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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: 'DsR' on May 24, 2006, 08:39:45 PM
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i was thinking about buying an xbox 360 this weekend.. for those of u who have it was it worth paying the $500+ for it??? i have yet 2 play 1 in real life and i know screenshots dont always show the best... so im askin it its overall worth it....
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i was thinking about buying an xbox 360 this weekend.. for those of u who have it was it worth paying the $500+ for it??? i have yet 2 play 1 in real life and i know screenshots dont always show the best... so im askin it its overall worth it....
it's worth man, the screenshots are nothing compared to actual gameplay trust me
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yea its worth it, theres some really great games out for it and there are even more great games coming out in the future. It also has the best online setup (xboxlive) then any competitor. If ur thinking about waiting for a ps3 think about it like this, for the price of a ps3 u can get a 360 and a nintendo wii. If i was u i would get one asap,u wont be dissapointed, get a 360 now and a wii in october/november,winning combination 8)
Get Call of Duty 2 and play that shit online,really great game, what kind of games r u into? i can prolly recommend some for u as ive played a good chunk of the games avalible for 360
If u got any other random questions or anythin bout the 360 feel free to ask 8)
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The exact same position i was in a couple of months ago. I was thinkin.."Na its too much money for a console il wait till it goes down in price".....DONT!...Get it now. You wont b dissapointed, Listen 2 Black Smoke, he knows whats up......BUt yeah get Call Of Duty 2, Best game out at the moment.
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iīve had 2 already and the laserīs been fucked up on both of them, gonna get my new one next week and if it fucks up again iīll sue Microsoft or something lol.
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iīve had 2 already and the laserīs been fucked up on both of them, gonna get my new one next week and if it fucks up again iīll sue Microsoft or something lol.
that sucks,did u send it back to microsoft? if ur still under warranty at the store u got it from u can take it back there and get a new one..
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yeah if im gettin it im def gettin cod2... btw, i am in 2 rpgs, sports, and first person shooters.... and i already have Oblivion for the comp so i wont be getting it on 360....how much is xbox online?? (canadian price if possible)
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Uuuuh this is just a rough guess at translatin from NZ dollaz 2 Canadian ones but like 50 bucks maybe??.....
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yeah if im gettin it im def gettin cod2... btw, i am in 2 rpgs, sports, and first person shooters.... and i already have Oblivion for the comp so i wont be getting it on 360....how much is xbox online?? (canadian price if possible)
I went to rogers video and bought a original xboxlive starter pack that hey had for $40, thats the cheapest,i dunno if they still have them,just put in the xbox code that it gives u on ur 360 and it will work fine,if you cant find the old xbox 1year starter pack thing then i think the normal 360 one costs $60
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im going wait till next year 2 get the XBOX360 2 see they calm down with the price
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im going wait till next year 2 get the XBOX360 2 see they calm down with the price
yea theres rumors they might drop the price when the ps3 comes out later this year..
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im going wait till next year 2 get the XBOX360 2 see they calm down with the price
yea theres rumors they might drop the price when the ps3 comes out later this year..
yeah can't wait
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i'm just going to wait to see how good the ps3 is or the xbox 360 drops price
i don't really play video games that much so it's not a big deal to me yet
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has anyone played that new "hitman" game?? i saw the screenshots it looks dope.
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also, i noticed there are 2 packages u can buy... one is $500 the other is $400.... is it true the 400 one doesnt come with a hard drive???... what are some other differences in the packages??
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also, i noticed there are 2 packages u can buy... one is $500 the other is $400.... is it true the 400 one doesnt come with a hard drive???... what are some other differences in the packages??
get the $500 one. you get a headset, wireless remotes, hard drive, and if you get the $400 you'll look like a bitch... 8)
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has anyone played that new "hitman" game?? i saw the screenshots it looks dope.
I've actually got Hitman coming in the mail right now thanks to gamefly.com, ive been waiting for that to come out forever it looks tight as fuck. So far every hitman has been worth playing through. I'll let you know how it is.
