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nocilah
20-03-2007, 10:33 PM
i bought an xbox today. YAY!
but was a bit disappointed when i first used it cuz after 10 minutes the freaking thing crashed. reset and another couple minutes the thing crashed.
phoned a friend who owns one asked him if his crashes and he says nope. (this is on the same game)
anyway after reading a bit online i tried the advice of not putting it in a cupboard and now it seems fine...
Just want to know if anyone else has experienced this?
Anyway... great console and a great purchase... laughed my ass off when i saw the price of the PS3...
Welcome to the ranks dude.
While mine's never crashed, I believe that crashes are a fairly common occurance with 360's.
nocilah
21-03-2007, 12:11 AM
Welcome to the ranks dude.
While mine's never crashed, I believe that crashes are a fairly common occurance with 360's.
well since i have moved it to a well ventilated area it is purring along... so yeah... rule no1 dont put it in a confined space, it ain't like that. I will be honest i have never owned a console machine and the xbox is the first for me.
very impressed with the graphics and general quality. One thing that bigs me is the loudness of the fans, but once you have a game on that becomes something that is forgotten.
i decided to get the premium system as i couldn't be assed to get memory sticks ect.
wireless controllers are awesome... and tomoro will get some extra games. At the moment i have been battling it out on dead or alive 4 which is a cool game.
any suggestions for a new game. I have my eye on Gears of War or Ghost Recon.
bwana
21-03-2007, 12:14 AM
GOW and Rainbow 6 Las Vegas are my two favourites so far. Call of Duty 3 and Fear would be my runners-up.
Would anyone in JHB be interested in setting up a "games club" where we can borrow each other's games? I'm done with GoW, Fight Night and Oblivion for now...
GavinMannion
22-03-2007, 08:37 AM
Would anyone in JHB be interested in setting up a "games club" where we can borrow each other's games? I'm done with GoW, Fight Night and Oblivion for now...
Sounds like a plan even though I have no idea how you are finished with GOW :)
Any plans on how it would work?
We set up a little site, or a thread on the forum to keep track of things, and then people swap games with each other. Maybe do it like a library, so that a game swap period is like 2 weeks, with an option to renew.
WRT being done with GoW, I've realised that I'm not really a big fan of multiplayer FPS. So I finished gears in the single player mode, and that's it. I also find it boring re-playing the same game on a harder difficulty.
I go thru games pretty quick... Crackdown lasted 3 days :/
Fudzy
22-03-2007, 09:36 AM
I own a Xbox360 controller. How do FPS games work?
i bought an xbox today. YAY!
but was a bit disappointed when i first used it cuz after 10 minutes the freaking thing crashed. reset and another couple minutes the thing crashed.
phoned a friend who owns one asked him if his crashes and he says nope. (this is on the same game)
anyway after reading a bit online i tried the advice of not putting it in a cupboard and now it seems fine...
Just want to know if anyone else has experienced this?
Anyway... great console and a great purchase... laughed my ass off when i saw the price of the PS3...
LOL leave it to microsoft to make a console crash
eye_suc
22-03-2007, 09:55 AM
BSOD xbox 360 style? :D that would be awesome!
doobiwan
22-03-2007, 11:20 AM
BSOD xbox 360 style? :D that would be awesome!
Actually GSOD - it was green on the original XBox :p
Don't think lightly of the PS3 either it's apparently even louder than the 360 when it starts running hot, and also need LOTS of air.
As far as games go, if you want a shooter, you must have Gears of War. Don't just take my word for it, it's won nearly every award possible, and is just awesome.
Sephiroth
22-03-2007, 04:29 PM
Shame only Xbox will crash
Guess that what happens when you go for the cheap machine.
Well as they said PS3 are for people who want quality an not XP in a box.
Enjoy your crappy machine losers
hahahahahahaha
doobiwan
22-03-2007, 05:07 PM
Oh wow, I see they got Internet access at Fort Napier hospital now . . .
bwana
22-03-2007, 05:09 PM
Oh wow, I see they got Internet access at Fort Napier hospital now . . .Is that the local [-]nut-hut[/-] mental health care facility? :confused:
doobiwan
22-03-2007, 05:16 PM
http://www.kznhealth.gov.za/fortnapierhospital.htm
;)
You know why you don't see so many 360 fanboi's blurting about? They don't have to.
scotty777
22-03-2007, 06:27 PM
the ps3 doesn't crash
nocilah
22-03-2007, 11:28 PM
the ps3 doesn't crash
never say never.
Sephiroth
23-03-2007, 08:58 AM
The PS3 NEVER crashes.
