if you have a dvr it doesn't really impact you much, unless they are doing these for free...but i'm pretty sure they will charge gamer points or whatever.

11/6/2006 11:59:32 PM

i mean i dont think ill ever use this feature but i definitely think its really cool though

11/7/2006 1:31:26 AM

Quote :

"The big question on everybody's mind at this point is surely cost. Unfortunately, Microsoft wasn't very forthcoming with answers to this question saying only that the digitally distributed videos would be "competitively priced." However, a tutorial video put up on Xbox.com shows the HD movies priced at 480 Microsoft points ($6 USD) with the standard definition price of 320 points ($4 USD) while both versions of television shows clocked in at 240 Microsoft points ($3 USD) Television shows will be sold in much the same way that Live Arcade games are. After purchasing them with Microsoft points, owners will begin downloading them and will own the show. That means they can delete it off of their hard drive and download it at a later date without having to pay for it again. Movies will be output in a rental format. This is necessary in part due to the limited space on an Xbox 360 hard drive and the massive size of an HD movie. The standard definition movie we were shown clocked in at 1.2 GB while the HD version of the same movie was nearly four times as big at 4.7 GB. Once you download a movie, you'll have 14 days to begin watching it. After you start watching it, you'll have 24 hours before the rental expires and the movie is "returned.""

11/7/2006 1:56:59 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/xbox-live-video-hands-on/

btw, I finally picked up a 360 over the weekend -- NCAA 07 Football is beautiful

11/7/2006 7:31:41 AM

^^ at least they give you 2 weeks to dl it so you can get it while playing games. 5gb is pretty steep, but they dont have many other options for a downloadable rental.

11/7/2006 8:12:05 AM

Will I be able to find a copy of Call of Duty 3 today?

11/7/2006 1:33:40 PM

call eb, thats about your best bet for today...best buy, circuit city, etc...all of them will have Call of Duty 3, Tony Hawk 8, and Gears of War tomorrow.

11/7/2006 2:38:12 PM

lame.

11/7/2006 2:45:00 PM

while youre at it, when you call eb ask them if they got gears of war in yet

11/7/2006 2:59:39 PM

tomorrow

11/7/2006 3:05:24 PM

http://digg.com/gaming_news/Xbox_360_Hard_Drive_Leaked_at_70_Gigs

with the HD service coming out, obviously 20GB isn't going to go very far. this would def help, but who knows how accurate it is

[Edited on November 7, 2006 at 3:14 PM. Reason : after reading comments, prolly just a dev kit. digg FTL]

11/7/2006 3:08:33 PM

it woudnt surprise me. in fact, when i read htat article i figured the hdd news would come shortly after. only issue is with easily transfered savegames/account info. once they get that in place it'll be nice.

11/7/2006 3:15:45 PM

yo yo yo

i got call of duty 3 on the way from gamefly

woot woot

11/7/2006 4:23:14 PM

if its anywhere near as good as COD2 than I'll just have to sell COD2 and buy COD3

11/7/2006 4:24:52 PM

from what i seen and read, it definately a nice step above cod2

11/7/2006 4:31:02 PM

i just saw the trailer but it looked nice

that gears of war trailer is still the best one ive seen...must be the music

11/7/2006 4:31:52 PM

I am sure I will get COD3, but man I am getting sick of WW2 FPSes

11/7/2006 4:47:39 PM

^ Yeah, but what other wars make such good fps games?

11/7/2006 4:51:38 PM

i think cod3 will lure me in too with the multiplayer...its supposedly very good

11/7/2006 4:52:47 PM

I'd almost prefer original FPSes over more WW2 stuff...

The thompson, k98, etc get old... esp for mp.

[Edited on November 7, 2006 at 5:13 PM. Reason : ]

11/7/2006 5:13:16 PM

i never could get into um. the weapons were always kinda bleh to me.

11/7/2006 5:27:36 PM

i love WWII stuff, not just games but anything about WWII...as far as guns, im not much of a fan for fake guns and stuff like that

11/7/2006 11:07:12 PM

this ain't a "game," but:

http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/09/xbox-hd-dvd-hands-on/

11/9/2006 2:31:55 PM

I'm not a big video game guy, but i played some 360 this weekend, and got addicted to geometry wars.

