Ten things to hate about the Xbox 360 Options

[Xavierking]

I concur.

(yeah thats my phrase of the day)

[torbjorn]

im just so happy right now...

i was planning to get a 360 but instead decided to wait until it was moddable and therefor i spent my money on an 320 gb hdd to my xbox instead.. much better solution..

and for all the problems it has been. im just laughing my ass off and feel pitty for my friends who actually bought one..

its just hilarious to see..

i wanna add a few things too myself..

scratch disc..
no divx..
no storing movies on hdd..
A 20 GB HDD????.. WTF??
heating probs...
160 W powersucker- hey somebody gotta pay electrisity..
the price...
all the little overprized "things" u need to make it some useful..
a media senter- i mean CUM ON- that shit is OLD!
u gotta have xp media center too... WTH??

u wanna think that M$ would thought that 20 gb of hdd would be small- i mean- they are the worlds biggest software company- dont they know that 20 gb is small and USELESS??

my hd on my 98 pc is bigger than that!! ORIGINALLY!! LOL

its just SAD-

i hope they will be able to modd it soon and make it a real console- not just this-


until then- ill be sitting on my fence whit my XBOX and enjoying my self...

[RuStY9]

has this numbskull ever played a video game before? his list is like he was expecting a pc, and could be applied to any console ever launched.

[modthebox.tk]

10. you can't get them

even though this is true the idiots at smashmyxbox.com or whatever decided to have a little fun.. jerks.

and for the other stuff.. meh.. could give a damn. I like my games and right now llamma has a solution to scratched disks. I will not mod it cause my xbox is gonna become my modding machine.

[sephiroth99]

7. Not enough USB ports, especially on the back

I think 3 isn't enough. Let's say you want 4 wired controllers??? No can do. And if you want your iPod and wireless connectivity? No can do too... And computers come with like 10 usb2 ports....

And gotta tell you, i have a 360 and I brought(sp?) a PS2 this weekend. Guess what? I played with the ps2 more than the 360. And no, i dont consider myself a fanboy, i didnt even owned it for a week.

[iLLNESS]

MS has done a really good job with that. You get a 20gig with 13gigs free.

btw im being sarcastic.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAA

man oh man. have u tried deleting the HD videos they have on the hard drive? and the music? u do realise that u can delete things. and HD videos are not small

way to think there.

anyways. commenting on the top 10 reasons.

1. Beige isn't the new black
2. No killer games at launch
3. Accessories cost a small fortune
4. The hard drive isn't big enough
5. Limited keyboard/mouse support at lay. unch
6. No built-in Wi-Fi
7. Not enough USB ports, especially on the back
8. No HDMI or DVI connectivity
9. No built-in card reader
10. You can't get it.

1. ?? wtf.
2. no killer games? its launch, what u expect. pd0 was killer, cod2 was even more killer, seeing all the EA games in HD alone is killer. go play ps2.
3. yeah, ps2. u got the memory card, the second controller, the multitap if u have more then 2 friends. the network adapter. omg, small fortune for every console.
4. the hdd isnt big enough? im sure if m$ released a 100gb hdd, ud bitch about how expensive it was. this guys a f00l
5. is there even a comment needeD? has any other console ever had mouse/keyboard support at launch?
6. once again, has any console done this before?
7. thats what a usb hub is for. should be using wireless controllers anyways, they pwn
8. hdmi or dvi, well, component is enough for a TV is it not?
9. card reader. well maybe if there was a STANDARD. theres how many different types out.
10. no ones fault but yours. shoulda waited in line earlier. or be patient

m$ cant customize the console to everyones needs/wants. get used to it. thats the way it is. call m$ and complain about how they didnt add your card reader for you, see what they say. better yet, call sony and nintendo and tell them to put it in their console cause it could sell millions more. im sure theyll respond much like m$ would:
'sir, the card readers are $2 in stores, go buy one and use the usb like everyone else'

im sure im not the first person to think this, but isnt it just annoying how many people are riding the '360 sux bandwagon'? most of which havent even played or owned the console.

this brings back the old bash.org (i think) quote from irc of:
"im going to invent a device that allows me to stab people in the face over the internet. ill make millions"
something along those lines

[Vayate]

CNET's opinion doesn't matter. After all, they're the people who decided that the new GameFAQs layout was a good idea.

Anyway, maybe I should send THEM an email... 10 things I hate about CNET. #1 would have to be "Prompting me to email then with a list which, in its creation, forced me to narrow down my top ten things to hate about CNET from the thousands upon thousands of possibilities."