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Hell yeah Hitman is the shit.....I was just about 2 start a thread asking what good games are coming out in the near future for the 360 coz av completed all my games and the only one i play is Football Manager 2006 and the others on Xbox live obviously......What other games are coming out soon?
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also, i noticed there are 2 packages u can buy... one is $500 the other is $400.... is it true the 400 one doesnt come with a hard drive???... what are some other differences in the packages??
get the $500 one. you get a headset, wireless remotes, hard drive, and if you get the $400 you'll look like a bitch... 8)
yup definitely get the premium,its the best way to go,also if u get the core u get a wired controller instead of a wireless one :-X
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Hell yeah Hitman is the shit.....I was just about 2 start a thread asking what good games are coming out in the near future for the 360 coz av completed all my games and the only one i play is Football Manager 2006 and the others on Xbox live obviously......What other games are coming out soon?
What games do u got right now?
as for whats coming out soon, summer is usually the time of year where not that many games come out but heres the release date list for the 360
http://www.ebgames.com/comingsoon.asp?orderAscDesc=asc&strAscDesc=&linkpage=1¤tpage=1&sortby=eta&imageFlag=show&platform=32
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Wait....
The Premium system is $400 and the regular one is $300
but what I did was go to Costco to buy it
for $490, I got the premium system, an extra wireless controller, the charge and play kit (to charge up the wirless controller), and Project Gotham Racing 3, saved me a little money from being each one separately
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Wait....
The Premium system is $400 and the regular one is $300
but what I did was go to Costco to buy it
for $490, I got the premium system, an extra wireless controller, the charge and play kit (to charge up the wirless controller), and Project Gotham Racing 3, saved me a little money from being each one separately
yea we were talkin Canadian prices so its like 400 for core and 500 for premium up here..thats a good deal though that u got,did u just get it recently?
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Oh i c, thats why I was like wtf those prices are high? lol
yeah I did just recetnly get it, in the middle of april and they are still selling them
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Oh i c, thats why I was like wtf those prices are high? lol
yeah I did just recetnly get it, in the middle of april and they are still selling them
cool,u got xbox live or plan on getting it soon?
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whasts the deal with the wireless controllers?? do they turn off after a certain amount of time not being used, or do they stay on and drain my fucking battery if i forget to turn it off?
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whasts the deal with the wireless controllers?? do they turn off after a certain amount of time not being used, or do they stay on and drain my fucking battery if i forget to turn it off?
they will turn off after a certain amount of time,they also turn off when u turn off the console, u know how to turn off the console from the controller right,just hold down the guide button,theres also an option to turn off the controller from there too..but yea they dont stay on and drain ur battery if u put the game on pause and go do sumthin,im not exactly sure how long it is before they turn off,mayb 10mins or sumthin? dunno,if ur gonna be away for a awhile then either turn the system off or turn the controller off if ur worried bout draining ur battery, u got a play and charge kit though right? if so battery aint no thang 8)
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picked up my 360 today, got cod2 and madden 06... how do i setup live thru my comp...??
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picked up my 360 today, got cod2 and madden 06... how do i setup live thru my comp...??
u set it up through the xbox,do u got the 1 year subscription code,u gotta buy that and then u input the code into the 360 in the registration thing
its pretty easy to do,gotta fill out a bunch of shit but its easy,u gotta get the 12month card thing though first from a store,did u get that?
should look like this
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10067317&catid=
unless u got the xbox1 subscription code,u can maybe find it at rogers video if ur lucky,the xbox starting pack for the first xbox,they sell it for 40cdn and it includes a year of xboxlive gold,thats how i got my year subscription 8)
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lol delete this drunken bullshit
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it came with a 30 day trial 2 live... also, the ethernet cord that it came with does not reachmy router.... can i use a different ethernet cord??? how do i transfer music from my comp 2 the 360???
