Xbox 360 Hoopla

austin552 · austin552's Garage

Anyone plan on getting one? At $600- with accessories and $60- a game I just don't see it. What is all the fuss about?
Glad our kids aren't asking for them for Xmas.

RickM · RickM's Garage

Seems like it also allows one to store video, digital images, music etc as well. That's what I have a PC and laptop for.

legion · 11-22-2005, 10:25 AM

The XBox (both the original and this version) are a PC. They just run a very restricted version of Windows, making it seem like a console system.

I'd rather just get a PC myself.

widebody911 · widebody911's Garage

There were a bunch of people camped out at the local Toys-R-Us last night waiting for the first ones to be sold at Midnight.

gprsh924 · 11-22-2005, 01:21 PM

im a playstation guy but if you are into video games or xbox, the 360 is the holy grail of videogames (until PS3 comes out, which will dominate)

911S Targa · 911S Targa's Garage

All the fuss is about the insane graphics IMO. I saw one at best buy a few weeks ago on display. These kids were playing some Dinosaur type game. The graphics were unreal for a console unit.

djmcmath · 11-22-2005, 02:46 PM

I, too, have seen the graphics. Seems like the Best Buy was demo-ing Call of Duty, and the graphics were almost (but not quite) photo-realistic. We're talking movie-quality video gaming here. Impressive? Sure, quite a feat. Worth $600+? Not in my time-starved world.

serge944 · serge944's Garage

Sure, it's probably worth the asking price - just like a z06 is worth its asking price.

Frankly, I'm not buying either.

Z-man · Z-man's Garage

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Originally posted by serge944
Sure, it's probably worth the asking price - just like a z06 is worth its asking price.

Frankly, I'm not buying either.

Nice.

CamB · CamB's Garage

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Originally posted by djmcmath
I, too, have seen the graphics. Seems like the Best Buy was demo-ing Call of Duty, and the graphics were almost (but not quite) photo-realistic. We're talking movie-quality video gaming here. Impressive? Sure, quite a feat. Worth $600+? Not in my time-starved world.

Yeah, but for those with the time, $600 compares pretty favourably with trying to get a PC to the same level of gaming power (you can spend that on the video card alone...).