Official XBox 360 Thread III: Third Strike

[Razor Ramon]

Major Nelson releases the "achievement unlocked" sound in MP3 and WMA form

Thinking of the ways the internet will use this will make it hard to go to sleep tonight.

Thanks. I needed this sound for my phone. Now all I need is the 24 phone ring from the show and I'm set.

[raystorm]

oh my god I fucking suck at the Virtua Tennis 3 demo. I can't even get a damn point. <sigh>

[StriderKyo]

News on the black 360 from Game Informer is making the interweb rounds:

- Coming in late April
- Expected Price: $479.99
- 120 GB HD will be sold seperately for under $200.

LOL, fuck that bullshit. I can get a black case mod for $15, thanks. And unless that HDD is $75 it's freaking extortion. If "under $200" = $199 that's smack dab in the middle of LOL@Sonyville.

[Josh]

under $200

$199.99

[James]

The 20GB drive is $100. You better believe they're overcharging for this one too. Six times the space for only twice the price sounds good on paper, until a quick peek at Newegg shows 250GB drives for $70.

James

[Revoltor]

So much for a price drop.

[StriderKyo]

The 20GB drive is $100. You better believe they're overcharging for this one too. Six times the space for only twice the price sounds good on paper, until a quick peek at Newegg shows 250GB drives for $70.

James

Exactly. Memory costs nothing these days, and this is robbery because you can't use anything but the official one, and everyone's going to need to upgrade over the next year or so.

Seriously, how much memory are you guys going to have left after downloading Shivering Isles? How about the inevitable DLC for Halo 3, GTA IV, Bioshock, Mass Effect? By the end of the year alot of people are going to be in the position of either:

A) not being able to download demos
B) deleting stuff they've already paid for, or
C) sinking another $200 into their 360.

Nice.

[StriderKyo]

$199.99

$599.98 US dollars.

W/no HD media player or wireless.

[bVork]

A larger hard drive is great news despite the price. That means this hack will support the new size, because there will be a new signed value that specifies the larger HD size.

[Yoshi]

News on the black 360 from Game Informer is making the interweb rounds:

- Coming in late April
- Expected Price: $479.99
- 120 GB HD will be sold seperately for under $200.

LOL, fuck that bullshit. I can get a black case mod for $15, thanks. And unless that HDD is $75 it's freaking extortion. If "under $200" = $199 that's smack dab in the middle of LOL@Sonyville.

That kicks so much ass from a sit on the sidelines and laugh perspective. No one wants to win this generation. Microsoft should be nearing 15M or more units, but they're not close, and Nintendo has no staying power. Sony is going to win by default for the third straight time. Fuck.