See Charlie, nobody is arguing against this. The fact of the matter is that some people are fans of the console itself and buy it as a novelty collectible among its factors. The "personal jabs" came at you when you came in here with your "excellent taste in video games" and tried to knock Tube down a couple of pegs because he spent his money buying something he wanted when you, uh... do the same with your money.

It all befalls on whether or not the INDIVIDUAL likes it that's going to warrant the purchase. Shit, I'm getting a 360 and I'm thinking of getting one myself because I like the color scheme myself, but given that I don't really have as much money to spend on games as some of you guys, I'll buy what will get me the most for my money... But that's MY CHEAP-ASS MODUS OPERANDI SPEAKING and I sure as hell am not going to start shitting on people because their color palette just doesn't suit mine (and because their wallet is just a bit bigger).

DO YOU SEE? BECAUSE I DO.

Ence, because you're low on cash, I'd recommend an Elite even MORE, since upgrading to a larger HDD in the future (if you can't deal with 20 GB) will cost more than the price of the Elite. Seriously, it's a large amount of money, and you don't currently own a 360, so why not get the best? I mean, the prices are close enough. =/

I'm sure the filter makes my posts in this thread come off as snobby as hell, but that isn't the vibe I was trying to give.

I am. If this version of the 360 had a larger hard drive I'd be buying this one instead but, alas, $50 for a much larger drive as opposed to the $180 that they normally cost is a damn good deal for me; regardless of how badly I want to buy one of these Halo 3 editions.

What filter?

He has a weird sort of punishment where the administrators used a filter to make "because I have excellent taste in video games" appear in pretty much all his posts. I was wondering what was up with it for awhile too.

Also, for the record, I have 1 white premium 360, 1 black premium 360 (painted) with added 120GB HDD, and now 1 Halo 3 360.

So if you want to ignore the obvious fact that I bought it because I'm a fan of the series and don't find the design ugly, I still did get an upgrade. Namely, HDMI, and the newer GPU cooling system, since I actually checked it today. And I certainly plan to replace the 20GB with another 120GB HDD. It's simply an annoyance because I'm obviously going to have to swap the external HDD shells so that my Halo theme remains intact, and yes, the price for 120GB HDDs is high.

Thank you for explaining that. With me being a mod means they never tell me ANYTHING.

I was also wondering what the hell the "excellent taste" thing was all about. At first I thought it was a 4chan thing or something.

As for the Halo 360, I think it's ugly as sin. I understand it's supposed to match the Master Chief's armor color, it just doesn't do it very well, with its one solid green and useless arrows. And fuck if that controller isn't an eyesore too.

Personally, I'd just save up and get a bigger hard drive, rather than buying a whole other console. I barely have enough room for the one I have as it is. If you've got the money to throw around on things like that though, more power to you. I spend extra on Limited Edition things like that myself, like Bioshock and Grownlanser Generations, so I certainly won't judge you for doing the same.

I'm still waiting for Tube to post a ;_; message because his Halo 360 red ringed out.

Yup, because the average lifespan of one of the new boards with the additional heatsink is 3 days. Damn Tube, you're LUCKY that it hasn't broken on you yet, shit.

That'd require him to eat the 360, who would eat a 360? And it'd leave more than just a red ring trying to pass that. Oh my God. :gonk:

"Finish the Fight!*"
Limited Edition Halo 3 Xbox 360 only $399.99**!
Legendary Edition Halo 3 only $129.99**!

*Halo 3 not included
**MSRP

That being said, I like the way the console looks, and I wish it wasn't some big ploy to get people to spend more money on "limited" stuff. I'm looking forward my standard edition copy. :P