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RyaN
Joined: Jun 24, 2002
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From: By the hill, Sussex
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Stick with it, the first couple of hours you play it it isnt particularly amazing, you start with a poo car and no ability to upgrade it but you just have to get past that and when you start doing decent races and start winning cars etc it gets better. Trust me!
Didnt realise the new dashboard update came out today! Looking forward to inspecting that later  |
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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quick Q. my daughters xbox 360 has just about packed up. bsod or something similar apparantly.
first, is it really a gonner and second, she wants a new one for Christmas with HDMI. Is the premium the only version with HDMI?
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RyaN
Joined: Jun 24, 2002
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From: By the hill, Sussex
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Yeah, if it's three red rings aka RROD, it's a goner.
I think the arcade (the cheapest version) comes with an HDMI port on it. Someone correct me if i'm wrong |
londonlad123
Joined: Jun 22, 2004
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Oh yeah, it is today isnt it. It looks good. Has anyone updated to NXE yet?
I've just run out of xbox live. After you get used to it, I cant believe how boring it is without it!!
@Massuer
If you have to get another one, I would recommend the Premium unless you already have the hard drive. Simple for the free demos and content. |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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so I should spend an extra £100+ for free content and demos?
lol, sorry, that was my first thought when I read that. cheapest premium I can find is about £260ish or is there somewhere cheaper?
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RyaN
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From: By the hill, Sussex
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the premium consoles are £169.99 i thought, with the black elite consoles at £220. the arcade's go for £129.99 |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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is that the £60gb premiums? if it is then I have no idea what I was looking at as I'm pretty sure it wasn't a package with games or extra controllers etc
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londonlad123
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The arcade is £130 and the Premium is £170. I guess it depends on what your after from a games console. But to play online, store the free demos, store media and whatever they add in the future the extra £40 is well worth it. But I guess it depend how you use the xbox. |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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yeah, you're right. I guess I must have been looking at bundles as a quick google does show prices around £160ish. sorry about that. well my daughter will be happy as I told her if I have to spend £260 then she won't be getting anything else! thanks for that
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londonlad123
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No problem. Premium's the way to go, especially since everyone I know that bought a Arcade then had to buy a £50 hd for it, to make the most of the 360. |
RyaN
Joined: Jun 24, 2002
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From: By the hill, Sussex
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@masseur, just out of interest how old is the xbox that's packed up...i'm assuming it's out of warranty period? May be worth ringing up M$ an seeing if they'll fix it anyway |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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so.. my daughters original XBOX 360 (not sure what model) got the red rings of death and my sons elite had endless problem with the sifi connection.. I hope the premiums are better now
edit: it is 18 months old
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RyaN
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From: By the hill, Sussex
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Well the newer ones should be the newer build ones which hopefully wont have the same problems.
I'm sure that M$ extended the warranty period to 2 years for RROD problems, so you may be able to recoup a bit of money if you can get it fixed for free and then sell it on at a later date |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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on hold now to see if they can do anything, ta!
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RyaN
Joined: Jun 24, 2002
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From: By the hill, Sussex
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Cool. You may need the serial number off the back of the Xbox for them to check on their systems though |
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Posted: 2008-11-19 12:13
