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

Man fucking 360 is amazing, but people will call me out for saying that even though they are just jealous most likely. 5/6 games I have are all great. Condemned, PGR3, PDZ, Kameo, and COD2. NBA2k6 is good, but sport games are never great. Damn I can't believe I lost my condemned thread, I spent so much time on that.

Anyway, out of those five games I can't reallly pick my favorite because they all stand out differently. Graphics are insane on all of them, but Kameo probably most of all, which is classic Rare by the way. Condemned is the most underrated game of the launch by far and maybe the whole year. Story and atmosphere as well as graphics and gameplay are key here. The other three each have their own great things as well.

And no I would never rent a game solely for achievements. That is pretty retarded considering the overall score doesnt even mean anything. Games I do play though, I will always try to complete the game totally and that means trying to get all the achievement. Increases greatness of games ten fold. So far I am doing quite well on the game/achievement ratio though. I wish they didn't show the demo games I played on my gamercard though.

Oh and usk Tube for renting NBA2k6 =p I actually bought it considering I hadn't played a BBall game since 2k1 on DC and wanted to get back into it. Of course school takes up my gaming time so I don't have much to play it. As well as Kameo that I just got for my birthday. I will like to have that completed before Oblvion hits because I will not be playing any other games besides that for a a long long long time.

ps tube did you drop out of college for more 360 time. Lately it seems you are always on.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Indeed Tube. I pretty much have all the PDZ ones that are attainable. I suppose I could have gotten all the dark agent levels completed, but why should I play boss levels over and over on dark agent just because you die there and there is no checkpoint. You may not even die there, but in the TOUGH level before getting to the boss. I just said ah I will get the 5 level dark achievements and call it.

Double Post:
Hey I found a rather interesting site for achievement junkies and other stats. Real cool, except its a little slow and not all gamertags are in it yet. Plus look at their upcoming plans too.

http://www.top360tag.com/default.aspx

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I suppose I missed the memo that sending one message to everyone on my list ONCE is against the Xbox rules. However, anyone who sends messages saying that they have gotten a new level in halo 2 EVERY FUCKING LEVEL is immediately removed from my list.

Anyways, not taking what I said above into account, consider yourself removed from my list. Your obsession with me is a little absurd.

And Megalith there are a ton of great games so I don't know what the reason you need is. Its called PGR3, Kameo, Condemned, PDZ and COD2. And damn Oblivion.

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

::noonecares::

Pretty bad, it is just a repeat of the US launch. That is nothing new.

Man I like how I have a week off next week for spring break and really want to play 360 a lot, but damn I got to catch up on some schoolwork to get ready for Oblivion.

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

Originally Posted by Bronze

Gamespot have a fantastic article here where they capture screenshots from Xbox games at 480p and compare them to their Xbox 360 counterparts also running at 480p.

On some games the difference is huge, and on others it's barely noticeable at all.

This is rather pointless considering they are comparing xbox games their 360 counterpart. They are not comparing the 360 sd to 360 hd.

Regardless, SDTVs rock with the 360. Graphics are insane still.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Its called buying a good pack for a dolla. Not hard. I mean it's not like you change them over and over. So you just buy a 5 pic oblivion set and bang you are set for years.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

You click add friend in friends menu. O_o

And what is M$FT?

FELIPE NO

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A bunch of new rumors regarding the future of Xbox 360, Xbox Live Arcade and first-party games are circulating the Internet, creating a lot of hype for next month’s E3. We thought we could report them and give our take.

First, there’s a long post at MeriStation forums based on info obtained by lostroyanos.com, a Spanish Xbox Live fan site. Here, my Spanish skills come into play to assure you the most accurate translation. The first info that comes from that post claims the price of the Xbox 360 Premium Edition will drop €90 (that’s 110 USD) by the end of October, with the Core package being lowered €80 (100 USD).
If this happens to be true, we expect those price drops to translate in the U.S. into a $100 price drop for both packages, resulting in an Xbox 360 Premium costing $299 and a Core package selling for as low as $199.

We find hard to believe Microsoft will lower down the price of the Xbox 360 by almost a 30% a year after it launched its next-generation console but that will depend on the prices of the other next-generation consoles. In any case, Microsoft has two SKUs to compete with them but unless Microsoft already knows the prices of both Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Revolution, there is no need for the software giant to lower the price of its console when they can’t yet meet demand and their major competitor’s next-gen console is rumored to cost far more than $400.

The second item on that list of rumors claims Gears of War will launch in the last week of October, backed up by a huge worldwide marketing campaign. That doesn’t sound like a crazy rumor at all and it could be more of a smart prediction than an insider gossip. First, there’s the new Nov.1 release date that both EB and GameStop posted last week and second there’s the fact that Gears seems to be the only shooter that Microsoft has on their sleeves to counter attack the PlayStation 3 launch since nobody expect Halo 3 to arrive this year; which takes us to the next rumor.

According to this gossip, Halo 3 won’t arrive until March, 2007 with an official announcement happening at next month’s E3. Again, this could certainly be true as everything sounds realistic. The insider also claims a sequel to Kameo is also in the works and that Microsoft is working to secure an exclusive of “an urban game”, which can be interpreted as the next GTA game.

Now moving onto hardware peripherals, the post at MeriStation claims the HD DVD drive will cost approximately 95 euros (that’s 115 dollars) and it is scheduled for release next September. There is no mention of a HDMI cable and the post only mentions USB 2.0 connectivity with the console. With the first internal HD DVD drives for PC costing around $120, this rumors sound realistic too, although we think that a $150 price sounds more reasonable for an external HD DVD drive as the one the Xbox 360 will use.

