Decision, decisions. dont know if i should pick up a 360

[DallasRocks]

Re: Decision, decisions. dont know if i should pick up a 360

i have had my 360 since December and have had 0 problems. I subscribed to gamefly and have been enjoying almost all of the games. And i am so excited for the summer with Saints row, Madden and especially NCAA! i cant wait. You will really be missing out then.

[phatboy54]

Re: Decision, decisions. dont know if i should pick up a 360

I'm in the same boat here, I want the 360 for Oblivion + GRAW, but I can't justify the $500 for every other game that has same gameplay as the previous Gen.

It was easy to avoid when they didn't have stock, but it's a bit more difficult now. I just don't want to regret the purcahse.

I made the jump yesteday and stayed up most of the night with Oblivion.

The system is the real deal. I can not wait to see NCAA and Madden in the fall!

[DallasRocks]

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The system is the real deal. I can not wait to see NCAA and Madden in the fall!

definately

[DXZeke]

Re: Decision, decisions. dont know if i should pick up a 360

I'm in the same boat here, I want the 360 for Oblivion + GRAW, but I can't justify the $500 for every other game that has same gameplay as the previous Gen.

It was easy to avoid when they didn't have stock, but it's a bit more difficult now. I just don't want to regret the purcahse.

Think of it this way. You are going to drop 400 for a premium system be it now or in the Fall. Anyone that thinks the 360 will have a price drop this year is on crazy pills. Sony will be in the 500-650 range (system and HD) once it's all said and done. Why lower your price when you're beating your competiitor by $100 or more? Nintendo won't be a company to worry about until after the first year to see what kind of support it's truly going too get from the developers and how stingy Nintendo will be with the "quality over quantity."

GRAW on the 360 is totally different than GRAW on the XBox. They don't look nor feel like the same game.
Oblivion 360 vs the PC.... in order to crank out a Oblivion you need at least a $3000 rig (4mhz processor, 2gig ram, and 256 meg geforce 7900)

I'll admit, the first two months I had my 360 I was like "uhhh...." and a bit underwelmed. NOW after this past month, I'm giddy as all hell since they dropped quite a few good games. Not to mention I'm not addicted too, of all games, Top Spin 2 (and it's not just an XBox port).

What do you mean by the comment of "I can't justify the $500 for every other game that has same gameplay as the previous Gen."

Do you mean by games just being a port fest across all the consoles? If so, it's going to be like that on the PS3 as well. Next year, 2007 is when you'll see less ports for X1, PS2, 360, PS3 and see more 360, PS3 only games without the older brothers that are past their prime following.

[DXZeke]

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So is the general consensus that the 07 sports games will not be ports? I read a post on the board that gave me the impression that the sports games for the 360 and PS3 would just be upgrades in graphics, was he referring to the current crop of sports games? I hope so.

Well, EA would like you to believe that they had built both Madden and NBA Live from the ground up for the 360/PS3.... yeah, the graphics are better, but the games at their core are still the same. They are so used to programming their games a certain way for the past 10yrs that they still have that same EA feel.

VC did the same kind of deal.

Point is though, the 360/PS3 versions are still where the time and effort will go. Not too mention that they are going too look a heck of a lot better in terms of graphics as compared too the Xbox and the PS2.

Is there any speculation about Madden 07 or NCAA 07? Are these games going to be eerily similar to the 06 games with hi-def graphics or should we expect companies (EA Sports in particular) to start from scratch in 07 and deliver true next-generation games.

They will probably feel like Madden that just came out on the 360, BUT all the small problems, mainly the framerate will be fixed. EA could have and would have it they weren't trying too meet a deadline. I have more hope for Madden in terms of overall polish than I do NCAA 07.

(Not sure if I am leading this thread off topic, but I am in a simlar boat regarding a 360) Thanks for the input.

As I said above, you're going too spend 400 now or 400 later. If you have the 400 now, then get the system. You're only going too be seeing better things over the course of this year.

Once you start playing with your 360 it's going to be hard to go back.
I didn't think it would, but now... I'm looking at my XBox and PS2 and wondering if they'll ever get love anymore.

[CaptainZombie]

Re: Decision, decisions. dont know if i should pick up a 360

Think of it this way. You are going to drop 400 for a premium system be it now or in the Fall. Anyone that thinks the 360 will have a price drop this year is on crazy pills. Sony will be in the 500-650 range (system and HD) once it's all said and done. Why lower your price when you're beating your competiitor by $100 or more? Nintendo won't be a company to worry about until after the first year to see what kind of support it's truly going too get from the developers and how stingy Nintendo will be with the "quality over quantity."

GRAW on the 360 is totally different than GRAW on the XBox. They don't look nor feel like the same game.
Oblivion 360 vs the PC.... in order to crank out a Oblivion you need at least a $3000 rig (4mhz processor, 2gig ram, and 256 meg geforce 7900)

I'll admit, the first two months I had my 360 I was like "uhhh...." and a bit underwelmed. NOW after this past month, I'm giddy as all hell since they dropped quite a few good games. Not to mention I'm not addicted too, of all games, Top Spin 2 (and it's not just an XBox port).