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it came with a 30 day trial 2 live... also, the ethernet cord that it came with does not reachmy router.... can i use a different ethernet cord??? how do i transfer music from my comp 2 the 360???
yup any ethernet cord will work
If u have a media center pc then u can stream music and videos from ur comp onto ur 360
if u dont have a mediacenter pc (like me) then u got 2 options
1. u can plug ur mp3 player (ipod,creative,sony etc) into ur 360 and stream music off that
2. U can buy a CD-RW and burn songs from ur comp onto the disc and then put the disc into ur 360 and burn them onto the built in hardrive ,make sure u get a CDRW because im pretty sure CD-R will not work
o yea and that remote that came with the system can be used to cycle through songs while playing any game,just gotta make sure the custom music is on,makes it alot easier 8)
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it came with a 30 day trial 2 live... also, the ethernet cord that it came with does not reachmy router.... can i use a different ethernet cord??? how do i transfer music from my comp 2 the 360???
yup any ethernet cord will work
If u have a media center pc then u can stream music and videos from ur comp onto ur 360
if u dont have a mediacenter pc (like me) then u got 2 options
1. u can plug ur mp3 player (ipod,creative,sony etc) into ur 360 and stream music off that
2. U can buy a CD-RW and burn songs from ur comp onto the disc and then put the disc into ur 360 and burn them onto the built in hardrive ,make sure u get a CDRW because im pretty sure CD-R will not work
o yea and that remote that came with the system can be used to cycle through songs while playing any game,just gotta make sure the custom music is on,makes it alot easier 8)
it also says i can connect using windows media connect.... it says to connect the 360 to the PC and then install some software.... i goto download the software for windows xp sp2 (which i use)... the file extracts but then nothing happens... supposedly a screen is supposed 2 pop up and set it up... also, when the 2 are connected i open media connect and it doesnt show the 360 in the device section, im guessing this is due to not being able to set up the other program?!?!?!?!?
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it came with a 30 day trial 2 live... also, the ethernet cord that it came with does not reachmy router.... can i use a different ethernet cord??? how do i transfer music from my comp 2 the 360???
yup any ethernet cord will work
If u have a media center pc then u can stream music and videos from ur comp onto ur 360
if u dont have a mediacenter pc (like me) then u got 2 options
1. u can plug ur mp3 player (ipod,creative,sony etc) into ur 360 and stream music off that
2. U can buy a CD-RW and burn songs from ur comp onto the disc and then put the disc into ur 360 and burn them onto the built in hardrive ,make sure u get a CDRW because im pretty sure CD-R will not work
o yea and that remote that came with the system can be used to cycle through songs while playing any game,just gotta make sure the custom music is on,makes it alot easier 8)
it also says i can connect using windows media connect.... it says to connect the 360 to the PC and then install some software.... i goto download the software for windows xp sp2 (which i use)... the file extracts but then nothing happens... supposedly a screen is supposed 2 pop up and set it up... also, when the 2 are connected i open media connect and it doesnt show the 360 in the device section, im guessing this is due to not being able to set up the other program?!?!?!?!?
i dont know how that works man :-\
let me know if u find out how to get it to work
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its pissing me off.... nothing seems to work
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anyone else been buying xbox360 games from gamefly? a lot cheaper than gamestop, anyone have any coupons they aren't using?
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anyone else been buying xbox360 games from gamefly? a lot cheaper than gamestop, anyone have any coupons they aren't using?
isnt gamefly where u rent games and then send them back when ur done for another one?
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1800 4My Xbox
use that #
they offer great support
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its pissing me off.... nothing seems to work
with the music or what?
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^yeah... i downloaded that .exe and its supposed to set it up... i run the file, it extracts but then nothing after that... and i cant fidn where it extracts to
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^yeah... i downloaded that .exe and its supposed to set it up... i run the file, it extracts but then nothing after that... and i cant fidn where it extracts to
cant u choose where it extracts too?