Next, the rumor claims a 100GB hard drive will be available as a peripheral but won’t replace the hard drive included with the Premium Edition. No release date or price is mentioned.

Finally in what concerns to hardware peripherals, the Xbox 360 camera (referred in the post as the “My Eye On You” web cam) is rumored to launch in September with a price of 47 euros (58 dollars) or bundled with a game at 77 euros (95 dollars). We guess those would be games that make use of the camera features. These prices sound credible but with an Xbox 360 camera costing as much as a third-party game, there better be good games for this peripheral or it will sell less than the Nintendo 64DD…

Regarding Xbox Live, the rumor claims Xbox Live Gold membership will drop in price or become totally free if the user agrees to see advertisements. This new model is supposed to roll out in October and for those users whose paid subscriptions are still valid, there will be an exchange program and a sort of ad-free version.

We find this last rumor hard to believe and considering Sony’s decision to offer free online gameplay in the basic service, we’d expect Microsoft to liberate its Xbox Live Silver level membership with the inclusion of ads, with Xbox Live Gold users always enjoying an ad-free service.

What we found realistic is the claim that Microsoft is working on expanding the Friends List to a maximum of 200 friends.

Then the rumor goes onto saying that Microsoft will expand the list of backward compatibility games in June with the addition of 50 new titles. Once again, that sounds totally realistic.

Then regarding exclusives, the report claims Microsoft has signed agreements with NBC for live game broadcasting, similar to the gaming TV in South Korea. The post also mentions the recent deals signed with Paramount Pictures and Epic Records.

When it comes to the Xbox 360 dashboard, the report claims Microsoft will develop a new appearance for the dashboard as well as a special dashboard and Xbox Live for children. We don’t know what the insider means with a new appearance, because we don’t expect Microsoft to change the blade interface and there are already themes available for the dashboard, so an Xbox 360 dashboard for children shouldn’t require nothing more than a proper theme.

The report also claims that you’ll be able to exchange certain game achievements for Microsoft Points and that sounds like a new incentive for users to play their games and definitely a smart move by Microsoft-- is this is real.

There are other little claims that sound more like those horoscope forecasts. One says that the Xbox 360 will appear in two major Hollywood productions, similar to the cameo seen on The Island.; other mentions the much-wanted Download & Play feature that would finally let us download content while playing a game.

Finally, another point in the list claims that a “virtual console” similar to the one Nintendo announced, will also launch this October, where SEGA games will be available for download and play.

This last rumor takes us to a different site, Spong, which is also running an Xbox Live story claiming that Microsoft’s secret weapon to crash the launch of the Revolution and Nintendo’s virtual console will be a legal version of MAME. A Microsoft staffer would have revealed to Spong:

"You've heard of MAME right? Right. We're just doing a legal version of MAME, meaning that all the game owners get paid and the users get quality product based around a community. Imagine the biggest arcade in the world, just 1,000 times bigger. It'll have as many machines as we can possibly get, all with score-rankings and other community stuff. It's not a secret that MAME was massive for hackers of the original Xbox and the pull and sales of retro game packs on current machines is still really high. If this is taken and put under the right noses, it should become the biggest thing in mainstream/hardcore gamer crossover in the industry."

Unfortunately, Spong doesn’t enjoy much creditability when it comes to rumors and although the idea of MAME coming to Xbox 360 sounds like a dream come true, the problem with MAME legality is not with the emulator itself but with the ROMs. Then you also need to consider the fact that MAME commercial redistribution is prohibited as well as any commercial use of it, as stated in the MAME license.

We don’t see the need of a MAME emulator when the current Xbox Live Arcade allows any past game to run in the Xbox 360 but we could be wrong and Spong be right. Time will tell.

Like we said before, some of these rumors sound more like a forecast prediction while other are too hard to believe. In any case, these rumors should be taken with a grain salt and nothing is official until there’s an official announcement and you know you’ll hear first here on TeamXbox.com.

Now, tell us what you think.

From TeamXbox. Pretty Interesting stuff. Discuss if you see fit. I am tired so I shall wait on comments. =0

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

Wireless controllers overrated? HA you got to be kidding me. The only people who say this are the ones who have not or arent using one.

And Tube, it is awesome going down to the kitchen or two floors and still hitting up voice chat while just carrying the controller. I don't know about just pressing buttons though.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

And yet since when has Condemned been a FPS. Sure its first person, but not everything first person is a shooter.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

No you have to sign up to get a silver account. And anyways you want a Gold account no matter what you are thinking inside. Trust me.

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

SHin, gamerankings seems to like it. Granted I have no opinion on it.

http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/928235.asp

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

Overexaggerated, my good sir.

I was speaking idiomatically.

It does look better then Oblivion, but what Oblivion did in terms of volume will not be eclipsed anytime soon.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I got it, but I leave my console on over 8 hours a day many days of the week and never had an issue in 13 months. The thing doesnt even get warm, but hey thats just my 360.

FELIPE NO

Yeah pretty good choices there. I am not that big of a fan of fighting games so I wouldn't pick DOA4 though.

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

Cool man. GRAW came with the system! wow sweet. Still need to get that. I just got RS Vegas and it is fantastic, I must say. Although then again, all Tom Clancy is.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Of course there will be. Ask him. He should give it to you, if he is legit AND provide you a pic of the number.

CLOSED.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Why would they release 6 free games, when I have no space for such on my and most others measly 12 gb hdd. Best news would be 120 gig hdd at most 99 dollars.

fucking a joke, with all the hd content now

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

New myxbox xbox.com is slick looking, but sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.

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

I will tell you what. The shit is slower now then ever before. Horrendous.

I was speaking idiomatically.