360 Rookie Seeks Advice re:system/games

[acarrero]

I am buying an xbox 360 this afternoon and i need guidance. I have always been a PS guy, but I don't like what I see from the PS3, so I will give the 360 a shot.

1) Should I buy the basic or the package that comes with a hard drive? Will I be using the hard drive or will I still need a memory card to get rosters? Do I need to buy anything apart for HD or optimum graphics? How much for an extra controller?

2) Will any 360 transfer kit work for downloading rosters for NCAA?

3) Should I bother getting MLB 2K7 or should I instead go with The Bigs? I want another sports game besides NCAA, preferably baseball. Maybe golf or Winning 11. What do you guys recommend?

4) Xbox live - is there a monthly fee? What is it?

[TheShizNo1]

1.) you still need a memory card to get the roster.

3.) I'm not a baseball fan, but love mlb2k7

4.) yes, not sure how much

[TJdaSportsGuy]

Moving this to the appropriate subforum...

[ExtremeGamer]

XBL is $50 a year

Get The Bigs...my favorite baseball game of the year.

[boomhauertjs]

1. You'll probably want the hard drive to save all of your rosters plus demos and other downloadables from Xbox Live. You can find hard drives on eBay for around $50, so if you don't need/want the wireless controller, you could just buy the Core system and a hard drive from eBay.

[jgo777]

Quote: Originally Posted by ExtremeGamer

Get The Bigs...my favorite baseball game of the year.

I second this. The Bigs is great. It's definitely an arcade game though so if you're into a more sim experience you may want to go with MLB2k7. I think both games have demos that you can download from XBL if you want to try before you buy.

Also, I think you're going to want the HD to download demos and arcade games and stuff. Even the larger 512k memory card won't hold most of the demos.

[TheGamingChef]

Quote: Originally Posted by acarrero

I am buying an xbox 360 this afternoon and i need guidance. I have always been a PS guy, but I don't like what I see from the PS3, so I will give the 360 a shot. 1) Should I buy the basic or the package that comes with a hard drive? Will I be using the hard drive or will I still need a memory card to get rosters? Do I need to buy anything apart for HD or optimum graphics? How much for an extra controller? 2) Will any 360 transfer kit work for downloading rosters for NCAA? 3) Should I bother getting MLB 2K7 or should I instead go with The Bigs? I want another sports game besides NCAA, preferably baseball. Maybe golf or Winning 11. What do you guys recommend? 4) Xbox live - is there a monthly fee? What is it?

1. You will definitely need a HDD. DEFINITELY go with the Premium package not the Core. The Premium comes out of the box ready for wireless, HD gaming. The Core comes with a wired controller and is not HD capable without extra cords.

2. Yeah I think so... XSATA and the Datel transfer kit are the only ones I've heard of. I think you will need a memory card with them as well. Grab a used 64MB memory card from EB or Gamestop (or eBay) for this.

3. I'd recommend The Bigs as well. It's a lot of fun.

4. XBL has a yearly cost of $50.

Hope that helps!