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"Is it just me or..."

Is Xbox Live not on anyone elses priority list? It really isn't something that I am desperate to get and to be honest I think that too much emphesis is being placed upon it. Don't get me wrong I think that downloading new levels and extras will be superb but it isn't something that I can't wait to get. I also don't care too much about playing people across Xbox Live because I aren't into Multi-Player games that much and if I am I invite a friend around to play Halo and Dead or Alive 3 etc!

The service is going to be superb and by far the best online service out of all 3 consoles by a long shot. If a game focuses on Multi-Player over songle player then I avoid getting it, also if a PC game is based around online play I avoid getting it as well. The biggest asset to Xbox Live is the ability to download new levels and characters in my opinion and this is the only reason I will pick it up sometime next year. However until then I value my money on buying the great games on the Xbox between now and Christmas over concentrating on Xbox Live.


By the way has anyone checked the latest IGN reviews for Xbox? The games are scoring highly and there are a few on there that I wasn't expecting to be any good!

Anyone feel the same way? Am I on my own with this one?

they dont knock a hole they drill one. well thats what Telewest did :D

Yay ! Should be signing up for Tiscali Broadband - the 512kbps one - later today. £65 for the moden (£20 off rrp of £85), free line activation, £27 a month. Had to be ADSL as my parents don't want NTL knocking holes in the wall...dammit :)

Now I have to get more money together for the Testdrive kit thing on Nov 30th - this is the next date you can get the online kit isn't it ?

~~Belldandy~~

I think, well from the people I have chatted to on xbox live the gneral concioucous of xbox live is it will deffinetly help them sell more units.

Strafex wrote:
> Xbox live is the main reason for me wanting an Xbox, with Rare and
> Halo being close seconds.
>
> MS have done their bit - made a strong, flawless, easy-to-use
> service.
> It's not quite got the killer games yet but they can't be too far
> off...

From Experience I can say that XBox Live has lived up to the potential so far. Also the killer games for XBox Live are coming out very soon, a lot sooner than the retail version of XBox Live. Unreal Championship, MechAssault and Ghost Recon are all going to be massive hits when they come out.

Nothings flawless...

Xbox live is the main reason for me wanting an Xbox, with Rare and Halo being close seconds.

MS have done their bit - made a strong, flawless, easy-to-use service.
It's not quite got the killer games yet but they can't be too far off...

garbe123 wrote:
> I understand what you are saying Adrian and downloading extras would
> be great but its going to turn into one heck of an expensive service.
> I am going to get a job soon and I need to get broadband internet
> first, is a 128Kb/256Kb broadband service fast enough for online
> gaming? I need to get that sorted first :)

I think it has to be the full 512kb service, not that ISDN rubbish.

After all, the idea was to have everyone at the same connection speed wasn't it?

I am going to email them and see what they say because upgrading to 1mb connection is a bit more expensive and expense is the issue at hand here. It should be enough I think, I just remember someone saying it had to be at least 256kb/s but I could be wrong...

garbe123 wrote:
128Kb/256Kb broadband service fast enough for online
> gaming? I need to get that sorted first :)

Maybe, ring up MS and I am sure they will say a minimum speed that is needed.

I understand what you are saying Adrian and downloading extras would be great but its going to turn into one heck of an expensive service. I am going to get a job soon and I need to get broadband internet first, is a 128Kb/256Kb broadband service fast enough for online gaming? I need to get that sorted first :)