I finally swung by and picked up my very first microsoft console, in this case a 360 elite ^_^.
I am a little late coming to the party i guess but with the majority of my friends being ps3 owners and the ps3 exclusives being more appealing i've never saw reason to pick up a 360, - i'm not going to go into much detail because the initial story is also in the above posted link - but using your knowledge, and recommendations i managed to do a bit of haggling and pick up quite a bargain.
Initially the only deal i could find was either an elite + fable 2 for £260 , or an elite + extra controller + resi5 for £220.
Whilst i wanted to get fable 2 anyway, i thought this was a bit steep for just the console and the game, and the other bundles extra controller was tempting, i've already got resi5 for the ps3 and done that game to death, so it was a bit of a no go.
I was beginning to lose hope at this point, as i was unable to find a bundle that was sating all of my needs -cursing my american brethren for their fantastic bundles i strolled past my little used gamestation, sighed and walked in.
Im glad i did.
I walked out of there, with :-
Black elite
All hdmi cables etc
Headset
Extra controller + headset
Burnout paradise
Trivial pursuit (it came with the bundle ok!)
Mass effect
Fable 2
Gears of war
Gears of war 2
Left 4 dead
All for £240!
It did in totall come to £270 when i payed for 3 years insurance with the shop covering absolutely everything -as in -if it red ringed i could take it to them and theyd replace it for me.
So for 3 years cover, and seeing as i'd saved well over £150 already, i figured that was a sweet deal.
Even better was when i got home and realised that as soon as i logged on, microsoft offered me a years Gold membership for £34. I of course jumped at the offer, and was damn surprised as to how easy setting everything up was.
Of course no introduction would be complete without pictures, so here's my new baby sat beside her brother -my ps3 - and they are getting along swimmingly :D
Funnily enough no one console is getting all of the attention, which im pleased at, after a lengthy few hours left 4 dead session last night, i was able to sink my teeth into a couple of hours of killzone 2 and penny arcade -having both consoles worth of exclusives is - at this moment -close to perfection.
And talking to my friends on party chat whilst they were playing something completely different was an eye opener for me!! although i still kinda prefer the ps3's text entry system)
So anyway - now i own both consoles and look forward to playing my 360 as heavily as i have my ps3 over the past 2 years, i have changed my stance to neutral (only reason being sony before was i only had a ps3) -and would love to add as many of you guys as possible to show me the ropes/destroy me.
Anyway, thats my new baby! im an overjoyed owner - thanks for reading and have a lovelyday ^^
I finally swung by and picked up my very first microsoft console, in this case a 360 elite ^_^.
I am a little late coming to the party i guess but with the majority of my friends being ps3 owners and the ps3 exclusives being more appealing i've never saw reason to pick up a 360, - i'm not going to go into much detail because the initial story is also in the above posted link - but using your knowledge, and recommendations i managed to do a bit of haggling and pick up quite a bargain.
Initially the only deal i could find was either an elite + fable 2 for £260 , or an elite + extra controller + resi5 for £220.
Whilst i wanted to get fable 2 anyway, i thought this was a bit steep for just the console and the game, and the other bundles extra controller was tempting, i've already got resi5 for the ps3 and done that game to death, so it was a bit of a no go.
I was beginning to lose hope at this point, as i was unable to find a bundle that was sating all of my needs -cursing my american brethren for their fantastic bundles i strolled past my little used gamestation, sighed and walked in.
Im glad i did.
I walked out of there, with :-
Black elite
All hdmi cables etc
Headset
Extra controller + headset
Burnout paradise
Trivial pursuit (it came with the bundle ok!)
Mass effect
Fable 2
Gears of war
Gears of war 2
Left 4 dead
All for £240!
It did in totall come to £270 when i payed for 3 years insurance with the shop covering absolutely everything -as in -if it red ringed i could take it to them and theyd replace it for me.
So for 3 years cover, and seeing as i'd saved well over £150 already, i figured that was a sweet deal.
Even better was when i got home and realised that as soon as i logged on, microsoft offered me a years Gold membership for £34. I of course jumped at the offer, and was damn surprised as to how easy setting everything up was.
Of course no introduction would be complete without pictures, so here's my new baby sat beside her brother -my ps3 - and they are getting along swimmingly :D
Funnily enough no one console is getting all of the attention, which im pleased at, after a lengthy few hours left 4 dead session last night, i was able to sink my teeth into a couple of hours of killzone 2 and penny arcade -having both consoles worth of exclusives is - at this moment -close to perfection.
And talking to my friends on party chat whilst they were playing something completely different was an eye opener for me!! although i still kinda prefer the ps3's text entry system)
So anyway - now i own both consoles and look forward to playing my 360 as heavily as i have my ps3 over the past 2 years, i have changed my stance to neutral (only reason being sony before was i only had a ps3) -and would love to add as many of you guys as possible to show me the ropes/destroy me.
Anyway, thats my new baby! im an overjoyed owner - thanks for reading and have a lovelyday ^^
Yeah - ive been playing it co-op with my girlfriend, she's just left to go home so im playing through the first gears to et some bloodlust out the way, but the couple of hours we put into fable 2 - it's brilliant, i havent played anything like it for quite some time, just the kind of game i was hoping it would be in all honesty :D
I think you just found your ps3 a soul mate...until the 360 just stops trying and they get a divorce...BUT with your prenuptial agreement you can get a new 360 good as new!
Fable 2 is probably the best RPG I have ever played, enjoy.
Out of interest, which store did you buy it from? Even if you DO have insurance most stores try to fob you off with the "here's the Microsoft number" route. Damn stores don't know the Sales of Goods act if it slapped them in the face!
"Fable 2 is probably the best RPG I have ever played, enjoy.Out of interest, which store did you buy it from? Even if you DO have insurance most stores try to fob you off with the "here's the Microsoft number" route. Damn stores don't know the Sales of Goods act if it slapped them in the face!"
Was from Gamestation -in england (forgive my ignorance , not sure how far their tentacles wrap around the globe)
Don't get Halo in the end you will only be disapointed. If you don't have Orange Box for your PS3 I would say thats one to get. Also don't know if you have Fallout 3 but if you don't you might want to get it for all the DLC on XBL.
What this guy said. And get pgr 4 (ESPECIALLY if you haven;t played the previous entries), and if sims are your thing forza 2 is unmissableP.S buy crackdown as well you nubP.P.S "a3ec" is sending you a friend request"
This is a good time for you to look back at the 360 exclusive catalog and pick some of those games up for cheap. Titles like Dead Rising and Crackdown come to mind.
Contrary to popular belief, the Xbox will STILL function if you haven't bought a copy of Halo!"
Pfft, yeah that's a sure way to get RRoD ;D"
That's not funny. My Xbox died on me after the first week I went without playing Halo.R.I.P."
Blatantly your Xbox grew addicted with it's awesomeness, and couldn't cope without it.
Also, you need to check out some of the older titles e.g. Dead Rising, Crackdown and Oblivion. And! You need to get yourself a copy of Fallout 3, but if you do. Prepare to ignore all your other games for a while ;D
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