1st. my new 360 s has froze 4 times when i was playing dead space and now 1 time since i started playing infinite undiscovery again. has this happened too anyone else as well ?

2nd. can u play dvd-rip movies from a external hdd through the 360 at all ?

thanks for any info

1. I have not play those games but I've had a few lock ups over the years. Did you install them to the hard drive? I had a problem with Oblivion crashing when I installed it to the hard drive.

2. You can play videos off an external hard drive. It may ask you to download a codec pack.

@mr puggsly, thanks for the info on the external hdd question. and no i dont install games onto the 360 s hdd.

Try clearing the disk cache.

the slim fixed those problems it dosent freeze that much

Hello I want to ask questions about 360 too but I can't open new threads just yet (so I will post here, excuse my english).

1. I'm a PS3 owner who is thinking of getting a 360 for some games (like Bayonetta I don't want to get the PS3 version) but I don't plan on getting Kinect or any First Person Shooters (like Halo, Call of Duty, etc). That being said, do you think it would still be worth buying a 360? I like RPGs, strategy and some fighting. Which ones are good 360 exclusives you'd recommend? Or games that are better in the 360 than on the PS3 (content, graphics, etc).

2. A simple question, how do the 360 controllers recharge? Is it just like the PS3 that the USB cord is connected to console for a while?

Thanks.

1. What kind of RPGs do you like? For JRPGS you could get the best JRPG this generation, Tales of Vesperia. Also, if you like Final Fantasy, Lost Odyssey mind as well be the true Final Fantasy 13. Theres also SO4, but I'd stay away from that if I were you . . . Infinite Undiscovery is okay. For WRPGs, Fable 2 is amazing. Fable 3 is good, and Mass Effect 1 and 2 are brilliant.

2. Nope. Batteries. There are recharge packs, though.

Thanks. I like JRPGs (Final Fantasy & similar), SRPGs (Disgaea, Shining Force & similar). SO4? Star Ocean? Mass Effect looked like shooter though, and I am not interested in action/shooter RPG.

As for fighting I plan on getting Virtua Fighter 5. The PS3 one has no online. :( Sega is really doing better on the 360 and I love Sega (except Yazuka). When it comes down to it I have kind of no choice besides owning both consoles because both have things I like.

Bad news about batteries, that sounds a little uncomfortable. Is there a wired controller? I don't care much for wireless tbh. My playing place is quiet, no people passing by, etc, so it's not a problem I have wires or not as long as I don't need to worry about batteries.

Yes, there are wired controllers. The wireless controller does have good battery life, but it's also $10 more then wired.

Mass Effect is pretty shooty, so you probably wouldn't like it. Yes, SO4 is Star Ocean 4. Tales of Vesperia is an action RPG, in the same vain as Tales and Star Ocean games. If you like turn-based Final Fantasies, then Lost Odyssey absolutely demands your attention. I can't detail it, since I personally can't stand turn based RPGs, but this whole site is in love with it, so you could ask someone else.

I still say Tales of Vesperia beats all of them, though . . . it's incredible.

there are lots of wrpg's and jrpgs to get on 360. And controllers recharge by putting AA batteries in them or buying some kind of kit