Posted by packerkyle
I have a dilema! Its my birthday soon and i cant deside weather to get a p900 or get my xbox moded (which ive wanted 4 ages). What should i do? R there any xbox 'fanatics' out there to help me?
Posted by znights
now. to decide, look into your heart! which you wanted the most, and which u need the most. these are 2 diff item that work diffrentl! asking people here will only making you more confused with the irregular reply. gamers will vote for xbox when non gamer will vote fore p900
Posted by packerkyle
Good point.
Posted by jomni1
I don't think that the price difference of the p900 and the xbox mod is significant to make your decision a difficult one. In fact, you can have both of them. Or if your money is not enough to get both, you might have enough money for the P800 along with the Xbox mod. The Xbox mod would also save you more money when it comes to future spending (if you know what i mean).
Posted by Sutitan
What kind of mod is it. As for phones i saw wait for K700 or S700
Posted by GreatDane
if the mod you are looking at is a full HD upgrade, obviously a mod-chip, and like, some crazy new paint job on the box, then i say its a hard decision. Just remember, once you get the mod, you have to either get a switch to disable it, or you will never be able to go onto Xbox Live
Posted by jorns
Well a x-box mod. can be cheap. My X-box is modded with by software, and that is much cheaper than buying a P900.
A bios flash has allmost no cost's, you only need some solder. If you you have a Xbox version 1.2-1.5 you have only a 256Kb bios, and you miss the posobility to use x-box live with soft modding, but if your xbox is 1.0-1.1 you can use your half bank with the original bios, and the other half with a modded bios ( like Xecuter, evox ) and still use x-box live. But you have to solder inn a switch so you can choose wich half of bios you have to use before you boot your box.
So if you use this kind of modding, you maybe have a forge to buy a P900 to.
For tutorials to mod. your xbox by yourself you can go to this site: http://www.xbox-scene.com
Posted by BlackBauer24
Why not set yourself a challenge and go for both. If you are looking to get a P900 on contract then you can expect to pay anything from nothing upto a 300 notes, i did'nt pay more than 100 quid for my P900, and my monthly tariff after the first initial month of 45 quid is only 18.99 including insurance. if you are looking to buy the handset only then you could pay alot more unless you get a good deal. Xbox mod prices will also vary depending on what type of mod you get, and where you get it from, just make sure you some for of warranty if it messes up.
Posted by packerkyle
Thanks i ur info guys. I was goin 2 get a 120gb hd, new xecuter mod chip (wiv switch), software, and paint job of blue and silver! 4t adds up to about £170 (profetionaly) but i mite sav money and do it myself.
Posted by prodjsxb
I have the same setup (but solderless mod chip) minus the paintjob yous' looking at $169 (atleast thats what I paid, last year including IBM Harddrive) only way to fly... some guys are talking about changing the drive to a DVD Writer deal now, cant see why. But they have already upgraded the drive with an aftermarket high speed DVD Rom which gave improved speeds and reliabilty.
So anyways... as much as I like the p900, i would still say "X-Box"
Good Luck!
Posted by packerkyle
Cheers mate, will look into the DVD drive sounds cool! Have heard rumors that i can intigrate playstation hardware into the xbox to alow it to play their games aswell. Wot u think?
Posted by paulince
hi i was wondering what are the benefits of having such a huge hard drive in a games console? i'm sure you laready have more than enough for game saves and music no?
Posted by packerkyle
With the mod chip, and a 120 gb hd. U can copy full games to ur xbox. Around 50 with 120gb. Also alot more. Check out xbox-scene.Co.Uk
Posted by paulince
no thanks Xbox is a one game console...HALO
everything else stinks on it imo anything good it has the ps2 has done it long before the box.
so get a p900 mate.
Posted by packerkyle
No no, i disagree. The xbox is far better than ps2 in both graphics and gameplay. The ps2 4 realy starting to show its age and not enough improvments were made since ps1. Games like halo were made by microsoft and are much better than ps2 games.
Posted by prodjsxb
yep, you cant beat that processing power in a console. Not yet anyway. But I remember how many ps2 owners were saying "yeah well GTA is playstation only... bla bla" Then when they released GTA 3 and Vice City on X-Box and they saw how much better the graphics were, the very same people screamed like little school girls.
Another advantage to modding your X-Box is so you can have a standalone DiVX player... Well AVI. files, you get what I mean. That part rocks! And the free online gaming, thats fun as hell...
