Official Xbox 360 Thread

**Tommy Tallarico** · 04 Oct 2008, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by RoleTroll

I'm tempted to get a 360 Arcade this Christmas. Eventually I'll pick up a hard drive, but I want to know how it'll work right out of the box. Is 256MB large enough for, say, 5-10 game saves, Mega Man 9 and Castle Crashers? Is there any way that I can find out the download sizes of the various XBLA games before purchasing the console?

BTW, are memory cards all that different from thumb drives and SD cards? Is there any reason, other than greed, that MS can't release an 8gb memory card for $50?

How fucked up are your life priorities that you're so broke you can't even spend the little bit extra for a non-retard Xbox 360, but you're still thinking of getting one anyway?

If you can't afford the real system, do something else with your time.

Tommy Tallarico

**Othello Harrington** · 04 Oct 2008, 05:28 PM

Castle Crashers alone is 130+MB of almost impossible to get an online game going failure.

**ElCapichan** · 04 Oct 2008, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by Biff

Castle Crashers alone is 130+MB of almost impossible to get an online game going failure.

Maybe for retards. I've only had minor problems playing with only certain people who can't seem to set their router correctly.

**Joust Williams** · 04 Oct 2008, 07:36 PM

Some games even require 512 MB of storage to work with, even if they aren't themselves that big. Just get the HD

In a vacuum the Arcade isn't as gimped as it used to be, but because the difference in price of entry is smaller than it used to be as is the price for getting a HD, you should go all the way.

**RoleTroll** · 04 Oct 2008, 07:58 PM

It's not that I don't have the money, but we're only getting one console and the wife wants a Wii. It's useful that the Arcade is $50 cheaper and not gimped like the Core. I can just buy a used 20g drive later.

**Joust Williams** · 04 Oct 2008, 08:00 PM

Well shit, I'd go with a FM Towns Marty over a Wii. Arcade it is.

If you buy an Arcade over a Wii, post it and I will personally give you the 50 dollars.

**Nash** · 04 Oct 2008, 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by Joust Williams

If you buy an Arcade over a Wii, post it and I will personally give you the 50 dollars.

You are such a tool. It's unbelievable, actually.

**Joust Williams** · 04 Oct 2008, 08:32 PM

So he can buy a Wii and let it collect dust? Unless he has a PC that can run modern games (and he doesn't have a PS3 according to his posting), I don't see much in the way of bad advice

It's like the gaming equivalent of a treadmill or whatever female exercise device of choice. People stop using it in 2 weeks after they've exhausted the catalog of worthwhile games for it.