What do you mean by the comment of "I can't justify the $500 for every other game that has same gameplay as the previous Gen."

Do you mean by games just being a port fest across all the consoles? If so, it's going to be like that on the PS3 as well. Next year, 2007 is when you'll see less ports for X1, PS2, 360, PS3 and see more 360, PS3 only games without the older brothers that are past their prime following.

Good points Zeke, also too all EA games are being built on the 360 and then ported to the PS3.

Like Zeke says, I had the system since launch and the first 4 months there wasn't much out. Now I'm starting to feel overwhelmed by all the games. $400 for the 360 is worth it.

[Bacardi151]

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Welp,

I hooked it all up. I've been messin around with geometry wars and some of the live arcade games. Gonna try GRAW and burnout next. Hopefully i will catch some of you guys online

[CaptainZombie]

Re: Decision, decisions. dont know if i should pick up a 360

Welp,

I hooked it all up. I've been messin around with geometry wars and some of the live arcade games. Gonna try GRAW and burnout next. Hopefully i will catch some of you guys online

Great to hear

[Kevin26385]

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Welp,

I hooked it all up. I've been messin around with geometry wars and some of the live arcade games. Gonna try GRAW and burnout next. Hopefully i will catch some of you guys online

Just sent you a friends request, i made a room in GRAW

lets play

[EdRaynes]

Re: Decision, decisions. dont know if i should pick up a 360

Yeah, I was on the fence also. Until I walked into Walmart last week to pick up the King Kong DVD, and lo and behold, a lonely 360 Premium was in the display case. With the recent release of G.R.A.W. and Oblivion, I bought the thing, traded in our PS2 and about 30 games at EB and came home with Madden 06, College Hoops, Oblivion, GRAW, COD2, PGR3, Kameo and Burnout. I'll be getting MLB 2K6 next week and maybe BF2:MC.

I held out because of the lack of games, especially sports titles. But with E3 coming up, baseball season followed by NCAA 2007, I bit the bullet.

I was reluctant because we just bought a Sony 52 rear projection SDTV about 4 years ago, and I'm not about to drop any more money for an HDTV at this time. However, by using the component inputs, there is still a big improvement visually over the original xbox.

[CaptainZombie]

Re: Decision, decisions. dont know if i should pick up a 360

Yeah, I was on the fence also. Until I walked into Walmart last week to pick up the King Kong DVD, and lo and behold, a lonely 360 Premium was in the display case. With the recent release of G.R.A.W. and Oblivion, I bought the thing, traded in our PS2 and about 30 games at EB and came home with Madden 06, College Hoops, Oblivion, GRAW, COD2, PGR3, Kameo and Burnout. I'll be getting MLB 2K6 next week and maybe BF2:MC.

I held out because of the lack of games, especially sports titles. But with E3 coming up, baseball season followed by NCAA 2007, I bit the bullet.

I was reluctant because we just bought a Sony 52 rear projection SDTV about 4 years ago, and I'm not about to drop any more money for an HDTV at this time. However, by using the component inputs, there is still a big improvement visually over the original xbox.

Congrats, you'll love the 360.

[maxpower430]

Re: Decision, decisions. dont know if i should pick up a 360

to continue the trend, i too took the plunge and picked up a 360 premium w/CoD 2, which is a tight game so far. i'm probly gonna pick up oblivion sometime this week, which should hold me over for a long time. needless to say, i don't regret the decision, and i can't wait to pick up a hi def set to play it on, just not sure when thats gonna happen.

[caseyd]

Re: Decision, decisions. dont know if i should pick up a 360

Well, I finally did it. I opened the bad boy up tonight. I am really impressed, and I haven't even opened any of my games yet. I've just been setting up Live, playing Hexic and marveling at the simplicity of it all. I had all kinds of problems getting my XBox hooked up on Live. The 360 just found the IP settings quickly and was ready to go. I'll probably crack open Oblivion in a little while.

Is Project Gotham good? I got it with the bundle. I can't sell it at Gamestop because they won't take wrapped games. I really want to get GRAW and Burnout.

[CaptainZombie]

Re: Decision, decisions. dont know if i should pick up a 360

Well, I finally did it. I opened the bad boy up tonight. I am really impressed, and I haven't even opened any of my games yet. I've just been setting up Live, playing Hexic and marveling at the simplicity of it all. I had all kinds of problems getting my XBox hooked up on Live. The 360 just found the IP settings quickly and was ready to go. I'll probably crack open Oblivion in a little while.

Is Project Gotham good? I got it with the bundle. I can't sell it at Gamestop because they won't take wrapped games. I really want to get GRAW and Burnout.

Take it to Walmart, they'll let you exchange.

[caseyd]

Re: Decision, decisions. dont know if i should pick up a 360

Take it to Walmart, they'll let you exchange.

Really? Even without a receipt?