Sell me an XBOX 360

The only thing I can think of is Team Fortress 2 and the Left 4 Dead series, but they are both shooters (albeit ValvE games, which are awesome) and they are 10x better on the PC anyways where you can get TF2 for free.

this smelled like a console war thread from a mile away, lol

sarah, i have owned both. i never found anything special about 360 exclusives (console FPSes make me barf anyway), save for Banjo Kazooie, Halo, and Alan Wake. seeing as you're the kind of person to stray from these kinds of games there's no reason you should get a 360. there are only so many games that will cater to you aside from Tales of Vesperia.

I've played Fable and it is awful and I've heard Infinite Undiscovery is pretty bad too.

"Arcade"? Most games that are available on XBL are also available on the PSN. Plus the PSN has lots of amazing exclusives. I think saying the XBL arcade is better and anyone who says differently is "in denial" is pretty ignorant and possibly deluded. I don't know much about the online experience but I do know that I don't really care about multiplayer in the first place so it really isn't a selling point for me.

Also Kinect is the dumbest pineappleing pomegranate ever so leave that out of here, please.

Also also isn't Banjo 3 (the only exclusive one) completely different from the other two? I mean, from what I've seen it's basically a glorified "Tycoon" game, now. Am I wrong?

What is N3? and Kameo?

I'm not buying party games.

Your entire last paragraph is a joke.

It's not about having to get off my "fat ass", it's about it being a constant annoyance. Most games that have multiple discs make you go back and forth between discs for certain parts. We live in 2011, this shouldn't even be an option. What's worse is that you made it sound like having to change discs EVERY THREE HOURS is somehow a joy or, you know, not a complete turn off. Which it is. It doesn't matter who you are, who the pineapple wants to change a disc every 3 hours? Seriously.

Not wanting to pay for an XBOX live account is a matter of principle--I could easily afford it. But, I can get the same service on the PS3 for free, there's no damn reason for Microsoft to be charging and obscene amount like $50 a year ($35 apparently if you SCOUR THE INTERNET FOR A DEAL.) Especially if they're not giving you anything good for buying it besides the ability to compare your stats with friends. You should either be paying for the account and unlimited access to free games or have a free account with pay-to-play access to games. That's all there is to it. You know how much of that money game developers see? None. They give away the service to their customers for free and Microsoft puts up a toll booth before you can access it. That's pretty pineappleing scummy. It's like, I don't know, your favourite author/musician giving away autographs for free and then the book/CD store charging you an entry fee.

I think that that final sentence is the worst, though. A person should pay for a service and rent games to use with that service? Do you not see how ridiculous the very idea of that is? We should sacrifice something permanent for something temporary? I mean, it's not like that $50/35 is going to last you forever--it's gone in a year. At least when you buy a "pomegranatety" game you can still play it in a year, or ten years.

Paying out the ass for a temporary service that should be free and sacrificing other things for it? Sounds like a great deal.

banjo 3 is not even close to a tycoon game, the only difference is that most of the game takes place on vehicles you design. everything else is almost exactly the same, which is surprisingly a lot. N3 is Ninety-Nine Nights, which is sort of like an anime-Dynasty Warriors with magic. Kameo is a Rare platformer/action game that's in the same style as Banjo Kazooie and DK64.

also, paying for xbox live? not a big deal, to me at least. especially considering xbox live has always worked better than the playstation network for me.

i have both consoles. on the ps3, i have metal gear solid 4, and infamous and littlebigplanet that i got from the welcome back thing. it doesn't get played much. on the 360, battlefield bad company 2 gets played the most, with forza 3 in second, earth defense force gets played a lot with friends, i'm having trouble remembering more because it's been a while since i've played any video game.

i mean if someone has to convince you to buy an xbox, you probably don't want it. i myself play my xbox a lot more, but that's just me. i have more friends on xbox live, that's probably one of the biggest reasons. i would probably still be playing xbox otherwise, but still.

I've heard Geometry Wars is pretty good and that is Xbox exclusive.
Oh, and Viva Pinata. I watched a friend play it for 2hrs and she seemed to really enjoy it.

I have both a Xbox360 and a PS3. I had the Xbox360 about 1.5 years before the PS3 because I wanted to play Halo 3 and I knew that RE5 was on the horizon. Eventually I remembered MGS4 was coming out so I bought a PS3.

Now that I have owned both consoles for a while, I find that you tend to gravitate towards one console most of the time, buying all the multi platform titles for it, and using the other for exclusives, which for the Xbox360 I have a good amount (PS3 is my main, 360 is just for exclusives if you couldn't figure it out). Sarah in your case the only thing this thread has really done is cement that Vesperia is pretty much the only exclusive you want on the 360, which IMO means you should just not get a 360, it'll be a waste of money. Unless you REALLY want to play vesperia. Also, not exactly ideal but you could buy a 360 and Vesperia and then sell i to a friend for like ~70-80% of the price after you beat Vesperia, because it would be a pretty much new console.

