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[trmas]

The x360 power adapter is HUGE, almost the size of my powerstrip. I mean wow... The 360 interface is REALLY nice, and I'm in the process of downloading demos now. Wish there was one for COD2, and I intend to buy some Live Arcade games tonight. Didn't get any games yet - have Gamefly and I'm waiting impatiently for Oblivion and GRAW. March seems so far away.

But I just decided to pick up the system tonight when they had some premiums at the local Best Buy - at least now I know I will have the system when Oblivion and such come out. Besides FN3 demo and Geometry Wars, any other suggestions?

Wow at the power adapter for this thing though. Makes me wonder how bad the PS3's is going to be.

 

[monchi-kun]

PS3 will be powered by Kutaragi's rage

 

[Beezy]

If you read the other threads, you would know not to download any EA demos if you want your 360 to continue working.

 

[trmas]

Got the Best Buy 2 year plan so I'm not concerned. Besides, SOME people haven't had problems with them.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

PS3 will be powered by Kutaragi's rage

Looks so calm....must be suppressed rage.

 

[Pedigree Chum]

Looks so calm....must be suppressed rage.

Calm before the storm.


Anyways, yeah it is pretty fucking big and dwarfs any power brick I've ever seen.

Got the Best Buy 2 year plan so I'm not concerned. Besides, SOME people haven't had problems with them.

I think everyone has had some freeze ups (including me), but there are a lot of systems that work fine. Mine for instance hasn't had any major issues *knocks on wood*

 

[robot]

Best comparison I could come up with:

 

[Pedigree Chum]

You leave your Xbox360 on the carpet? That's not very smart (unless you only did that for the pic).

 

[jooey]

You leave your Xbox360 on the carpet? That's not very smart (unless you only did that for the pic).

say hello / to the inferno

 

[BobTheFork]

Best comparison I could come up with:

:lol

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Thin mints > Do-si-dos.

 

[Laguna X]

say hello / to the inferno

or say goodbye to working xbox360. Friends don't let friends place their gaming consoles on carpets.

 

[Joico]

What about comparison pictures to an actual brick?

 

[Gattsu25]

my brother's power adapter sounds like a cicada

 

[Snaku]

Thin mints > Do-si-dos.

Samoas > Thin Mints

 

[I <3 Katamari]

If you read the other threads, you would know not to download any EA demos if you want your 360 to continue working.

Can you explain this one? I hear different things.

 

[Ghengis Cohen]

Samoas > Thin Mints

liar.

 

[choplifter]

65nm chip process shrink cannot come soon enough for Xbox 360

 

[Minotauro]

Can you explain this one? I hear different things.

Yeah, I wanna echo that request. I downloaded the FN demo and haven't had any problems...yet.

 

[Eggo]

If you are into strategy sim games, I recommend Outpost Kaloki X off of Live Arcade. You should also probably check that thread.

 

[GFord]

Thin mints > Do-si-dos.

MightyHedgehog speak's the truth!

 

[D3VI0US]

So I'm gonna cruise by Best Buy and go look for some girl scouts tomorrow.

 

[robot]

You leave your Xbox360 on the carpet? That's not very smart (unless you only did that for the pic).

nah it was for the pic - i wouldnt even leave those dosidos on the carpet let alone a piping hot 360.

 

[Hooker]

If you read the other threads, you would know not to download any EA demos if you want your 360 to continue working.

That is EXACTLY what you need to do.


Chips get more advanced, the chance of something not working is much greater. If you have a couple of games which don't use that particular transistor which is faulty, you may never know that it was FUBAR'ed all along.

A game can't ever break the console. If it happens, it was broken all along, but you never knew. And IMO it's better to know this early on, when you can still use your warrantee opposed to finding out 3 years down the road...

 

[StRaNgE]

i've downloaded every demo and have no prob whatsoever.

onl;y issue i ever had was the lock up when in PGR3 or other game and on live in a room then hitting X to pull up dashboard while waiting for a game to start.

 

[Excelion]

do you have a receipt ?

 

[DaCocoBrova]

What I hate about the brick is that its cord is too short, making it impossible to put the 360 on anything higher than a couple feet. Putting the 360 on top of a TV requires finding something to perch the brick on as well. A real pain in the ass if you ask me.

That is EXACTLY what you need to do.


Chips get more advanced, the chance of something not working is much greater. If you have a couple of games which don't use that particular transistor which is faulty, you may never know that it was FUBAR'ed all along.

