07-29-2006, 10:16 PM | #1 |
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Help me spend my birthday money!
I got $250 for my birthday and it's burning a whole in my pocket. I've been thinking of putting it towards getting an Xbox 360, but currently the only game I want to purchase for it is TES IV: Oblivion. There are other games on the horizon that I'd like to get, like Fable 2 and Splinter Cell: Double Agent and perhaps Mass Effect (the only thing I know about it is that it's by Bioware, and that's all I need to know).
My question is whether or not it's worth it to get a 360 for just Oblivion at the moment, and just rent other current games as I see fit for the time being. My computer (laptop) is nowhere good enough to play the PC version, so that's out of the question, and so is upgrading it. Also, why is the Xbox 360 wireless network adapter so damn expensive? I'd like to try out the whole Xbox Live thing, but I don't think I've got another $100 to spend on that piece of hardware to make it work, and I might not even use it that much (I'm kind of a solitary gamer, but then again, I've also never really tried multiplayer gaming, so I wouldn't know if I liked it or not). I still wonder if I should just wait and save up for the PS3. I've heard there are fresh rumors that Oblivion is heading to the PS3 and PSP. Even if true, it still wouldn't solve the problem of the few other Xbox 360 exlclusive titles coming out (although those do tend to make their way to the PC sooner or later, and I could always just upgrade to a newer PC in the future). Or should I spend my money on something else entirely?
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07-29-2006, 10:39 PM | #2 |
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There is no way possible that the Oblivion would fit on a PSP disk. And I wouldn't believe those rumors until Bethesda Soft announces it.
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07-29-2006, 10:44 PM | #3 |
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Do you have any idea if you would be bothered by the noise of an xbox 360?
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07-30-2006, 12:03 AM | #4 |
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The next gen consoles = waste of time and money IMO
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07-30-2006, 12:41 AM | #5 |
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On that PSP Oblivion article, how do have an actual imagined image?
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07-30-2006, 03:02 AM | #6 |
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What about not spending it right away, stash it, and use it when you really want to/need to..
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07-30-2006, 08:58 AM | #7 |
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Oblivion for the PSP is possible, they would have to downscail it, but its possible. What about a DS version?
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First off. Let me just say that my 360 isn't noisy at all. I've never noticed any noise coming from it at all. Second, if the only game that interests you at the moment is oblivion, then don't get a 360. There are a ton of other games out for it that are great, but if those don't interest you, you must not like games very much, so you'd be better off spending that money on a knitting kit or something.
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I'd stash it till there are better games out there. Right now, 360 doesn't have that many games that make it worth 400 $'s and the games for it are too damn expensive. If you can be patient, there will be a much richer library by next year, and some of the games will have dropped down in price.
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07-30-2006, 11:25 AM | #13 |
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Not loud? It's a little box consuming around 300 watts of power, with only 60mm fans to exhaust the heat that turns into, which aren't even as loud as the DVD drive, and the power supply uses 4 or 5 cm fans. That has to be close to the 747 that I'm told it is. |
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Like I said. I'm not hearing it. I'm not just making that up.
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07-30-2006, 12:27 PM | #17 |
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I would make sure that your really gonna like the game(s) youll buy with it. My 360 is just lying there cause I have no games to play on it due to the fact that I really disliked the 3 I got for it and slowly one after another I ended up trading them in for other games on other platforms that I wanted....now its just lying there waiting for a game that im interested to come out.
If oblivions the only game you want for it then you should probably just get that for the pc, if its high speced enough, and wait till more games that interest you come out. but if your pc isnt high specced enough then check out Burnout revenge to get with oblivion, its actiony than sporty
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If I don't hear my 360 making noise, then it's not noisy. See how that works?
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Fan noise or not, it doesn't bother me, as long as it doesn't overheat, catch on fire, or blow up.
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Burnout Revenge does seem like something I would like, though. I really liked Megarace back in the day. And like I said there are definitely other games coming out that I'd like to get, and other games I want to play but not purchase outright. Hehe... I really thought there would be more people convincing me to do it, but it seems you all are wiser than I am at the moment. Well, that's why I asked, to get your thoughts on it. Except you SakSquash. I'm not getting a knitting kit. I don't know how to knit.
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