help buying an xbox

Originally Posted by barwel1992

yup because the 360 is pointles heap of cr*p that allways brakes and next year it will be out of date.... (note price starting to tumble fast) so i gave the more cost efective option more useful option that makes sence also have the ability to accomidate work(colage,high school) when he gets there, annnnndddd also you can upgrade one thing at a time that could cost as little as £20 to gain some perforamance increse

all i can see is win win win

ohh and the grafics are about 50% better

actual game footage ..

note the grass and those pics look bad (all good ones are at 1920x1200 rez)

looks only just a bit worse than uncharted 2 pcs are rubbish far too expensive to keep up to date and they will start getting bad ports of console titles with worse control systems lose lose.

[hindle8907]

above is true ... they have already started porting most PC games.

Originally Posted by zsv650

looks only just a bit worse than uncharted 2 pcs are rubbish far too expensive to keep up to date and they will start getting bad ports of console titles with worse control systems lose lose.

haha yeh cause it looks worse, ps i can guarente i could beat you usein a mouse and key board....



even all my mates agree that this game beats any console on graphics.... and they are all 360 freeks

and how could the game you mentiond be better looking when it can run on a "8800gt GPU procesor" equivelent... and crysis (above) can only just run on max at 1920x1200 rez with 2 9800gtx+ and a 4.5ghz dual core with 1.2ghz ram. yes that is a top end rig but i am runing at stupid high rez. i can play this game on medium with a £25 gpu..

rant over

if geting a xbox 360 i would make sure you consider the membership fee as it can be quite costly

and im not denying it is more money to have a pc but you get a lot more functionality

[fastdruid]

Originally Posted by barwel1992

if geting a xbox 360 i would make sure you consider the membership fee as it can be quite costly

Only if you want to play online. Which you don't have to do you know.

Druid

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

So she asks for help to buy an Xbox for a child and you steam in with "Buy a Gaming PC" that is gonna cost nowhere near the £170 an Xbox would cost .

"I need a family car"
"Buy a Ferrari then"

Originally Posted by fastdruid

Rather more than the cost of an xbox and the OP didn't ask what was 'best' but asked about a specific machine.

Druid

ah, gallant chaps defending my honour!

to be celar, we aren't on an unlimited budget here and my boy's only 13, not a 30 year-old geek. Besides, he can play with his friends if he has the same one as them (and we do have wifi so no problem there).

thanks for all the advice. It hink I'm going to shop around for an elite package if they're coming in at under £200.

Ye, sounds like a good option to choose. Check out the offer GAME are doing atm....elite console and 2 brand new games for £199. Friend of mine has elite console (i have regular) and his has never gone wrong at all.

[fastdruid]

Originally Posted by metalhead19

Ye, sounds like a good option to choose. Check out the offer GAME are doing atm....elite console and 2 brand new games for £199. Friend of mine has elite console (i have regular) and his has never gone wrong at all.

Newer ones are *far* better than the originals, run quieter and are *FAR* more reliable, they rushed them out to beat Sony and reliability suffered.

Druid

Yeah i have to agree with you on that one. The older 360s where quite bad, ive had mine "fixed" once already.....and by fixed i mean replaced courtesy of micrsoft.

Originally Posted by CoolGirl

thanks for all the advice. I think I'm going to shop around for an elite package if they're coming in at under £200.

http://www.game.co.uk/Xbox360/Hardware/Console/~r344201/Xbox-360-Elite-Console-with-Pure-Lego-Batman-and-Controller/

The Lego games are great fun and will keep him amused for ages , Pure is a good game , tearing about on quad bikes at breakneck speed and performing stunts .

And this deal looks interesting , you buy a 360 Elite from Amazon , and then click on any 2 games on that page and they will cost you £10 extra ..... grand total of £199

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.h...d_i=B000PD0HQE