Dylan (Guest) on 11/23/2005 4:02 am

Rog, I've also read that the Xbox360s are crashing a lot, even with the default settings and single player.. I feel sorry for the idiots on Ebay buying for $2,500+, only for it to crash and Microsoft won't replace it since they got it off Ebay.. XD

Blank (Guest) on 11/23/2005 6:15 am

You know what else could have saved these people money, Pre-ordering the fucking thing. And fuck those little whinny kids who want a $650(A.U) Console, If the want it so bad they can mine the Souls of Aztec Monks which microsoft use to Make their Hellish Puzzle Box Of Doom.

Vertigo (Guest) on 11/23/2005 7:53 am

This type of reaction seems strange to me... after all, only a hardcore fanatic would go so far as to spend 1k+ on a Xbox 360, but a hardcore fanatic would also know that by simply waiting a few weeks he can save himself a huge amount of money or (as you your self put it) a hardcore fanatic would have waited in line to by his...

Shawn (Guest) on 11/23/2005 10:00 am

I hear that there are people already being scammed by sellers on E-bay from the news this morning; One person got ripped off and spent the cash to get a picture of the damn thing rather than the system itself... I almost feel sorry for these people, read the fine print

AngryHydralisk (Guest) on 11/23/2005 10:28 am

I hear some of the 360s aren't even working right to begin with, ala the PS2 whebn ti first launched.

Anyways, it makes me all the more grateful to not have an Ebay account (even though I've seen a few appealing things on there.)

will (Guest) on 11/23/2005 11:11 am

these people are so retarded. im going to wait for the price to go down... then when people laugh at me because i didn't wait in line for 3 days straight with piss all over myself because i can't get out of line just so i could get the xbox 360 right when i comes out and say i was one of the first minions to play it, i will laugh at them because i will have a much better(and newer) xbox 360 that is more reasonably priced... i also won't have piss stains on my pants or the blood of a small child that i had to kill in order to get to the xbox first on my hands.

Jreed (Guest) on 11/23/2005 11:22 am

I'm waiting for my $3,000 import of the fece look-alike of the Xbox 360 from Ebay....
...Huh?Yeah, there are crazy dumbass that will do anything to get there hands on an overly priced game console.

XCthulhuX (Guest) on 11/23/2005 11:27 am

I work at a mall game store. We moved about 30 systems before we sold out on opening night. So far three systems have been returned as defective and Ive heard of a couple that look busted up out of the box but run fine. a 1 in ten defective rate isnt very good odds. At least not good enough odds to plunk over a grand down on. Plus... maybe wait to see if any decent games are released before picking it up? Most the launch games are just prettier versions of existing games. Woo...

raxar (Guest) on 11/23/2005 1:17 pm

Is this really a big surprize to anyone? I figured this is exactly what would happen, and expect the exact same thing to happen with the up-coming systems (well, probably not the revolution, but that's because nintendo is fucking retarded). I regret I didn't have the money to buy 2 or 3 xbox's to sell on ebay. I will say that those who are paying 1 grand + on these things are morons, hell, they aren't even going to be one of the first ones to play it, Wal marts had them on display, with playable demo's for over a week, in which time, I'm sure thousands of people have fiddled with it (myself included) and while it does look good, it doesn't look $300-$400 dollar good, or even that much better than an xbox.
RaxaR

P.S. go eat a cardboard sandwich, all you eBay dipshits!

Imadjinn (Guest) on 11/23/2005 2:42 pm

One of my favourite forum based haunts showed a bid on an XBOX360 that went for no less than $9000.

I don't know about you but I so badly wish I had the funds to buy me a box so I could sell that sunuvabitch and get loaded.

