Is now a good time to buy?

Sad Professor · 26-06-2007 4:46pm #1

Need a little advice.

I've been holding off on getting a next-gen console until a good selection of games were available. I was originally thinking about getting a PS3 especially for the built-in Bluray but I don't care about that anymore. The 360 seems like the better console overall.

I'm just not sure if I should wait until Halo 3 and GTA4 are released (prices should have come down bit more by then) or buy now. I'm not too familiar with the current games that are available.

What do you guys think? Is now a good time to buy?

tman · 26-06-2007 4:49pm

I was in the same boat recently and decided to splash out on a 360 and am absolutely delighted with my purchase.
Gears of War, Crackdown and Lost Planet are 3 of the best games that I've played in years, PGR3 is ace... there are loads of top quality games out at the moment for it, I'd definitely recommend getting one now (especially if you have an xtra vision or smyths store nearby, they have some great deals going)

Mikeyt086 · 26-06-2007 4:49pm

If you do wait, you are bound to get a great bundle deal with either Halo 3 or GTA IV. Also when the 360 Elite is released over here the Premium prices should drop.

I think you should wait if you can.

Vic Vinegar · 26-06-2007 4:50pm

There's gonna be lots of great games out before those.... Bioshock, The Darkness, Two worlds looks good also. Now is a good time to be buying a 360 definitely, i've had mine for 5 months now and have always had a roster of at least 6 good games

koneko · 26-06-2007 4:55pm

See no point in waiting, there are plenty of great games out already (and The Darkness and Overlord on friday). I say go for it

FranchisePlayer · 26-06-2007 7:24pm

Not ot bput a dampner on tihngs but isn't the elite supposed to be coming out with a 120 gigabyte hardrive???? but yeah the console overall is superior in terms of games so yeah get one:D

.I have one myself and it is a good console.

LegacyUser · 26-06-2007 7:26pm

Got one last Xmas, not even that big a gamer but got it because i wanted to get rid of my psp and my mate gave me loads of old ps2 games to trade it so i got the premium and 4 games for 150 euro or something...deadly!!

Forza 2 is quality and i love it, before that it was Tom Clancy: Las Vegas and I have Dirt too which i have not even got round to playing yet because i am afraid it will damage my driving skills in Forza...

Anyway, great console!!!

Zapp Brannigan · 26-06-2007 7:48pm

Go for it dude. The 360 is the runaway winner of the next-gen (for the moment).

Clover · 26-06-2007 8:42pm

you might as well jump in

as you will get a good deal on a 360 with games plus there are alot of 360 games to be had for good prices if you look around in game , hmv and plays sale .

cedomination · 26-06-2007 9:31pm

FranchisePlayer wrote:

Not ot bput a dampner on tihngs but isn't the elite supposed to be coming out with a 120 gigabyte hardrive???? but yeah the console overall is superior in terms of games so yeah get one:D .I have one myself and it is a good console.

Just get a premium now and when the elite comes out you can buy a seperate 120gig hd for about 99 euro(or around that price)

Sad Professor · 27-06-2007 2:55pm

Thanks for the advice, folks. All I needed was a push

. I went to my local xtravision last night but they were out of stock.

Is there anywhere else doing good deals?

rejkin · 27-06-2007 4:31pm

gamestop are doing some good deals at the moment but the best is in xtravision,
i got my xbox360 last week in xravision,great deal, baggot street xtravison still have the deal going if anyone lives near there

Andy-Pandy · 27-06-2007 5:05pm

Good games out on friday, wait untill then

tman · 27-06-2007 6:50pm

cedomination wrote:

Just get a premium now and when the elite comes out you can buy a seperate 120gig hd for about 99 euro(or around that price)

And then kick yourself for wasting €99 on a hard drive that you'd be lucky to fill in this lifetime...
The 120gb hd is useless over here, there's nowhere near enough content to fill it

event · 27-06-2007 6:54pm

yeah i got one last week

the premium, pro evo, GOW, forza, dead rising, saints row, splinter cell.

well pleased with it, and havent played saints row, forza or splinter cell yet

well worth it, its class

Sad Professor · 27-06-2007 10:16pm

Okay so in the end I went to Smyths and got it there for 399.99. It was much the same deal as xtravision I think. I got two games (GOW and Forza 2) and the plug&play kit. Also got some vouchers. Good deal I thought.

Just one problem...

The xbox wouldn't turn on!! Everything was connected up but when I pressed the power switch: nothing happened, no lights, just dead. I was about to package it back up when I tried straightening the power cable and...

It worked! It seems it was just pinched a bit from having been folded up. I'm just wondering should I be concerned about this? I'm terrified that I'll be in the middle of a game and it'll go off. :eek:

Clover · 27-06-2007 10:50pm

just pack it back up and take it back for a new one as it will always be on your mind if you don't.

rejkin · 27-06-2007 10:53pm

bring it back,wires should still work no matter how bent back they are,obviously faulty wires

cedomination · 27-06-2007 11:16pm

tman wrote:

And then kick yourself for wasting €99 on a hard drive that you'd be lucky to fill in this lifetime...
The 120gb hd is useless over here, there's nowhere near enough content to fill it

The current hard drive only has around 13gb to use after all the updates,and that doesn't leave you much after you put a few demos and some albums on it.

Sad Professor · 27-06-2007 11:27pm

I had a tug around at the power cord but it seems fine now. I'm not keen on the thought of traipsing back to Smyth's with it so I'm going to give it a few days and see. It's not like it'll be getting moved around much so I'm hoping it won't be a problem. But this would be covered under the warranty if I have problems down the road, right?

Anyway really happy with my purchase, thanks for the advice everyone.

Just one last thing, any quick suggestions for good games to get? I've already put Rainbow Six Vegas and the latest Splinter Cell on my list, anything else I should be considering?

Cheers.