18-08-2005, 08:25 PM
Yup, yup, Xbox 360 is already getting a lot of support from lots of big players in the game, including SEGA with Full Auto and Condemned due for release at the launch of Xbox 360.
** Insider info ** If you want to get one for this christmas/this year though, you'll HAVE to pre-order it at your local game store/online retailer fast when pre-orders start. Microsoft are actually going to be shipping more of the original Xbox console then Xbox 360 consoles into Europe during the christmas period!
For what you're getting though, especially with the £279 package, it's not all that bad value for money wise. Xbox Live is the best online games service around (Membership which comes included), and you get an in-built 20Gb HDD (Thats like all you'll ever need for game saves really!), aswell as a wireless controller. The way i look at it, with the money Microsoft have spent on making the console itself, £279 a console at retail will actually lose them a lot of money per sale. They'll be making they're money by game and accessory sales once again during the next generation.
I'm actually seriously considering getting one, and i've never bought another console aside from Nintendo systems during their sales 'generation' so to speak (Everytime i bought another console from another producer, it wasn't being sold in the mainstream anymore). Nintendo seems to convince us that Revolution will be here in 2006, but theyve already pushed a game back by several months, i see the same thing happening here since they havent even finished building the console itself, and i DONT want to see them rushing it just to get it out before its too 'late'. -_-
** Insider info ** If you want to get one for this christmas/this year though, you'll HAVE to pre-order it at your local game store/online retailer fast when pre-orders start. Microsoft are actually going to be shipping more of the original Xbox console then Xbox 360 consoles into Europe during the christmas period!
For what you're getting though, especially with the £279 package, it's not all that bad value for money wise. Xbox Live is the best online games service around (Membership which comes included), and you get an in-built 20Gb HDD (Thats like all you'll ever need for game saves really!), aswell as a wireless controller. The way i look at it, with the money Microsoft have spent on making the console itself, £279 a console at retail will actually lose them a lot of money per sale. They'll be making they're money by game and accessory sales once again during the next generation.
I'm actually seriously considering getting one, and i've never bought another console aside from Nintendo systems during their sales 'generation' so to speak (Everytime i bought another console from another producer, it wasn't being sold in the mainstream anymore). Nintendo seems to convince us that Revolution will be here in 2006, but theyve already pushed a game back by several months, i see the same thing happening here since they havent even finished building the console itself, and i DONT want to see them rushing it just to get it out before its too 'late'. -_-
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