Advice from all you gamers

southernscouser

Xbox 360 has decided to pack up. Hardware failure that Microsoft want £70 odd to fix. However, I'm thinking of maybe investing in a new machine.

I'm by no means a hardcore gamer, more a social gamer, but do play by myself at times.

Now I love the Wii because it's a laugh so am tempted by that, but not sure of it's benefits or games when playing solo. I like the usual COD, GTA, Fifa/Pro Evo.

I've always been a Xbox person as most of my friends are so have discounted the PS3 because of that.

So do I go for another Xbox and if so, do I go for the Kinnect thing? Is that socially similar to the Wii in that it's just a console you can have a good laugh with, but at the same time I can still play the games I like on my own?

Also, anyone know where to get the best deals/bundles?

Thanks very much. :beer:

custardy

down to the games really
so more a question for you
we have the 360/ps3
i prefer the ps3 for the media side of thing
xbox for games,as i prefer the controller

globalds

Cheap in Tesco's at the moment.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/20-off-gaming-tesco/875716

southernscouser

globalds wrote: »

Cheap in Tesco's at the moment.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/20-off-gaming-tesco/875716

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.209-7692.aspx

That is quite a good deal.

Is that the 360 slim one? And is that the same as the Elite? I'm a bit out of touch.

And I assume my current controllers would work with that? :undecided

custardy

southernscouser wrote: »

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.209-7692.aspx

That is quite a good deal.

Is that the 360 slim one? And is that the same as the Elite? I'm a bit out of touch.

And I assume my current controllers would work with that? :undecided

they new one works with the same controllers etc

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.209-4454.aspx

i would go for the 250GB one
they have built in wifi,sadly no gigabit ethernet though

southernscouser

custardy wrote: »

they new one works with the same controllers etc

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.209-4454.aspx

i would go for the 250GB one
they have built in wifi,sadly no gigabit ethernet though

Wicked.

What's a gigabit ethernet? :undecided

Any opinion on the Kinnect? Looks like it's a good laugh for when family/mates are round.

custardy

sadly no experience of the kinect,but a friends daughter loves it
gigabit ethernet is just faster ethernet
the PS3 has it and i expected M$ to add it but i guess wireless N is a bigger selling point for most

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

There still aren't a lot of games for the Kinect at the moment and for what there is, there's an abundance of dance, fitness and sports games.

My son got his Kinect for Christmas, but he doesn't play on it all that much.

Painkiller

I had an old white 360 premium sitting in the attic for a year after it packed up for the umpteenth time & was unwilling to hand any more money over to microsoft. Recentley purchased a £5 X-Clamp repair kit off ebay & got it working again. If you're comfortable taking consoles apart & putting them back together then it might be worth a try.

DCFC79

If i had the chance id get the 360 with kinect but then it might just end up like the wii and not end up going on it much but id still get it as i prefer the 360 to ps3 and wii

Dan_Thunder

If you like 'traditional' games then avoid the Wii like a plague. It does have some very good one but they're few and far between. Far better off getting a 360 with Kinect if you enjoy party games but all lthe likes of CoD.