Senior Duck (Guest) on 11/23/2005 2:45 pm

Paying $2000+ on that thing isn't even that bad to me. The worst part about it, however, is that it is a fuckin' X-BOX! Not only is it made by microsoft, but also it's got worser graphics then the PS3, worser games, and you've got to pay about $100 more for a hard drive that lets you do things such as saving your game. Perhaps microsoft decided that letting the owners actually SAVE things was too complicated for them. And another thing, the X-box 360 looks like its targeted towards the "X-treme Dude" demographic, another mistake, since the "X-dude" (or "remix") generation is a lot smaller than you think. That and HALO sucks.

shannon (Guest) on 11/23/2005 3:21 pm

well my brother was one of the lucky ones. he ordered his something like 6 months ago and he didnt have to wait in line or anything for it. plus his isnt defective, so i guess he scored there. whatever. arent all these game consoles pretty much the same anyway? personally i am content with my nintendo and super nintendo in my room. old school double dragon, ninja turtles and mario kart are more my style.

happy thanksgiving everyone!

Blank (Guest) on 11/23/2005 3:37 pm

Yeah i'm Pre-ordering mine soon ( i live in Austraila for some reason were not getting it til march 2nd) But if it has such a fucked up Defective issue there is no way in hell i would pay more then the $650 (A.U)for it. there are a lot of pictures of it Crashing as well as stories of it Crashing after every hour of PGR3 and certain saveing issues, and even the DVDs heating up due to game play. I just hope this shit is fixed by the time it gets shipped in Aus.

It Must be those Aztec Souls Getting there revenge on MS.

Omega Avatar (Guest) on 11/23/2005 5:25 pm

Xbox 1? Good.
Xbox 360? Eh.
$2000+ bids on Ebay? No way in hell.

Most of the games set to be released for 360 are just current-gen games with a bit prettier graphics. I think the best next-gen system may actually be Nintendo's. Don't kill me, I actually have reasons.

-PS3 may cost over $600 (off of Ebay!)
-Xbox 360 is the exact same as Xbox 1, only with a bigger pricetag and a bit prettier graphics.
-Sony is intent on building the most technologically advanced system possible, despite the fact that most developers have bitched about how it would be really hard to design for that sort of system.
-The Revolution allows you to download old Nintendo games, from NES to N64. Best feature ever, and a brilliant concept: Buy Nintendo games from back when they were cool, unlike now where most of them are just a way to distract your kid while you play GTA.

I'm probably just gonna stay with my PS2 and Xbox until developers 100% abandon it. I'm grabbing a Revolution, though, 'cuz Gamecube sucks and this thing might actually be decent. But in the next-gen console wars, we're all losers. Except maybe Sony, who could probably make millions of dollars by having their workers crap in a box and selling it as the "Play Station Shit". They make me sick. Peace out, y'all.

tenno (Guest) on 11/23/2005 5:49 pm

the revolution also is supposed to come out at under $200 bucks new since they'd rather make great games with smaller development teams than epic HD monsters than only like EA and Sony can afford to produce. They are either insane or savvy geniuses.

Guy (Guest) on 11/23/2005 6:11 pm

Chronic system shortages are now an industry standard. It creates artificial shortages which allows everyone to jack up their prices and make a fortune.

I know some guys who ordered their 360s back in July, and were told they wouldn't be getting their 360s due to "Shortages". Shortages my ass! I know every gamer in this little hick town, and I know every one of 'em who ordered a 360, and if you can't bring ten consoles to a store with half a year's head warning, you're a fucking retard.

I've also heard rumors that the people who prepaid and aren't getting their systems are the people who bought less extras and options compared to other people.

And as for people spending upwards of $3000 to make their kid shut up, remember this: Spankings cost a whopping $0. If your kid can't behave and be thankful for getting free shit, he doesn't deserve to have free shit.

So obviously, the solution is to burn down a lot of buildings. If you ask me, that's ALWAYS the solution. Let's start with that one over there, I think it looked at me funny.

ninjawolf (Guest) on 11/23/2005 7:35 pm

God, did that thing really already come out? Damn though, I think they people who bought it even now for over $300 are crazy. Still, I'd rather pay the $2000+ than go to that hell hole known as Wal Mart on Black Friday!