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no... im pretty sure this is the only thing stopping it from working... and i cant join the official xbox forums cuz everytime i try 2 join i get an error..
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call 18004myxbox ,there pretty nice and helpful n stuff
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anybody wanna play team snipers on Halo2? 8)
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Just a heads up,Microsoft updated the 360,fixing and adding a bunch of shit,125 new things included! heres a full list of everything
New Features
Download Manager: Marketplace items now download in the background, you can queue up to six pieces of content.
DVD bookmark support will remember the films timing and location when resuming viewing.
Fast-forward and rewind now offered at 2x -16x for any videos saved to hard drive.
Boot to Dashboard setting will bypass the loading of any disc in the drive and open directly to Dashboard during power-on.
You can begin slideshows from any photo.
The music player saves "shuffle" setting.
The music player saves "repeat" setting.
The music player now displays which file is currently playing in the playlist.
The music volume level persists between game / reboots.
Eight new locales added (Chile, Brazil, India, South Africa, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia).
Separate settings are now offered for Game and User volume controls.
Themes can now be set from the "System" blade on the Dashboard.
User-selected music continues play when switching from Dashboard to game or game to Dashboard.
"All Arcade Games" added as a selection in the Xbox Live Arcade area.
Personal gamer pictures are now allowed, displayed only to those on your friends list.
Added support to disable sound effects when navigating Dashboard.
Instantaneous "Change Theme" option has been added upon downloading new Dashboard Themes.
You can preserve the folder structure of source when viewing photos.
A / B labels now provided to identify memory units in Dashboard.
Online status is set to "Away" when screensaver becomes active.
System Improvements
DVD Player
Improved the audio/video sync after extended pauses.
Improved the visual quality.
The DVD player outputs at native resolution over VGA connection.
Improved the playback smoothness.
Improved the fast-forward and rewind smoothness.
DVD play continues to attempt to read a disc after "disc read" error.
DVD play āPauseāPlay jitter / out of synch issues improved.
DVD play āSlow Play āPlay jitter / out of synch issues improved.
Repaired issues with missing menu selection icon from DVD disc menu for certain films.
Improved Xbox 360 Guide efficiency during certain films.
Repaired playback stutter during certain films.
Music Player
Player now populates music data (Title, Artist, etc.) when no track information is available.
User music now pauses, instead of stopping, when games override user-selected background music.
Selecting an artists <UNTITLED> album no longer displays <UNTITLED> albums for all artists.
Improved the performance when retrieving playlists from a Windows Media connection.
Music tracks listed in order when viewing albums by specific artist.
Unified music controls available for music player in Dashboard and pop-up Guide.
Improved the playback for Mono AAC-encoded files.
Improved the connection timing between console and CD database over Internet.
The player no longer allows hard-drive selection when no hard-drive is connected.
Removed handling of MTP/USB devices when playing music from them more robust.
Improved error codes / messaging associated with unplayable content.
Localization Improvements
Fixed partially truncated strings in Portuguese, Spanish and Italian.
Korean clock / date format corrected after initial set-up.
Fixed system hang when changing the language of the console immediately after signing out.
Korean virtual keyboard "down" navigation now works for lower-right button.
Korean virtual keyboard caps disabled for input mode.
Fixed overlapping characters for pre-paid Gold membership card (Japanese localization).
Removed extra spaces in several translated words (French localization).
PC name displayed properly when containing Japanese characters.
Support added for single-apostrophe character for Japanese virtual keyboard.
Memory Area Improvements
Streamlined selection: no profile selection required.
Improved overall performance, allowing quicker access to content.
Improved content views including name, file type, size, profile owner, and location.
Faster identification of file types and fewer steps for actions such as copy, move, delete, etc.
Capacity (or percentage-full) of storage device is now consistent between select-a-device and storage scenes.
Device selection now shown on each screen to improve usability.