Mwuhahahaha
Posted by Sentertainment
Phone - You could get a real nice one and play real cool games on the go and chat with sytle and listen to MP3s (if you want)
But there are newer ones coming out later, even in a few months.
X-Box - Game better than ever, Play more games, copy games so you can rent them not buy them later. Maybe even install Linux or something so you could emulate windows on the X-box! Yet again, the processor is limited and new systems are coming out next year (planned to be at 3GHZ).
Just decide which you could or would use more! (And think of what's coming in the future)
Maybe you could even sell a few X-Box games to buy both!
Posted by decoy7
packerkyle,
what country you in?
i modded mine painstakingly xmas b4 last...then recently put the 120GB HD in....nice
got the Evolution X dashboard and back up all my (legally cough purchased)games to the HD.
i never installed a switch so i cant revert back to the original bios and play xbox live, but i do play online using xbconnect, check out xbconnect.com for tunneling software that allows you to play Multi Link games over broadband using hosting software running on your PC.
its simple and free to setup....if you have an xbox, modded or otherwise, all you need is a network lead(crossover or system link cable) to plug into your PC network card and your away.
PM me for help or more details and i'll point you in the right direction.
the definitive site for xbox mods is: www.xbox-scene.com
Posted by paulince
hi but ps2 has allowed you to be play those games for ages its game play that counts ! PES3 is the best game in the world!
Posted by packerkyle
Im my opinion, ps2 has a cheap feel. Thd games are good but frepuently controls and graphics are dissapointing. There was a time when ps2 rocked. But its now neither modern or retro enough 4 my taste. Xbox is the basis 4 the console of the future.
Posted by Ericssonkid
i have an xbox and would LOVE it modded but omg would you rather whip out a phone that ownz everyone else or tell them u got a modded xbox, ure choice or as someone said buy mod save money from *cough* not paying for game *cough* and then buy a P900
Posted by paulince
xbox pad gives you claw hand its huge imo
and its butt ugly and takes forever for the good games to come on it it took it 3 years to get GTA and whilst your playing that we will have GTA san andreas
Posted by bahbahsupercar
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, buy the damn P900
Posted by gardar
Get p900!
Posted by buckle247
please don't even start to compare the PS2 to the Xbox. The PS2 is behind its time, the slowest processor compared to GC and Xbox and no HD lets it down. This is shown on games that are released across all platforms, the xbox always has the better graphics. Also the xbox controller S is one of the most comfortable controllers available, the ps2 controller is also an old design which looks like it was taken from the shape of a SNES controller, where as the xbox controllers are innovation.
I have been looking at modding my xbox. The cost is the only thing that puts me off, as i wouldn't want to mod it myself so would need to pay for it to be done. I would get a 120gb hard drive a good chip (excuter pro) then something like the evo dash board.
You could get the phone for your birthday, borrow the money for the xbox mod, then copy all games on to the HD then sell the games and pay back the money you borrowed.
Posted by packerkyle
For the last f-ing time! Xbox beats ps2. Ps2 stil use the same old sticky pad. The only reason it took so long for xbox to get gta was that sony wouldnt sell it 2 microsoft until sales went down
Posted by paulince
actually the xbox has a 32 bit processoer where as the Ps2 has a true 128 bit processor. The Xbox has to go through 4 clock cycles to out put the same amount of data the ps2 out puts in one clock cycle this is why the xbox needs the more processing power to keep up with the ps2 also the only reason the xbox has good graphics is because it has a Nvidia GPU
finally the date of thes pad design is irrelavant waht matters is that the design works and the ps2 pad design works great unlike the god awfull xbox pad your forced to buy another smaller pad just so you can play with out hand cramp also the xbox needs you to buy a crap plug just to watch DVD's! Incidently a company bought out an adapter which allows you to use your ps2 pad on the Xbox it sold like mad microsoft had to pay the company off to stop producing them as they were suffering from pad sales what does this tell you about the crappy xbox pad
its game play that counts not graphics ps2 has the quality games first with more than acceptable graphics.
Tekken
Smackdown
GTA
Final Fantasy
PES
Metal Gear Solid
Devil May Cry
Gran Turismo
Force feedback racing wheel
the list goes on ps2 has the most AAA titles as exclusives whilst your playing old games which have been out for ages.
You need the xbox mod simply because it looks butt ugly and weighs a flipping ton.