Official Xbox 360 Discussion!
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bungiestudio
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bungiestudio
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Xbox Live 2.0 detailed, priced
Next-gen online gaming gold memberships on the Xbox 360 start at $8, bundled up to $70; full details inside.
Here's the good news for gamers on a budget: Xbox Live Silver memberships are free. The basic online service is good-to-go for all Xbox 360 owners out of the box just by plugging the console into a broadband-enabled network. This gives access to the Xbox Live Marketplace, where visitors can download game trailers, demos of upcoming games, and episodic content. Gamers can also use the Silver service to create a gamer profile and leave voice messages for other Live users.
But what about online gaming?
To challenge friends and foes alike to a spin around New York in Project Gotham Racing 3 or to jump into a round of team deathmatch in Perfect Dark Zero, Xbox 360 users will need to pony up and upgrade to Xbox Live Gold. Both services were detailed back when Microsoft previously announced details of the new Live service on its MTV special, but the specifics of just how much the service would cost were unknown.
Both EBgames.com and GameStop.com are listing several different Xbox Live Gold service packages, and gamers who have already dropped upward of $2,000 on a 360 bundle will be happy to know that pricing hasn't changed drastically from current-generation Xbox Live subscriptions. In fact, in some cases the deals seem to be even better. All Xbox Live Gold packages are all listed as shipping on November 15.
According to both retailers, a one-month subscription card to Xbox Live Gold will run gamers $7.99. That's a $2 increase over the one-month subscription to the original Xbox Live. It's as bare-bones as one can get, offering just admission into Gold, and is likely aimed at gamers who purchase the Xbox 360 package that already comes bundled with a headset who just want to get their feet wet in Live.
The next step up, the three-month options, begin the bundle opportunities. For $19.99, gamers can save roughly $4 on the purchase of three one-month cards and can buy a three-month subscription card. Or they can opt for the bundle (EB Games labels it the "Value Pak," while GameStop calls it the "Gold Kit") for $39.99, which includes a headset, a $10 rebate on a game, a copy of Joust from the Xbox Live arcade, and 100 marketplace points. By comparison, a current three-month subscription with just a headset also retails for $39.99.
The final tier of Xbox Live Gold options gives gamers a full year to enjoy online fragging. A 12-month subscription to Gold will cost $49.99 from both retailers, but EB Games is doing GameStop one better by making it a baker's dozen and including an extra month for free. The bundles vary slightly between the two retailers. Both include the year subscription, a headset, 200 marketplace points, and a $20 game rebate, but EB offers the Billiards Xbox Live arcade game, and GameStop once again offers Joust. These prices aren't much different from current Xbox Live prices. $49.99 will also net gamers 12-months on Xbox Live, and for $20 more, they can also get a headset and a preselected game.
Microsoft previously revealed that current Xbox Live subscribers will be able to transfer over their accounts to the new Xbox Live (often referred to as Xbox Live 2.0), but the actual nuts and bolts of that transition have not been detailed.
Microsoft has not officially announced any pricing for the next generation of Xbox Live. Attempts to contact the company went unanswered as of press time.
By Tim Surette -- GameSpot
POSTED: 08/31/05 11:24 AM PST
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/08/31 ... 0_headline
Next-gen online gaming gold memberships on the Xbox 360 start at $8, bundled up to $70; full details inside.
Here's the good news for gamers on a budget: Xbox Live Silver memberships are free. The basic online service is good-to-go for all Xbox 360 owners out of the box just by plugging the console into a broadband-enabled network. This gives access to the Xbox Live Marketplace, where visitors can download game trailers, demos of upcoming games, and episodic content. Gamers can also use the Silver service to create a gamer profile and leave voice messages for other Live users.
But what about online gaming?
To challenge friends and foes alike to a spin around New York in Project Gotham Racing 3 or to jump into a round of team deathmatch in Perfect Dark Zero, Xbox 360 users will need to pony up and upgrade to Xbox Live Gold. Both services were detailed back when Microsoft previously announced details of the new Live service on its MTV special, but the specifics of just how much the service would cost were unknown.
Both EBgames.com and GameStop.com are listing several different Xbox Live Gold service packages, and gamers who have already dropped upward of $2,000 on a 360 bundle will be happy to know that pricing hasn't changed drastically from current-generation Xbox Live subscriptions. In fact, in some cases the deals seem to be even better. All Xbox Live Gold packages are all listed as shipping on November 15.
According to both retailers, a one-month subscription card to Xbox Live Gold will run gamers $7.99. That's a $2 increase over the one-month subscription to the original Xbox Live. It's as bare-bones as one can get, offering just admission into Gold, and is likely aimed at gamers who purchase the Xbox 360 package that already comes bundled with a headset who just want to get their feet wet in Live.
The next step up, the three-month options, begin the bundle opportunities. For $19.99, gamers can save roughly $4 on the purchase of three one-month cards and can buy a three-month subscription card. Or they can opt for the bundle (EB Games labels it the "Value Pak," while GameStop calls it the "Gold Kit") for $39.99, which includes a headset, a $10 rebate on a game, a copy of Joust from the Xbox Live arcade, and 100 marketplace points. By comparison, a current three-month subscription with just a headset also retails for $39.99.
The final tier of Xbox Live Gold options gives gamers a full year to enjoy online fragging. A 12-month subscription to Gold will cost $49.99 from both retailers, but EB Games is doing GameStop one better by making it a baker's dozen and including an extra month for free. The bundles vary slightly between the two retailers. Both include the year subscription, a headset, 200 marketplace points, and a $20 game rebate, but EB offers the Billiards Xbox Live arcade game, and GameStop once again offers Joust. These prices aren't much different from current Xbox Live prices. $49.99 will also net gamers 12-months on Xbox Live, and for $20 more, they can also get a headset and a preselected game.
