guess that new career choice working for best buy doesnt pay much huh =p
seriously with most good jobs out there a new game is what? 1-2 hours of work? please. man games are not that expensive.
guess you must play on a 19 inch black and white also?
Originally posted by: erwos
First, I don't HAVE a "trusty old Xbox"! Is it really sensible for me to spend $120 on an Xbox now, and then, six months to a year down the line, spend $300 on a 360, or just buy the 360 and be done with it? Seems to me that $400 is _less_ than $420.Originally posted by: CVSiN
then with that attitude why even bother pick up the 360 at all.. its expensive and your not using the technology so why not stick with your trusty old xbox...
to even bother going though the hoopla to have a 360 this early in its life and not use its capabilities just seems like a collossal waste of time and money...
Also, I'm thinking rationally, not emotionally. You are thinking emotionally. Observe my choices:
1. Buying expensive games that I don't want / care to play right this moment because they're new and shiny.
2. Buying cheap games that I actually want / care to play that are old and not shiny.
Eventually, the equation will change. That's not relevant to me right now. I already own the damn thing. Research the concept of "sunk cost". I paid my money for the 360, it's gone. Why the hell should I toss more away?
And don't give me crap about how I'm "not using my Xbox 360 to its fullest potential". No one's using it to its full potential right now, because no first gen games ever do.
I'm thinking like an economist. It's not a bad way to live. It's sure as hell cheaper and more rational than what you seem to be proposing.
-Erwos
Nice ad hominem attack. Grow up, and learn to stop being threatened by people who make different choices than you. Someday, when you've got a family, you'll learn the value of a dollar.Originally posted by: CVSiN
guess that new career choice working for best buy doesnt pay much huh =p
seriously with most good jobs out there a new game is what? 1-2 hours of work? please. man games are not that expensive.
guess you must play on a 19 inch black and white also?
Seriously, why do you care what games erwos chooses to play? Or how he spends his money? :roll:Originally posted by: erwos
Nice ad hominem attack. Grow up, and learn to stop being threatened by people who make different choices than you. Someday, when you've got a family, you'll learn the value of a dollar.Originally posted by: CVSiN
guess that new career choice working for best buy doesnt pay much huh =p
seriously with most good jobs out there a new game is what? 1-2 hours of work? please. man games are not that expensive.
guess you must play on a 19 inch black and white also?
-Erwos
Originally posted by: BornStar18
I only played in one specific scenario but I don't see why it wouldn't work in all game modes. It probably won't work in ranked games though (I don't see how it could and they didn't allow it in Halo 2).Originally posted by: remagavon
Originally posted by: BornStar18
I've had 2 people playing PDZ at the same time on Live from my 360.Originally posted by: ivol07
Originally posted by: Kremlar
New XBox 360 owner, new XBox Live player.
Unless I'm missing something, it doesn't look like you can player multiple local players over X-Box Live.
Am I right???
Been playing NBA Live! 2006 for a while, and tried to play with a buddy sitting next to me over Live! (figured we'd play same team against an opponent), and it doesn't seem to have that ability.
Also just played Call of Duty 2 for the first time today, and again it doesn't seem to allow 2 local players over XBox Live.
Am I wrong???
There are no 360 games that do two or more online at once right now. But it is capable of doing it. If you pick up Halo 2 you'll see how well this works.
This 100% does work? In all game modes? I was going to pick up CoD2 but I need a game to play online with my girlfriend and PDZ might have to fit the bill for now because of that.
Originally posted by: purbeast0
Yah let's drop the flames in this thread please It's been 33 pages of almost flame-free material .
Anyone try that new Crystal game on XBLA? It's a remake of some old game and it's kinda fun. It's like geometry wars (somewhat) with crystals you have to collect.
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: purbeast0
Yah let's drop the flames in this thread please It's been 33 pages of almost flame-free material .
Anyone try that new Crystal game on XBLA? It's a remake of some old game and it's kinda fun. It's like geometry wars (somewhat) with crystals you have to collect.
There are wayyyy too many games similar to Geometry Wars on Live XBLA right now. Granted, Robotron is the Granddaddy of them all but still.
I started playing all the different XBLA demos the other day and now I'm stuck wondering which to buy...Zuma, Outpost Kaloki, Marble Madness...and on and on.
Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: purbeast0
Yah let's drop the flames in this thread please It's been 33 pages of almost flame-free material .
