Buying a 360 (Questions)

Larnica

Larnica

Larnica

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Hi There

I have my new Television coming this week so Its about time I ordered an Xbox 360 :D Before I purchase one I have a few questions I hope you can answer, they are as follows;

1) Xbox 360 Premium or Xbox 360 Elite?

My view is a bit muddled. Xbox 360 Premiums are now shipping with the better cooling and an HDMI port what can be had for about £299 with 3 top titles. On the other hand the Xbox 360 elite now only offers a bigger harddrive (What may later be an upgrade to premium?) and is black, this cost about £320 with no games, so what do you think?

2) Do you have any game recommendations?

So far Im thinking of purchasing with Forza 2, Fight Night Round 3

3) Do you still think its a good buy for the price, even if it has been out for along time?

4) Do you like Pugs? :D

Regards
 
1) Premium, now with HDMI (or soon, im not sure if its out yet)

2) Theres tonnes of thread around, just browse a couple of pages back to find one for me though:

Guitar Hero 2
Saints Row
Test Drive Unlimited
Forza 2
Gears of War
The Darkness
Call of Duty 2
Viva Pinata
Kameo
Dead Rising
Condemned
Burnout Revenge
Flatout UC

are all worthy purchases

3.) Yes, its without a doubt the top console experience at the moment and the lineup looks amazing. Bioshock (out in two weeks) could well be game of the year (and one of the best games ever by the scores)

4.) My opinion is undecided on pugs, persuade me :p
 
I'm not sure about the premium or elite, whatever takes your fancy really.

As for games, both of your 2 choices are good games, you might also want to pick up gears of war and rainbow six if you like realistic shooters.

What sort of games are you looking for? Its worth getting your xbox connected to live and downloading demos, there is so many.
 
slambo69 said:
What sort of games are you looking for? Its worth getting your xbox connected to live and downloading demos, there is so many.
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I prefer Motorsport, Sports, Platform.

Yep, I cant wait to download and play Streets of Rage II from Xbox Live! :D
 
Larnica said:
I prefer Motorsport, Sports, Platform.

Yep, I cant wait to download and play Streets of Rage II from Xbox Live! :D
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pro evo, forza, tdu, burnout. i prefer sports and motor games and them 4 are my faves. pgr is also fun though :)
 
Larnica said:
1) Xbox 360 Premium or Xbox 360 Elite?

On the other hand the Xbox 360 elite now only offers a bigger harddrive (What may later be an upgrade to premium?) and is black, this cost about £320 with no games, so what do you think?
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You can get the Elite for 299 delivered from a high street retailer using a discount code. Also, Microsoft has stated that you probably won't see Premium xboxs with HDMI for a few months.
 
noob said:
You can get the Elite for 299 delivered from a high street retailer using a discount code. Also, Microsoft has stated that you probably won't see Premium xboxs with HDMI for a few months.
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Thanks for the clearup. I believe I will purchase the elite at the end of the day anyway :) .

Online discount? ;)
 
I thought the 65 nanometre chip was something to do with the cooling, bit its actually a different CPU, to increase performance I guess or just stop the heat?
 
Larnica said:
I thought the 65 nanometre chip was something to do with the cooling, bit its actually a different CPU, to increase performance I guess or just stop the heat?
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It will not increase the performance.
A smaller chip die produces less heat and so the console should be more reliable.
 
Dont buy a Premium thinking your going to be getting a "fixed" one, mine was built in Oct 2006 and I bought it last week :rolleyes: Needless to say I will be taking it back to the shop within my year to get a new one if it has RROD or not ;)
 
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