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Xbox 360 price
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:49 pm
by Offsprey
Well incase you all didnt know, the xbox 360 is set to start at 300$, with an advanced pack, among other things a 20gig HDD, for 400$.
These prices arent bad as far as im concerned. I didnt think the price would be under 400$. Im still not sure they advanced pack is such a great bargain, however.
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:57 pm
by Patrickssj6
well thats why i think the xbox wil pawn the ps3.Cause its way cheaper.
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:36 pm
by jks
Still the PS3 is gonna be so much better, Id gladly pay more for it.
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:53 pm
by Mr junior
jks wrote:Still the PS3 is gonna be so much better, Id gladly pay more for it.
I'm buying both. A xbox360 this year and a PS3 next year.
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 11:49 pm
by JK-47
when does it come out..... i HATE NEW GAME SYSTEMS cause whenever i have enough money to buy it, the next one is about to come out... i just got an xbox and halo 2 about 2 months ago....
and may i add that thier probably laughing at the ppl who buy it right away cause of its REDICULOUS AMMOUNT i bet the atari was about 10 bucks when it came out, yes i do realize that the xbox and ps3 have better graphics and crap lol, im just saying that were like thier worms so they can catch some big fish.... (for those w/ out imagination the thing i said about "were like thier worms so they can catch some big fish" means that we are just being used so they can get a lot of money) lol, but hell, u do whatever u want w/ ur money, i just wanted to say what i feel about high prices on these things...
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:19 am
by gundamzuki
I'm still waiting to find out if it's reverse compatable. Because if it's not, the chances of me EVER buying one (even for Halo 3) go down the tubes.
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:56 am
by Simmons
the xbox 360 is also supposedly said to be a computer so you can play computer games..but that is optional you dont have to get it...its also supposed to have an upgradable hardrive (120 gb). the computer version is about $500 - $600.
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:09 pm
by JK-47
WTF?! are you serious?! thats awsome, i tried that on my playstation 2 lmfao, i put a disc drive thing in the back slot thing and i put a game in there, but it didnt work
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:52 pm
by The_Hushed_Casket
Simmons wrote:the xbox 360 is also supposedly said to be a computer so you can play computer games..but that is optional you dont have to get it...its also supposed to have an upgradable hardrive (120 gb). the computer version is about $500 - $600.
I smell bullshit. I really doubt that will happen.
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:04 pm
by I Trunks I
xbox is basically a computer... so i wouldnt see y it would play comp games but then there would b a big differance in controlling the game
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:06 pm
by Offsprey
well, the xbox and the xbox360 are esentially computers, the xbox a little more so. And you could put linux and such operating systems on the xbox, but modding was required. The xbox360 will be powerful enough to run both windows xp and vista.Im almost positive, however, M$ will not aid or abet in running these systems, in their entirerty on the 360. The moddibiltiy of the xbox360 is yet to be seen.
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:12 pm
by The_Hushed_Casket
Yes, linux can be ported because it's open source and can be recompiled with the xbox SDK. But Windows isn't, the only way that would happen is if Microsoft did it themselves. Which I doubt.
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:30 pm
by Offsprey
Not really, not if the xbox arcitecture remains similar, x86.WindowsCE could be put on xbox.XP couldnt because of insuffisent RAM. The xbox's hardware design was so close to a pc's many programs can be run, with proper software systems setup..Very little is knowabout the internal arcitecture of the 360, though.
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:41 pm
by The_Hushed_Casket
Isn't the 360 based on PowerPC architecture? Because I know the dev kits are based on G5's
And the Xbox meets the XP system requirements, 64 mbs of RAM, and a 233 mhz processor are the minimum.
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:43 pm
by Patrickssj6
well only the dev kids but now they made there own.And after the dual core ones the g5 are nothing anymore
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:06 pm
by VoYdE
its not that bad i would get it if it was 500
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:49 pm
by Danke
They said that it would have backwards compatibility for the top selling games or something like that. And there's no way in hell that the 360 would play PC games unmodded. And even modded it'd be a hell of a task to make it work with the the hardware and peripherals.
[quote]Xbox 360 Core System - $299 (299 Euros, 209 GBP)
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:24 am
by HunterXI
jks wrote:Still the PS3 is gonna be so much better, Id gladly pay more for it.
C'mon, jks. Stop with the rediculous. That's as Naive as saying "I know for a FACT that Windows 8.26.5300 will be WAY better than OS13."
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 1:51 pm
by Rallos
The 360 is backwards compatable, but you need the Harddrive for it.
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:12 pm
by FonzieD
Ha.
I'll just stick with my cheaper Revolution and PC upgrading.
Fonzie wins.