs to cash in on people with money to burn, but certainly not to keep one. The launch titles (from all the reviews I've read) seem rather mediocre. I think the only one that might spark my interest is Perfect Dark Zero.

...but "Peter Jackson's King Kong"? Hahaha... that and Quake 4 woulda been a good selling point, but it's turning out to be a flop.

I'm not saying the games are *bad*, I'm just saying it's really more of the same with updated eye candy. Had they been smart, they would've released it with Halo 3 or the next GTA installment (or anything along the lines of a popular title).

PD Zero is somewhat of a return to form by Rare, but considering it took so many years to make, I doubt the sequel will be along anytime soon. Well, I'll be happy playing the original once the Rev hits ;)

I am unimpressed with the backwards compatible titles a this point in time. None of my favorites are on the list. No Splinter Cell, no Burnout, no Psychonauts no Dead or Alive. I'll definitely be waiting.

For anyone interested, the list is:

Backwards Compatible Games

I got to Circuit City at 10:05 am to buy the new SoaD CD and they were "temporarily sold out" already (store opened at 10am)

Oh my god......

http://cgi.ebay.com/XBOX-360-PREMIUM...QQcmdZViewItem

someone actually bid that much for it? Holy Hell, maybe I should have waited in line for one.

check out the bidders name.... fakexbox360buyer
something tells me he's not going to come through with the money... :)

true, I just noticed that but others are going for $3000 which is still really ridiculous.

You mean those "Buy It Now" bids for like 19 Grand? :lol:
I'm hoping those are just people being silly and aren't really hoping someone will pay that much.

There's no way I'm going to buy a 360 any time soon. 1) I'm pissed off at Microsoft for limiting their shipments just to up demand. 2) I'm sick and tired of hearing about it on Power 106. 3) The launch titles aren't impressive at all. and 4) I'll just stick to my XBOX w/ upgraded 200GB HDD; No discs; No loading times. Can't beat that.