But the Xbox apparently does.
Bill Gates "Hey lets spend R4000 on a console that crashes, has a massive power supply, let them pay for online games, an we support HD-DVD though no games will use it"
."
Xbox fanboys " XBox 360 is the best console ever"
Go Figure!!!!
DigitalSoldier
23-03-2007, 09:17 AM
The PS3 NEVER crashes.
But the Xbox apparently does.
Bill Gates "Hey lets spend R4000 on a console that crashes, has a massive power supply, let them pay for online games, an we support HD-DVD though no games will use it"
."
Xbox fanboys " XBox 360 is the best console ever"
Go Figure!!!!
Actually the nice thing about the xbox is, most people who bought the console could have saved that 4k for an extra few months and also bought a PS3.
But most people did their research about the xbox and saw theres not really that big difference between the consoles to justify the price. Doing that little bit of research on the console says a lot about the mentallity of a lot of xbox users :cool:
LISTEN GUYS ITS OBVIOS TAHT TEH PS3 SI A FAR SUP3RIOR CONSOLE!11!111! OMG WTF IT HAS MUCH BTER GRAPHIS AND TEH 360 SI FOR NERDS ANYWAY!!111!!1 OMG PS3 SI MUCH COLER!!11!11 WTF LOLl
GavinMannion
23-03-2007, 10:09 AM
:p
PS3 RoXOurz hte soxurz
WTF?
Sephiroth
23-03-2007, 10:11 AM
Actually the nice thing about the xbox is, most people who bought the console could have saved that 4k for an extra few months and also bought a PS3.
But most people did their research about the xbox and saw theres not really that big difference between the consoles to justify the price. Doing that little bit of research on the console says a lot about the mentallity of a lot of xbox users :cool:
So tell me did your PC with XP crash or your Xbox while you were doing your little bit of research , cause it seems that you missed the part where they said PS3 is far more superior than the Xbox360.
But anyway tell me How much you paid for your x box?
How mush is ur live subscription?
an all extra's you needed for it.
Honesty would be nice.
DigitalSoldier
23-03-2007, 10:21 AM
So tell me did your PC with XP crash or your Xbox while you were doing your little bit of research , cause it seems that you missed the part where they said PS3 is far more superior than the Xbox360.
Yip I have missed that part. But if you will be so kind please give me a non biased link from a decent review site clearly stating the PS3 is "far more superior"
But anyway tell me How much you paid for your x box?
How mush is ur live subscription?
an all extra's you needed for it.
Honesty would be nice.
Xbox Live subscription is FREE if I want to use almost 90% of xbox live and then only pay for gold membership if I want to play vs other users, and that ranges from R400 - R600 for a year and again you only need it if you want to play versus other people.
Could you please explain all the other extras needed ? :D
bwana
23-03-2007, 10:23 AM
My 360 has never crashed.
GavinMannion
23-03-2007, 10:28 AM
I get my new one on Monday,.... I feel like a 10 year old again :D I am so excited....
I remember when the debates were about PS1/PS2 vs PC, seems to me all the PC fanboys went to XBox:rolleyes:
anyway the sony machine will win the console war eventually only a matter of time
I remember when the debates were about PS1/PS2 vs PC, seems to me all the PC fanboys went to XBox:rolleyes:
anyway the sony machine will win the console war eventually only a matter of time
Sony will win out here in SA methinks, due to the massive ignorance of the buying public. Overall though, I don't see Sony winning this one, they're too far behind, and have lost pretty much all their exclusive titles.
doobiwan
23-03-2007, 11:11 AM
Neither has mine frankly.
timgaul
23-03-2007, 11:15 AM
Well as they said PS3 are for people who want quality an not XP in a box.
Enjoy your crappy machine losers
hahahahahahaha
Thanks, but I don't know how happy my family will be having to sell them into slavery to afford a PS3. :D
Dolby
23-03-2007, 11:28 AM
I'm pretty sure that R6200.00 will start decreasing shortly - bring it only slightly higher than the 360. And anyway, you're getting so much MORE than what is available in the Xbox for the extra money ....
nGAGEd55
23-03-2007, 11:46 AM
The PS3 NEVER crashes.
and you know this how?
i'm willing to bet you 50 bucks that if you had a PS3 in a similar situation (poor ventilation) it would eventually crash due to over heating.
doobiwan
23-03-2007, 12:18 PM
I'm pretty sure that R6200.00 will start decreasing shortly - bring it only slightly higher than the 360. And anyway, you're getting so much MORE than what is available in the Xbox for the extra money ....
