So I'm buying an XBOX 360 tomorrow...

[Reddaye]

Depends on what you like to play for games Mudda.

[Dan]

Now I didn't wanna get involved in the new console fad whatsoever, but I saw that the Wii was only £180 and that got me thinking 'wow, thats fairly cheap...I'm working fulltime hours next week and I could afford it - plus I've got the flat to myself so I'll be bored' but thinking about it I'm not keen on the Wii (especially the controller) that much, but then the Xbox360 is another £100 ontop aswell as essential accessories.

Decisions, Decisions. I could deal with a console and a game, but which one?

The 360 is £100 more with essential accessories, the only other thing you'll need is a charger for the pad if you don't want to keep replacing the batteries.

It really depends what type of games you're into. Party games and your typical nintendo games/platform games (Mario, Kirby, Smash etc.) then go for the wii.

If you prefer Shooting/Sports/Driving games then a 360 would probably be your best option.

& The 360 is older so it's easier to pick up cheap used games.

[zero]

Definitely invest in the plug and play recharge kit, everything you hear about the 360 murdering batteries is absolutely true. And go with XBox Live Gold, it's less than five bucks a month, no reason to not have it as online play is a huge part of owning a 360.

[Dan]

I just realised that I can charge my Pad with the play-and-charge kit by using my computer while using it on my 360.

[Guest muddatrucker]

I do want a Xbox360 first and foremost, I'm a playstation fan but at the end of the day the Xbox is always going to offer me a similar type of system/variation of games etc, the only thing appealing to me about the Wii is the price, I mean I could buy the Wii without any agro but I'm always going to truely want the 360.

Oh well, just a case of me saving up and looking for a bargain, £300 doesn't come easily when you're a student, maybe I can convince my flatmate to go halves.

[Chasing Lamely]

I do want a Xbox360 first and foremost, I'm a playstation fan but at the end of the day the Xbox is always going to offer me a similar type of system/variation of games etc, the only thing appealing to me about the Wii is the price, I mean I could buy the Wii without any agro but I'm always going to truely want the 360.

Oh well, just a case of me saving up and looking for a bargain, £300 doesn't come easily when you're a student, maybe I can convince my flatmate to go halves.

[Reddaye]

I'm also fairly sure PES (not sure what it's called in Europe) is now exclusive to the 360.

[alldaws1]

I'm also fairly sure PES (not sure what it's called in Europe) is now exclusive to the 360.

Nope. But the 360 version is pants.

[Reddaye]

I'm assuming "pants" means bad? >_>

[alldaws1]

Yes, yes it does.

[Dan]

It's worth £20 for the online mode alone.

[King Ellis]

The deal was that Pro Evolution 6 was a next gen exclusive. Of course this a mute point when the other next gen consoles have pretty much no chance of having the game anyway. It was rare for any incarnation of a Konami football game to appear on GC, let alone the flagship PES. Plus PS3 won't be out here till at least March and no one would pay top whack for a football game at that stage.

It might be worth checking out Gamestation for one of their combos if/when you go to buy one. A month or so back I got the Premium pack, Gears Of War and Smackdown 2007 for £300. They had another thing where you could get another game at the same time for £20 so I picked up Dead Rising as well.

Of course with any kind of sale it's main purpose is to get you to get something else whilst you there which I went along with. Even more so when I got another controller which took my spending up to £350.

[Crybaby Bunting]

X-Box premium + Smackdown + Oblivion + PGR3 + Live Unplugged + extra controller = £309.99

That offer is unbeatable at the moment at gamestation

[Guest muddatrucker]

I went into game and they had an Xbox premium with a game and an extra wireless controller for 279.99 sounds like a pretty good deal.

[Captain Kirk]

What are the main differences between the X-Box 360 premium and core system?

[alldaws1]

Core has a wired controller, premium has a wireless. I don't think the core comes with a headset either. And there may be a difference with the hard drive, too. The main one that I remember is the wired/wireless thing though.

[King Ellis]

Core doesn't have a hard drive. Premium has a 20GB one.

[Hellfire]

If you want to play online or do basically anything at all, you need the premium package. The 360 is pretty much unusable without the hard drive.

[-A-]

Premium comes with the wireless controller, headset, HD, ethernet cable and media remote.

[alldaws1]

Premium comes with the wireless controller, headset, HD, ethernet cable and media remote.

You don't get the media remote in the premium package. Unless they've changed it since I bought mine back in August.