Anyone try that new Crystal game on XBLA? It's a remake of some old game and it's kinda fun. It's like geometry wars (somewhat) with crystals you have to collect.
There are wayyyy too many games similar to Geometry Wars on Live XBLA right now. Granted, Robotron is the Granddaddy of them all but still.
I started playing all the different XBLA demos the other day and now I'm stuck wondering which to buy...Zuma, Outpost Kaloki, Marble Madness...and on and on.
The thing that makes geometry wars stick out is that there are no levels ... it's all about score and how difficult it gets. I havent' even come close to beating my high score again (3.44 million). The closest I've gotten was last night, at 2.8 million.
I have Zuma, Marble Blast Ultra, Geometry Wars, and Joust. I still probably play Geometry Wars the most (and have had it the longest lol), but that Marble game is FFUUNN. But once I beat it %100 I don't think I'll be playing it much aside from multiplayer games w/my friends.
Originally posted by: ivol07
I was reading in the newest issue of Xbox Magazine that they heard some very strong rumors on the details of the xbox/directv January deal (DTV Deal Info). They're saying that there will be a "DirecTV Blade" on your 360 that will have access to Hi Definition TV Episode downloads, High Definition Streaming Movies and Tivo features on Standard Definition content.
I could see myself downloading some TV espisodes, but I'm not sure about the streaming movies. I'm wondering if they'll stream from the internet or a Set top box...or what? Either way, this is some potentially exciting news if this is true. But bigger hard drives will definitely be needed!
Originally posted by: ivol07
I was reading in the newest issue of Xbox Magazine that they heard some very strong rumors on the details of the xbox/directv January deal (DTV Deal Info). They're saying that there will be a "DirecTV Blade" on your 360 that will have access to Hi Definition TV Episode downloads, High Definition Streaming Movies and Tivo features on Standard Definition content.
I could see myself downloading some TV espisodes, but I'm not sure about the streaming movies. I'm wondering if they'll stream from the internet or a Set top box...or what? Either way, this is some potentially exciting news if this is true. But bigger hard drives will definitely be needed!
The most obvious thing to do would be to implement it straight in MCE 2005, and then deal with the 360 just like every other extender that needs the additional functionality implemented. Abandoning their "MCE as center of digital home" strategy when it's just starting to work seems remarkably stupid.Originally posted by: Queasy
The DirecTV will either have to be through the Windows Media Center hookup or some other peripheral. They could do an iTunes like system to download TV but there would have to be larger hard drives like you said.
To be fair, CQ came way in advance of most of them, and in its original incarnation on the Mac, wasn't all that similar.Originally posted by: Queasy
There are wayyyy too many games similar to Geometry Wars on Live XBLA right now. Granted, Robotron is the Granddaddy of them all but still.
I started playing all the different XBLA demos the other day and now I'm stuck wondering which to buy...Zuma, Outpost Kaloki, Marble Madness...and on and on.
"Designed for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 and the Xbox 360, Transcode 360 aims to broaden the support for a wide range of video media including DivX and XviD."
You might remember that back when the Xbox 360 packages were revealed and we found out that the hard drive would not be built into every console, Microsoft claimed that the hard drive would not be required for any games on the Xbox 360 - well so much for that promise.
Any game that required a hard drive would not be playable by the Core package owners, as that package doesnt come with the hard-drive. Them not being able to play games that required a hard-drive was rightly seen as unfair and hence the promise.
The BETA version of Final Fantasy XI actually required a hard drive (but it's BETA so we'll ignore it), however here is another game that now requires a hard drive - Football Manager 2006.
If you look at the newly released packshot below, you will see a hard drive icon in the bottom left, and the words "Hard Disk Drive Required".
I could be wrong... But I don't remember MS ever promising that no game would ever require a HD. (And if they did, maybe the context was first party games, or something?)Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Upcoming 360 Game Requires Hard DriveYou might remember that back when the Xbox 360 packages were revealed and we found out that the hard drive would not be built into every console, Microsoft claimed that the hard drive would not be required for any games on the Xbox 360 - well so much for that promise.
Any game that required a hard drive would not be playable by the Core package owners, as that package doesnt come with the hard-drive. Them not being able to play games that required a hard-drive was rightly seen as unfair and hence the promise.
The BETA version of Final Fantasy XI actually required a hard drive (but it's BETA so we'll ignore it), however here is another game that now requires a hard drive - Football Manager 2006.
