Anyone get their xbox 360 today?

Demiurge

All the games are. Standard and High Definition as well.

BIZILL

that's what i wanted from the old xbox. only a limited number of games were widescreen. hated putting black or grey bars to the sides. strectching wasn't an option. gave up on old xbox. alas, could xbox be redeeming itself, in my eyes?...

Audiokarate089

got it first day been playing it often. I know some people have had some issues mine has ran like a champ. Project Gotham 3, Perfect Dark Zero and call of duty 2 are great and look fantastic if you have an HDTV. I say get one if you can find one within reason.

BIZILL

cool deal. are the controllers responsive as the old 's' controllers? are the graphics that much better than the predecessor? have you tried xbox live with the 360? any glitches if so? thanx, audiokarate.

VR3

I played this thing today at Game Stop - a football game...

Man... that was the best looking game I've seen - atleast for Football... EXCELLENT graphics, VERY SMOOTH!

The new controller is AWESOME... so much better than the last one - kind of a mix between the S and Duke... I like the Duke better (over the S) - but this one is MUCH better than the S.

The 360 controller is very easy on the hands and actually fits and the buttons were very well thought out.

The new console looks very good too - FWIW... alot better than I thought it would....

Bring on Halo 3! w00t w00t

Audiokarate089

Graphics looks amazing I have only ran it on an HDTV so I cant say about games that aren't running in HD however textures are far superior same as animation and things of that nature, My console has had zero problems and xbox live with halo 2 has worked great same as with the rest of the games I have played. The controller is much improvment even of the S controller. They moved the impossible to use black and white buttons to shoulder buttons instead, MUCH Better idea. I love i play it after I get off work. good times :-D

BIZILL

audio, you're playing halo 2 in the 360? if so, not that there should be any reason it would, but did the graphics or sound seem any better being played on the new xbox?

lanion

Halo 2 on the 360 plays in 720p instead of 480p and has fullscreen AA, so it should certainly look better.

BIZILL

fullscreen aa??

lanion

AA = Anti-Aliasing. It removes jaggies, which are artifacts that occur when you have a polygon at a diagonal and you see some blocks on the edge... AA smoothes that out. Example from Halo 2, check out the hair on the girls face at this link:

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6140654/index.html

VR3

I didnt think there was THAT much difference on Halo 2...

But man... the Hulk, The Fighting Game - DEFINITELY. GTA was a bit better...

BIZILL

lanion wrote:

AA = Anti-Aliasing. It removes jaggies, which are artifacts that occur when you have a polygon at a diagonal and you see some blocks on the edge... AA smoothes that out. Example from Halo 2, check out the hair on the girls face at this link:

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6140654/index.html

thanks, bro. actually, that's very impressive. just may have to pick me one up whenever they become readily available. that may have just sold me on the 360. well, i may still wait to see what becomes of the hd-dvd drive first.

Audiokarate089

Halo 2 looks pretty good. Very small difference over the one playing through the xbox. Just has a more natural smoothed out look to it. Impressive game nonetheless and playing with the 360 controller is much better. Pick one up if you can...I doubt you couldnt enjoy it.

Grimster74

Anyone have there 360 shut down form overheating? Just curious, want to get one bad but want to make sure only some of the units are having the heat issue.

bobman1235

From what I've read, most of the heat issue is people not giving their power supply (which is a gigantic separate unit) enough space to breathe. IE putting it on a carpet.

Mjr7531

For the problems, IGN did a nice article on it, http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/673/673686p1.html
There are problems with it, but we'll just have to see how it goes.

My friend's brother flipped his XBox on eBay for $900. He camped out for it and everything, but man, when you already have a system to boot, and you can get over twice what you paid, why not sell it and get it later when it doesn't have problems? I think it'd be pretty lucrative for some.

Me? I'll be waiting for the Revolution, from Nintendo, who hasn't (knock on wood) massively undersupplied the market at release. Although I sincerely wish you XBox fans luck on your search to get an XBox

One other thing, if you do have problems, it looks like MS is very good about fixing the problem, so there is hope,

Matt

fireshoes

Not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but Kmart has had an apparent pricing error on the wireless network adapter for the 360 this week, selling it for $49 instead of $99. I picked one up last night. The sticker said $99, but it rang up $49. Sweet!

Demiurge

Sure you did the right thing and informed them of their error, right? :cool:

PolkThug

So, are all the old games working on this thing??

faster100

Demiurge wrote:

Sure you did the right thing and informed them of their error, right? :cool:

:rolleyes:

lanion

There are like 200 working xbox games right now.

Here is the list:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm

You need the hard-drive to play them and xbox live because you download specific a specific emulation code for each game. They will add more over time, but it's not clear how many they plan to add.

Demiurge

faster100 wrote:

:rolleyes:

Hope you drop your wallet someday with a wad of cash in it and nobody bothers to return it to you. It was a mistake, but hell, you lost it...too bad. Being honest to a business is different than being honest to an individual? Nice moral structure you got there.

BIZILL

i've never been one to claim myself to be very moral nor ethical. i'd have bought two or three at the price fireshoes paid. then i'd get some friends in on the deal. at least i wouldn't charge them double the price which would be retail. but if ever i drop my wallet, i hope someone like demi would find it. btw, a dropped wallet with or w/o money i would return to owner.

Demiurge

Wouldn't hold it against you B-Diddy, it's just one of those things that seems...I dunno, petty? The way I see it is this...people make mistakes. Could have very well been some kid or hell, for dramatic effect...a single mother working her 2nd part time job, that needs that job, that made that mistake. If everyone takes advantage of these types of things it can add up and someone could lose their job. I'm not saying buying one little thing like this will cost someone their job, but it all adds up. Too many people look at business as faceless and that ripping them off intentionally doesn't have any effects on anyone.

I'm done, no sense arguing about this.

BIZILL

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?threadid=164524 fireshoes may not be the only one.....

fireshoes

Demiurge wrote:

Sure you did the right thing and informed them of their error, right? :cool:

I said, "I heard it's on sale for $49. Can you check for me?" He said, "Yep, it sure is. That's a good deal." Me, "OK, I'll take it."

karpiel666

john d. strong wrote:

Build a PC, buy the same games and enjoy better graphics! Besides, you won't have to pay to join X-Box live and whatever Sony has for PS3.

John

I would have to agree with you

Audiokarate089

Yea computers are great. I have a computer I built just for gaming. But I like to play my consoles sometimes because I get to sit on a nice couch in front of a big tv and play it. I mean the PC has some issues maybe be driver issues or people online not with same versions causing problems. I mean a console especially the newer ones offer excellent graphics and gameplay without the headaches of set up. I am well aware of 360's having some problems but mine runs like a champ so all is well for me ha. Some people just want to put a game in and play and not worry whether there graphics card is up to date or any of the other nonsense that sometimes comes with pc gaming.

lanion

Sonys PS3 is going to be free online play, but the developers are going to have to setup their own service. This is bad for sony. Xbox live is really incredible.
If you are exclusive to PC or Consoles you are going to miss out on a lot. Heck, even if you play PCs and Consoles but not portables you are going to miss out on a lot. One way or another is fine, but I'm more into video game culture than sound culture, so I gotta have it all.

Grimster74

Hey fellow forum members, this probally is old news but I figured I'd post it anyways, December 18 seems to be the next release date on shipments for the XBOX 360, atleast at BB. Click the link below and it will tell you how many the stores will have on hand. The stores are listed by the store number. I'll be there when the store opens. Hopefully not many other people will be there. :eek:

http://xbox2news.com/news3.php?subaction=showfull&id=1134277082&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&