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9/26/2005 5:57:47 PM
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There are no Xbox 360 launch titles that I'd buy the system to play
Don't get me wrong, I am buying the system the day it comes out. I have a lot of family in town that week with Thanksgiving and my youngest son's baptism. And I'm taking the week off from work. So, I figured what better to do on a week off than play a brand new console.
And I'll have fun. I'm sure I'll enjoy Project Gotham Racing 3 quite a bit. There will probably be some other good games. I'll buy about 20, or whatever is available the first day, just to make sure I have something worth playing.
But, to be perfectly honest, there is nothing coming out on launch day that I would buy the system just to play. I know that MS, and other losers, spin that launch titles are the whole first year. If so, than Oblivion and Gears of War look pretty good. If there's a Halo 3, awesome. But I am not buying a $400 system, to play Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo Elements of Power. In fact, if they weren't bundled with the system I wouldn't buy them at all.
Of course, I've bought and enjoyed other games that I didn't think I would. For example, I didn't bother picking up Halo until it was out for a couple of years. The cover art was just so lame. And the title was so generic. I thought why would I want to buy a game with goofy graphics and a non-descript title. Of course, I was wrong on both accounts. And, even if I'd been right, the gameplay would've been worth it.
So, I'm probably wrong about Xbox 360 as well. So, someone please educate me. What will I want to play on Xbox 360 the day it comes out? And, perhaps more importantly, what will everyone be playing on Live that night?
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Actually I got the silver bundle from Gamestop. Then about $1,000 worth of games and accessories from EBGames. I had teh whole thing ordered on EB, then they renegged on the bundles. But, it's good. Because the GameStop bundle doesn't have Kameo, which I'm stearing clear of. Another frustrating thing is that the actual launch dates for the games seem to all be up in the air. I want to have at least a dozen games, 20 is even better, on the day the machine comes out. But I don't generally like to preorder. So, it was real frustrating coming up with an order. I ordered lots of stuff, but I have no idea when any of it is shipping. I looked at GameStop's Omega bundle. But it had things that I didn't need, like a wireless adapter, and things that I already have like Xbox Live. And, of course, I wanted to tweak the game selection. I found that a smaller bundle, and little more elbow grease was more useful. Also, a lot of people are misreding my email. I'm not saying that I'm not buying the system on day one. I am buying it. In fact I'm probably buying more games than most. I'm just a little perturbed that MS wasn't able to get a system seller for day one. So, I'll have fun with the system, for sure. But I may have more fun with the original Xbox for a while. Since most Xbox games will not even run on Xbox 360. Which, by the way, is pushing the component ports on my TV. I may even have to toggle the cables between the Xbox and Xbox 360. Hopefully 360 does the DVD surround sound and file formats right this time. If so, I can drop the DVD player out of the mix. This probably sounds ridiculous, but I really wish that MS and some of these major corporations would consult with me before they go off and make mistakes.
