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Am I missing anything with the Xbox Arcade?

RaggaholicRaggaholic Registered User regular
edited September 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
Ok, I'm about to go buy an Xbox 360 Arcade tomorrow since they've done the price drop. I'm not worried about the component cable, as I'll be connecting via HDMI. I have ethernet cables here by the truckload. I was going to buy a HD off of ebay, since they're running about $30.

Anything I'm missing by not going with the Premium?

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  • GdiguyGdiguy San Diego, CARegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Headset?

    Otherwise, now that the Arcade comes with a wireless controller, I don't think there's a difference... just make sure it has HDMI (they all should by now unless you're getting an insanely old one, but... *shrug*)

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  • VThornheartVThornheart Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    The hard drive too, right? I think... I could be wrong, but if I remember correctly the Pro and higher have hard drives, while the Arcade doesn't.

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  • mugginnsmugginns Jawsome Fresh CoastRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    If you're getting the hard drive on Ebay then you should be fine, as long as it is quality and not broken.

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  • ZyreZyre Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I've been considering buying an X-Box now too since the price drop as there are a lot of Live game downloads that I'm interested. I love Bionic Commando Rearmed Multiplayer, and with Duke3d and Death Tank coming I can't imagine not owning my own to play online with my friends from home. Plus I'm going for a weekend trip to a friends house this week for a couple days who lives in Portland Or which means no sales tax.

    Question I have is; Can you buy an Arcade version (comes with no HD) and just buy a standard PC HD for it or does it use some kind of special MS X-Box only HD? If that's the case I might just buy the 60gb version.

    Also, I've heard people waiting for the "Jasper" X-Box 360 release, what does that mean? I haven't bought a Console since the Nintendo 64.

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  • SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2008
    I thought the Arcades came with HDMI cable since forever ago?

    Edit: Huh, no ignore me. Looks like it's still composite only. I guess it was that it now supports HDMI output but it didn't before or something.

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  • OhioOhio Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    No, you can't buy just any old HD. It has to be a Microsoft XBox 360 hard drive.

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  • RaggaholicRaggaholic Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    So I'm not missing anything other than the headset?

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  • DaedalusDaedalus Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Ohio wrote: »
    No, you can't buy just any old HD. It has to be a Microsoft XBox 360 hard drive.
    the Microsoft 20GB hard drive ebays pretty cheap.

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  • RaggaholicRaggaholic Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Daedalus wrote: »
    Ohio wrote: »
    No, you can't buy just any old HD. It has to be a Microsoft XBox 360 hard drive.
    the Microsoft 20GB hard drive ebays pretty cheap.
    Yep. I grabbed a 20GB for under $35.

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