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unknown_soul89 on 16 October 2010
Antabus said:
unknown_soul89 said:

LOL did anyone look at that bundle, has anyone question how your going to use 4000 Xbox LIVE Points with only 4 gigs, you can't even play co-op online with the 4 gb model, lol, the controls are overpriced to begin with and gold membership costs MS nothing, and your going to have to shell out a ton to upgrade your harddrive if you want to use the points, seems like MS is just playing every idiot out there


250gb slim hd is like 60€. That is not " a ton".

http://www.amazon.ca/Xbox-360-Hard-Drive-250/dp/B003A2J5W4

http://www.amazon.ca/Western-Digital-Scorpio-Mobile-Internal/dp/B000W3RPLC/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1287279970&sr=1-1

360 harddrive is 100 more



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Antabus on 16 October 2010
unknown_soul89 said:
Antabus said:
unknown_soul89 said:

LOL did anyone look at that bundle, has anyone question how your going to use 4000 Xbox LIVE Points with only 4 gigs, you can't even play co-op online with the 4 gb model, lol, the controls are overpriced to begin with and gold membership costs MS nothing, and your going to have to shell out a ton to upgrade your harddrive if you want to use the points, seems like MS is just playing every idiot out there


250gb slim hd is like 60€. That is not " a ton".

http://www.amazon.ca/Xbox-360-Hard-Drive-250/dp/B003A2J5W4

http://www.amazon.ca/Western-Digital-Scorpio-Mobile-Internal/dp/B000W3RPLC/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1287279970&sr=1-1

360 harddrive is 100 more

That is not a 360s hd.



unknown_soul89 on 16 October 2010
EyeAmTJ said:
unknown_soul89 said:
thranx said:
Acevil said:

Why would anyone really get the 4gb model....eh. I am an elitest!


For me I still had my 20 gig from my first xbox, so I brok it open and used that in my 4 gig. But I could many people getting it because what do you need a harddrive for? You can use flash drives no and they are pretty cheap.

You can't use flash drives to store 4000 points worth of purchases, this bundle is a joke

4000 points ain't nothin if u buyin arcade games, with most of the good ones running from 800-1200 Microsoft Points
u dunce

I was under the impressive that the games had some actual meat to them, guess I was mistaken and it's just another rip off by MS



unknown_soul89 on 16 October 2010
Antabus said:
unknown_soul89 said:
Antabus said:
unknown_soul89 said:

LOL did anyone look at that bundle, has anyone question how your going to use 4000 Xbox LIVE Points with only 4 gigs, you can't even play co-op online with the 4 gb model, lol, the controls are overpriced to begin with and gold membership costs MS nothing, and your going to have to shell out a ton to upgrade your harddrive if you want to use the points, seems like MS is just playing every idiot out there


250gb slim hd is like 60€. That is not " a ton".

http://www.amazon.ca/Xbox-360-Hard-Drive-250/dp/B003A2J5W4

http://www.amazon.ca/Western-Digital-Scorpio-Mobile-Internal/dp/B000W3RPLC/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1287279970&sr=1-1

360 harddrive is 100 more

That is not a 360s hd.

then why the hell does it say 

Xbox 360 Hard Drive 250 GB



Antabus on 16 October 2010
unknown_soul89 said:
Antabus said:
unknown_soul89 said:
Antabus said:
unknown_soul89 said:

LOL did anyone look at that bundle, has anyone question how your going to use 4000 Xbox LIVE Points with only 4 gigs, you can't even play co-op online with the 4 gb model, lol, the controls are overpriced to begin with and gold membership costs MS nothing, and your going to have to shell out a ton to upgrade your harddrive if you want to use the points, seems like MS is just playing every idiot out there


250gb slim hd is like 60€. That is not " a ton".

http://www.amazon.ca/Xbox-360-Hard-Drive-250/dp/B003A2J5W4

http://www.amazon.ca/Western-Digital-Scorpio-Mobile-Internal/dp/B000W3RPLC/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1287279970&sr=1-1

360 harddrive is 100 more

That is not a 360s hd.

then why the hell does it say  Xbox 360 Hard Drive 250 GB

Uh, because it is a 360 phat hd. Duh.

But hey, a nice catch. Are you sure that you could not find a more expensive one anywhere on internet? Those 360 phat hd's cost like 50€ nowadays.

https://www.smartit.fi/XBOX_360_KIINTOLEVY_250GB



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De85 on 16 October 2010

Hey everybody, let's all just quit feeding the troll.  If he's going to claim that XBLA games have no substance to them and are "just another rip off from MS" then it's clear that he doesn't own a 360 and is only here to stir up toruble.



Joel12345 on 16 October 2010
De85 said:

Hey everybody, let's all just quit feeding the troll.  If he's going to claim that XBLA games have no substance to them and are "just another rip off from MS" then it's clear that he doesn't own a 360 and is only here to stir up toruble.