A game can't ever break the console. If it happens, it was broken all along, but you never knew. And IMO it's better to know this early on, when you can still use your warrantee opposed to finding out 3 years down the road...

So in other words, M$ QA is so poor, that they wouldn't have caught defective GPUs during production. That's just wonderful.

 

[Ranger X]

Looks so calm....must be suppressed rage.

It's confident rage

 

[Sabaku Ika]

I noticed the official website has a help section about how to prevent it from falling and injuring people.

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

My laptop's power brick is bigger than the 360's. It's not a big deal.

 

[tedtropy]

The XBox 360 power supply is ribbed for your pleasure.

 

[tedtropy]

My laptop's power brick is bigger than the 360's. It's not a big deal.

Christ, do you have a laptop from the 1980's?

 

[Outcast2004]

No one ever complained about the size of the GC's power brick.. which was pretty ddamn large when compared to the tiny system.

 

[tedtropy]

No one ever complained about the size of the GC's power brick.. which was pretty ddamn large when compared to the tiny system.

GC's power brick was about the size of an average laptop one. The 360 one is pretty honkin', but I don't see why it really matters. It's going to spend the vast majority of its life unseen and slowly catching the mess of cables behind your TV on fire.

 

[Zaphod]

My laptop's power brick is bigger than the 360's. It's not a big deal.

But does it have its own cooling fan?

 

[qcf x2]

My 360 power "brick" never gets more than lukewarm. And I've had it for almost a month now.


The noise factor on the other hand......the bitch is loud (when playing games from a disc, and a good girl when doing anything else).

 

[mckmas8808]

the bitch is loud (when playing games from a disc, and a good girl when doing anything else).

:lol :lol

 

[Karg]

When I first saw the "brick" I thought it was a ghost trap from Ghostbusters.

 

[DarienA]

PS3 will be powered by Kutaragi's rage

:lol :lol :lol

 

[BudokaiMR2]

Even after seeing pictures of it, I seriously found myself surprised as hell when I saw it in person.

It is just a damn monster.

 

[Seventh Son]

ps3 will have an inbuilt power supply.

 

[trmas]

Yeah, I think the brick is part of the reason the box is so hefty (for such a small box). Really impressed with the system itself though, and FN3 is the bomb although I suck at it. Funny thing is I've spent more time playing Geometry Wars than anything else so far. Even my wife is pretty impressed with Live, she's awaiting Texas Hold'em and played Hearts last night.

PDZ will be getting here from Gamefly in the next few days, because its shipping out this morning. I'm strangely drawn to that game, even though so many people say it sucks.

Played the Kameo demo and it's beautiful, although the control is wierd. FN3 is great, but I haven't played PGR3 or Condemned yet even though I downloaded them last night.

 

[FortNinety]

Best comparison I could come up with:

Shit, is it that time of year again? Time to find a coworker with a daughter from I can buy cookies from (thin mints ftw).

BTW, I've been out of the loop; what exactly is the fuss here in regards to EA demos fucking up 360's?

 

[Morts]

Thin Mints > Jesus

 

[GitarooMan]

Thin Mints in freezer > Jesus

.

 

[snatches]

Thin Mints > Jesus

JESUS AM CRY

 

[Pimpbaa]

Best comparison I could come up with:

I hope your 360 was just on the carpet for the sake of this comparison pic.

 

[railGUN]

The x360 power adapter is HUGE, almost the size of my powerstrip. I mean wow... The 360 interface is REALLY nice, and I'm in the process of downloading demos now. Wish there was one for COD2, and I intend to buy some Live Arcade games tonight. Didn't get any games yet - have Gamefly and I'm waiting impatiently for Oblivion and GRAW. March seems so far away.

But I just decided to pick up the system tonight when they had some premiums at the local Best Buy - at least now I know I will have the system when Oblivion and such come out. Besides FN3 demo and Geometry Wars, any other suggestions?

Wow at the power adapter for this thing though. Makes me wonder how bad the PS3's is going to be.

There's a COD 2 demo in the latest OXM, which also comes with the FFXI Full Beta... 2 decent reasons to buy a pretty crappy otherwise magazine...

 

[kaching]

The size of the brick is humorous but what makes it inconvenient isn't the size, its the thick cords to and from the brick that aren't all that flexible that make them a pain to route around a setup you're trying to keep clean looking.

 

[CamHostage]

It fits nicely inside the PS2's vertical stand.