A router and live question?
This is going to be a small rant and then some questions posted to you guys to see how you feel on the subject. I will try to keep it somewhat short and keep my "problems" together.
With all the money I had to drop for the relese of the 360 makes me gind my teeth. Games are $10.00 more than the xbox b/c the company says that they are making "super products". (I've got 3 games now total $180.00)
I was one the "lucky ones" back in May to get one of the 25 systems that EB had on their first shipment. I beleive I got one of the last 3 systems left. But there was no idea of price? Until they decided to offer people 2 systems. One without a HD and one with. So, I thought that was a marketing plan to make money. I had to spend the extra $100.00 for the HD.
All gaming accessories are $10.00 more than the xbox. I ended up getting a wired controller and a plug-n-play. I have not used the plug-n-play yet. To also tie into the fact that I have not got the live package dud to the fact that I don't play on-line. And the wireless network plug is $100.00 not to mention the price of a router.
Now we also "have to get" a HDTV and you guys know how much these cost. The price is super high. All so you can "get in the game".(lol) I went through the same path when the xbox was released. Paid top price for the release of the system only to have the "Thompson" driver go bad. I had my system in a bubble in my bedroom. I'd go over friends houses and they would have the cover off their system or have it proping up the coffee table and theirs still works. Microsoft reps didn't want to admit to me that the driver was faulty. They wanted ME to pay for their 'FAULTY, NON-FINISHED" work. Bull, they would refuse to fix it. My brother went through the same thing when he got his PS2 on release. High priced and remeber it was made with a cheaper laser eye. He had to send it to Sony and pay 3/4 of what he had just paid for the new system. After seeing what he had gone through I wasn't about to take the same path with my system. So if my 360 conks out after my waranty is up it's to damn expensive to drop money on a new one.
Here's my questions that I'm having trouble mulling over....
For someone who doesn't play on-line games..Should I invest in the adapter(b/c my bedroom is upstairs and my computer is downstairs)and a router, so I can connect to the 360 on-line hub at least?
Or should I spend a lesser amount of cash and buy cable to run along the same path through my house my TV cable did and then connect into my computer downstairs. We don't have any laptops in the house. But, my brother is getting a PS3 when it comes out and it will be in his bedroom upstairs. Should I get a router that let's you connect more than one system up to it without clogging the phone line and lets someone use the computer while I'm upstairs plying my game. Do they even make anything like this? I am new to the on-line stuff remeber. Thanks for your resonses. I am picking up a HDTV the 2nd. week of Feb., so I have some time to think about what route I need to go...
With all the money I had to drop for the relese of the 360 makes me gind my teeth. Games are $10.00 more than the xbox b/c the company says that they are making "super products". (I've got 3 games now total $180.00)
I was one the "lucky ones" back in May to get one of the 25 systems that EB had on their first shipment. I beleive I got one of the last 3 systems left. But there was no idea of price? Until they decided to offer people 2 systems. One without a HD and one with. So, I thought that was a marketing plan to make money. I had to spend the extra $100.00 for the HD.
All gaming accessories are $10.00 more than the xbox. I ended up getting a wired controller and a plug-n-play. I have not used the plug-n-play yet. To also tie into the fact that I have not got the live package dud to the fact that I don't play on-line. And the wireless network plug is $100.00 not to mention the price of a router.
Now we also "have to get" a HDTV and you guys know how much these cost. The price is super high. All so you can "get in the game".(lol) I went through the same path when the xbox was released. Paid top price for the release of the system only to have the "Thompson" driver go bad. I had my system in a bubble in my bedroom. I'd go over friends houses and they would have the cover off their system or have it proping up the coffee table and theirs still works. Microsoft reps didn't want to admit to me that the driver was faulty. They wanted ME to pay for their 'FAULTY, NON-FINISHED" work. Bull, they would refuse to fix it. My brother went through the same thing when he got his PS2 on release. High priced and remeber it was made with a cheaper laser eye. He had to send it to Sony and pay 3/4 of what he had just paid for the new system. After seeing what he had gone through I wasn't about to take the same path with my system. So if my 360 conks out after my waranty is up it's to damn expensive to drop money on a new one.
Here's my questions that I'm having trouble mulling over....
For someone who doesn't play on-line games..Should I invest in the adapter(b/c my bedroom is upstairs and my computer is downstairs)and a router, so I can connect to the 360 on-line hub at least?
Or should I spend a lesser amount of cash and buy cable to run along the same path through my house my TV cable did and then connect into my computer downstairs. We don't have any laptops in the house. But, my brother is getting a PS3 when it comes out and it will be in his bedroom upstairs. Should I get a router that let's you connect more than one system up to it without clogging the phone line and lets someone use the computer while I'm upstairs plying my game. Do they even make anything like this? I am new to the on-line stuff remeber. Thanks for your resonses. I am picking up a HDTV the 2nd. week of Feb., so I have some time to think about what route I need to go...
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