Omega Avatar (Guest) on 11/23/2005 8:08 pm

One of the only reasons 360's graphics are better is all the HDTV support. Same with PS3... and we all know HDTVs are for rich bastards (same with plasma-screentvs, only to a greater extent). My friend put down a couple hundred bucks on one of the "Premium Deluxe Xbox 360" things. Obviously, he got the thing before everyone else (even my cousin, who reserved the goddamn thing back around April). It came with a DVD remote, 4 wireless controllers, an Xbox Live headset, a 100GB harddrive, and a couple of games. And guess what?

He blew a month's savings on a syetm he doesn't even like that much.

Stupid Microsoft. We should burn their headquarters down. Then maybe burn down a random post office. That would be pretty damn sweet.

bic (Guest) on 11/23/2005 9:31 pm

$2500? That's IT?!

I saw one that topped 12 GRAND!

I can see why the fanboys want to wait in line for hours on end to buy a system whose graphics look just like its predecesor's on a non-HD TV.

Funny 360-related site: SmashMyXbox.com! Some guy raised $450, bought a base system, and destroyed it in front of all the fanboys awaiting their precious game console.

This is why I wait a while before I buy a new game console. It will just get cheaper over time, and the games will get better as the developers learn how to make the most of the hardware. Patience pays off.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to beat Dr. Robotnik in the Chemical Plant Zone. :P

WatcherPrime (Guest) on 11/23/2005 9:59 pm

You know, the revolution might have a long shaft of a controler but hell...

$200?

Donwloadable games from other nintendo systems?

Indie game haven?

Sweet damn, I'll try to pre-order it!

MasterKiller (Guest) on 11/23/2005 11:48 pm

Ugh...X-Box sucks. These people need to learn there are games other than fucking Halo. God, I'm sick of my friends saying how great it is. Apparently, they've never played any other games at all...but now that I am finished rambling about my hate of Halo, I can give my useful comments. The X-Box had hardly any good games. PS2 owns in game prowess. X-Box had very few original games. Who cares if the graphics are better on the 360? I say PS3 and PS2's game varieties all the way.

James (Guest) on 11/24/2005 12:54 am

HEY I got an Idea lets all wait till next year when the Xbox 360 will include a HD-DVD Drive that way you dont have to spend 2,000 - 4,000 on a stand alone HD-DVD player

Hexxenn (Guest) on 11/24/2005 2:12 am

You know what? Screw those kids. No kid should get a present that costs more than 3 months of rent. That should be a new law. If they want the Xbox 360 and nothing else, just give ‘em a raincheck with a nice little bow on it for Christmas.

Fucking word.

oisuxx (Guest) on 11/24/2005 6:57 am

i know a guy that stood out in line for the xbox and the ps2. i never understood that. why plunk the cash down to have it before others is beyond me. i like to wait for the prices to drop and the modchips start flowing!

Korbenn (Guest) on 11/24/2005 9:17 am

A videogame console is only a status symbol if you have nothing else in life! If this is the case than either get a life or end your own. Fuck I may not be the most social person in the world, but I like to do other thing's like drawing and sculpting next to my videogames. Quite sad realy.
I wonder if the person who got it for the final bit is gonna brag about how he spend his lifesavings on the thing.
I bought my Gamecube when it was first released I did'nt bother standing in line for it I cant imagine myself doing it either.
What kind of loser are you if you are willing to pay several times the normal price just to get it before every one else. Your not the cool guy who got a Xbox 360 before everyone else your a sucker of the stupidest kaliber.

ninjawolf (Guest) on 11/24/2005 10:35 am

Actually, I know a guy who got a Game Cube the minute it came out, and he just waited until 12:01 for it to be up for sale at Wal Mart. Of course, thats only because no one else decided to get ti that early here.

Shane Skekel (Guest) on 11/24/2005 12:32 pm

I think it's best to shut the fuck up and leave Microsoft and Nintendo the fuck alone (Seriously).
Besides, Sony, Sega, Namco, SNK, and Rockstar aren't perfect you know. In the words of the Decepticon scientist Shockwave: "Clarity of logic before the rashness of action."