Isn't it possible to rent consoles to play vesperia on? I remember blockbuster doing something like that back in the day.

Isn't it possible to rent consoles to play vesperia on? I remember blockbuster doing something like that back in the day.

Well in maryland at least blockbuster is out of business, so unless netflix offers that you're screwed.

Blockbuster has been out of business for months, yeah. Not unbelievable to think some other company would do such a thing though.

I'm fairly sure the Blockbuster in Wyckoff is still there man

I'm fairly sure the Blockbuster in Wyckoff is still there man

Uhh, really? I figured they got replaced what with all the renovations and whatnot.

Is that really the best you can do?

Also two more things

Not looking to hear from Playstation fans. I'm already one, I don't need further convincing.

And though I said I don't play FPS, that doesn't include over-the-shoulder shooters like Resident Evil 4/5, which I do enjoy.

If you already have a PS3, the only reason I could think of to buy an x360, is that my direct friends would have one (and no PS3) so I could play with them online.

But for the rest, only specific game types that you like that come out exclusively on the x360... other than that, I can't think of anything...

P.S. I do think Black Ops is a wonderful game for you! :+)

Lol@ the amount of butthurt in this thread.

I've played Fable and it is awful and I've heard Infinite Undiscovery is pretty bad too.

That's fine, Fable isn't for everyone and stop letting people decide what you should play, play Infinite Undiscovery yourself and decide. 68/100 on Metacritc honestly isn't that bad especially when it's a bargin game now at $18.

"Arcade"? Most games that are available on XBL are also available on the PSN. Plus the PSN has lots of amazing exclusives. I think saying the XBL arcade is better and anyone who says differently is "in denial" is pretty ignorant and possibly deluded. I don't know much about the online experience but I do know that I don't really care about multiplayer in the first place so it really isn't a selling point for me.

Castle Crasher (2 year later), Dead Rising 2: Case Zero, Hydro Thunder, Castlevania HD, LIMBO, Marble Blast Ultra, Monday Night Combat, 'Splosion Man, Shadow Complex, Torchlight, A Kingdom for Keflings, Blazing Birds. That's only the list of crap that I own, and there's plenty of other stuff. And don't play the "They're on the PC" card, we're only talking about the Xbox and Playstation 3.

Also Kinect is the dumbest pineappleing pomegranate ever so leave that out of here, please.

You're entitle to you opinion, as am I. I like it, so do others.

Also also isn't Banjo 3 (the only exclusive one) completely different from the other two? I mean, from what I've seen it's basically a glorified "Tycoon" game, now. Am I wrong?

No idea, just stating an exclusive that you might possibly like if you ever got one.

What is N3? and Kameo?

Ninty Nine Nights and Kameo
From what I've heard, N3 isn't horrible and Kameo was a good launch title.

I'm not buying party games.

Okay

Your entire last paragraph is a joke.

It's not about having to get off my "fat ass", it's about it being a constant annoyance. Most games that have multiple discs make you go back and forth between discs for certain parts. We live in 2011, this shouldn't even be an option. What's worse is that you made it sound like having to change discs EVERY THREE HOURS is somehow a joy or, you know, not a complete turn off. Which it is. It doesn't matter who you are, who the pineapple wants to change a disc every 3 hours? Seriously.

Honestly, it's not that big of a deal. Out of the 12 games I have, 3 have multiple discs. Two have 2 and one has three. Not that big of a deal.

Not wanting to pay for an XBOX live account is a matter of principle--I could easily afford it. But, I can get the same service on the PS3 for free, there's no damn reason for Microsoft to be charging and obscene amount like $50 a year ($35 apparently if you SCOUR THE INTERNET FOR A DEAL.) Especially if they're not giving you anything good for buying it besides the ability to compare your stats with friends. You should either be paying for the account and unlimited access to free games or have a free account with pay-to-play access to games. That's all there is to it. You know how much of that money game developers see? None. They give away the service to their customers for free and Microsoft puts up a toll booth before you can access it. That's pretty pineappleing scummy. It's like, I don't know, your favourite author/musician giving away autographs for free and then the book/CD store charging you an entry fee.

