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| oldgamerz:
THIS IS A RAMBILING MESSAGE BUT I WAS UNCERTAIN HOW TO START THIS THREAD The black Xbox 360 Slim is the one I own thanks to my little grown sister, it still runs, and does not have the red ring of death known to plague this console yet. I got an internal 500GB hard drive as a gift from my grandmother. and I'm happy I did. For those who do not know. The XBox360 consoles have a special feature, that lets you install games right from the game discs. Even without an internet connection. (like a Windows PC). preserving the laser in it's disc drive, and possibly giving your Xbox360 a longer lifetime. But you cannot use any harddrive you NEED to buy a specific Xbox360 hard drive in order to work. Walmart I think still sells Xbox360 hard drives new, and for low cost last time I got one. the original Xbox360 and the Xbox360 Slim models take different hard drives too. (POSITIVE THINGS AND INFO) (things I've Noticed) First off, when you insert a Xbox 360 game, into an Xbox360 disc drive, with a harddrive installed. You can select the game in a menu and press the X button on your controller. I think, for the option to install the game onto an internal or (correct format) external hardrive. Most 360 games take a maximum of only 8-10GB of hard drive space. By running any game off the hard drive, it puts less stress, on the hardware of the Xbox360, and my own console does not have as much heat build-up in this process, But you still need your game disc to play the game off the hard drive. Also? if you really really want, you can also run any Xbox360 game off the optical laser. But you cannot install any Original Xbox games onto the Xbox360 hardrive normally. BUT you absolutely need a hardrive to play any backwards compatible Original Xbox games on the 360. all backwards compatibly games run off the 360's disc drive only. but you can still save your OG Xbox game progress on the harddrive. but If I were you guys I'd buy an original Xbox to play your original Xbox games on but have it checked out first. Personal Cons when I (first) got her Xbox 360 slim It had a few problems, uncommon issues for any console. It somehow caught a virus that caused the disc tray to close automatically whenever it was opened. I eventually found the fix when I deleted all her profiles and games. However it started all over again, as well as having some other software issues. As Soon as I insert a Used Game Stop copy of Minecraft 360 edition, ever time I insert that disc my console starts acting strange I don't know why. So what are some of your pros and cons with the Xbox360? Do You Have One? Does yours still work? or is it broken? All I hear is RROD issues with these things, but last time we discussed the Xbox360 somewhere only one or two people ever mentioned installing their games to the hard drive. Inserting an Internal hard drive into an Xbox360 slim is vary easy you just need to find the hidden slot on the case and insert it into it, no need to take it apart. just find the hidden compartment on the side. |
| telekill:
The biggest con I ever had was the fanboys. For clarification here, I'm not saying anyone that owned a 360 or even liked the 360 is a fanboy. I'm talking about toxic fanboys. Example... The week of the PS3 launch I was checking local game stores every day for a week until I managed to snag one on a fluke. The day before I got mine, I had gone into a Game Stop and asked the guy behind the counter if he had any PS3 systems. He immediately goes into a spiel of, "Why do you want one of those? Every game that'll be on PS3 is going to be on 360." I crap you not.... I think he actually believed it. He had all sorts of negative things to say about Playstation for whatever reason. Luckily, the next day, I knew his manager who was working, and he had a couple PS3's in the back and was happy to sell me one. I got to watch the fanboy's smug face try and throw daggers at me while I smiled and completed my purchase. That's only one of many examples of the toxic fanbase from that camp, but every system has a group of toxic groupies. The only other negative I've had with the system was vicariously through friends when their systems would die. Most my friends had 3-4 different 360 systems die on them. It was enough to keep me away. On a side note.... *sigh*.... 360, PS3 and Wii are now considered classic as it was two gens ago. I feel really old now. |
| burningdoom:
Best console of that gen. Never had the RROD problem on either my launch model or slim model. Great library of games. Lots of mainstream and indie support. Great controller. Backwards compatible. Works well with media. And best of all: It's cheap to collect for! I've preferred the Xbox since it's original incarnation (though still get the other consoles eventually). Just seems to focus more on my type of games and is always easy to collect for, and that backwards compatibility. |
| Cartagia:
Great console, but unlike burningdoom, I had 2 RRODs and a disc drive that went kaput. The hardware keeps it from being all-timer for me, even if they did have it figured out by the end of the generation. Backwards compatibility can't be understated, either. I still don't have an OG Xbox in my collection for this reason. |
| leonefamily:
Random X360 story of the day Today I went to an electronics shop to buy some PS2 network adapters and a lady came to the counter and asked if they had 360s. The shop owner told the lady that he could sell her a Slim 360 (with a controller) for 110$. Yo, I have two of these Slim 360s, both with 250Gb hard drives + 1 controller and I sell them for 60$... I almost went up to the lady and offered her one of mines instead but I decided it would be a dick move to make in front of the store owner, just had a pretty good deal on the PS2 adapters anyway, didn't want to spoil that. |
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