360 Arcade, whats the crack then?

roboffer · 23 Nov 2008 at 18:35

Ordered one for someone for Christmas (Theyll barely use it so no need for the hard drive), and as I know it comes with 5 arcade games and a 256MB memory card. So, are the arcade games on the machine, or on the memory card, or do they need downloading?

Just thinking if they need to go on the memory card, then the NXE update will there be any room for saved games? It might not even get plugged into Live so I could avoid the update to be honest and save a bit more room. Can you stop it from doing the avatar bit of the update?

Fubsy · 23 Nov 2008 at 18:36

Might be on a disc.

rp2000 · 23 Nov 2008 at 18:36

roboffer said:
Ordered one for someone for Christmas (Theyll barely use it so no need for the hard drive), and as I know it comes with 5 arcade games and a 256 memory card. So, are the arcade games on the machine, or on the memory card, or do they need downloading?

Just thinking if they need to go on the memory card, then the NXe update will there be any room for saved games?

I am fairly sure you get redeemable codes.

rp2000

simo182 · 23 Nov 2008 at 18:38

They come on a disc included in the box.

roboffer · 23 Nov 2008 at 18:41

Nice one, makes a little more sense now (If you ignore rp

). Hows about the avoiding the avater bit?

Zico · 23 Nov 2008 at 18:42

The NXE upgrade requires 128MB of free space to be installed (so half of the 256 MB card which comes with the Arcarde SKU).

The XBLA games which come as standard with the Arcarde are:
o UNO
o Pac-Man: Championship Edition
o Boom Boom Rocket
o Feeding Frenzy
o Luxor 2

Abooie · 23 Nov 2008 at 18:46

roboffer said:
Nice one, makes a little more sense now (If you ignore rp ). Hows about the avoiding the avater bit?

Never go online. It'll never do the NXE update.

rp2000 · 23 Nov 2008 at 18:47

roboffer said:
Nice one, makes a little more sense now (If you ignore rp ). Hows about the avoiding the avater bit?

2nd attempt at advice, you cannot avoid the Avatar thing, although I don't actually know what happens if you have no memory card plugged in or HDD, when it does the install. Try it and see?

Edit:

Abooie said:
Never go online. It'll never do the NXE update.

damn, I'm wrong again!! On a roll today

rp2000

Zico · 23 Nov 2008 at 18:47

Abooie said:
Never go online. It'll never do the NXE update.

Until they ship it with a new game on DVD (which is very likely to happen as per the original Xbox Dashboard upgrades which came on DVD eventually).

Memphis · 23 Nov 2008 at 19:00

Abooie said:
Never go online. It'll never do the NXE update.

Unless it has shipped with the NXE on already. Unlikely, but it'll happen sooner rather than later.

orderoftheflame · 23 Nov 2008 at 19:15

simo182 said:
They come on a disc included in the box.

True.

Buy a hard drive and get stuck into the NXE. The advantages far outweigh the avatars.

ScarySquirrel · 23 Nov 2008 at 19:38

Yeah I got a disk when I bought my 2nd Xbox, which was an Arcade.

Only used it once.

Red Porsche · 23 Nov 2008 at 19:43

That person your buying it for can get a 20 quid 20gb hard drive from microsoft. By getting that they can take advantage of NXE and all the other useful features.

simo182 · 23 Nov 2008 at 20:32

I'm not sure that they can, as when I typed in the stuff for my arcade it said "congratulations you have enough storage to enjoy NXE" so that, or any other offer wasn't available to me.

Zico · 23 Nov 2008 at 20:37

simo182 said:
I'm not sure that they can, as when I typed in the stuff for my arcade it said "congratulations you have enough storage to enjoy NXE" so that, or any other offer wasn't available to me.

That is because the Arcarde can install the NXE as it only requires 128MB of space and ships with a 256MB memory card.

The offer is only for the original Core system that shipped with a 64MB memory card.

simo182 · 23 Nov 2008 at 20:40

Zico said:
That is because the Arcarde can install the NXE as it only requires 128MB of space and ships with a 256MB memory card.

The offer is only for the original Core system that shipped with a 64MB memory card.

Yeah that is what I thought, I had a 20gb from a premium to go on it anyway. Although I think they knew about the HDD from the console ID etc so that is possibly why I never got an offer.

Wyrdo · 23 Nov 2008 at 20:41

I entered the details for my arcade and was offered the 20gb hard drive and 3 months Live for £19.99

Haly · 23 Nov 2008 at 21:23

I also entered my arcade serial number and was offered the same as Wyrdo.
I did read beforehand that if a HD or memory card was plugged in at the time, it'd recognise you had a sufficient memory device and not offer you it. Not sure if that is the case, but I unplugged my HD to be on the safe side before going through it all

WatchTower · 23 Nov 2008 at 21:51

An harddrive I think is a must for any 360 owner but then again It might end up cheaper buying the 360 Arcade and then a second hand 120gb harddrive than actual buying an Elite.

360 Arcade, whats the crack then?

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