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Bass.exe on 22 January 2008

After much delay and waiting, I finally decided to purchase my Xbox 360 yesterday (January 21).  After searching in 4 different stores (walmart, target, best buy and another target), I purchased the premium (pro) version, along with Call of Duty 4 with two extra controllers (for my younger step brothers).  So far I am happy with the my purchase, but I have two complaints:  The power brick is huge as hell and the lack of wireless (wifi) capabilities.  I had to spring an extra $50 for an ethernet bridge to connect to my wireless router.  Yay I'm a Wii60 owner.



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akuma587 on 22 January 2008

Yeah, I am surprised they never put wireless in the Elite. Seemed natural to me.



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Bass.exe on 22 January 2008

If wireless would have been in the Elite, it would have been a definite purchase



~Now Playing~
PC: Max Payne 3, World of Warcraft

X360: MW3, Skyrim

PS2: Persona 4

Last Purchase(s): Max Payne 3, WoW Game Time Next Purchase(s): None at the moment... 

Gamertag: InfernoTrell

goddog on 22 January 2008

cool welcome, hope you got live too
i heard orange box just got a price break for new copies as did bioshock
you should look up dead rising too
and as always halo,

 *note on wireless, ive always been disatisfied with performance while gaming wirelessly maybe thats why it was left off, of all the features that meant least to me, though i wish every version had a hard drive, so the games could be ripped  



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Bass.exe on 22 January 2008

^^thanks for the tip. if wireless doesn't work well i will just move my router and modem upstairs and connect it directly and use the ethernet bridge on my desktop.



~Now Playing~
PC: Max Payne 3, World of Warcraft

X360: MW3, Skyrim

PS2: Persona 4

Last Purchase(s): Max Payne 3, WoW Game Time Next Purchase(s): None at the moment... 

Gamertag: InfernoTrell

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iberz on 22 January 2008

yea, i couldn't agree with you more, for me if there was no RROD issues and there was built in wifi 360 would be perfect. they should at least include the wireless bridge with 360's if it's to hard to have built-in wifi.



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rocketpig on 22 January 2008

If you're a 360 owner, sign up for Gamefly. Not only do they offer a ton of great games for rent, but you can pick up games you want to keep for ~$46 when new.

It rocks, enjoy.

BTW, pick up Dead Rising immediately or Stickball and myself will drive to your house and beat you up because you suck at life.




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MeowTheMouse on 22 January 2008

dead rising best 360 game



Bass.exe on 22 January 2008

@rocketpig: i will sign up to gamefly after i get tired of CoD4. Dead Rising will be a purchase for next month or maybe march. I only want to purchase one 360 game per 6 weeks unles its a must have



~Now Playing~
PC: Max Payne 3, World of Warcraft

X360: MW3, Skyrim

PS2: Persona 4

Last Purchase(s): Max Payne 3, WoW Game Time Next Purchase(s): None at the moment... 

Gamertag: InfernoTrell

coolestguyever on 22 January 2008

Wifi sucks compared to a good ol' wired connection.

p.s. I'm a PS360 owner!