Knightawk (Guest) on 11/24/2005 6:42 pm

That almost scares me. For two reaons:
1. That people are either stupid enough or crazy enough to not wait 3 weeks untill they ship out more for christmas, or after christmas.
2. That the stupid and crazy people have more than 2000$ to spend.

Omega Avatar (Guest) on 11/24/2005 9:59 pm

Good point, Knightawk. And also,

3. The damn thing has no good games.

I'm just gonna buy one, then sell it for $10000+ when Halo 3 comes out. Sad thing is, I'm not joking. Sadder thing is, it'll work.

Zbu (Guest) on 11/25/2005 1:11 am

Who the hell are buying this for their kids? Probably the same assholes that keep driving their SUVs despite gas being $3 a gallon, call their kids overly pretentious names, and are the type to treat every non-Caucasian person like they're a mugger in waiting.

Stupid yuppies. I say rob them blind.

carnage (Guest) on 11/25/2005 9:40 am

that is just pathetic

Some guy (Guest) on 11/25/2005 12:21 pm

Pfff... stupid X-Boxmania. Spending thousands of precious dollars for crap like that! Seriously, I'm happy with my good old SNES and 64. Maybe it's not last technology and out-of-date, but god I had, I have and I will have fun with it. Anywayz, coming back at the 360 thing, here, in my little town in Canada, all was sold out in less than 1 hour. Patheticly pathetic I say.

Wolfguy (Guest) on 11/25/2005 5:49 pm

Heh. Some guy up the street from me made a few thousand dollars by selling 6 premium systems on Ebay. Taking advantage of idiots like this is what capitalism is all about. Man, I love this country.

ChocloMan (Guest) on 11/25/2005 8:15 pm

I would use those 2,700 bux in buying something a lot more useful.
THE SEGWAY

ninjawolf (Guest) on 11/25/2005 10:00 pm

Wolfguy, how much did that guy make? I mean actually make, since some of it would be lost to the amount of money that he paid on the systems which would've costed him $1800.00

Monz (Guest) on 11/26/2005 1:38 am

you will all burn in hell!

Dave Syndrome (Guest) on 11/26/2005 8:52 am

promise?

centgamer (Guest) on 11/26/2005 10:10 am

Jesus! I could buy a new computer with all of that Ebay money!

Choclo Man (Guest) on 11/26/2005 12:44 pm

centgamer, you could buy A SMALL CAR with that money

tedfuzz (Guest) on 11/26/2005 5:34 pm

I saw one on ebay going for a million dollars. It included a house in arkansaw. But still WTF is wrong with these people!

-TedFuzz
TedFuzz.com

Maverick Zero (Guest) on 11/26/2005 8:52 pm

I want the 360 because I dont even have a Xbox. I figure thats an okay reason to buy it. I also like the wireless controller and such. But the only games I'll play anyway are Fable, KotOR, and Halo anyway so it doesn't make a difference. People paid hundreds of dollars when Xbox came out, now its the same EXACT thing, but with cooler stuff. Wasnt the Xbox launch price about $500? Now I'll get one for free from somebody buying a 360. People are nucking futs, let them waste their money. In conclusion, I hate sauerkraut.

mmmcdaniel (Guest) on 11/27/2005 12:41 am

why are people buying this piece of shit in the first place? it crashes, it looks like shit, the games look like monkeys cut and pasted photos together, and it costs a virgin. and people are buying it. hell, THEY WERE FUCKING CAMPING OUT FOR DAYS WAITING FOR STORES TO START SELLING THEM. weep for civilization. millennia of working ourselves out of a hut made of bone and mud really pays off.

Wolfguy (Guest) on 11/27/2005 4:42 am

Why are people buying it? I don't really know. I wasn't a big fan of the first Xbox, myself. Halo wasn't enough to make me rush out and buy one, and while there are a few exclusive titles that interest me, like Ninja Gaiden, nearly everything else is either available on one of the other two consoles, both of which I own, or eventually makes its way to PC.

