CJF077 The Noble Leader Administrator 4,786 Member For: 22y 4m 11d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Australia Posted 05/01/06 09:30 AM Share Posted 05/01/06 09:30 AM So who has ordered a XBOX 360? I got mine the other day from Japan thanks to a friend of mine. The graphics are unbelievable! Cant wait till Project Gotham Racing 3 comes out for the JAP version. If you have one, and have XBOX live add me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradoxx Colossal Member Member 5,049 Member For: 20y 5m 30d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 05/01/06 09:38 AM Share Posted 05/01/06 09:38 AM A word of advice from someone who was recently in Japan, wait til the new Playstation comes out, apparently the 360 is quite disappointing over there and the PS3 or whatever they call it is going to OWN...Not that I can make that judgment myself... I dont own any consoles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbearz Member 63 Member For: 21y 8m 15d Location: tassie Posted 05/01/06 09:58 AM Share Posted 05/01/06 09:58 AM A word of advice from someone who was recently in Japan, wait til the new Playstation comes out, apparently the 360 is quite disappointing over there and the PS3 or whatever they call it is going to OWN...Not that I can make that judgment myself... I dont own any consoles!<{POST_SNAPBACK}>yeah it was hilarious, the first week the 360 was out it only got 7% of the market share, while the old ps2 got 85% and we all know how technophillic the japanese areCJ has your 360 cooked itself yet, that's the only thing I would be worried about, I've seen some ad-on fans that help heaps. But whenever the 360 is cracked like the original was it is going to make for one hell of a cheap computer albiet a very game orientated one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEN 24T Gandalf the Grey, Maiar of Manwë and Varda, Team HgAg/Sneaky Member 7,371 Member For: 21y 7m 24d Gender: Male Location: The Shire, Middle Earth Posted 05/01/06 09:59 AM Share Posted 05/01/06 09:59 AM I'm waiting for March (or whenever) to order mine. I've heard that they've had some problems with the 360 in America.Don't want to be on the bleeding edge, let the Yanks beta-test the thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJF077 The Noble Leader Administrator 4,786 Member For: 22y 4m 11d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Australia Posted 05/01/06 10:16 AM Author Share Posted 05/01/06 10:16 AM The Japanese market is a tough one for MS to crack. They have always been either Sony or Nintendo in Japan. Thats why they are trying very hard to get into the Japanese market. In the US and UK though the XBOX 360 is sold out. Cant get one if you tried! Alot of people are on big waiting lists! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jEtONiT Donating Members 1,817 Member For: 21y 3m 16d Gender: Not Telling Location: next door.. Posted 05/01/06 11:51 AM Share Posted 05/01/06 11:51 AM im waiting on the ps3 to be my first ever game consol purchase.. any idea when its due out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEoMaNTiK Member 179 Member For: 19y 4m Location: Melb (Mexican) Posted 05/01/06 11:56 AM Share Posted 05/01/06 11:56 AM Watch out for scratched discs CJF. Not sure how widespread this is, most reports have been from people moving the unit while a disc is in the drive. Though there has also been reports back that discs have been scratched even when the unit has not been moved. Just be careful, you should find some help over at xboxscene if you notice any scratched discs.Personally I'll be waiting a bit longer before I decide which system I'll go for, I've currently got an XBox and love how easy it was to chip, install 80gig hard drive and use as a home entertainment system with stored games, divx's, mp3's etc etc.Wait for the competition to come out and then wait for a bargain, by that time the 2nd generation of games will be starting to appear and that's when things get exciting, at the moment, 1st generation will look nice but will take a little bit for the coders to master the new systems. Sony realise they now have a fight on their hands, they don't want Microsoft to do another Windows, this time in the console world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDOHC When in doubt ... Accelerate! Member 440 Member For: 21y 5m 15d Location: Melbourne, Hoppers Xing Posted 05/01/06 09:55 PM Share Posted 05/01/06 09:55 PM Hey guys at EB games Im quite up to spec on the XB360, it is starting to gain momentum already my store has close to 50 orders already which aint bad considering.It will sell for $650 with the hard drive or $450 without, EB games stores will only carry the HDD edition and Kmart, Target etc will carry the $450 model.Graphics on the 360 are amaizing, the ability of it to interact with your PC (thanks Microsoft) is going to be an interesting little feature, especially if you have Windows Media PC edition.They have had a couple of issues which includes the overheating thing as well as a few games with graphics glitches, it didnt stop it however selling out Europe and US, EB games in the US only were able to fill 30% of pre-orders which would have PISSED OFF people like crazy as some are still waiting till start of Feb for their consoles after they were promised them on release day. I dont know if it will be like that here, lets see. On a side note there was some guy who bought a 360 lined up for ages went outside the store screamed out PS3 rules and threw his 360 on the pavement, Compatability with your old XB games is another thing, if they are not Live enabled you can pretty much kiss em goodbye as they most likely wont work on the 360, the live enabled ones you have to jump on the XB live site and download some sort of "patch" to make em work on your 360, details are sketchy so far.With the PS3 there is no solid release date here in Aus, my guess Xmas this year but who knows, technically the PS3 specs double the 360 power wise, now whether games will take em up is another thing, the blueray disk thing is stuffin them up at the moment as compatability with PS2 games is something they wanna do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEoMaNTiK Member 179 Member For: 19y 4m Location: Melb (Mexican) Posted 05/01/06 10:08 PM Share Posted 05/01/06 10:08 PM I can safely say I'll not be spending $650 or $450, call me a tight arse but that's just not in my budget for a console I'll play occassionally.I remember when the Xbox was released at around the $600-$650 mark and in that same year I purchased mine for $285 from Harvey Norman as a Boxing Day sale.Sure it didn't come bundled with games or extra controllers but it had what I needed to start pulling it apart and doing what I wanted to do.I say let Sony release the PS3, then watch Microsoft drop their price bcoz they would have already sold a bunch of units and then see if we can score a bargain 360 with all it's teething problems sorted.Hey MRDOHC, do you know if the base model can be upgraded with hard drive etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDOHC When in doubt ... Accelerate! Member 440 Member For: 21y 5m 15d Location: Melbourne, Hoppers Xing Posted 05/01/06 11:15 PM Share Posted 05/01/06 11:15 PM Hey MRDOHC, do you know if the base model can be upgraded with hard drive etc?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>You can get an upgrade kit the chepo one for 200 bucks ... seems like it could be a normal 200 g hdd so if you got one I guess you could get away with that.I have heard the the old XBOX games will NOT play on the value console They ALWAYS drop in price wether it will be quickly or not I dont know, it may take a little while on this one, something about them being a little scarce at the moment I think will contribute to the price staying for a time, Agree with you though GEoMaNTiK far too much to pay and personally I cant understand people being guinee cops on the first day and PAYING extra for the priviledge of being the testers. 50 orders (so far) X 650 = 32500 bucks ... man !!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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