That's fine. But really, I already have an Xbox and paying for LIVE isn't that big of a deal for me, and many. Also, you don't have to SCOUR the internet. Typing in Amazon, and then looking for the card is not that difficult. And for many that already visit places like Slickdeals, it's no extra work. Microsoft is a business, and a successful one that that. They have costs to keep this service up, and I'm more than happy to pay for it. Also, your analogy doesn't work because it doesn't cost the store anything to let the customers in, while it does cost money for Microsoft to host their service. Not to mention, I'm paying for stability. How long was the PSN down for again? Well, in the 4 years I've owned an Xbox it's gone down for maybe 48 hours total? I'll take a $35, stable service over a free one that I have to worry about my credit card information getting stolen from. On top of that, everybody thinks they're entitled to compensation for a free service after it goes down, which I think is an absolute joke.

I think that that final sentence is the worst, though. A person should pay for a service and rent games to use with that service? Do you not see how ridiculous the very idea of that is? We should sacrifice something permanent for something temporary? I mean, it's not like that $50/35 is going to last you forever--it's gone in a year. At least when you buy a "pomegranatety" game you can still play it in a year, or ten years.

That's you take on this. Not buying one game and renting it instead is that big of a deal to you? Most people wouldn't even be affected by this statement.

Paying out the ass for a temporary service that should be free and sacrificing other things for it? Sounds like a great deal.

It is, to me.

in conclusion: I've read your posts, and I know you like jRPG's and stuff. I know you like you PS3. I didn't start a console war with my post, I was just pushing you in the direction of the the stuff that we have and you don't. Whether you buy into it or not, I don't care, but you don't need to sound like such a bitch when replying to post.

why not enjoy both consoles? i don't get how this topic turned out to be a ps3 vs 360 debate when sarah was only looking to ask for 360 titles..

Besides Tales of Vesperia, Lost Odyssey is a must-try for the 360. I've also heard good things about resonance of fate and its battle system but I read it has a high learning curve. Oh and there's also Blue Dragon.

Besides Tales of Vesperia, Lost Odyssey is a must-try for the 360. I've also heard good things about resonance of fate and its battle system but I read it has a high learning curve. Oh and there's also Blue Dragon.

Lost Odyssey a few of my friends liked, too. I knew I was forgetting something. :o

Fable 1-4. O.o?

this smelled like a console war thread from a mile away, lol

sarah, i have owned both. i never found anything special about 360 exclusives (console FPSes make me barf anyway), save for Banjo Kazooie, Halo, and Alan Wake. seeing as you're the kind of person to stray from these kinds of games there's no reason you should get a 360. there are only so many games that will cater to you aside from Tales of Vesperia.

Pretty much this. Besides Tales of Vesperia and a few other games Berzerk mentioned, there really is no reason to buy a 360.

I own a 360 and pretty much every single game (besides a handful of Arcade games) I own is multi-platform.

I really expected something more. I've always heard that the XBOX is somehow superior to the PS3. I didn't expect THAT, necessarily, but even 10 good games to sell the console shouldn't have been hard. I've seen maybe 5 that actually seem vaguely interesting but that not enough to make me spend $150 - $200

Also I don't rent.

It's a pretty simple decision, Sarah: Does $99 (plus tax and the cost of the game you want to play) justify you playing that game? If yes, get a refurbished one. If no, then don't.

You really weren't interested in the first place and this thread has probably added to the list of reasons why you're not interested in it. Since everything else is multi-platform, I'd just skip this game (or find a friend who's XBOX you can borrow for a period of time to play the game, unless you don't like that option).


And for the record, I don't own either console and have no preference one way or the other.

Yeah, I don't think you should spend $150+ (and Live) for an Xbox. The games that you enjoy (and that are good) are mostly multiplatform anyway.

I really expected something more. I've always heard that the XBOX is somehow superior to the PS3. I didn't expect THAT, necessarily, but even 10 good games to sell the console shouldn't have been hard. I've seen maybe 5 that actually seem vaguely interesting but that not enough to make me spend $150 - $200

Also I don't rent.

The x360 is only "superior" in it's simplistic design. This caused that multiplatform games like Assassins Creed can be ported to the x360 easier, giving the x360 dev-team more time to fine-tune stuff for the x360 to make the game run smoother / in a little better quality then the PS3.

The deal is that the PS3 has better hardware then the x360, -however- programming for this -very- specific hardware takes way more time, and since time = money, not all the ps3 features will be used on a multiplatform game that gets ported to the PS3. Exceptions on this are PS3 exclusive game, like Killzone3, it's looks amazing.

That's why, in reality, things look (a little) "better" on the x360 compared to the ps3, with all the modern multiplatform games, the x360 porting and optimization just takes less time.

That's it.

Addition:
Well, personally, I like the x360 controller more (PS3 is too small for my hands). I also play maple with my 360 controller btw, works really well!