Comments on: XBox 360: Day One http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/27/xbox-360-day-one/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:34:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/27/xbox-360-day-one/#comment-8422 Anonymous Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:03:10 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/27/xbox-360-day-one/#comment-8422 Yes, get the hard drive with the Live Arcade. My boyfriend has a 360 also, and he plays all the 'big' games - Halo 2, Battle for Middle Earth, some war game I cannot remember the name of. I play all the live arcade games (bejeweled, outpost kaloki, feeding frenzy, Hexic, etc.). If you get the hard drive you can also download demos of games to try out before you buy - a good idea if you aren't sure you are going to like a game. Yes, get the hard drive with the Live Arcade. My boyfriend has a 360 also, and he plays all the ‘big’ games - Halo 2, Battle for Middle Earth, some war game I cannot remember the name of. I play all the live arcade games (bejeweled, outpost kaloki, feeding frenzy, Hexic, etc.). If you get the hard drive you can also download demos of games to try out before you buy - a good idea if you aren’t sure you are going to like a game.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/27/xbox-360-day-one/#comment-8421 Anonymous Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:48:48 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/27/xbox-360-day-one/#comment-8421 Also, without the hard drive, you're missing out on the Live Arcade, which is your best chance to find some casual gamer-appropriate games. That way, you could download Bejeweled 2 without having to find a store selling the disk. Also, the Arcade games all have demos, so you can try before you buy them. I've even caught my wife playing Hexic a few times, so it works at least a little bit. Also, without the hard drive, you’re missing out on the Live Arcade, which is your best chance to find some casual gamer-appropriate games. That way, you could download Bejeweled 2 without having to find a store selling the disk. Also, the Arcade games all have demos, so you can try before you buy them. I’ve even caught my wife playing Hexic a few times, so it works at least a little bit.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/27/xbox-360-day-one/#comment-8420 Anonymous Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:25:50 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/27/xbox-360-day-one/#comment-8420 "Without a hard drive or a memory card, any time I get killed in Dead Rising, I have to start over from the beginning, which makes the box nearly useless." Just like in real life -- so don't think of it as "useless", think of it as "more realistic". At any rate, congratulations... “Without a hard drive or a memory card, any time I get killed in Dead Rising, I have to start over from the beginning, which makes the box nearly useless.”

Just like in real life — so don’t think of it as “useless”, think of it as “more realistic”.

At any rate, congratulations…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/27/xbox-360-day-one/#comment-8419 Anonymous Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:24:30 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/27/xbox-360-day-one/#comment-8419 Question 1: the only point in getting a memory card, if you have the hard drive, is to bring your saved games and gamer profile to your friend's house. Question 2: As far as I'm aware, you can only use the 360 hard drive. No hackery has been done to get you going with other USB devices at the moment. They've got that stuff locked down pretty hard to make sure you can only buy their stuff. Question 1: the only point in getting a memory card, if you have the hard drive, is to bring your saved games and gamer profile to your friend’s house.
Question 2: As far as I’m aware, you can only use the 360 hard drive. No hackery has been done to get you going with other USB devices at the moment. They’ve got that stuff locked down pretty hard to make sure you can only buy their stuff.

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