X360 when are you getting yours ??
18 November 2005, 05:44 PM
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X360 when are you getting yours ??
Are you going to a midnight opening or just waiting until the stores open at 09:00 ???
18 November 2005, 06:30 PM
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I'm gonna wait till early next year too, let the price come down. Not that I'm a tight ar$e! just have to spend wisely now I'm gonna be a daddy.
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18 November 2005, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Scooby Soon!
I am waiting until they come down to £200 after christmas 
p.s. Mines confirmed for the 2nd of Dec. Only 2 weeks to go
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18 November 2005, 07:21 PM
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Spoke to Toys R Us today and mine will be ready for collection on the 2nd Dec 9am .. Day booked off work ready for some PGR3 action.....
.. Day booked off work ready for some PGR3 action.....
18 November 2005, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Iain Young
I think you're hoping there. No price drops are likely until next xmas (when the ps3 is rumoured to be slated for release in Europe). It's already so cheap at the initial release prices that it's not going to come down for some time.
p.s. Mines confirmed for the 2nd of Dec. Only 2 weeks to go
p.s. Mines confirmed for the 2nd of Dec. Only 2 weeks to go
Ive had most consoles and I have never known them not drop in price with in a few months. I would of thought that Microsoft are going to want to get the maximum amount of these possible in the most amount of homes before PS3 comes out. I am sure the basic will be under £200 and the hardrive pack will be under £250 at the bare minimum. It will also let them iron out any small faults that there are in the launch consoles.
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18 November 2005, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by wah
Are you going to a midnight opening or just waiting until the stores open at 09:00 ???
A couple of days before release date for mine all being well!!
Anyone any ideas when the retailers will be getting their first allocations of stock?
18 November 2005, 09:46 PM
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**** knows 
I pre-ordered mine from the local Game about a week after they started taking pre-orders - paid my deposit and was told I'd definitely get one on launch day. Found out during the week that I'm 31st on the pre-order list so my hopes of getting one are fading rapidly 
Booked the afternoon off to so I could collect it at lunchtime and do some serious gaming for the rest of the weekend! Given the rumours flying about stock levels for launch, there's probably **** all chance I'll see mine on launch day
I pre-ordered mine from the local Game about a week after they started taking pre-orders - paid my deposit and was told I'd definitely get one on launch day. Found out during the week that I'm 31st on the pre-order list so my hopes of getting one are fading rapidly Booked the afternoon off to so I could collect it at lunchtime and do some serious gaming for the rest of the weekend! Given the rumours flying about stock levels for launch, there's probably **** all chance I'll see mine on launch day
19 November 2005, 05:10 AM
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I ordered via Amazon on day 1 when the prices came out. They still don't know if I'm getting it on the 2nd.
spoke to my local Asda and they are getting some in to sell at midnight and they haven't taken any pr-orders.
spoke to my local Asda and they are getting some in to sell at midnight and they haven't taken any pr-orders.
19 November 2005, 09:50 AM
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Just called Game regarding my pre-order.
Was told as long as I placed an order with £20 deposit, I was guaranteed my 360
One happy bunny - roll on December 2nd
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Was told as long as I placed an order with £20 deposit, I was guaranteed my 360
One happy bunny - roll on December 2nd
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19 November 2005, 09:54 AM
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I was told the same at Game - just need to convince the wife I need a Hi Def TV...
Played on one yesterday in Game and it was pretty awesome - can't wait!
Played on one yesterday in Game and it was pretty awesome - can't wait!
19 November 2005, 12:16 PM
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Didn't think projectors were good for games though? I've heard many horror stories about burnt in images etc (worse than plasmas).
I'm going to have to make do with my low-def 42" plasma for the moment. May go hidef next year though...
I'm going to have to make do with my low-def 42" plasma for the moment. May go hidef next year though...
19 November 2005, 12:19 PM
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I went into my local blockbuster video shop last night looking for a film to rent and tomy surprise they had an xbox 360 kiosk. Nobody was even looking at it so I had a play on Call of Duty 2 and Kameo.
