my vice
I recently upgraded my XBOX 360 to a PS3. That it to say, Kijiji is awesome for selling people things when they have no idea how much said things are worth.
Case in point, I sold an XBOX 360 (Elite) with:
For a grand total of $550.00, which was rapidly transformed into a Playstation 3 and several games.
That being said; I think the PS3's online mode far exceeds the 360; it's free and offers the exact same service set. Not to mention that streaming media from a Windows Based PC is as simple as turning the machine on. Microsoft has had years to work out the bugs in the streaming features on the 360. However the system is unreliable at best, and unworkable the majority of the time.
Also, the PS3 has Blu-Ray….which I've yet to use. But is somehow a huge selling point for the console, according to the Self-Admitted-Non-Gamer EB Employee. (Seriously, why work in a store that you don't even USE what you're selling? And who the fuck hires people that have no idea about the industry they are servicing.)
I'm an occasional reader of Penny Arcade. That is to say, I view what comes in front of me with a certain amusement. Sometimes they are dead on. Sometimes they miss, but the comic itself is fairly iconic. The other "Arcadeism", if you will, are the news posts from the creators, Tycho and Gabe. Normally, I avoid them based on one simple fact: You don't learn a godamn thing. Apparently they are not happy with the new Final Fantasy, but I don't see HOW based on the post.
Case in point, I sold an XBOX 360 (Elite) with:
- 120GB Hard Drive
- Two controllers (one wired one wireless)
- One quick charge cable
- One headset
- Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 1 & 2
- Gears Of War I
- Bioshock I
- Fallout 3
- Mass Effect I
- Rock Band (Disc only)
For a grand total of $550.00, which was rapidly transformed into a Playstation 3 and several games.
That being said; I think the PS3's online mode far exceeds the 360; it's free and offers the exact same service set. Not to mention that streaming media from a Windows Based PC is as simple as turning the machine on. Microsoft has had years to work out the bugs in the streaming features on the 360. However the system is unreliable at best, and unworkable the majority of the time.
Also, the PS3 has Blu-Ray….which I've yet to use. But is somehow a huge selling point for the console, according to the Self-Admitted-Non-Gamer EB Employee. (Seriously, why work in a store that you don't even USE what you're selling? And who the fuck hires people that have no idea about the industry they are servicing.)
I'm an occasional reader of Penny Arcade. That is to say, I view what comes in front of me with a certain amusement. Sometimes they are dead on. Sometimes they miss, but the comic itself is fairly iconic. The other "Arcadeism", if you will, are the news posts from the creators, Tycho and Gabe. Normally, I avoid them based on one simple fact: You don't learn a godamn thing. Apparently they are not happy with the new Final Fantasy, but I don't see HOW based on the post.
xbox 360 dashboard update
Microsoft has finally released the long-awaited Fall Dashboard Update for the XBOX 360, in Winter. The newly revised Dashboard features support for the new Game Store, which offers downloaded versions of original XBOX games for about $20 (CDN), or 1200 Microsoft Points.
As of launch, 7 games are being offered: Halo: Combat Evolved, Crimson Skies: High Road To Revenge, Psychonauts, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath Of Cortex, Fuzion Frenzy, Indigo Prophecy and the original Fable (no Lost Chapters here).
Indigo Prophecy totalled in at 1.9 GB download, and went pretty quick, about an hour and it was installed. The game is transitioned pretty well to the 360 and still excellent.
The update took about 3 minutes to download on my DSL connection, and hasn't bricked the console yet.
Some other changes are the moving of the Themes and Gamer Pictures option to the Games Store, as well as the intergration of the XBOX LIVE Arcade to the store, instead of it's old location in the Games blade.
Another new feature in the Games Store are Game Add-Ons, right now the content is pretty limited, but these are basically the XBOX Live version of patches; the Bioshock add-on includes some new Plasmids and Gene Tonics.
No new TV or movie content, yet. Still waiting on those NBC Sitcoms to be delivered direct to my 360.
Some new free themes are also available, most of them from the 'Xbox Originals' area. I added the Fable theme.
As of launch, 7 games are being offered: Halo: Combat Evolved, Crimson Skies: High Road To Revenge, Psychonauts, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath Of Cortex, Fuzion Frenzy, Indigo Prophecy and the original Fable (no Lost Chapters here).
Indigo Prophecy totalled in at 1.9 GB download, and went pretty quick, about an hour and it was installed. The game is transitioned pretty well to the 360 and still excellent.
The update took about 3 minutes to download on my DSL connection, and hasn't bricked the console yet.
Some other changes are the moving of the Themes and Gamer Pictures option to the Games Store, as well as the intergration of the XBOX LIVE Arcade to the store, instead of it's old location in the Games blade.
Another new feature in the Games Store are Game Add-Ons, right now the content is pretty limited, but these are basically the XBOX Live version of patches; the Bioshock add-on includes some new Plasmids and Gene Tonics.
No new TV or movie content, yet. Still waiting on those NBC Sitcoms to be delivered direct to my 360.
Some new free themes are also available, most of them from the 'Xbox Originals' area. I added the Fable theme.