True,I mean Shank and Scott are already alot of memory but we're talking about small memory but badass games.



unknown_soul89 on 16 October 2010
Antabus said:
unknown_soul89 said:
Antabus said:
unknown_soul89 said:
Antabus said:
unknown_soul89 said:

LOL did anyone look at that bundle, has anyone question how your going to use 4000 Xbox LIVE Points with only 4 gigs, you can't even play co-op online with the 4 gb model, lol, the controls are overpriced to begin with and gold membership costs MS nothing, and your going to have to shell out a ton to upgrade your harddrive if you want to use the points, seems like MS is just playing every idiot out there


250gb slim hd is like 60€. That is not " a ton".

http://www.amazon.ca/Xbox-360-Hard-Drive-250/dp/B003A2J5W4

http://www.amazon.ca/Western-Digital-Scorpio-Mobile-Internal/dp/B000W3RPLC/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1287279970&sr=1-1

360 harddrive is 100 more

That is not a 360s hd.

then why the hell does it say  Xbox 360 Hard Drive 250 GB

Uh, because it is a 360 phat hd. Duh.

But hey, a nice catch. Are you sure that you could not find a more expensive one anywhere on internet? Those 360 phat hd's cost like 50€ nowadays.

https://www.smartit.fi/XBOX_360_KIINTOLEVY_250GB

still about 70 more 

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-250GB-Hard-Drive/dp/B002I0JDC6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1287281093&sr=1-2



De85 on 16 October 2010
Joel12345 said:
De85 said:

Hey everybody, let's all just quit feeding the troll.  If he's going to claim that XBLA games have no substance to them and are "just another rip off from MS" then it's clear that he doesn't own a 360 and is only here to stir up toruble.


True,I mean Shank and Scott are already alot of memory but we're talking about small memory but badass games.


My favorite example is Geometry Wars 2.  Possibly the most addicting game on the entire service, only 40MB...



loves2splooge on 16 October 2010
unknown_soul89 said:
loves2splooge said:

Wasn't there a huge controversy about needing an actual Xbox 360 hard drive to play Halo: Reach's online co-op? Apparently a flash drive or the 4 GB internal flash that comes with the Slim won't suffice for online co-op.

If you are getting an Xbox 360 to play online co-op, don't get the 4 GB Slim because you won't be able to play online co-op. Wait it out, save up the extra $100 plus tax and get the 250 GB model.

I'm one of those gamers that bought the Xbox 360 Arcade first and then bought the hard drive after. Luckily for me, the $110 60 GB Xbox Live Starter Pack (60 GB hard drive headset 3 months xbl gold ethernet cable. HD AV cables not included but I use HDMI so I didn't need them) was actually kinda reasonably priced at the time considering that the 60 GB Pro at the time was going for $100 more than the Arcade then. But nowadays if you were to buy the hard drive seperately, it's a total rip-off. 250 GB hard drive = $150. So in the end you'd end up paying $50 more. To gamers who don't live with the rents and don't have that much income, $300 is a lot of dough to spend in one shot so it's good that Microsoft offers a $200 sku. But online co-op is such a vital experience for the Xbox 360's core audience. And the Xbox 360 is so infamous for scratching discs (though the newer models might have fixed this issue) that going without HD installs doesn't seem worth it.

Ideally MS should let you use third-party hard drives in your Xbox 360 like the PS3 does. But I'd imagine that profit margins on the $200 Xbox are thin (compared to the $300 Xbox 360 and PS3. The $300 PS3 Slim is profitable for Sony and considering that the Xbox 360 doesn't have Blu-Ray, M$ must be making a good penny with their $300 250 GB 360). So I don't blame Microsoft for their tactics. They need to cover costs. And if everyone bought the $200 Xbox and installed their own hard drives, Microsoft probably wouldn't be making shit profit-wise. Microsoft isn't a charity. They're in the console gaming business to make money.

So you're defending a corrupt company who already makes billions off of scamming people for nickel and dimming you? What is wrong with you 360 fans

Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are all evil and corrupt. Capitalism is a bitch like that. I'm not happy about Microsoft locking out third-party hard drives but let's be realistic here. If everyone bought a $200 360 and then installed their own third-party hard drives, there would be no more Xbox (If Sony is so much better, wheres their $200 PS3? At least MS tries to give gamers on a budget an option instead of launching their consoles at $500-600 and telling gamers to get a second job. Obviously the $300 sku is better but you get what you pay for right?). Xbox wouldn't be profitable and it would die. There are plus and minuses to both sides. It's just two different business models at work. The entry-level price for a PS3 is $100 more but you can use your own hard drives. The entry-level price for a 360 is $100 less but you can't use your own hard drive. You get what you pay for.

Also a forum user here (kyliedog I think) found out his custom arcade stick got locked out by PS3's recent firmware update just because Sony got all pissy about third-parties releasing cheap Dualshock clones. I would have been mega pissed if that was me (I had flirted with the idea of ordering a custom made stick). Sony can be real proprietary hardware nazis too. Oh and the Wiiware and VC content we buy from Nintendo gets locked to your console. If you wanted to buy a Red Wii and transfer all your Wiiware and VC content to your new Wii, too f'n bad. All three companies suck in their own way.