So after being a Nintendo fanboy for most of my life, I've bought my first console from another company while still in it's current generation and being relevant. What I mean by that is that I bought a Sega Genesis a while after it died down and it was a very cheap clearance price. The other was a Dreamcast also when it was dying down after the PS2 released. And I picked up a TG-16 used as a novelty item.
Ok so back to current times. I was undecided between the PS3 and Xbox 360. After seeing the deal at Target for Black Friday ($60 gift card included with the 60GB model), I decided to get the 360. I haven't gotten to play it yet though because of a busy weekend and watching a football game right now. I'm hoping to get it hooked up later tonight or tomorrow.
I have the 60GB model and just bought GTA 4 today because Best Buy had it on sale for $39.99. I haven't decided on too many current games out now that I want. I like 3rd person shooters/action games so I'm probably going to pick up Gears of War 1&2 and possibly the first Saint's Row since it's cheap. I also like racing games, fighting games, sometimes sports games and I've never been drawn to FPS games but some of the recent titles like Call of Duty 4 have looked really good and I'd consider trying one or two. With that in mind, what games would you recommend?
Also, what accessories should I get? I'd probably get a second controller at some point. The standard price is $50, right? Wal-Mart has one on sale a little under $40 and I believe it is a first party controller. I want to hook it up to online and we have WiFi in our place. I don't want to spend $100 for the device that allows the 360 to be hooked up via WiFi but instead, you can hook it up with a wire to the router. What wire is that, the ethernet? How much do they usually cost and how is the service? Any brand better than another? How do the controllers work? Is it a rechargable battery or does it use regular batteries?
What is the better way to stand the system, vertical or horizontal? With my setup, I might only have room to lay it horizontal instead of vertical. That won't be a problem, will it?
Any other information will be useful and I greatly appeciate it.
I'll come up with something better eventually...
