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Topic: Xbox 360, Bundles, and Delayed Releases. (Read 72180 times)
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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Got SC2 anyway, stayed up until 0200 playing it. Awesome so far.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
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Jain Zar
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Fun, innit? And you get the benefits of improved graphics and sound thanks to the Ur Quan Masters project.
I would recommend getting a control pad for the game though.
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Strazos
Greetings from the Slave Coast
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The World's Worst Game: Curry or Covid
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Maybe that was my problem....
Using the keyboard was pointless.
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Fear the Backstab!
"Plato said the virtuous man is at all times ready for a grammar snake attack." - we are lesion
"Hell is other people." -Sartre
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Shockeye
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Skinny-dippin' in a sea of Lee, I'd propose on bended knee...
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Yegolev
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I would recommend getting a control pad for the game though.
I was considering it for Super Metroid, and I can see the value in UQM as well. Right now I am sneaking around in unoccupied space, sending crew to their doom to collect useless rocks. Put as much frosting on that turd as you like, Bill. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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schild
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I don't see it as frosting. Removing the credit card is huge. They wouldn't have blindsided me with renewal like this. Now I have a year and I don't even have an xbox hooked up to the net atm.
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Strazos
Greetings from the Slave Coast
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The World's Worst Game: Curry or Covid
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I don't even use my account....but I don't know how to turn auto-renew off.
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Fear the Backstab!
"Plato said the virtuous man is at all times ready for a grammar snake attack." - we are lesion
"Hell is other people." -Sartre
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Yegolev
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If you are going to get a 360 anyway, yeah it's gravy. I remember your media prowess, so I think you are getting one asap? I'm not going to get a 360 until later. You know, once there's a reason to get one... maybe a game for it. In my cryptic analogy, the 360 is the bloody stool while Live is the delicious strawberry frosting.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Strazos
Greetings from the Slave Coast
Posts: 15542
The World's Worst Game: Curry or Covid
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More than likely, I'm going to opt out of this entire upcoming console generation, with a slight chance of getting a Revolution.
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Fear the Backstab!
"Plato said the virtuous man is at all times ready for a grammar snake attack." - we are lesion
"Hell is other people." -Sartre
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Jain Zar
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You aren't the only one.
100-200 more for the console and an extra 10-15 dollars a game?
Please.
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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As it stands, in 3 months I'll have $700 to spend on a system. 90% chance to upgrade my computer and revisit the consoles at a later date.
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schild
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 I just found my original receipt for my Playstation. $329.99 on launch day before tax. I have NO problem paying $399.99 for the Xbox premium kit now. And neither should you. |
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HaemishM
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the Confederate flag underneath the stone in my class ring
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Too bad, I still do. Prices like that are why I don't buy consoles on launch day.
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voodoolily
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Finnuh, munnuh, muhfuh, I enjoy creating new written vernacular, s'all.
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I just got three N64 games, a GC game and a game for the GBA for fifty. And I'm as giddy as a schoolgirl about it.
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Margalis
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I just found my original receipt for my Playstation. $329.99 on launch day before tax.
I have NO problem paying $399.99 for the Xbox premium kit now. And neither should you.
No offense, but based on the size of your game collection, you have no problem paying any price for just about anything gaming related. |
vampirehipi23: I would enjoy a book written by a monkey and turned into a movie rather than this.
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voodoolily
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Finnuh, munnuh, muhfuh, I enjoy creating new written vernacular, s'all.
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If the new Zelda cost $100, I'd still buy it. Such is the nature of my disease.
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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I have to pay $3600 in property taxes by Nov 15, and I owe $1400 for homeowners insurance, plus the usual bills... so no thanks. Did I mention I am now paying $63 a week for fucking gasoline? I didn't have those kind of bills when I got my PS2. That half-baked release-version 360 can go suck a turd. I'll get one later with a HD-DVD drive, and after the Rev and PS3 hit, there might be a game for the 360 besides PDZ.
That said, I'll buy the Rev and Twilight Princess no matter the price point. Go go gadget hypocrisy.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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voodoolily
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Finnuh, munnuh, muhfuh, I enjoy creating new written vernacular, s'all.
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/high five
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Bunk
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It all comes down to the games to me. When I bought my PS2 it was essentially for one thing - GTA3.
Essentially I payed about $275 for GTA 3
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Strazos
Greetings from the Slave Coast
Posts: 15542
The World's Worst Game: Curry or Covid
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Me too. =/ I just got three N64 games, a GC game and a game for the GBA for fifty. And I'm as giddy as a schoolgirl about it.
I thought you just were at all times.  |
Fear the Backstab!
"Plato said the virtuous man is at all times ready for a grammar snake attack." - we are lesion
"Hell is other people." -Sartre
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Azazel
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I don't even use my account....but I don't know how to turn auto-renew off.