If you look at the newly released packshot below, you will see a hard drive icon in the bottom left, and the words "Hard Disk Drive Required".
I remember them saying that toOriginally posted by: Wingznut
I could be wrong... But I don't remember MS ever promising that no game would ever require a HD. (And if they did, maybe the context was first party games, or something?)Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Upcoming 360 Game Requires Hard DriveYou might remember that back when the Xbox 360 packages were revealed and we found out that the hard drive would not be built into every console, Microsoft claimed that the hard drive would not be required for any games on the Xbox 360 - well so much for that promise.
Any game that required a hard drive would not be playable by the Core package owners, as that package doesnt come with the hard-drive. Them not being able to play games that required a hard-drive was rightly seen as unfair and hence the promise.
The BETA version of Final Fantasy XI actually required a hard drive (but it's BETA so we'll ignore it), however here is another game that now requires a hard drive - Football Manager 2006.
If you look at the newly released packshot below, you will see a hard drive icon in the bottom left, and the words "Hard Disk Drive Required".
In the history of videogames, there has always been games that require some sort of peripheral that the console didn't necessarily come with.
Gee, didn't see that one comming.:disgust:Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
You might remember that back when the Xbox 360 packages were revealed and we found out that the hard drive would not be built into every console, Microsoft claimed that the hard drive would not be required for any games on the Xbox 360 - well so much for that promise.
Any game that required a hard drive would not be playable by the Core package owners, as that package doesnt come with the hard-drive. Them not being able to play games that required a hard-drive was rightly seen as unfair and hence the promise.
The BETA version of Final Fantasy XI actually required a hard drive (but it's BETA so we'll ignore it), however here is another game that now requires a hard drive - Football Manager 2006.
If you look at the newly released packshot below, you will see a hard drive icon in the bottom left, and the words "Hard Disk Drive Required".
Upcoming 360 Game Requires Hard Drive
Nope. I was playing with my fiancee and I can promise you that she doesn't have a Live account.Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: BornStar18
I only played in one specific scenario but I don't see why it wouldn't work in all game modes. It probably won't work in ranked games though (I don't see how it could and they didn't allow it in Halo 2).Originally posted by: remagavon
Originally posted by: BornStar18
I've had 2 people playing PDZ at the same time on Live from my 360.Originally posted by: ivol07
Originally posted by: Kremlar
New XBox 360 owner, new XBox Live player.
Unless I'm missing something, it doesn't look like you can player multiple local players over X-Box Live.
Am I right???
Been playing NBA Live! 2006 for a while, and tried to play with a buddy sitting next to me over Live! (figured we'd play same team against an opponent), and it doesn't seem to have that ability.
Also just played Call of Duty 2 for the first time today, and again it doesn't seem to allow 2 local players over XBox Live.
Am I wrong???
There are no 360 games that do two or more online at once right now. But it is capable of doing it. If you pick up Halo 2 you'll see how well this works.
This 100% does work? In all game modes? I was going to pick up CoD2 but I need a game to play online with my girlfriend and PDZ might have to fit the bill for now because of that.
Yes you can do this, but I BELIEVE you each need a live account. I did this at Zero Hour (split screen multiplayer on live) but we each had our own memory cards and live accounts on them. I'm not sure if you can do it w/out 2 live accounts though.
Happen to have a link handy? The more I search around, the more I'm convinced that MS never said that... At least not in that context.Originally posted by: joedrake
I remember them saying that toOriginally posted by: Wingznut
I could be wrong... But I don't remember MS ever promising that no game would ever require a HD. (And if they did, maybe the context was first party games, or something?)Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Upcoming 360 Game Requires Hard DriveYou might remember that back when the Xbox 360 packages were revealed and we found out that the hard drive would not be built into every console, Microsoft claimed that the hard drive would not be required for any games on the Xbox 360 - well so much for that promise.
Any game that required a hard drive would not be playable by the Core package owners, as that package doesnt come with the hard-drive. Them not being able to play games that required a hard-drive was rightly seen as unfair and hence the promise.
The BETA version of Final Fantasy XI actually required a hard drive (but it's BETA so we'll ignore it), however here is another game that now requires a hard drive - Football Manager 2006.
If you look at the newly released packshot below, you will see a hard drive icon in the bottom left, and the words "Hard Disk Drive Required".
In the history of videogames, there has always been games that require some sort of peripheral that the console didn't necessarily come with.