360, Yay or Nay?

[Distant Cousin]

Hey all,

I've been looking around at 360s and 360 games and I've come up withy a list of 7 games I want (that are out now), and there are others that are upcoming as well. Is it worth getting one? And what is the Live like?

Thanks

[SaijoBob]

Go for it. The Premium pack is pretty good value now, there are some more strong games on the horizon, and it'll be a long wait for any other next-gen goodness.

Live is also much more functional than it used to be as well. My favourite new feature is being able to chat with a friend playing a completely different game from yourself - great if you've finished uni and your gaming friends are scattered all over the world.

[Distant Cousin]

Awesome

So... who wants to give me ?280?

[SaijoBob]

Your left kidney might go some of the way?

[SubparMario]

And the rest if you don't have a HDTV.

[Distant Cousin]

...balls

You don't need HDTV to get it looking sharp though do you?

[Oh_Mutants]

Nope, a good RGB Scart enabled tele will do the job.

[SaijoBob]

http://www.empiredirect.co.uk/content/products/details/index~modelcode~SAN-28DFN3~dt~Televisions~st~Widescreen+TV~make~Sanyo.htm

If you're on a budget, I picked this up for ?200 in a sale at Empire earlier. Not as good as HD of course, but if you're on a tight budget it has a decent screen.

[MJR_UK]

you don't need a hdtv but it does make a big different.

Buy a 360 thou 1st, they are quality and live is **** hot

[Distant Cousin]

How much better is 360 live to the original version?

[Keith]

How much better is 360 live to the original version?

7,487 times better.

[Concept]

If you don't own a capable PC to play Oblivion to the highest comparable settings, then the 360 becomes a must buy. It's as much of a early killer launch frame title (I'm using that term very loosely considering we're almost out of the six month window) as Halo was.

[C']

7,487 times better.

This is actually true. Booted up my old Xbox last night for a spot of Coast 2 Coast and was surprised at how primitive XBL looked on it.

360 Live completely blows it away.

[NekoFever]

How much better is 360 live to the original version?

Far better. It's integrated in pretty much anything to the point where playing an original Xbox game without all the Live functionality feels like a huge step back. Not everyone likes how everyone can see what you're doing (you can turn it off, of course), but it's brilliant to be able to see how your friends are doing or hold a voice chat with them across different games.

Yeah, Oblivion is a must-buy. It's my favourite 360 game so far, and since I've enjoyed the games that I own a hell of a lot that's saying something.

[erhgiez]

You can pick up a 19" CRT monitor for next to nothing and VGA cables seem to be back in stock now, its much cheaper than buying a HD TV.