Console Wars!!!

[Wiglaf]

I can't imagine downloading a movie or a TV show to a 360. This is what Netflix, iTunes, and DVRs are for.

Limited saves aren't a big problem if you don't have a large collection of games. And to my knowledge no game to date requires a HD.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Wiglaf
I can't imagine downloading a movie or a TV show to a 360. This is what Netflix, iTunes, and DVRs are for.

Why would you buy from iTunes but not XBLM?

Netflix is slow and doesn't offer recent episodes.

DVRs rely on your cable-co and are usually more expensive for XBLM, and usually not HD.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel
Getting a 360 would be like getting a pc with an integrated graphics card, sure you can use it to do the basic functions, but you're nowhere close to tapping the full power of the machine. No game demos, limited save space, limited download space, limited games, limited arcade games, no hd video downloads. Why would you do that to yourself.

That's supposed to say "getting a 360 core," right? It took me about five read-throughs to make any sense of that at all...

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker


That's supposed to say "getting a 360 core," right? It took me about five read-throughs to make any sense of that at all...

Yeah, I was going to fast and should have either quoted wiggy or been more clear that I was referring to the 360 arcade.

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Wiglaf
I can't imagine downloading a movie or a TV show to a 360. This is what Netflix, iTunes, and DVRs are for.

Netflix: wait until the series is over + several months, then watch the episode, meanwhile guessing or reading spoilers on what happened to be caught up?

Itunes: I'd rather watch something on my tv than monitor

DVR: **** happens, forget to record, have a conflict, power goes out.

The 360 fills the gaps in all of those. I would never download a ton of tv shows or movies, since I have 2 dvrs and blockbuster online,, but it helps for when I miss things or forget

Originally posted by Wiglaf
Limited saves aren't a big problem if you don't have a large collection of games. And to my knowledge no game to date requires a HD.

Oblivion expansions

CoD4 is rumored to require it
GTAIV is rumored to require it
both for dlc

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3161805

[Wiglaf]

Core isn't being phased out, though, so that article is a little wrong. There will still be an SKU without a hard drive. I have a feeling there will never be a point when more than one or two games require it.

Also, Netflix solves the movie problem. No need for 360 for expensive movies you'll only watch once. I never meant Netflix solves missing TV shows. For that, I guess 360 can be useful, but come on. If you've got a dvr that is rarely going to be a big problem. I can live with watching one or two episodes on my pc.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Wiglaf
Core isn't being phased out, though, so that article is a little wrong. There will still be an SKU without a hard drive. I have a feeling there will never be a point when more than one or two games require it.

Also, Netflix solves the movie problem. No need for 360 for expensive movies you'll only watch once. I never meant Netflix solves missing TV shows. For that, I guess 360 can be useful, but come on. If you've got a dvr that is rarely going to be a big problem. I can live with watching one or two episodes on my pc.

I'm someone who subscribes to the "Canadian netflix", zip.ca, and I love it.

But there's still times when you want to see a movie and Netflix/Zip hasn't sent it to you yet. There are a lot of movies on XBLM in high definition that aren't yet out on HD DVD or Bluray. There's a huge convenience factor here, and it's cheaper than renting at Blockbuster (and better quality).

Not to mention the TV episode thing.

[Asher]

Some cool bundles in Euroland:


Also, here's the Xbox 360 Arcade:

[Kuciwalker]

$550 for a 360 Premium ($350), an extra controller ($50), and Halo 3 + GoW ($60 and $50 respectively)? Yeah, fantastic deal...

[Asher]

In Europe, it is.

Notice Halo is 60 euros alone.

[Kuciwalker]

So by "good deal" you mean "less of an assraping"?

[Asher]

It's alllll relative, Kuci.

[Asher]

HALO 3 DOMINATES THE JAPANESE CHARTS!!!!!!!! SUPREME COMPLETE OWNAGE!

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=173100

It's not impossible; Bungie's epic first-person shooter has actually gone down a storm in Japan, hitting the number one spot in the software sales charts in its first week.

With 59,000 copies sold in the past week, Halo 3 beat the likes of the mighty Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (55,000), Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core (54,000), and the newly-released Tamagotchi DS game (54,000).

This will be extra good news to Microsoft considering that not only does Japan rarely give a damn about FPS games, but more significantly, poor sales of the 360 have left it in a distant third.

Fewer than 500,000 Xbox 360 consoles have been sold compared to 3.6 million Wii units and 1.2 million PS3s sold in the region.

yay for crappy nation!

[Wiglaf]

So a country is crappy if the 360 is beaten out by the PS3 and the Wii? Perhaps you should go back home and reset your priorities, learn how to be reasonable and read a few books before reporting back.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Wiglaf
So a country is crappy if the 360 is beaten out by the PS3 and the Wii? Perhaps you should go back home and reset your priorities, learn how to be reasonable and read a few books before reporting back.

Perhaps you should read a book on logic.



Japan is crappy for many reasons. Not the least of which are school girl panty vending machines.