11-22-05 = The Xbox 360

[Econs]

Well, today marks the release of the Microsoft Xbox 360. Anyone getting one? I know I'm not. Honestly, every game I have seen for it i'm not interested in, I have for the PS2 (American Wasteland), or will be coming out for the PS3 (Elder Scrolls 4). Plus the HDD, a $100+ marketing scam. And all the release titles costing $60.

[FoxDie]

Heh, I just read some nice complaints of the fresh XBOX 360 owners. Apparently theres a lot of non-working consoles.
Anyway I know I ain't buying one. Tho its released out here like next month or something.. I dont really give a damn.

[The Mad Jackyl]

I have a friend who called me at 11:30 last night to say "Guess what I'm doing!? Camping out in the rain in my tent outside of Target!"

This morning I wake up to this IM on my screen: "I GOT it! 9 hours out in the cold and rain, yeah! Whooo hooo!"

[Econs]

I remember when the PS2 originally came out. I camped out in front of Bust Buy the day before. I never got one.

I'll never forgive my friend for that.

[Liquiduz]

Ahh, I love IGN. Death to 360.

ps3.ign.com/articles/668/668446p1.html

And not all Xbox games can be played in 360. And you have to do all this in order to do so.

To play an Xbox game on the 360, players must first insert the current-gen game into a next-gen console hooked up to Xbox Live. The system will check whether the console has the latest emulation software. If not, it will automatically download said software, install it on the 360, restart, and load the original Xbox game. Obviously, a 360 hard drive--which comes with the Halo and Halo 2 software preinstalled--is required to store the backward-compatibility software.

For 360 owners who either can't or won't log onto Xbox Live, Microsoft offers two other solutions. First, they can go to Xbox.com, download the emulators, burn them onto a CD, and then insert said CD into the 360, which will auto-install the software. The other option is to order a free CD from Xbox.com, which will be mailed to the requestor for a "nominal" fee. However, the CD will be mailed out for free to Japanese 360 owners.

Thanks but no thanks Microsoft.

[Econs]

OH
MY
GOD!

THAT'S BEYOND LAME!

[Liquiduz]

What is lame? That IGN favors PS3, or the Xbox compability part?

[Econs]

The Xbox compatibilty bullcrap.

[Liquiduz]

Ah yes, of course.

And to answer the original question: Nope no way in hell Im getting this. Maybe a few years from now when it's $99, LoL.

[anthony]

Lets just say id rather buy the revoloution then XBOX360.

Thats how much i hate the XBOX franchise.
I love microsoft though (windows xp ).

[The Dumpster Keeper]

Jeez, it's lame enough that they put the firmware on the hard drive, foricing you to buy a $100 hard drive to play your old Xbox games, but it doesn't even work perfectly like the PS2. Thanks again for nothing Microsoft, can't wait for Windows Vista.

Just watch, Xbox 360 is the sh*t now, but in 18 months when the Revolution and the PS3 come out, it will lie alone and forgotten with the Sega Dreamcast.

EDIT: Microsoft can't even TOUCH reasons 4, 2 and 1

[Liquiduz]

Anyone need more reasons why you shouldnt buy the 360? Well here ya go!

games.slashdot.org/games/05/11/23/138200.shtml?tid=128&tid=211&tid=10

remember to click on those links to read and even watch the proof.

[The Dumpster Keeper]

Holy sh*t. That's straight from the most die-hard of fanboys. This is even better than I predicted.

[Liquiduz]

69.93.36.237/xbox-scene/xbox360/motherboard/3260052289.xvid.avi

Right Click > Save

See for yourself when the game crashes. Oh MicroSoft, next time, clean out all the bugs before releasing such a product like this one.

[Econs]

I propose a boycott on anything Microsoft! ...

Oh crap. My mouse is Microsoft.

Well, at least the greatness that is macintosh rules it out.