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mr9865 on 08 October 2008

my arcade memory card was 256mb, just a fyi



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Grahamhsu on 08 October 2008

@Jerseyboy recently about 2 months ago my friend was in a similar situation as yours. He wanted to buy a Wii and I told him at this point you'd be better off getting yourself a 360 because of the upcoming pricecut. I knew an arcade was good enough for him because he's not the type of person to blow money on XBL and DLC like me. I didn't think he'd actually take my advice but two weeks ago he randomly bought an arcade...

Anywho it depends on your friend, does he want the Xbox to play it's RPGs? Does he want to play shooters online with it? Does he want both? Does he want Braid, or Castle Crashers, Galaxy Wars, Penny Arcade etc. etc. If he answers yes to any of the above than take disolitude's route.




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Grahamhsu on 08 October 2008

@Jerseyboy and if he goes online tell him to join the VG gamerscore league =P




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Commando on 08 October 2008

Well. From what I understand the Arcade model does not have an HDMI port. If you have, or plan on getting, an HDTV than it is definatly worth your while to get the Pro. Thats what made the determination for me.



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disolitude on 08 October 2008
Commando said:
Well. From what I understand the Arcade model does not have an HDMI port. If you have, or plan on getting, an HDTV than it is definatly worth your while to get the Pro. Thats what made the determination for me.

All have HDMI porst...arcade doesnt have any sort of HD cable however.

 



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Bullet100000 on 08 October 2008

i wouldn't say its a great deal but it is good deal.



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ymeaga1n on 08 October 2008
konnichiwa said:
ymeaga1n said:
konnichiwa said:
200$ for a console with a huge library of quality games? No it is not a rip off. But if he likes to play online games lit him get a pro or elite.

The only thing I think is a rip off of X360 is the 80$ I have to pay to play online for one year.

Whatta nice guy you are. You made an extra $40 donation to MS for no reason.

Well the cards cost around 59 Euro here for a year.

 


Man, you're right. More like $83 actually lol. Can't you buy them from UK? $50 there

 




toastboy44562 on 08 October 2008

The arcade is a great deal my uncle and two of my friends have it and loving it.
You can also buy three games with that extra 100 dollas.



konnichiwa on 08 October 2008
ymeaga1n said:
konnichiwa said:
ymeaga1n said:
konnichiwa said:
200$ for a console with a huge library of quality games? No it is not a rip off. But if he likes to play online games lit him get a pro or elite.

The only thing I think is a rip off of X360 is the 80$ I have to pay to play online for one year.

Whatta nice guy you are. You made an extra $40 donation to MS for no reason.

Well the cards cost around 59 Euro here for a year.

 


Man, you're right. More like $83 actually lol. Can't you buy them from UK? $50 there

 

Well I will if I need a new one.

 






Lolcislaw on 08 October 2008

199$ Xbox is a very good deal, Hard drive is not compulsory and another 100 quid can be spend on Games. It also depends what does your friend need it for, if he is interesting in HD experience then he needs to invest a bit more money, but if it's more casual approach towards gaming then cables and wi fi can wait.