[360] Xbox 360 Discussion. Thermal paste, the delicious and nutricious snack of the future.

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All opinion of course, but opinions do have factor points.

Yet your post informs us not to get an Xbox 360 because you have no interest in any of the games.

How ya doing, buddy?

Yes, new consoles do tend to be more expensive than old consoles.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Not when EA can get away with charging $60 for a slightly updated port of Revenge.

"We added some more bloom lighting, even the dirt is brighter than the sun itself"
"Sounds good, ship it!"

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Laffo at Need for Speed being in there, it's about $60-$70 on Xbox, $120 on Xbox 360. Wow. Australia sez: we love being raped!

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Eurogamer text thingy

Pro Evolution Soccer 6 gets its own extended trailer, now. To be perfectly honest, it looks like a slightly prettier version of the PS3 game.

"Xbox 360 is the home of next-gen football."

Real news at last! PES6 and FIFA 360 will be next-gen exclusives for 12 months.

This is going to be an unbelievably gigantic advantage in Europe. =o

I was speaking idiomatically.

Should do! Unless it's a really ancient set. Pretty much every PAL television made within the last ten-ish years (something like that, I'm just pulling that number out of my arse but it sounds close enough), has the ability to run in NTSC mode. =) Even my last TV that I bought in 1997 could do it!

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Hey guys. =)

I noticed that Earth Defence Force is finally out here the other day, and it's $40 cheaper than the average 360 game. Want so bad. There's a shit load of awesome games out there that I'd like to play on the system (I already own Dead Rising :thanksstolengoodspawnshop: ) along with the tidal wave of incoming stuff like Eternal Sonata, Brothers in Arms, Mass Effect, Alan Wake if it still exists, GTA IV and so awwwwn.

It's just that the mass hardware fuck ups I've read about scare me. I've already wasted a lot of money on a Wii that Nintendo refuses to actually repair, I don't want to deal with that nightmare again with an even more expensive machine. Has there been any update AT ALL to that 65mm CPU or whatever the hell they were talking about late last year that was supposed to reduce the red ring of death?

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Hotobu

If you want to be a dick and your Wii is out of working condition you can just take the parts out of yours, go out buy another one, swap the guts, wait about 3 weeks, take the former back and just say you got one for your birthday.

I believe systems get the full return policy unlike games which cannot be returned once opened.

Yeah, I've thought about doing this a few times now. ;_;

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Colonel Skills

I really have no idea what the warranty situation is like in Australia. While I can say that the hardware failure rate is ridiculously high, when my box shit the bed earlier this year, I got a brand new one sent back to me after about a 2 and a half week period. My new one has been great. However, Mo0's had problems exchanging his, having done it 4 times already.

Wether or not the turnaround for exchanges will be faster or slower for you due to your location, I can't say. I can't imagine it would be any slower, to be honest, but what the fuck do I know? I don't live down there and can't vouch for anything.

As for the 65 nm chipset, a variety of sources have pinned this fall as the time when the chips will go into manufacturing. Due to the time it will take to get current 360s off of shelves, plus get the new ones in, we probably won't see them often until December, if that date sticks. Just make sure you check the manufactured-on date while at the store to be sure.

Thanks for the reply. I have no idea what Microsoft's like down here, but surely they can't be as bad as Nintendo Australia taking five months to admit they should live up to the warranty and fix my system, only to send it back even worse. Sounds like it'll be a fair while before those new chips show up, I dunno if I can be 360-less that long! Maybe I'll just trade my busted Wii in towards one to be a huge wanker, and take out an in-store extended warranty thing just in case. Earth Defence Force!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Wow, that combined with one of the joints that repairs 360's in the UK announcing they're not accepting anymore due to a tidal wave of broken machines. (lolol 2,500 a day? They must have pulled that number out of a mighty big arse). Lookin' good Microsoft!

The girl in your avatar is gonna be awful dizzy. =o

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Hey guys.
I cut it pretty close, today was the last day for the trade in deal. I think it's a dodgy old 360 or something with the rusty horse shoe motherboard that'll implode or whatever. I dunno. Oh well surely Microsoft Australia can't be as bad as Nintendo Australia if/when it fucks up. It has a HDMI port, yet the box and manual make no mention of it. Good stuff. Good thing I'm only hooking it up to a knock-off brand SD TV. I can't see the text at all in Dead Rising and Forza lolol.

Fun times! No idea when I'll take it online. One day, ONE DAY! Is Burnout Paradise out yet? No? Why not?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Yeah I need to pick up a wireless router or something next week. =o If only it was compatible with the DS WiFi dingle dangle dongle! Somehow! With magic!

Most amazing jew boots

72 hours?! Ooooohh *prances around on the spot nervously*

Viva Pinata seems.. kinda.. shit. ;_; Forza is amazing though! It's like a more forgiving Race Driver/TOCA (run into the back of someone in that and the entire universe basically ceases to exist). Oh yeah my bloody hard drive came loaded with like four hundred thousand trial Arcade games, a demo of Lego Star Wars (why) and various other lumps of useless. I was wondering why it was only showing up as 10 GB free. SURPRISE.

EARTH DEFENCE FORCE 2017 IS GOTY FOREVER.

Originally Posted by RainMan

Infernal Monkey, I just saw an interview with the chief game designer for the New Bionic Commando and I am pretty happy with the way the game seems to be coming along. It's clear that he is going to great lengths to keep the essence of the game-play and story-line intact. PROPS.
The grappling system seems fairly fluid but only time will tell. The graphics look incredible, even for an X360 game. I heard a few reprisals from the original BC soundtrack integrated into the re-make and it sounded splendid. I wonder how much music they will be bringing over from the NES version? Hopefully all of it!

I think I am going to need to pick up an XBO360 just for BC

Yeah, can't wait for Bionic Commando! Working the original music into the trailer was awesome enough!

I was speaking idiomatically.