[jaygould30]

Im sorry but I agree with the people saying this list is just a pathetic excuse for someone to fill their daily story quota. I garentee he dont even play video games. First off it's a video game console not a friggin computer so why would you expect them to have a whole bunch of stuff for keyboards/mouse stuff? Remember WebTV, that thing sucked ass and so does anything that tries to use keyboards/mouse combinations other then a computer...it just doesnt feel right. Also a friggin card reader!?!?.....First off that comment is grounds for getting shoot in the head. Their is no purpose for that on a video game console (yes people lets remember what it is) and if you really need that functionality well lets see it connects to your friggin computer and allows you to stream so get a friggin card reader on your computer! Then their is this whole beige comment...this makes me think he hasnt even looked at the damn thing because its clearly a white console not beige. Beige is the color of the old standard computer cases. Also I think that anyone who complains about the COLOR of a system is being pathetic and personally I think the system looks amazing in white and I love how it stands out instead of the boring black that everyyyyyy system uses. Another one that seems like he went and just listened to some whiny people at EBgames or Gamestop is the no killer games on launch comment. Umm was I mistaken or isn't Call of Duty probably the best game anyone has ever seen? Then their is PDZ which I know alot of people are somewhat disappointed with but I think its prety amazing and multiplayer is tons of fun. And if your a racing fan you have 2 reallly good games to choose from on launch. Personally I think this line up is better then any I've seen so far except for, of course, halo on launch and we all know that halo 3 will be out in time to fight sales of the PS3 so I dont see how that not being out for launch is such a shock. I dont think Halo 3 should be considered the ONLY killer game that could have launched during launch day but its safe to say if it did no one would be saying this because if you put Halo 3 on top of the games out right now would be the wetting yourself for the next year off of those games alone. The USB's issue is kinda stupid too. The idea is to make everything go wireless so all your going to be using those 3 USB's for is WiFi adapter and a camera later down the line.

I think if your going to make a list of things that you hate about the xbox 360 you better have alot of time using the system and know what your talking about because people are passionate about things like this and people dont take kindly to stupid information. If you wanted to put anything on that list it should be how loud the dvd player is when running an xbox 360 game. As well as the penny pinching they did by not making it so you could indeed move the system (noticed I said move not flip) while the game was still in with out ruining it. Also I will grant that 20GiGs isnt that much butttttt it's more then the original or any other system will offer for that matter. We all just have an issue with it because we are hacking bastards that put huge harddrives in the old one to steal games and such. But dont worry you know within 6 months they will have more options for the hard drive. Thats what they do....its all about upgrades, you will see the 40 and 60 GiG hard drives eventually. Mark my word. Thats if someone doesnt hack it first.

[luther349]

not enough usb ports. thats kinda true and false. if 3 isnt enough why not get a usb hub. this is what sony did with the ps2. so if you think 3 isnt enough ask m$ to relese a usb hub for it. it shoulda had 4 thow in the case of 4 wired controlers.

[jude]

it doesn't have HD DVD!
can someone explain that cause thats got me well confused, every other post on here is about HD TV and it doesnt atually have an actual HD DVD player!

[Deftech]

it doesn't have HD DVD!
can someone explain that cause thats got me well confused, every other post on here is about HD TV and it doesnt atually have an actual HD DVD player!

are you telling us you arent aware of the fact that the games themselves play in HD?

if you didnt know, they do.

[stanneh]

no built in wifi?

[Hyper_Eye]

I only have 3 beefs with it:

1) The DVD drive is incredibly loud.
2) Backwards compatibility is iffy at best.
3) Half-Life 2 dosn't play in widescreen (playing at 1080i and it is in a box... bs)

[prankfurter]

it doesn't have HD DVD!
can someone explain that cause thats got me well confused, every other post on here is about HD TV and it doesnt atually have an actual HD DVD player!

ok the HD-DVD format isn't even finalized... it would cost an arm and leg to include.

the reason lots of people are concerned about HDTVs is because it supports HD in the following ways:

every game is in HD,
you can watch WMV HD through MCE extender built in (though Divx HD would be wicked as well)
you can watch HD TV through your MCE if you have a HD tuner in it.

what else when the next gen dvd format is finalzed they could offer external players. using usb 2.0 or even on new revisions they could include next gen dvd format support in the box (this would end up pissing me off )

This post has been edited by prankfurter: Dec 8 2005, 04:25 AM

[frieko]

I have one simple solution that solves every one of his problems.

GET A PC!!!



Also on a semi related note. I'm under the impression that DivX/XviD are different implementations of MPEG4. Isn't there some simple way to change the container format to a compatible one or something, or does 360 not have any mpeg4 support at all?

This post has been edited by frieko: Dec 8 2005, 04:30 AM