Late to the Party: Xbox 360
Platform: Xbox 360
Publisher: Microsoft
Review Type: Touchy
Version: Retail
The stars were aligned this morning and I finally nabbed an Xbox 360. The main reason I didn't jump on the bandwagon sooner was that I couldn't justify the cash. Best Buy's offer of six months with no interest or payments was enough to push me over the edge. It helped that they actually had Premium packs in stock. The salesman did try to sell me on a bundle that was $200 dollars more. I'm not exactly sure what all they were trying to pawn off on me, but I discovered that I am missing one vital peripheral that the Xbox 360 Premium Pack doesn't offer. The Xbox 360 Play and Charge Kit is a bit of cable that charges your wireless controller by plugging it into the system. I'm gonna need to grab that gizmo or buy a couple packs of rechargable batteries.
I plan on giving you all butt-loads of in-depth impressions as I spend more time with the machine, but right off the bat I'll give you a quick rundown of how I spent my first couple of hours with the machine. I played two games Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Kameo: Elements of Power. Opinions to come, but both in their own way look nice on a HI-DEF monitor. I quickly and painlessly converted my old Xbox Live membership to a Gold level account (My tag's Phantom Mare). I spent a bit of time exploring Xbox Live Marketplace, finding many of the games there very tempting. The demo of Geometry Wars lived up to the hype (again more later) and Hexic looked to be pretty engaging as well. I'm betting Alexis is gonna dig that one.
I checked out some video content in 720p, just to see how it looked on my set. The Red vs. Blue trailer, while funny, didn't look all that hot. But the Pirates of the Caribbean Teaser looked very crisp and clean, much better than the pixely image my cheapo DVD player produces.
So right now I'm on one of those big ticket buy buzzes and am incapable of really judging the machine with any kind rationality. It's smaller than I expected. The console looks dwarfed in the spot my old Xbox used to inhabit. I'm still trying to figure out if I did the right thing in buying the two-year service plan. I'm usually against such scams. But the way these things were rushed to press, makes me more than a little nervous. I guess now that I've joined the herd, I have nothing to worry about.
Publisher: Microsoft
Review Type: Touchy
Version: Retail
The stars were aligned this morning and I finally nabbed an Xbox 360. The main reason I didn't jump on the bandwagon sooner was that I couldn't justify the cash. Best Buy's offer of six months with no interest or payments was enough to push me over the edge. It helped that they actually had Premium packs in stock. The salesman did try to sell me on a bundle that was $200 dollars more. I'm not exactly sure what all they were trying to pawn off on me, but I discovered that I am missing one vital peripheral that the Xbox 360 Premium Pack doesn't offer. The Xbox 360 Play and Charge Kit is a bit of cable that charges your wireless controller by plugging it into the system. I'm gonna need to grab that gizmo or buy a couple packs of rechargable batteries.I plan on giving you all butt-loads of in-depth impressions as I spend more time with the machine, but right off the bat I'll give you a quick rundown of how I spent my first couple of hours with the machine. I played two games Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Kameo: Elements of Power. Opinions to come, but both in their own way look nice on a HI-DEF monitor. I quickly and painlessly converted my old Xbox Live membership to a Gold level account (My tag's Phantom Mare). I spent a bit of time exploring Xbox Live Marketplace, finding many of the games there very tempting. The demo of Geometry Wars lived up to the hype (again more later) and Hexic looked to be pretty engaging as well. I'm betting Alexis is gonna dig that one.
I checked out some video content in 720p, just to see how it looked on my set. The Red vs. Blue trailer, while funny, didn't look all that hot. But the Pirates of the Caribbean Teaser looked very crisp and clean, much better than the pixely image my cheapo DVD player produces.
So right now I'm on one of those big ticket buy buzzes and am incapable of really judging the machine with any kind rationality. It's smaller than I expected. The console looks dwarfed in the spot my old Xbox used to inhabit. I'm still trying to figure out if I did the right thing in buying the two-year service plan. I'm usually against such scams. But the way these things were rushed to press, makes me more than a little nervous. I guess now that I've joined the herd, I have nothing to worry about.
1 Comments:
I'm usually against them, but you were right to get the service plan. Xbox 360's are constructed by slave laborers who put in about as much care and effort as... well, as you'd expect from a sweatshop worker.
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