Similarly, none of the 360's launch titles looked particularly compelling. I mean, you've got Kameo, which I guess looks okay, and, uh. You've got a WWII game on there too, I think. I can't remember which one, though. You've got Kong, which is a movie game but might actually be decent, I don't really know. And then you've got some sports games and racing stuff. Probably some other games too, but those are what I can think of off the top of my head. Oh, and Perfect Dark Zero. I think I heard something about Quake 4, but I don't remember if that was 360 or just normal Xbox, and either way it's out for PC so it doesn't count.

Now. Kameo, PD Zero, Kong, and whatever the hell that war game is are probably all perfectly decent games. But I just can't see buying a console for any one of those, or even all of them. Actually, maybe Perfect Dark Zero. I don't really know much about it cause I didn't pay it much attention since it was for a system I had no real interest in. All I remember is that those people who bitch about cel-shading were bitching about cel-shading.

As for the sports and racing games, I hate realistic sports games. If it has a license, I'm not fucking playing it. The various Mario sports games are another story, though. I also hate the majority of racing games that don't involve weapons of some kind. Exceptions there include Burnout and F-Zero. But yeah, I'm not touching a console just for those things.

So I dunno why everybody was so hyped up to get the damn thing. I'd say Halo fanboys, but Halo 3 isn't out for a bit. So I'm going to blame the way I assume these people were thinking. Namely "Hey, a new console's coming out. Maybe I should get it. Yeah, I think I'll get one. But wait! There are sure to be some of those wacky console fanboys camping out outside the stores because they want to get one before the stores run out. Hey, I guess if I want one, I'll have to camp out too!"

Now take this line of thought, and apply it to hundreds, actually probably a few thousand people. Yeah.

So in conclusion, people suck. Wait, no. That goes at the end of a different rant. So in conclusion, people are idiots.

Also ninjawolf, I dunno how much the guy actually made. I don't know him, I'm just back home for Thanksgiving. My brother told me about him.

PFC (Guest) on 11/27/2005 5:11 am

I think Microsoft is trying to kill off pc gaming. Graphics look moderate, but not great. A guy went through enough trouble to rob a clerk at gunpoint to score a queerbox360. And as far as those people who put up that much money for one guess what, you win the Darwin award. I feel sorry for the forsaken white plastic that thing is made of. Big ol ugly piece of shit, I guess ill never understand the hype.

Omega Avatar (Guest) on 11/27/2005 10:24 am

I'm good with the current-generation systems. Xbox is the most powerful current-gen console, while PS2 has shitloads of games and Gamecube has fun (if stupid) Nintendo games. Microsoft is sacrificing any quality whatsoever to release it a year earlier. Meanwhile, Sony and Nintendo are taking the sensible route and spending an extra year to make the disturbingly powerful PS3 and the old-school gamer's dream Revolution. (Also, Revolution has built-in Wi-Fi support, so I can game online without having to spend $100 on a 100-foot Ethernet cable or a wireless adapter, like with Xbox.) Only 2 games on the stupid 360 even look good--Call of Duty 2 (the WWII shooter Wolfguy was thinking of, which is already out kicking ass on the PC) and Condemned: Criminal Origins (another survival-horror game, but with some cool twists). But the system's ugly, the graphics are EXACTLY the same as Xbox 1's, and the "killer app", Perfect Dark Zero, isn't shaping up to be so great, according to some magazines. Proof that if people have money, instead of donating it to charity or buying something useful and sensible, they waste it on shit. If you're stupid enough to put down $800 on one of these things, you deserve the glitchy, 10-pound plastic shit you get.

Venom (Guest) on 11/27/2005 12:51 pm

I saw that 2 mil dollar thing on ebay last night too, tedfuzz. Thee only game X Box 360 had I actually care about is Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, and I can get that for PS2. So basically, the people at Microsoft can eat shit, or at least sell it for 400 bucks.

pyro (Guest) on 11/27/2005 7:26 pm

JUST WANT TO MAKE 50 COMMENTS

pyro (Guest) on 11/27/2005 7:27 pm

JUST WANT TO LEAVE 50 COMMENTS

Bill (Guest) on 11/28/2005 12:45 am

Lol, it's to be expected. Capitalism at it's finest.
course I feel the same way, why not wait a bit? Is it really THAT big a deal. (secretly wishes he'd thought of the Ebay thing first)

Omega Avatar (Guest) on 11/28/2005 9:58 pm

50th comment! w00t.