Well sorry to pi$$ on your parade (actually, whom I kidding . . . . :p) The PS3 won't get a price cut till, the very earliest, Xmas 2008, and that's official from Phil Harrison.
And as far as getting more, you want to clarify? You get, uh, sub par graphics, half the memory, two titles barely worth half a mention, and oh, how can I forget, A blu-ray player that's useless to 95% of the world, has little or no decent content and cripples game load times. Besides the fact that by time anyone can afford HD TV's standalone players will probably be in the region of R1500 anyway.
In the mean time I've got more AAA games on my 360 then I have a clue what to do with ,and not enough hours in a day to play them all.
evilspinach
23-03-2007, 12:26 PM
In the mean time I've got more AAA games on my 360 then I have a clue what to do with.Fear not, I'll PM you my postal address :D
Brawler
23-03-2007, 12:40 PM
Why do i get the feeling that these PS3 fanboys are 13yrs old.
doobiwan
23-03-2007, 01:01 PM
You also noticed that? . . . .
Sephiroth
23-03-2007, 02:27 PM
and you know this how?
i'm willing to bet you 50 bucks that if you had a PS3 in a similar situation (poor ventilation) it would eventually crash due to over heating.
Well then u just dumb to own a gaming console.
Go away an play with your barbie dolls.
The saddest part is that the PS3 only got released recently an the graphics are starting to look better than the Xbox.
An xbox is out now almost a year an a half.
You know what?
Ignorance is a punishment.
doobiwan
23-03-2007, 02:49 PM
Ignorance is a punishment.
Ain't you just proof of that? . . . And justification for Birth Control.
Instead of sprouting garbage why don't you go read, well lets see, EVERY independent article printed anywhere that catagorical puts the 360 ahead of the PS3 by a country mile, now and for always.
Oh wait, that'd involve reading, sorry my bad, I'll go find you something done with pictures for you . . .
EVERY independent article printed anywhere that catagorical puts the 360 ahead of the PS3 by a country mile, now and for always.
lol... er xbox is ahead by a 'country mile' actually about a year ahead and a couple million units sold i think. but i'll quote this again in a years time and we'll see:).
nGAGEd55
23-03-2007, 03:01 PM
Well then u just dumb to own a gaming console.
But i thought you said the PS3 'NEVER' crashes? :confused:
you're going on about how the PS3 never crashes but the XBox360 does. Well in case you never read the first post, the reason halicon's 360 crashed was due to poor ventilation, not because of the console.
doobiwan
23-03-2007, 03:13 PM
lol... er xbox is ahead by a 'country mile' actually about a year ahead and a couple million units sold i think. but i'll quote this again in a years time and we'll see:).
By all means.
It's a country mile when "a couple" is:
- a 10 million units (and outselling PS3 every month),
-160 games versus 30 (with a higher future release rate),
- 6 million paying online users,
- the 360 consoles are now sold at a profit opposed to a $250 loss per PS3
- and the 360 continues to deflower all the PS3's exclusives.
- Per every "wait till next gen" PS3 excuse, the 360 will always be a gen ahead.
The war isn't over by a long shot for sure, MS needs to answer the likes of Singstar and Buzz in a big way, but with next gen exclusives like Guitar Hero II (PS2 version won't run on PAL PS3) They're on their way.
hehehe.... you said "deflower".
- a 10 million units (and outselling PS3 every month),
yes i know xbox has sold more units, it does have a year head start. I remember something about the delays on PS3 being due to blue-ray etc. time will tell whether it was a good move or not
-160 games versus 30 (with a higher future release rate),
you cant compare 160-30 games?? PS3 got released yesterday in most countries?
i'll only get a PS3 when the top titles come out for it (MGS,GT,FF)
if M$ gets those damn could save me a helluva lot of cash, and really put the nail in the coffin for sony....but
the reason why i can still say Sony might surprise you fanbois;) ,is that i remember when playstation just came out(i had to import it) i paid R2500+- in those times paying that much for a "TV game" was unheard of...and look what happened with that! it also had to take on the likes of Sega and Nintendo when those were the big players
DigitalSoldier
23-03-2007, 03:54 PM
you cant compare 160-30 games?? PS3 got released yesterday in most countries?
