Is XBOX Live worth it?

[dan]

Like I said, I've got an XBOX now, and this afternoon I'm getting the internets hooked up at my place. Now, I'm wondering if I should get XBOX Live or not. I'd get it pretty much exclusively for Halo 2, but there's the problem. Halo 3 comes out in a month. How many people do you think will still be playing 2?

[theHawk]

Xbox live is pretty sweet, but I have it for the 360. The chat channel allows you to talk to everyone your playing a game with. Halo 3 is for Xbox 360, Halo 2 was on the original so I'm sure alot of people will still be playing it who don't have a 360.

You need to upgrade to 360 bro, games like Ghost Recon 2 and Rainbow 6 blow Halo away. And America's Army is coming out this month too

[dan]

Xbox live is pretty sweet, but I have it for the 360. The chat channel allows you to talk to everyone your playing a game with. Halo 3 is for Xbox 360, Halo 2 was on the original so I'm sure alot of people will still be playing it who don't have a 360.

You need to upgrade to 360 bro, games like Ghost Recon 2 and Rainbow 6 blow Halo away. And America's Army is coming out this month too

Yeah, that's what everyone keeps telling me. But, the thing is a 360 is, what, $300? And this XBOX was... free! So, I figure I'll build up a nice library, then upgrade maybe in a year or so.

I haven't played Ghost Recon or Rainbow 6. I think I might have played one of them for the original XBOX a long time ago, are they team-based? If so, I've got no patience for it, I get way too frustrated with my team, and I inevitably get so pissed with them that I just massacre them all and try to finish the mission alone, which never works.

[CockySOB]

The Xbox 360 is around US$250 now and the new edition coming out will have the higher tag (~$350 IIRC) The main difference is the new units have direct hi-def connecitons as opposed to hd component plugs.

And yes, Live is worth it. I go through cycles where I play a lot, and then cycles where I don't. But when you consider that having Live is about like spending money for 3 dvd rentals in a month. And when gaming regularly, I spend more time gaming online than watching dvd's....

[Sock Puppet]

Is XBOX Live worth it?

No... video games are



J/K

[theHawk]

I haven't played Ghost Recon or Rainbow 6. I think I might have played one of them for the original XBOX a long time ago, are they team-based? If so, I've got no patience for it, I get way too frustrated with my team, and I inevitably get so pissed with them that I just massacre them all and try to finish the mission alone, which never works.

Both games have solo campaigns and in GR you can control your fireteam. In multi-player most people are pretty cool and thats where its really fun.

[dan]

Well, I've got XBOX LIVE, now. Gamertag's BernardoR3tardo (my friend's middle name is Bernardo, and they used to call him Bernardo Retardo in school ). I don't have one of them newfangled microphones, but I'll play with you guys, as long as you're playing one of the six games I own!

[dan]

So, nobody plays Halo 2 anymore? Come on, people, I got a mic and everything!

BernardoR3tardo

Add me!