Wouldn't you still be walking in the same direction after turning 360 degrees?

lol massive fail

Found it cheaper

easy to fix, remove the faceplate use a screwdriver to press the little sync button inside

Does anyone know if these consoles have HDMI ports on them or is it the older connections?

Great deal, looking to pick one up for my sons birthday and this seems good!

I got mine, switches on, but cant connect wireless controller (the controller is fine as borrowed from another console) but when I try press the wireless button on the console, its real stiff and doesn't do anything (no flashing lights), the wireless button on the controller is fine though, and yes fans rel noisy like others.

Thanks

Still available, just ordered one, thank you :smiley:

Ye better chipset less overheating probs

Is that good ??? :smiley:

Got mine today and its a jasper

Mine came the other day. Very good condition and controller is clean! It's noisy as anything but banged in Fifa 15 and who cares about the noise?!

​God, if this is what you do when you're wrong what the hell do you do when (if ) you're right about something - Make slaves build you a blood diamond crown? This is seriously disturbing behaviour. Michael Jackson will be up there feeling far less mental.

You may like to credit this to the original source (Harry Enfield of course) :smirk:

mine arrived today, looks brand new, works perfectly, stuck modern warfare 2 on, got my **** kicked, great fun to play the old maps, worth every penny !

I'm really tempted to get it just for the old COD games

​I had same problem I found putting something heavy over cd drive stopped problem

looks like it's back in stock .. just been able to check one out

Ohh, pre-built. Yeah I'd already built a PC that was about 1 and a half times more powerful than a 360 at the time.


When you say "most", I think you mean those holiday booking PC's in Thompsons...? Because PC's absolutely hammered every single console before they were even launched, and after. If only it were solely about CPU to have a machine zip along. You just have an SLI set up and chuck more RAM in and get the kind of framerates that make your eyeballs bleed. Please don't extend these bizarre statements to the first PlayStation. The graphics on those were laughable compared to what was being enjoyed on the PC for some years before. This is not about the old "PC master race" chestnut it's about the simple fact consoles are not very upgradeable at all and the fact is they've had to become more like hybrid PC's in order to not just come to a complete standstill technologically - which would tend to tell you something about which is best for gaming.

​I usually do follow them but albeit I haven't recently. This doesn't surprise me though, people were asking for it for many years and now that they're finally doing something in regards to it people no longer want it.

Either way, as long as there are achievements involved I couldn't care less what they do as long as they don't go crazy.

yeah, looks like it is. i might have grabbed one at this price just for something to mess around on.

but then i bought an original PSP for £4.99 a few weeks ago and hardly look at that :smiley:

At launch they were the most powerful consumer gaming devices available. Although they only stayed on top graphically for a short period before equally powerful graphics cards came out they still were briefly top and commanded a price to match. As this Nvidia chart shows...



And for CPU power they were unmatched for years, most home PC's at the time were not even Dual Core let alone Octa Core when the PS3/360 came out. The Dreamcast/PS2/Xbox era were also the most powerful home machines people could buy at launch, you could only get better graphics on arcade machines.

The PS4 and XBONE however are about half the power of a top end graphics card when released hence why the launch price was half and the lifespan will be shorter.

What was said?

Is this OOS now, cos I don't see any option to add to basket anywhere

You win the internet for today.......but not for the reason you'll be thinking :laughing:

Well done you!!!

Found it cheaper

Nice find OP ordered one as a spare already have a slim and xbox one but at that price i couldn't resist so have some heat :sunglasses:

Got one. Thanks OP.

brilliant at that price

Are you a PC elitist by any chance?

The only form of prejudice left you don't get a 'hate crime' charge for when you trap it off :smirk:

It's called Xbox 360 because when you see it you turn 360 degrees and walk away.

Cant go wrong at that price, heat op

I played Black from the original Xbox via my 360.

I like my PS4 but graphics aside, we need games that are fun!

For now, the next Forza coming out will be released for both the Xbox One and PC.

It affects me as well as any PC gamer that has consoles for exclusivity...after a drying up of software on the 360 I learned my lesson and have not bought a Xbox One but own a PS4, there really is no exclusives to persuade me otherwise, and this is the final nail in the coffin. Microsoft have nothing to persuade me otherwise.

I got rid of my old 360 when i bought the xbox1, big mistake !, none of the backwards compatibility games were any of the old COD games, this is a bargain just to play Mod warfare 2 and Black ops again, Most of the new games on the Xbox1 are rubbish and cant be played from disc , £36 is a bargain !

That's the joke.

People are talking about RROD risk with these consoles. And also fan noise too.

The one thing nobody has mentioned which is very much worth taking on board. And that is the heat pumped out from these consoles.

I had the first model Xbox360. And the heat it produced was quite literally like having an electric portable fan heater going off in your room.

This is fine during the winter months. But during the summer, July and August it is literally torturous. As a result I did not want to play my 360 at all durign the summer months as I couldn't bare it.

I remember one summer GTAIV came out and I ignored this and persevered during the summer months playing it and at the end of any playing session I felt like a Kentucky Fried Chicken my bedroom was like a Sauna. (not joking either).

You can buy an slim "S" model for around £14 more many places (£50/£60 used) during deals that often get posted up here. Buy those if you want a 360. The difference is night and day. The S model is an amazing console. This is junk.

I picked up a brand new 360 at tesco for £36 in January.

A lot of 'fail' here, and not from the guy who made the 360 joke either.

Same here, got an Elite 360 120gb with a manufacture date of 2007 and it still works today. Never had RROD, but it does have an issue with HDMI in which it will only work with certain TV's. Neither my Sony or Panasonic work with it so have to use component lead instead.

Good deal. Jtag it or, ideally, put LT 3.0 firmware on it and away you go.