Miscellaneous System Improvements
Time elapsed now displayed when playing music files.
Media library categorization enhanced.
Accelerated scrolling added for large music lists.
New "shuffle" icon added.
Repeat / Shuffle icon now operates as toggle button.
Default button for manual IP address is now "A" instead of "Done."
Hidden and system folders are no longer displayed from MTP / mass storage devices.
Difficulty levels for gamer profiles are now ordered correctly.
Added additional line and word-wrap to "Publisher" in video area.
Shuffle / Random no longer skips last image in list when viewing photos.
Improved handling of Friend Requests between gamertags that have changed names.
No longer asked "Exist to Dash?" when switching between areas in the Dashboard.
New error messages appear when Windows Live ID requires password change.
Unlocked Achievements are now displayed first in Game Summary page.
Selecting an Achievement now shows the specific Achievement details.
Updated messaging added for deleting arcade games purchased by different profiles.
System no longer launches music CD in disc-tray when moving from Live sign-up to Dashboard or Network Troubleshooter.
Voice quality improved when connected through wired gamepad.
"Last Played Game" selection in Xbox Live Arcade shown first before enumerating all games (when Arcade game was last game played).
Improved performance of picture enumeration from iPods formatted for Mac.
Latest updates adopted to Cero-based ratings for Family Settings.
Videos downloaded from Marketplace now shown in the Video area of the Media blade.
Improved usability added around "Play Now" when downloading demos, trailers, and videos.
Added support for South Africa-specific Family Settings.
Updated support for Japanese game ratings.
Video area changed to include game trailers and entertainment videos.
Improved robustness of Gamerscore when doing account recoveries.
Improved messaging around handling corrupt or non-fully recovered profiles.
Improved download performance for popular content being downloaded through Marketplace.
Total USB keyboard support added.
Testing Live connection while streaming music from PC now works correctly.
Next item / Focus sound not played when scrolling past the bottom of the video list.
Handle profiles on memory units inserted into system while enumerating profiles from other storage locations.
Warning / Alert icons now show as part of deleting items in Memory area.
Repeat rate for remote control matches game controller repeat rate.
"A" button disabled when in a list with no items available.
Wireless battery level added to mini-pop-up guide over backward-compatible games.
Pop-up guide / Dashboard now supports USB keyboard.
Console no longer enters "charge" mode when shutdown and the battery has been removed from wireless controller.
System no longer waits indefinitely when attempting to contact Windows Media Connect service on XP PC.
Improved Marketplace storage device selector added.
Correctly set focus on selected item when back button pressed on "select a game" scene.
·Notify users when multiple wireless SSIDS with identical names are within reach.
Gold membership information provided when trying to join a session or accepting game invites with Silver accounts.
New text to highlight the ability to clear the passcode for Live account signing.
Photo slideshow no longer resumes when pressing "previous" or "next" from paused state.
Improved handling of corrupt profiles added when deleting them.
System no longer turn off wireless gamepads after system update reboot.
More robust handling of initial setup experience for memory unit users added.
Improved handling of backward-compatible update experience, reboot back into Xbox v1 environment instead of Dashboard.
Improved handling for "block communications" from other players.
Improved keypress sounds when using USB keyboard.
Improved usability and performance of content enumeration for storage devices.
Visual location for where Xbox Live Arcade games reside now shown.
Improved user messaging added when overwriting content while copying.
Improved consistency of messaging between "sign out" and "switch profile."
Updated troubleshooter text for connection to Windows PCs joined to domain.
Better support for Xbox 360 game disc recognition added.
Improved initial setup text messaging added.
Improved overall error message terminology added.
Game updates downloaded to memory unit no longer show "please reinsert" notification when memory unit removed.
More robust support added for handling game deletes from memory unit and simultaneously removing memory unit.
Improved system performance added between console and affiliated Windows Media Connect PC.
