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"Not Again, damn you Microsoft !"

So, for the third time this year I'm wondering whether to buy an Xbox. First I was going to get one at launch - I sold my PS2 and all the games....but then changed my mind 5 days from launch and bought a new PS2. Then, in May, I nearly had one then, but bought a Gamecube instead which I really like. Now, it's October, I've just traded in the sixth new release in a row that I bought for PS2 (Hitman 2, previously Tekken 4, Deus Ex, Final Fantasy X, and a pile of others. I'm bored of being told how great Vice City is, The Getaway will be rubbish, and Tomb Raider has been put back til next year.

What's the game that's tempted me ? Splinter Cell, looks brilliant and totally excellent. Plus, though I haven't got Broadband yet, I'm seriously impressed by MS's Xbox Live - unlike Sony's plan its clear, has major games support, and there's a definite price for it which seems quite reasonable. On top of that I still want Halo, DOA3, PGR, Buffy, Jetset Radio, Ralisport, Sega GT2002, and a fair few others.

I've belittled Microsoft's console before, but I think this Christmas their are quite a few games there to impress people.

Er...and thats it really. Pretty pointless topic eh ? Just sitting around geting ready to snipe someone on Ebay he he :)

~~Belldandy~~

Savatt78 wrote:
> Well thats because you suck and generally don't matter. :-)
>
> ;-)

I matter.....a bit.....

Or just get Deux Ex 2 when it comes for Xbox :-)

Perhaps not, but I find it's best with a controller. If you're willing to deal out that extra cash for your PC, then get it on that.

people say it aint a patch on the pc version?

You took back Deus Ex?! Are you insane man?! Buy it again! Now!

I can understand about ebay belldandy you can make a nice pretty penny or two on there for ball all.

By the way, I got it confirmed today from someone who bought the Sega Xbox pack, that both games come on one disk, which also has a few movies of games on it.

Hmm...

I knew you'd come crawling back Belldandy. ;-)

Seriously though - theres loads of games coming out on X-Box now. Plus a shed load in the spring and onwards. I can see 2003 being a very good year for X-Box. :-)

Blank wrote:
> It doesn't look particularly good to me anyway :)

Well thats because you suck and generally don't matter. :-)

;-)

Nomino wrote:
> In my experience, people who act like this ultimately lose money, and
> are never happy with the console they choose...

In my experience, both times, they rake the cash in :) Seriously, I buy all my games and consoles from work - 20% off for starters, then clear them on Ebay (last time and this time) and make nearly as much. My current PS2 games have about 15 I hardly play, stuff like Vampire Night, Max Payne, SSX Tricky e.t.c. and whose trade in value is pathetic. Even were I to keep the PS2 and trade them in I'd still not need them. So, I clear them on Ebay using Buy It Now, make 15-20 each for the old stuff, 25-30 for the newer stuff, and I've got back more money for the console and the stuff with it than when I bought it !

My Gamecube will never go, neither will my N64 I bought last week - I've bought 5 games for it and I've already played Perfect Dark and Goldeneye more than I did stuff like Hitman 2 and FFX.

Anyway, just got official Xbox magazine and seen Splinter Cell's review :) And with this Sega pack thing being released...well I'm just waiting until I've got all my Ebay cash in then its time to go shopping *smirk*

~~Belldandy~~