Xbox 360?

[oc7]

Just had a brief 'surf' on Microsoft and found that they are selling a package for £279.99. Very tempted to get one of these but not without looking around for a better deal.

Anyone any thoughts/links of where to buy?

Thanks in advance

Gavin.

[tycho]

That sounds like a standard price for the "Full" package with the hard drive.

I think the price will stay like that for a while, it will be difficult for you to get one for a while.

Is it on the MS website? Might be a good way to get one on release date guaranteed.

[shadytree]

Is this going to be any good? What's it got compared to say the current PS2?

[jimothy]

shadytree said:

Is this going to be any good? What's it got compared to say the current PS2?

Basically it's a lot more powerful so the games can be bigger, better graphics/sound etc. And it supports HDTV.

If you can wait till next year, the PS3 will be out, and it's twice as powerful as the XBox360 and is fully backward compatible with all PS1/2 games (the 360 isn't fully compatible with all XBox games)

[tycho]

jimothy said:

shadytree said: Is this going to be any good? What's it got compared to say the current PS2? Basically it's a lot more powerful so the games can be bigger, better graphics/sound etc. And it supports HDTV. If you can wait till next year, the PS3 will be out, and it's twice as powerful as the XBox360 and is fully backward compatible with all PS1/2 games (the 360 isn't fully compatible with all XBox games)

The biggest problem with the PS3 is thet the Xbox 360 will had its arse to it on a plate in terms of online gaming. Apparently MS are working on the top 100 games to be backwards compatible.

[:J:]

shadytree said:

Is this going to be any good? What's it got compared to say the current PS2?

IMO, the current Xbox blows the PS2 out of the water, 360 will just be something else

[shadytree]

When are they both out? early next year?

are there any examples, screenshots out yet?

>> Edited by shadytree on Friday 28th October 14:19

[robbieduncan]

jimothy said:

If you can wait till next year, the PS3 will be out, and it's twice as powerful as the XBox360 and is fully backward compatible with all PS1/2 games (the 360 isn't fully compatible with all XBox games)

Not entirely true. The PS3 will be about as powerful as the 360. At the moment there are serious doubts as to how compatabile the PS3 will be with PS2 games. The latest Japanese PS2 is not fully compatible with PS2 games!

[DamnFineChim]

A Few Stats and comparisons here

[JoolzB]

I understand that of you want one at release date that you've got better chance if you opt for the £210 machine, you get the basic machine but the demand isn't as high. From what I've seen the games seem to be priced around the 50 notes mark at the moment so you'll have to budget quite a bit on top to get good use. Personally I'm gonna stick with me normal X'er and look to get the new one in 6 - 12 months time when hopefully prices will have dropped for the console and games, my reckoning is that the the release of the PS3 will help a bit but I doubt it.

[:J:]

Already down to £39.99 on play.com

[basil brush]

Isn't the PS3 going to be quite a bit more expensive though?

[kneedowndeano]

i cannot, for love nor money, find a shop or online retailer that will sell the full xbox kit and promise a 2nd december release. i think that i might of left it a bit late. bugger.

[catretriever]

I recently pre-ordered through toys-r-us, but had to go for the full systems + 3 game combo as that's all they had left for pre-order.
It seems some retailers are taking endless pre-orders with a 'may not deliver' disclaimer whereas others are limiting the number of pre-orders they will accept. Toy-r-us fall into the latter category so I'm hoping that means I have a better chance of actually recieving it when i expect to ...

In my view the USP of the Xbox 360 Vs the PS3 is that the xbox has built in 'Media Center Extender' functionality which will enable me to network it with my media center and distribute music/vids/pics around the house...Cool!

[slapmatt]

catretriever said:

I recently pre-ordered through In my view the USP of the Xbox 360 Vs the PS3 is that the xbox has built in 'Media Center Extender' functionality which will enable me to network it with my media center and distribute music/vids/pics around the house...Cool!

Can't you do that with the current XBox though? And PS3 claims to have built-in HD, wireless, la-di-da, which should allow media center type functions.

[catretriever]

There is an open source xbox media center project that can be run on chipped xboxes I believe, but what I'm talking about is using the 360 as a client to serve content from my existing media center. I don't think the PS3 will be able to do that.