Time to buy an XBOX360?

[NokkonWud]

Originally Posted by Joe 90

I'm considering an Elite for christmas.

Mum asked me last week when I was home what, if anything, I wanted for christmas this year. I didn't really have a clue, but now I'm thinking an xbox would be good. The best deal I've seen so far was @ Game - £199 with MW2 and Forza. These are pretty much the only games I'll need/want so that I can actually play games online against people i know again! the PS3's online side isn't sociable enough for me

It's a rather superb deal, it's possible something a little better may come along, but it's gonna be very little, perhaps Modern Warfare 2 and Assassins Creed 2 for the same price, or having that deal for £189.99, but I think those deals are going to be hard to beat.

I also agree with the social side and I'll be very happy if you get one, the amount of times you buy the same games as me only to get them on PS3 is annoying, especially UFC, was really psyched about playing that.

Originally Posted by The Show (you are, and always will be The Show, not Joe bloody 90!)

Anybody know if there are better deals to be had? and have the fail rates got better over the past few years? my last one died about 2 years ago and i've not had anything to do with them since.

The failure rates are massively improved and you're certain to get one of the newer chipsets. All reports I've read are a huge difference, I've even read reports stating at around 1% and better than PS3's, but until there is a unanimous answer across the board I couldn't say, but they are definitely better

Originally Posted by Joe 90

oh, and can you transfer data from an old HDD to a new one?

I'll still have all my data on my old 20gb disk

You can move it over, however you need to do it straight away because to do so formats the 120gb first, then the 20gb after the copy, so if you save anything to the 120gb first you will lose it.

If you aren't interested in saves, just arcade games, then you can re-download those. As you seem to be wanting to use the same account you will need to buy an Xbox Live subscription which is around £28 via digital delivery.

Originally Posted by leowyatt

yup you can all you need is a transfer kit there are a couple kicking around BD I think Nokkon has one come to think of it.

I do, I have both Zico's and Daz's from here and another one from a friend on LIVE. My friends on Xbox Live totally kick ass and always seem to help me.


For me I think it's definitely the way to go, especially with some awesome exclusives coming up (Left 4 Dead 2 and Splinter Cell: Conviction). As for older games, many people here would be willing to lend you some, I'm sure. I have around 50 and won't be playing those all at the same time .

[Joe 90]

ha, thanks

i'm not bothered about other games. with the amount of work i've got on i don't have time for anything more than MW2 on my PS3... not played uncharted 2 in weeks.
but as I said - Forza is just that good i need it!

yesterday I was thinking... whats the trade-in value going to be on all my Wii gear;
Wii, remote, nun-chuck, motion plus, Wii Fit, Tiger Woods 10?

I never use it so might just tell mum to go trade it all in at game.

Originally Posted by NokkonWud

You can move it over, however you need to do it straight away because to do so formats the 120gb first, then the 20gb after the copy, so if you save anything to the 120gb first you will lose it.

hows moving things work? do you need two xboxes connected to each other or something?

[Mark]

No, you need a transfer cable. Put the old drive in as usual, then plug the cable into the new drive and the back of the same Xbox. Shove in the CD and off you go. I think.

[Matblack]

I had a 20Gb when I bought the Elite but to be honest there were only a few saves I wanted and those could be transported on a memory card, a lot of stuff on the 20GB was d/le'ed content all of which is logged at Live and can be redownloaded for free

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[NokkonWud]

Originally Posted by Joe 90

i don't have time for anything more than MW2 on my Xbox360...

Fixed

[Joe 90]

aye, after looking at the video about transferring stuff, it just covered what you can transfer online, which seems to be enough. after all lets face it, i've not had an xbox for like 2 years, so all those saves are going to be from games i wont play anymore.

any ideas on the value of my Wii?

[leowyatt]

i'd look on the CEX site

[Daz]

Dont forget to transfer your licenses before you re-download stuff

[Joe 90]

aye cheers daz, the video went through using the transfer feature of the website before you try to sign in to xbox live.

and it looks like i'll get about £140 for my Wii, not too bad i guess :/

[leowyatt]

I'd ebay that Wii fella pretty sure you'd get a good price for that. Infact I'd wait a couple of weeks then flog it they're bound to sell out around Christmas