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ive almost given up on my xbox... i cant connect to live either... when it goes thru the testing or whatever i always get a "failed" on MTU (i believe, not 100% on the name).. says something like my MTU must be ahove 1350... i checked and mine is @ 1500.. whats the fuckin problem?
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ive almost given up on my xbox... i cant connect to live either... when it goes thru the testing or whatever i always get a "failed" on MTU (i believe, not 100% on the name).. says something like my MTU must be ahove 1350... i checked and mine is @ 1500.. whats the fuckin problem?
well it has nothing to do with ur xbox if u cant connect to live,it has something to do with ur connection,just call 18004myxbox ,there all really helpful and chill and everythin,they will help u out fo sho
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1-800=free???
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anybody wanna play team snipers on Halo2? 8)
Yeah man im always down..next time your on add me to your buddy list
my username is : DreSnoop00
on xbox live
peace
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1-800=free???
lol yea its free dont worry homie 8)
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I know you can stream music from your pc to the 360......but is there anyway to take the music form the 1st xbox and transfer it to the 360....is that possible any one know????
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I know you can stream music from your pc to the 360......but is there anyway to take the music form the 1st xbox and transfer it to the 360....is that possible any one know????
nope,ur gonna have to reload it all onto the 360 or just stream from an mp3 player
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im gonna pick up fight night 3 today i think... anyone played it?? good??
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im gonna pick up fight night 3 today i think... anyone played it?? good??
yea i got it,best graphics on a console video game ever,gameplay is excellent too,really really great game
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^yep, got it yesterday... graphics look REAL...amazing.
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i just wanted 2 say any1 who doubted the 360 graphics try this game out... its fucking AMAZING... best graphics ive seen ever, better than HL2, doom 3 ect....
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i just wanted 2 say any1 who doubted the 360 graphics try this game out... its fucking AMAZING... best graphics ive seen ever, better than HL2, doom 3 ect....
yup and thats only after 4 months of the system being out,imagine what games r gonna look like on the 360 a few years from now 8)
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i wish i could get live working..... i picked up a home theatre this weekend and hooked it up 2 my 360... holy fuck do the games seem WAYYYYYY better with surround sound, subs ect... i dont think i can ever play on regular TV sound after this... cod2 sounds fucking amazing
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i wish i could get live working..... i picked up a home theatre this weekend and hooked it up 2 my 360... holy fuck do the games seem WAYYYYYY better with surround sound, subs ect... i dont think i can ever play on regular TV sound after this... cod2 sounds fucking amazing
yea COD2 has excellent sound,espicially in surround
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yeah i got xbox 360 with xbox live my gamertag is SoCal SiCCNeSs
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^what games u got?? i hope to get LIVE up and running soon..
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im gonna pick up fight night 3 today i think... anyone played it?? good??
yea i got it,best graphics on a console video game ever,gameplay is excellent too,really really great game
I played the demo and the graphics are excellent indeed but the gameplay is a bit sluggish though IMO...
Btw a friend of mine told me a Prey demo is available for download VERY soon can't wait to play it!!!
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download LOST PLANET DEMO
FROM THE XBOX 360 MARKET PLACE
THAT GAME IS ARGUABLY THE BEST GAME I LAID MY HANDS ON
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i guess i need to get a new router so i can setup LIVE, so i was wondering what are some cheap routers that are compatible with 360, anyone know?
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CHECK THIZ SHIT TIGHT SHIT DONT HATE 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faMm-fs8XVA
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Any D-links I think. It should say in the box "xbox live compatible" like this:
(http://www.dlink.se/archivos/30-1248-Foto/Xbox_Live_compat_green150.gif)
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yea pretty much any router should work fine with live
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whats the game play like on the xbox 360 compared the the first one? i remember the graphics being better on a xbox but i still prefered the gameon a ps2 for some reason......
xbox 360 seems pretty kool, but im still coppin a ps3 i beleive it will be the best in the long run, but i am not hating on the xbox 360, its way better than anything out on the market right now