Microsoft previously revealed that current Xbox Live subscribers will be able to transfer over their accounts to the new Xbox Live (often referred to as Xbox Live 2.0), but the actual nuts and bolts of that transition have not been detailed.
Microsoft has not officially announced any pricing for the next generation of Xbox Live. Attempts to contact the company went unanswered as of press time.
By Tim Surette -- GameSpot
POSTED: 08/31/05 11:24 AM PST
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/08/31 ... 0_headline
Note: Anyone looking for Official details on the Xbox 360 should go here:
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/608/608394p1.html
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/608/608394p1.html
Alert!
This is important....
The Xbox 360 will be UNHACKABLE.
Sorry for everyone who wants to mod, but i bet in a year or two some hacker will go to jail for trying putting a hack up onto the internet. So, For Your Information, THe 360 will be UnHackable.
The Xbox 360 will be UNHACKABLE.
Sorry for everyone who wants to mod, but i bet in a year or two some hacker will go to jail for trying putting a hack up onto the internet. So, For Your Information, THe 360 will be UnHackable.
Re: Alert!
... anything is hackable. It's just going to take a bit longer for people to develop mod chips for it... but believe me, it will be hacked in due time...Aquafina wrote:This is important....
The Xbox 360 will be UNHACKABLE.
Sorry for everyone who wants to mod, but i bet in a year or two some hacker will go to jail for trying putting a hack up onto the internet. So, For Your Information, THe 360 will be UnHackable.
Re: Alert!
Naw, microsoft will do anything to make it unhackable, and im not saying it wont be hackable in a few years.Excalibur wrote:... anything is hackable. It's just going to take a bit longer for people to develop mod chips for it... but believe me, it will be hacked in due time...Aquafina wrote:This is important....
The Xbox 360 will be UNHACKABLE.
Sorry for everyone who wants to mod, but i bet in a year or two some hacker will go to jail for trying putting a hack up onto the internet. So, For Your Information, THe 360 will be UnHackable.
And the price is crap.
299.99 for core, 399.99 for regular.
I heard rumors that a gold XBL member can invite silver members to join their games, but that's the only way silvers can actually play online...
Meh, in my opinion, if Microsoft want's their online service to be the best console service, they should make it free, just like it is for computers...
Nevertheless, I missed out to much with the first xbox, so I'll be getting one this time around. If I'd get a gold XBL membership, that's probably not going to happen...
I heard rumors that a gold XBL member can invite silver members to join their games, but that's the only way silvers can actually play online...
Meh, in my opinion, if Microsoft want's their online service to be the best console service, they should make it free, just like it is for computers...
Nevertheless, I missed out to much with the first xbox, so I'll be getting one this time around. If I'd get a gold XBL membership, that's probably not going to happen...
all i have to say is, i hope halo 3 is gonna come out for PC becaue there is NO way i am gonna buy one of those pieces of CRAP, i mean look at it, it looks like an xbox that was thrown in the fire and then painted white. (aaa, i just realized something, howcome everything is going white? *hint*** halomods*hint* hint*xbox*hint
then theres the whole thing with only two controller imports WTH?!
they are going to make us buy one of their controler extension plug things like for the psx.
the controllers are ugly too.
then theres the whole thing with only two controller imports WTH?!
they are going to make us buy one of their controler extension plug things like for the psx.
the controllers are ugly too.
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bungiestudio
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i think it sucks
WHY dont they just release upgrades for the origonal XBOX?!!!
they make us go out and buy this piece of crap.....
id be sooooooo angry if they didnt release halo 3 for pc, cause im not going to buy another xbox just for halo, i made that mistake for halo 2, i was dissapointed with halo 2....
WHY dont they just release upgrades for the origonal XBOX?!!!
they make us go out and buy this piece of crap.....
id be sooooooo angry if they didnt release halo 3 for pc, cause im not going to buy another xbox just for halo, i made that mistake for halo 2, i was dissapointed with halo 2....
AAAAA! im so sick of false info, i kept hearing over and over that halo 3 was gonna be for pc first.
i thought they would have dropped the whole dual wielding thing this game... its totaly rediculous......
im mad at bungie, im really mad, they should think of the people who dont have the money to go buy their stupid game systems, but they dont care because they are selfish retards who only think about money, and there is no way that that is going to change sadly enough.....
its just.... they screw up the 360, now they dont want to release halo3 for pc, they made a HUGE mistake in even releasing halo 1 for pc if they are too stubborn to release halo 2 or halo 3 for pc, it makes me SOOOO angry
i thought they would have dropped the whole dual wielding thing this game... its totaly rediculous......
im mad at bungie, im really mad, they should think of the people who dont have the money to go buy their stupid game systems, but they dont care because they are selfish retards who only think about money, and there is no way that that is going to change sadly enough.....
its just.... they screw up the 360, now they dont want to release halo3 for pc, they made a HUGE mistake in even releasing halo 1 for pc if they are too stubborn to release halo 2 or halo 3 for pc, it makes me SOOOO angry
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bungiestudio
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wanna know why they release halo 1 for pc?
to let the PC gamers know how cool the game is.
then they are going to make halo 2 for the xbox, and not for the pc because they want let them buy an xbox to play halo 2.
Now we all want to play halo 3 but for the new system...
yeah i know it sucks to pay another consel over and over again just to play a game we like.
to let the PC gamers know how cool the game is.
then they are going to make halo 2 for the xbox, and not for the pc because they want let them buy an xbox to play halo 2.
Now we all want to play halo 3 but for the new system...
yeah i know it sucks to pay another consel over and over again just to play a game we like.