XBox 360 Elite

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

I'm not sure I get the appeal of the Wii. The motion-sensitive nunchaku controller seems pretty gimmicky to me. Is there anything else besides that? Some uber game out there for the Wii?

For the first few minutes of playing, you feel like an idiot...then it just becomes fun and the controls seem to make so much more sense.

As for games...Zelda: Twilight Princess is amazing and uses the remote wonderfully, and even though Super Paper Mario doesn't really use the remote a huge amount, its a GREAT game.

/derail

 

[Felon]

Well, I got the 360 Elite today, and managed to peel off the Best Buy weasel trying to push the $60 PRP off on me (guess I shouldn't tempt fate because, I may have reason to regret not buying it...).

Man, now I gotta start picking some titles.

Crackdown, Gears of War, and Lost Planet all look great. I also saw some crime-themed team shooter that had "Sin" in the name, where you can run and robbing a city and dressing up your character, but I can't find it in Gamefly's stock. Anyone know what it is? Marvel Alliance looks cool too.

Elder Scrolls seems like the lone RPG for the console, but there are plenty of old Xbox games I missed out on, like KotOR and Jade Empire. Gotta try Thief and GTA: San Andreas too.

Mass Effect is delayed again. That's the game that started this whole mess.

 

[John Crichton]

Be careful with KoTOR. I believe the first one runs great but the second is choppy as hell and has audio issues when run on the 360.

And c'mon mang - you knew Mass Effect was getting delayed.

 

[ohGr]

As a lover of all things zombie, i can't let a chance to pimp Dead Rising pass. It's like a playable Dawn of the Dead. It's not perfect - the save system is kinda hinky and takes some getting used to and survivor AI can be ridiculously brain dead at times - but man is it fun.

 

[Arnwyn]

Well, I got the 360 Elite today, and managed to peel off the Best Buy weasel trying to push the $60 PRP off on me (guess I shouldn't tempt fate because, I may have reason to regret not buying it...).

The 360 is probably the one time I would consider getting the PRP - the 360 has been notoriously... "unreliable", what with a rather large number of people getting their "red lights of death".

 

[jonathan swift]

The 360 is probably the one time I would consider getting the PRP - the 360 has been notoriously... "unreliable", what with a rather large number of people getting their "red lights of death".

Yes but the 360 comes with a 1 year warranty from Microsoft for hardware problems. I've had mine shipped off and fixed twice without paying a penny.

 

[Atavar]

The 360 is probably the one time I would consider getting the PRP - the 360 has been notoriously... "unreliable", what with a rather large number of people getting their "red lights of death".

I bought a new 360 (along with some extras) for someone's birthday and was deeply disappointed when we go to turn it on and saw that red light come on and an error code appear on the TV screen. It turned out to be a bad hard drive (error code 67 or something). Luckily, one of the extras I bought was a 64MB memory card, which allowed us to set up her gamer tag and actually enjoy the thing (thus bypassing the bad hard drive). Still, the red light ticked me off.

I bought it from Best Buy, and I did get their 2-year plan thing. We took the 360 back the next day and they replaced the whole thing for free. I was happy when we were able to skip most of the setup the second time with what we stored on the memory card during the first setup.

This may have been Best Buy BS, but when I initially told them I didn't want the plan and that I would be using Microsoft's own plan, they said that if I did then I would have to ship it to MS whenever there was a problem, and that MS would likely replace it with a refurbished unit rather than with a new one if they couldn't fix it. Even if they were BS-ing, it was nice to be able to take it to a Best Buy for an instant new replacement.

Later,

Atavar

 

[TwistedBishop]

This may have been Best Buy BS, but when I initially told them I didn't want the plan and that I would be using Microsoft's own plan, they said that if I did then I would have to ship it to MS whenever there was a problem, and that MS would likely replace it with a refurbished unit rather than with a new one if they couldn't fix it. Even if they were BS-ing, it was nice to be able to take it to a Best Buy for an instant new replacement.
Atavar

That's exactly what happens. Whole process takes about two weeks, from calling and ordering a pre-paid shipping box to getting the unit back. And they're always refurbs. I would have paid the extra money for Best Buy's instant replacement policy.

 

[GlassJaw]

Just saw this yesterday:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070430-coming-this-fall-a-65nm-xbox-360.html

I'll definitely be waiting. Maybe pick one up when GTA4 and Halo 3 hit.

 

[Arnwyn]

Yes but the 360 comes with a 1 year warranty from Microsoft for hardware problems.

Oh, I know. But it's already been shown that 1 year hasn't really been enough, and then you have to go through the nonsense of shipping and waiting, just to get a refurbished unit (as opposed to taking it down the street and getting a new one often the same day).

I've had mine shipped off and fixed twice without paying a penny.

This may have been Best Buy BS, but when I initially told them I didn't want the plan and that I would be using Microsoft's own plan, they said that if I did then I would have to ship it to MS whenever there was a problem, and that MS would likely replace it with a refurbished unit rather than with a new one if they couldn't fix it. Even if they were BS-ing, it was nice to be able to take it to a Best Buy for an instant new replacement.

As TwistedBishop said above, this is exactly what happens. No BB BS there!


(And, no question, the best idea is to wait for the 65nm chip(s), so one doesn't have to contend with the unreliable overheating screaming beast that the 360 currently is.)