I miss the days when video games didn't require the type of commitment that a girlfriend does. I like being able to play a game for 30 minutes and put it down.

These days, you have to play a game for hours and hours before the fun really begins. I don't have that kind of attention span... or time.

11/9/2006 2:35:07 PM

ea is making a new road rash

11/9/2006 3:05:07 PM

amazon to sell the core 360 for $100 maybe?

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/10/amazon-to-sell-xbox-for-100/

11/10/2006 8:45:13 PM

^uhh yeah right

11/10/2006 10:01:45 PM

^^i bet it's true, but you have to buy two games priced at $125 each

11/11/2006 5:08:12 AM

too bad no one buys the core

11/12/2006 7:29:12 PM

i would for 100 bucks.

11/12/2006 8:03:38 PM

i dont see it happening, when it does, you let me know.

it would only be hurting amazon, not microsoft (as far as profits)...microsoft sells to amazon who sells to consumers.

so keeping this thread on topic, anyone pick up the hd-dvd player?

[Edited on November 13, 2006 at 12:11 AM. Reason : yeah]

11/13/2006 12:11:15 AM

mine will be here tomorrow and i already have polar express and apollo 13

i'll let you know how it is, the lack of an hdmi port doesn't effect me, and microsoft hasn't ruled out the possibility of an additional cable to add that capability for tvs that don't allow component connections to display 1080i

oh and king kong because it was free with the gamestop order.

[Edited on November 13, 2006 at 12:17 AM. Reason : /]

11/13/2006 12:16:23 AM

The new Brothers in Arms has been pushed back to next year, but it sounds pretty awesome.

Medal of Honor: Airborne also sounds badass. You pick where to parachute into so that you don't follow a single path throughout a level.

New Indiana Jones game next year too.

11/14/2006 6:17:29 PM

Superman Returns demo on marketplace

11/15/2006 3:56:52 PM

nobody on here has had any problems of the fall update fucking their 360 have they?

i just got mine back from MS for the second time, and i want to be careful with this one because I am tired of seeing the three red lights

i have heard a lot of people say that theirs were fine before the update (even launch consoles) and the update screwed their shit up royally

11/15/2006 4:00:47 PM

Let me guess...EA couldn't make a Superman game right either?

11/15/2006 4:01:01 PM

^^ My console has frozen pretty consistently after the fall update. No red lights but I can't play more than 30 minutes or so without the console going dead.

I sent it in a couple of days ago so we'll see what happens when I get it back, I've heard some horror stories about getting DOA consoles.

11/15/2006 4:18:12 PM

i thought they fixed that issue

11/15/2006 4:44:12 PM

I think they did fix it. I have a feeling mine died just because it was "old", as in November 2005.

11/15/2006 5:00:50 PM

i've still had zero problems, knock on wood

11/15/2006 5:01:37 PM

I'm looking forward to March Madness 2007. Maybe then Arizona State will actually win a basketball game.

11/15/2006 5:16:51 PM

^ rofl

11/15/2006 5:35:18 PM

Hey what gamer zone are most people in??? PRO??? underground?? what. where will i find most people???

11/15/2006 7:39:25 PM

i might be giving up on the ps3

and rather than read through all 17 pages i'll just ask,

what 5 games make the xbox 360 worth buying?

11/15/2006 8:12:46 PM

and in the time you'll wait to get an actual response answering your question, you could have clicked through 17 pages of a single thread about 100 times

don't be lazy

11/15/2006 8:29:51 PM

fock

11/15/2006 8:33:33 PM

^^^what 5 games are their on ps3 that would make you want one?

1. gow
2. all ea sports titles
3. splinter cell: da
4. rainbow six: vegas
5. tony hawk project 8

i realize some of these are on ps3, but the 360 versions are better, have had more time under development and there is just NO reason to buy a ps3...definitely not right now...what so you can play resistance fall of man? ok, p.o.s.

11/15/2006 9:09:06 PM

2. all ea sports titles except nba live and fifa 07

11/15/2006 9:52:12 PM

NBA 2K7 is a pretty good video game. Julius Hodge is on the Denver Nuggets and Cedric Simmons is on the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. I recruited both of them.

11/16/2006 10:59:34 AM

well yeah ea's bball sucks but i havent played fifa 07...its just different, ill tell you that fifa world cup was addictive as hell though.

11/16/2006 11:20:34 AM