XBOX 360 a waste?

[mancombseepgood]

From Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000B43OY4/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_k2a_1_txt/002-6001830-4094451?ie=UTF8

NON-HDTV Owners Need Not Apply, December 2, 2005
Reviewer: Morgan E. Hildreth III (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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First, I'm not a fanboy of any system and I'm not anti-microsoft. I've been gaming for the better part of 25 years, all I want is quality entertainment from whomever can produce it.

I have all the current systems and I have an HDTV, so obviously I'm getting the most out of my games. What the 360 lacks is stellar titles exclusive to the system. Sure Perfect Dark is a stand-out, but no rock solid RPG, no must-have fighters, etc. etc. At this point, it's almost as if it's an EA Sports game system, and all of those games are getting marginal reviews at best because EA didn't have the time to add all the features that the original XBOX, PS2 and even GameCube versions already have.

Will the system be a serious contender in 6 months? Absolutely! Will it rule the online world? Without a doubt! Is it worth the online auction prices right now? NO WAY!

The online portion of this system is by far it's strongest selling point. To be honest, they could've easily added all of these features to the current XBOX, but they added them to this one instead, shame shame, but I understand why.... so they could sell more 360s. They were losing the current console war by a margin of 4-1, so they decided to start a new console war earlier than neccessary as the current life span of this generaton hasn't reached full potential, but that's another discussion...........

Bottom line, if you are playing on a 19" TV that is not high-def and you are not hooked up for the internet high-speed, then you are wasting your money. If you have children under 12, the system isn't for them either....

Upgrade your TV, your internet connection and then wait 6 months to a year for some really good games like Halo 3, etc.... But by that time, you way want to invest in the Sony PS3.... considering that Sony has sold over 200 Million consoles with the PS1 and the PS2 (not a typo---200,000,000) and Microsoft has only sold 25,000,000 XBOXs, you can bet Sony will bring the artillery with all guns blazing!!!!!!

I hope this helps you in your decision making.... considering this thing is sold out anyway, lol....

This guys says 25 years gaming experience, etc...
Sounds interesting...
I hear old xbox games wont work on 360 either...
They also say the online ability is a big selling point.. not in SA I bet.

 

[pope24]

Pity the article is almost a year old. At the time it was accurate but now it is way out of date. Whether any console is worth R4000 is debatable, but I wouldn't say no to a free xbox 360.

 

[Vio]

Yea I don't realy think the lack of exclusives is a argument and the PS3 he talks about is nearly twice the price of the 360 for a similar experience.

I am currently playing halo 1/2 and ninja gaiden black on my 360 just fine so I dont know where you got the old games wont work thing.

I've been using my 360 online for a long time now and its seriously cool even when you play with american's or europeans the latencies realy dont affect gameplay.

In short this article is way outdated, and so is this thread

 

[werner]

funny how the age of an article seems to count to its validity...

anyway, there is a grain of truth amongst all the rubbish.

xbox games, that are also available on xbox 360 (the popular one for comparison seems to be king king) do not show a vast difference when run in sdtv resolution. lighting effects are better on the 360, but if you want to compare static screenshot then there isnt much difference to write home about.
http://www.gamesfirst.com/?id=1065

of course, for hdtv owners then there IS a major boost from having a 360, as well as for games that are 360 specific, and have been written to take advantage of the 360's potential.

and a whole slew of xbox games work on the 360, go see here
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm

 

[Highflyer_GP]

Well the article suggests we wait for the PS3. It's now almost a year and still no PS3, not even a hint at when it will be released for sure. Why should we continue to wait when a next-gen console can be had now

 

[Bondizzo]

PS3 is coming out on November 17th with a price tag of R6500, that article is too old to bring up now, Theres lots of good games on the 360 now and even more in the next 3 months, its sad ps3 wont be getting any soccer games till next year

 

[Vio]

PS3 is R6499. End of story.

 

[Vio]

Its funny how people have to dig up year old articles to pull anything positive to the ps3...

Ever since people found out about the pre-rendering they had negative publicity and when they revealed their nice price they just slit their own throats.

Dont get me wrong theres some pretty games out there on the ps3, but nothing in existance in terms of console gaming is worth R6499.

 

[Elfreako]

thats not even a valid review...its a "user review". Could have been writen by any monkey! Dont even know what the fuss is about, if you are stupid enough to listen to one user review...then you deserve a PS3 lol

 

[useless]

lol... nothing worth answering here since the proof is in the pudding!

 

[Vio]

Or in the price of the pudding

 

[Azrael]

i really want pudding now...

 

[doobiwan]

Dead or Alive 4, Rumble Roses XX and DOA Extreme 2, dude, there is no better reason to buy a 360! Them there's plenty of pudding

 

[purple_Monkey_dishwasher]

whats the point of spending so much on a console R6499 thats such a waste of money. check this out http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/617/617951p1.html. This shows xbox 360 isnt a waste, if you want a console.