By that statement we then can't argue the xbox has been out for more than a year. Xbox only got released 4th quarter 2006 iirc in most countries :p
Sephiroth
23-03-2007, 04:01 PM
An the moral of the thread is XBOX sux
Brawler
23-03-2007, 04:18 PM
oh i see school is out :p
nGAGEd55
23-03-2007, 05:23 PM
An the moral of the thread is XBOX sux
so just because an XBox 360 crashed due to poor ventilation (which is what the thread is about, or at least why it was started) it "sux"...?
so by that logic, if a PS3 also crashes due to poor ventilation, it also "sux", right?
doobiwan
23-03-2007, 05:50 PM
Oh the PS3 does suck BADLY.
There's a comparison of noise generated by the 3 consoles up on the net somewhere, and while the 360 is a tad noisy at idle, the PS3 apparently sounds like and absolute vacuum cleaner when running under load, coming in the worst of the lot.
doobiwan
23-03-2007, 05:54 PM
you cant compare 160-30 games?? PS3 got released yesterday in most countries?
Actually we can. People are looking to buy now, and we're comparing to buy, now. Buy the same token, give the PS3 a year, and you have to give the 360 a year. So the numbers be compare will be 400 games versus 160 games, and with the titles lined up for the 360, the number of exclusives over the PS3 looks to double, if not treble (If MS busts any more exclusives).
Same for the "They're 1st gen titles", so when Sony hits second gen titles, Xbox will hit 3rd, and so on.
Any way you look at it MS was absolutely right launching a year early, yes, it costs them in terms of some of their quality control, but overall it's been a smashing success for their strategy.
nocilah
23-03-2007, 07:33 PM
An the moral of the thread is XBOX sux
actually the moral of this thread is that my Xbox360 was crashing and it turned out to be because I didn't read the instructions but now it has not crashed since I resolved the issue.
o wait. i am dealing with a sony ps3 fanboy.
in that case.
LOL. yeah u're rigt. Xbox suxors LOL ha ha ha LOL.
Actually we can. People are looking to buy now, and we're comparing to buy, now. Buy the same token, give the PS3 a year, and you have to give the 360 a year. So the numbers be compare will be 400 games versus 160 games, and with the titles lined up for the 360, the number of exclusives over the PS3 looks to double, if not treble (If MS busts any more exclusives).
nope, however you put it you cant compare title count with a console that just got released and anyway it's stupid to count games.it's about the quality of games which i admit M$ is winning hands down atm
scotty777
25-03-2007, 05:48 PM
lol... it's is dumb... i like ps3 yet im not a fan boy coz i also like the xbox... the problem is that the ps3 has more things to do with it... but... atm it's just as useless as the wii... and sit's there and even f#)&s um with one of it's key elements-music, i can't play my music when playing a game, or even create a play list... i do understand that sony will get rid of these problems but god dammit why didn't thy do this earlier? now the xbox IS NOISY! it's load and very annoying when you watching a movie theres a silent scene and there's this vvvvv or wooosh sound thats killing the whole moment... i just hope sony sell like 10 million uints by next year. that way they can somewhat recover and stuff, then we'll be getting shyte. like with the psp and now it's got a camera and stuff... the funny thing is that sony can still recover from this if they quickly release a dvd ps3 where the blu-ray unit is still sold separately.
oh now this really kills me, if say the blu-ray was SO mofo expensive at the moment and thats whats pulling the game prices up... and the blu-ray is making the load times so long... then why not just make the games on a standard dvd... and go the route the xbox is going and use multiple disks?
oh now this really kills me, if say the blu-ray was SO mofo expensive at the moment and thats whats pulling the game prices up... and the blu-ray is making the load times so long... then why not just make the games on a standard dvd... and go the route the xbox is going and use multiple disks?
that makes alot of sense scotty777, wish sony would've done that. i dont even want a blue-ray player:mad: . i think maybe they tried the ps2 marketing i.e buy a ps2 and it's a dvd player as well!!! lol
what idiot will buy a ps3 for the blue-ray player??, i wish M$ gets the exclusive titles i want. could save me alot of cash:(
Toxin
26-03-2007, 09:24 AM
While in Canada last at the end of last year I saw some PS3s on display in different shops and I found five of them were frozen/hanging. They were all in one of those perspex boxes so I guess they also didn't have decent ventilation.
doobiwan
26-03-2007, 09:25 AM
What titles are you looking for Odin?
You're exactly right about Blu-Ray though and unfortunately Sony won't remove it, it's the same problem as now adding an HD-DVD to the 360 - You'll have to game SKU's on the shelf, DVD & BR - which would confuse customers and push up costs.
At least Sony's mitigation seems to be that it has turned the HD format war in it's favour, but as the corollary of that goes, it's had a terrible effect on the game attach rate of the PS3, which hurts their margins.