If you like the games offered on the 360, get one. If you're planning on installing a lot of games on your HDD (the 360 can be quite noisy), get an Elite. If not, get a Pro.
Poll: Buying an xBox 360.
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If you are going to get one, go for the middle one. Enough room for a few games and cheaper than the pro one. I think it's being dropped out soon because they're bringing down the pro price so you may want to wait.
My overall advice is to wait. With the PS3 price drop coming there will be a lot more people with PS3s if you're worried about online play, and since the PS3 online play is free I'd stay put for a month or two.
My overall advice is to wait. With the PS3 price drop coming there will be a lot more people with PS3s if you're worried about online play, and since the PS3 online play is free I'd stay put for a month or two.
Semi-hijack of the thread (apologies to the OP, I hope you don't mind as it's extremely related, and if I created my own topic I'd be told "use the search button"):
I only (ha, only - I realise I was quite lucky) own a PS2 and an Xbox, and I'm fed up of not being able to get any decent new games - and the Xbox is old and getting incredibly noisy - I think it's going to die soon. Thus I'm looking at getting a 360 (as I've heard the PS3 can't play PS2 games, so I'll get more utility out of a 360 and PS2 than out of a PS3 and Xbox)
What's this about a drop in price, when's it likely to happen (as I wnat pre-order Halo3:ODST but with a console at the same time)? Is the difference in hard-drive space and the HDMI cable the only difference between the types of 360? Sorry, but with such old consoles I'm not up to date with having *different variations* of the same thing.
I only (ha, only - I realise I was quite lucky) own a PS2 and an Xbox, and I'm fed up of not being able to get any decent new games - and the Xbox is old and getting incredibly noisy - I think it's going to die soon. Thus I'm looking at getting a 360 (as I've heard the PS3 can't play PS2 games, so I'll get more utility out of a 360 and PS2 than out of a PS3 and Xbox)
What's this about a drop in price, when's it likely to happen (as I wnat pre-order Halo3:ODST but with a console at the same time)? Is the difference in hard-drive space and the HDMI cable the only difference between the types of 360? Sorry, but with such old consoles I'm not up to date with having *different variations* of the same thing.
I suppose you are just very lucky then. I can't think of a single good experience I've had with PSN. If it weren't free, I would never consider paying for it.BolognaBaloney said:
premiums are by far the best. they are just the same as the elite but the headset is slightly less good quality and it has 60 memory rather than 120.
You might think this is a big difference and so did i when i got the premium and i only had 52 memory because alot of the xbox dashboard stuff took up memoery, but now i have played 12 games on it, completing 10 (multiple times and ive only used 0.5 of my 52 memory. you really dont need to pay all the extra on an elite as you never need that much memory. by the time you start running out of memoery on the premium, you wont mind deleating the game saves from 5 years ago.
You might think this is a big difference and so did i when i got the premium and i only had 52 memory because alot of the xbox dashboard stuff took up memoery, but now i have played 12 games on it, completing 10 (multiple times and ive only used 0.5 of my 52 memory. you really dont need to pay all the extra on an elite as you never need that much memory. by the time you start running out of memoery on the premium, you wont mind deleating the game saves from 5 years ago.
Get the Elite. I have the Pro and a 20 gig hard drive isn't enough. I want to play Grand Theft Auto 4: The Lost and Damned, but I have to wait until it's put on the shelves with Ballad of Gay Tony so I can have some memory left.
Aren't pro and premium the same?
Get those, they're getting rid of them soon. So they'll only have the elite and arcade. The elite is horrible, they grease up somewhat awful.
Get those, they're getting rid of them soon. So they'll only have the elite and arcade. The elite is horrible, they grease up somewhat awful.
I've heard mixed speculations concerning the new (Jasper) models and if they have actually reduced the rrod problem. Nothing official has been announced (I was hoping to hear something about it at e3) but at this point I think MS wants it solved just as much as we do so it would be really stupid if it wasn't. One reason I've heard for them not releasing any results: they're still selling off the rest of their old (pre-jassper) models. With that under consideration, you may want to wait a month or two; especially since there's also a price cut rumored.
If you don't want to wait but rrod is still a concern, I would recommend the Arcade model as I hear that's the one that has the least cases of rrod.
Considering you already have a ps3, it wouldn't be a travesty if your 360 bricks; you'll still have something to play on while you send it back. Most of my friends with all systems get multiplatforms on the ps3 for this reason.
If you don't want to wait but rrod is still a concern, I would recommend the Arcade model as I hear that's the one that has the least cases of rrod.
Considering you already have a ps3, it wouldn't be a travesty if your 360 bricks; you'll still have something to play on while you send it back. Most of my friends with all systems get multiplatforms on the ps3 for this reason.
Do your own research. How are we to tell you what games you may be interested in?
Find out what games are currently on the 360 or due to come out. Then, narrow that list down based on what games you're actually interested in and what ones are 360 only. Once you get the finished list, you're free to decide if the available games, both now and in the future, are worth getting a 360 for.
Find out what games are currently on the 360 or due to come out. Then, narrow that list down based on what games you're actually interested in and what ones are 360 only. Once you get the finished list, you're free to decide if the available games, both now and in the future, are worth getting a 360 for.
Get a pro, the elite is really pointless unless you abuse your disks and need to install all your games to your hard drive. You're going to want a warranty, too, 'cause everyone's 360 breaks down eventually.
Go elite but wait because their is a possibility of it replacing the pro model so its price will drop $100