First impressions were not great if you are used to playing games on a pc. The graphics looked no more impressive than my PC which uses an ancient Geforce 4 card. There was also some slowdown in Call of Duty 2 and there was noticeable jagged edges. I hope this is just because it was a test disc and the full release game will look better. I don't think it helped that you were stood so close to the screen, when you stood around 10 feet back it looked much more impressive.
The new dashboard and controllers are 10x better than the old xbox though.
It's a shame there was no playable demo of project gotham 3, that is about the only game that interests me from the launch titles. There was a video which didn't particularly show much, but the Gotham TV part of the game looks really impressive!
Still undecided lol...
First impressions were not great if you are used to playing games on a pc. The graphics looked no more impressive than my PC which uses an ancient Geforce 4 card. There was also some slowdown in Call of Duty 2 and there was noticeable jagged edges. I hope this is just because it was a test disc and the full release game will look better. I don't think it helped that you were stood so close to the screen, when you stood around 10 feet back it looked much more impressive.
The new dashboard and controllers are 10x better than the old xbox though.
It's a shame there was no playable demo of project gotham 3, that is about the only game that interests me from the launch titles. There was a video which didn't particularly show much, but the Gotham TV part of the game looks really impressive!
Still undecided lol...
19 November 2005, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by bren.wright
I went into my local blockbuster video shop last night looking for a film to rent and tomy surprise they had an xbox 360 kiosk. Nobody was even looking at it so I had a play on Call of Duty 2 and Kameo.
First impressions were not great if you are used to playing games on a pc. The graphics looked no more impressive than my PC which uses an ancient Geforce 4 card. There was also some slowdown in Call of Duty 2 and there was noticeable jagged edges. I hope this is just because it was a test disc and the full release game will look better. I don't think it helped that you were stood so close to the screen, when you stood around 10 feet back it looked much more impressive.
The new dashboard and controllers are 10x better than the old xbox though.
It's a shame there was no playable demo of project gotham 3, that is about the only game that interests me from the launch titles. There was a video which didn't particularly show much, but the Gotham TV part of the game looks really impressive!
Still undecided lol...
First impressions were not great if you are used to playing games on a pc. The graphics looked no more impressive than my PC which uses an ancient Geforce 4 card. There was also some slowdown in Call of Duty 2 and there was noticeable jagged edges. I hope this is just because it was a test disc and the full release game will look better. I don't think it helped that you were stood so close to the screen, when you stood around 10 feet back it looked much more impressive.
The new dashboard and controllers are 10x better than the old xbox though.
It's a shame there was no playable demo of project gotham 3, that is about the only game that interests me from the launch titles. There was a video which didn't particularly show much, but the Gotham TV part of the game looks really impressive!
Still undecided lol...
20 November 2005, 12:37 AM
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Iain I've been using my NEC projector fo rth elast two years with my Xbox and no burnt image yet. I don't leave it on pause for a long time or do anything that will burn it on purpose.
20 November 2005, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by RB5-Black
Iain I've been using my NEC projector fo rth elast two years with my Xbox and no burnt image yet. I don't leave it on pause for a long time or do anything that will burn it on purpose.
21 November 2005, 02:44 PM
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I fail to see how a minimum display of 1280x720 (thats the xbox360's lowest res) via Hi-Def will not impress me. From the video I have seen (in hidef), it looks pretty impressive to me.
The proof will be in the pudding I suspect though.
Regards,
Shaun.
The proof will be in the pudding I suspect though.
Regards,
Shaun.
21 November 2005, 02:57 PM
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I fail to see how a minimum display of 1280x720 (thats the xbox360's lowest res) via Hi-Def will not impress me. From the video I have seen (in hidef), it looks pretty impressive to me.
The proof will be in the pudding I suspect though.
Regards,
Shaun.
The proof will be in the pudding I suspect though.
Regards,
Shaun.