Molinero (Guest) on 11/29/2005 11:23 am

Death is cheap, Xbox 360 is not. It may actually be cheaper to obtain the address of the fool who bought it, and hire mobsters to kill them and bring you the loot.

I recommend that to anyone who so direly needs one - it's a win win situation.

mmmcdaniel (Guest) on 11/29/2005 2:18 pm

WHY DID MICROSOFT MAKE ANOTHER XBOX IN THE FIRST PLACE!?! DOES BILL GATES NEED MORE FUCKING MONEY? DO WE NEED ANOTHER "HALO-BOX",PEOPLE? DIE YOU HALO-JUNKIES! YOU PEOPLE ARE THE ONLY ONES BUYING IT! my friend has an original xbox and doesn't have halo or xbox live and is happy! he plays other games and is still happy.

also, the thing with pc gaming is there are too many point and click adventures. sure myst was great, IN 1996!!! and then there are the multi-player online games that cost the same as a new xbox 360. as soon as you sign up, you get to pay a monthly fee. i want to curl up in a cave somewhere and die.

ME (Guest) on 11/29/2005 6:30 pm

" Not only is it made by microsoft, but also it’s got worser graphics then the PS3, worser games, and you’ve got to pay about $100 more for a hard drive that lets you do things such as saving your game."

"Worser" isn't a word.

The D (Guest) on 11/29/2005 8:18 pm

You know what's really sad? Even for most of the places that only got a few, if you preordered, and then paid in full at least a week early, you would have gotten one. That's what I did. I paid it off about a week and a half early, and they saved me one. I didn't have to show up at midnight. I just went around 4:00 after I got out of work, and picked it up. You should have seen some of the looks I got in there.

Omega Avatar (Guest) on 11/29/2005 9:45 pm

Heh... likely story.

mmmcdaniel (Guest) on 11/30/2005 3:37 pm

thats as believable as paris hilton getting a degree in physics and becoming catholic.

Apocalypse1977 (Guest) on 12/01/2005 3:58 am

well i saw a box go for $102.50 one person told he saw one go for $600 now that's crazy.

The Sicklismic Effect (Guest) on 12/01/2005 1:15 pm

I think it's likely people are doing such stupid things because they want it IMMEDIATELY.
They decide, "Oh hey, I want that," And decide to be greedy bitches about it.
Instant gratification, people.
But apparently, 'instant' isn't instant enough.

weirdguy (Guest) on 12/04/2005 8:08 pm

I wish somebody would rig the resold Xboxes to destroy the idiots.

Kevin (Guest) on 12/04/2005 8:55 pm

The X-Box 360, PSP and PS3 already have weakpoints exposed: They cost too much, they take a whole hour to load, and you lose before you know you're playing the game. Nintendo had and will dominate the video game market unlike Nazi Sation and Commie 360.

Blackwar12 (Guest) on 12/18/2005 11:59 am

Its funny because some poor sack of shit is actually stupid enough to buy the damned thing. let me see here, two grand is enough to buy me 4 of them and a bit more so it just shows how dumb people are.

someguywholikespcgamingandlikestorant (Guest) on 12/23/2005 2:09 pm

Quoth mmmcDaniel: also, the thing with pc gaming is there are too many point and click adventures. sure myst was great, IN 1996!!! and then there are the multi-player online games that cost the same as a new xbox 360. as soon as you sign up, you get to pay a monthly fee. i want to curl up in a cave somewhere and die. /endquote

someguywholikespcgamingandlikestorant (Guest) on 12/23/2005 2:10 pm

^ then don't buy them! and yes, the 360 WILL come down in price. it's a simple case of supply and demand. once the demand goes down and gates has 360's coming out his ass, then the price will drop.