I used this piece of new technology called the Telephone. |
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Azazel
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I just found my original receipt for my Playstation. $329.99 on launch day before tax. I have NO problem paying $399.99 for the Xbox premium kit now. And neither should you. Cool, you're telling us all what we should think now? I paid $700 for an import JPN PS1 when it was released, but the days of me caring enough to take it up the ass on (or before) release date are done. My slavering fanboi days are long over... |
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schild
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I'm not telling you what to think in the above post, just showing that it's not that much gouging all things considered. And it's true given the cost of all those peripherals sepearately. There's a simple argument to be made that all the accessories are overpriced and they probably are but it doesn't make the point less relevant. For the wireless controller, headset, and harddrive with the bundle - you're saving ~$60 (over retail). $700 though. Damn. What game did you get it for?
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Azazel
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Get the cluebook which is available in PDF form online, and DEFINATELY get the map. It really makes the game great.
Don't feel like goofing around so much? Just visit every point of interest on the map, and keep a notepad and markers so you know where you have gone.
Links to the cluebook and map? I found the game, which is leeching as I type. Enjoyed the hell out of this on my 3DO back in the day, it was one of the few games I kept out when I recently unpacked my 3DO into the loungeroom and went on a game cull. Keyboard + mouse would be much nicer... |
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Azazel
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I'm not telling you what to think in the above post, just showing that it's not that much gouging all things considered. And it's true given the cost of all those peripherals sepearately. There's a simple argument to be made that all the accessories are overpriced and they probably are but it doesn't make the point less relevant. For the wireless controller, headset, and harddrive with the bundle - you're saving ~$60 (over retail). $700 though. Damn. What game did you get it for?
I should have pointed out those were Australian dollars, though the .au$ was decent at the time.. call it about US$560. It came with Tohshinden, Ridge Racer, 2 pads, and.. one other game. I think. I agree that the bundle saves you a lot of money off the seperate retail costs of the bitz seperately, but it's manufactured "value" as MS just sets the retail of the individual items for whatever they like. Between my work and wife, (and Warhammer hobby) I've got buckets of good games still to play/barely touched for my PC/PS2/X-Box/GC as well as plenty of retrogaming to do on my PS1/N64/SNES. I'm in no need for a quick fix of fractionally upgraded graphics on the same old games rehashed yet again at the prices they're asking. I'm sure I'll eventually get all three new boxes, just because I'm a fucking idiot that way, but I'm in no rush. Next Christmas looks like a good time to start considering one of them.. price war, the best titles will go "Platinum", the usual.. you know the drill as well as I do. The following year they'll be even cheaper. Hell, I'm considering getting a new X-Box to sit aside my current one, just so I can get it modded for media centre and MAME-ness on the big TV. SF2 anniversary arcade stick + MAME FTW! Seems like more fun to be had there than from the 360 in the next year or so. |
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Jain Zar
Terracotta Army
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Get the cluebook which is available in PDF form online, and DEFINATELY get the map. It really makes the game great.
Don't feel like goofing around so much? Just visit every point of interest on the map, and keep a notepad and markers so you know where you have gone.
Links to the cluebook and map? I found the game, which is leeching as I type. Enjoyed the hell out of this on my 3DO back in the day, it was one of the few games I kept out when I recently unpacked my 3DO into the loungeroom and went on a game cull. Keyboard + mouse would be much nicer... IIRC, it was gotten off a fansite hosted by Classicgaming.com. Check there. |
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Lum
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Hellfire Games
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At this point I don't think you CAN buy an Xbox 360 on launch day without Ebay or standing in line at a store at some ungodly hour. Most online outlets (including Amazon and Walmart) are sold out now.
Eh, I can wait. I still haven't picked up Ninja Gaiden for the Xbox (now that Old Man Easy mode is in, I can buy it!)
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Azazel
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With the 360 coming out so soon, I forsee those X-Box titles I never got around to buying yet dropping in price bigtime within the next 6 months or so. I'll check them when they do that, and move to "Classics"..
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Yegolev
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I still haven't picked up Ninja Gaiden for the Xbox (now that Old Man Easy mode is in, I can buy it!)
Truth. Ninja Gaiden Black is on the list, for when I get some free cash. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Shockeye
Staff Emeritus
Posts: 6668
Skinny-dippin' in a sea of Lee, I'd propose on bended knee...
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Yegolev
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Posts: 24440
2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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The jiggly will still arrive before Jesus' birthday, so it isn't all that terrible.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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MrHat
Terracotta Army
Posts: 7432
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Saw the demo at Best Buy.
The fucking box is waaaaay bigger than the pictures make it out to be.
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schild
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Saw the demo at Best Buy.
The fucking box is waaaaay bigger than the pictures make it out to be.
Have a demo at EB. Still smaller than the current xbox and looks about 500x better. |
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Margalis
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The title of this thread should have been "All I want is the $50 system." That would have made a lot more sense.
What happens to all the people who shelled out $1000 for some super-bundle then it turns out a bunch of those games aren't actually coming out at launch?
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