Xbox 360 Worth Spending $400?

enterprise

Oct 5 2006, 04:43 AM

hi, i have an xbox but am thinking about buying the new 360 but have been wondering, is it worth the $400? wats new about it that makes it really good and quite expensive. hopefully some can convince me whether or not to buy this

Tailson

Oct 5 2006, 12:31 PM

It's a difficult choice. The Xbox 360 is an absolutely amazing system, but unless you get a game with it, it's near enough useless. In order to play origional games on it, you either need a connection to Xbox live, or you need to download a patch from the internet and burn it to CD every month or so to get backwards compatibility.

Below is the list of all the original Xbox games the 360 is able to play with the current patch:

Compatibility List

Of course, you don't need to look at that if you're keeping your original Xbox though now, do you?

Also, for a first game I recommend The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. I spend hours on the game (48 hours total play time ftw!)

blendergalactica

Oct 5 2006, 05:35 PM

To me, no. I play my PS2 about 3 hours a week and there are many other things I can spend $400 on. That's halfway to a new iMac that I can use for work and play.

Guess I'm just getting old.

PWNGEx3

Oct 6 2006, 04:35 AM

All I can say, is make sure its been checked/fixed for any early bugs that you've probably heard so much of. My brother just had to send his in because it was chewing up all his discs and eveuntally stopped reading discs all together.

Yacoby

Oct 6 2006, 11:58 AM

It depends if there are games for the 360 that you want to play. Are you still happy with your XBox?

justlikepaper

Oct 8 2006, 07:46 PM

It depends on your game style. Do you like high quality graphics with good plots or do you just like cheap games that do not come in HD?

I think it is worth your money, only if you have HDTV because you are basically paying for graphics first, then games. My friend has it without HDTV and it doesnt look that good.

BTW, HDTV discs for 360 are 20 dollars more than regular discs

TripleH13

Oct 11 2006, 03:24 AM

Yea it depends on what you look for in a system. If it is graphics that yes you should get the 360. But maybe around christmas it might go down or there might be a better bundle or something if you can wait that long. Or maybe when the ps3 comes out it might go down a few dollars you never know.

tehyev

Oct 11 2006, 10:06 PM

Personally, Id wait for the PS3. Why? Well the PS3 will have more advanced technology, and it wasn't rushed like the Xbox 360. The PS3 is going to have the Agiea PhysX card which will make games much more realistic, and it will come with Blu Ray, etc. Although its gonna cost more, Id say its a much better bang for your buck

savagemonkeyz14

Oct 13 2006, 08:49 PM

yes i have to say that the 360 is definitely worth 400 dollars. even though i dont have one yet im going to get one when i get the money. if your wondering how i would know this its because my cousins have them and i go to there houses and play them there. if you have live it makes it even better cause you can download stuff like new arcade games and extra stuff for games like maps and characters and gametypes. i would rather get a 360 than a ps3 or a wii. so yes you should get a 360. and sure the ps3 is going to have better technology but it had over a year to advance over the 360 that doesnt make it better though. sure they are all different systems and made by different companies thats going to make them different. i have to still stick with the 360.

TripleH13

Oct 16 2006, 03:37 AM

The price now apprears to be gowing down. Like i just saw the core system with a game and 1250 points and 3 months xbox live for $397.00 canadian. But honestly i would prefer the premieum becuase it is worth it to spend the extra money to get the hard drvie and all the extra stuff.

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Saint_Michael

Aug 24 2007, 12:18 PM

The the price of the xbox was lowered in Europe this week, of course with the $1bn that it will cost in replacements part they might have to bump that price up again just to turn around a profit. Imagine that, 1 billion dollars to replace parts; however, I will never get an Xbox because those bulky controllers is what ruined it for me I be sticking with Sony until my hands fall off.

Punisher12

Aug 24 2007, 11:25 AM

If i'm correct, I saw a commercial saying that the Xbox 360 price lowered about 20$?

Atthack

Aug 22 2007, 08:29 PM

I say WAIT for the PS3 (to both advance in tech. and price).

Xbox360 sure as hell is one great gaming console, but in the long run - We KNOW ps3 will be the best.

(NO! Don't QUOTE me on this!)
I've only tried a few games on ps3 and as much as that - I can with no problems say it was BETTER than the 360' . Still - If you can't wait, waste 400$ on that premium now, or save them up, and by the time PS3 drops at PRICES and features go UP - You might aswell have gotten a few hundred bucks more - USE THEM ON THIS WONDERFUL CONSOLE ;D

But yeah! Xbox360 is a cool gaming system overall, and lots of nice games both upcoming and released.

So conclusion:

"Gotta' game! Gotta' game!" < Get 360 now and save your nerves. >
"I want the best, but i'll wait for it!" < Save yourself for the PS3 - I know I would. >

dundun2007

Aug 22 2007, 07:47 PM

Yes, it is worth it now because they have made some major improvements on it and added the HDMI to it which makes it even more worth it. Now the 360 has been dropped and it costs 350 instead of the 400 for the premium system and the core system has been dropped to 279 instead of the standard 300 before. I am guessing they might drop it a bit more once the Christmas holiday comes along just because they want to make more sales so they usually drop the price a little to make it more appealing. It probably wont be much of a drop but there will be a little bit of a drop. So overall i would say that the system is worth it, if you are a gamer then its worth it by far.

Punisher12

Aug 21 2007, 02:33 AM

Personally I don't think either the PS3 or Xbox 360 are worth how much they are.

You can buy a Xbox with maybe 10 games for about 150$ on Ebay.

Def. not worth it.

Xbox 360 has had its issues releasing too early

PS3 is nice, but way too expensive for games 60$ range.