I have one of old 20gb models still goimg strong. Always been used horizontally and well ventilated and never had a problem. Yes it produces heat levels you would associate with a power station and yes the fan sounds like a fighter jet flying over head but it still works.

had my 60gb 360 since 2008 and still works fine even with my daughter playing minecraft every day :smiley: Obviously though these could be a 360 from any year and any motherboard just with a 60gb hard drive stuck on the side so a bit hit and miss what you might get.

had my 360 premium since 2007... no problems at all...

Yeah that's the point lol you couldn't get anything much more powerful in that price range whereas now a £430 PC far outstrips an Xbox one

Its 256mb, just checked.

This was bundled as an 'Arcade' edition, it came with a disc with some Xbox Arcade games like Uno. I bought when my last 'Pro' 360 finally RROD and it was out of warranty.

Mine is now at least 6 years old, not bad for a 360.

He didn't deny that there were more powerful PCs available at the time, he merely said those consoles were more powerful back then in comparison to current consoles vs PCs. It seems to me like you are disagreeing with something he didn't state (a strawman argument).

A real shame this is white. Never had an Xbox so would have loved to have tried one out but hate white consoles!

It is hard to know who is getting the joke and who is just trolling at this stage.

Now tv app, Amazon prime app, Sky go app and Netflix app all on one device <3

Jesus christ you guys are noobs. thatsthejoke.jpg

Wow..

Been looking to get one for a while as I want something to re-play Kingdoms of Amalur on. This should be fine! Cheers

Except they were not. Even when they came out there were much more powerful PC's. Yes you would pay more for a PC at the time..that's still the case but you get so much more.

I wonder what happened to all those Red ringed 360's? Had 3 & gave up & bought a slim version its been ok ever since. :smiley:

Have some heat , FWIW my original had the RROD (20GB GoW edition), repaired under warranty - oh and it had the mains cable replaced later as well...

I'm not trying to troll, but as I have mentioned in other threads I currently need a PS3 as it just died recently (coincidently after playing Plants vs Zombies), I see Gamestop doesn't have any stock, anyone know where else I could pick one up cheap? (I've tried CEX, Game, Amazon & eBay)

Yeah but when the PS3 and Xbox 360 came out they were comparable to powerful PCs of their generation.

With this generation the consoles that have been released were comparable to mid line PCs.

So I think it's fair to say that the business model has changed and that we are probably half way through the life cycle of this generation of consoles.

what's the best and most up to date way of playing backup games from usb drive on a xbox 360. can someone point me in the right direction please.

They never were the most powerful gaming machines on earth, at any time, ever - mainly because it is physically and technically impossible to make a console more powerful than a gaming PC, since consoles stagnate over years and PC specs are evolving constantly - even to this day. However such a bemusing statement brings back happy memories of when the first Xbox came out, and I stood with amusement in Game as I heard the shop assistant tell a customer "oh the graphics on the Xbox are MUCH better than on PC". Happy days.

Several things here; he was talking about the next generation of Xbox being upgradable. Think of it as an Xbox Steam Machine using the Xbox OS. Doesn't affect Xbox One.

Secondly, the Windows/Xbox thing is, more precisely, sharing of Windows 10 apps only. There will be games appearing on both platforms, though the ones announced for PC are slightly different (Gears of War remastered is tinkered with and Forza 6 is a custom built version for PC) but I still think there are thousands of gamers who want a console over a PC so it won't affect them. The majority of both Xbox One and PS4 games seem to make their way to PC these days, anyway.

Of course, there are no real details on any of this until they flesh it out and it's not like Microsoft are adverse to doing a U-turn on any of their decisions!

Good price for a cheap 360, though. Would suit things like youth clubs or groups to use.

Surely it's not really a meme if nobody's heard of it, though? Even the moderators on that page haven't validated that submission.

Erm well the gaming media has been full of them all week long, seeing the Xbox event for the press was last week and they were all under ermbargo not to report it till this week the omens weren't great were they :smirk:

I can only assume you don't follow gaming related news at all right?

Well ever since what I personally have dubbed 'quantumbreakgate' went on between Spencer and the crapgamer on twitter the whole Xbox division has been on the defensive and been spinning alll sorts like would make Alastair Campbell proud.

Just google it yourself but more Xbox exclusives have been rvealed to be going over to PC, including a free version Forza and Spencer was also talking about hardware add ons for the Xbone a la PC gaming.

Bottom line they've clearly already given up on this generation because the PS4 is so far ahead and no I'm not a Sony fan baby as I'm someone who owns all three current gen consoles.

The problem was this started out as being the lowest powered console generation ever (to achieve post recession pricing and deal with the shrinking hard core gaming market). Gone the days where a new Xbox or PlayStation were the most powerful gaming machines on earth at launch with a price tag to match. Now the PS4 and XBONE are the same power as a mid range PC. This means that decade long lifecycles are no longer possible and that's why they are thinking about constant refreshes and add on units. I think the idea that Xbox games can play on Windows 10 is a good idea as there are lots of titles I want to play without having to buy their console but as you touched upon it's going to become very muddy as to what will work on which system and out will come the flash from the past 'requires expansion pak' style stickers! As you said in the old days they got none of the sweet PC hardware upgrade cash and by PC-fying the Xbox they can do that.

Regarding this deal I think £36 is slightly too high, under £20 would be about right considering they are the older 360's. Amazon had a black friday lightning deal years ago for brand new 360's for £50!

announcements referred to above are... https://www.vg247.com/2016/03/03/xbox-one-microsofts-talk-of-hardware-upgrades-sounds-like-hot-air/

not very clear yet...seems to be two things

xbox one and pcs running win 10 are now (or will be) cross compatible. looks like an xbox environment like stram will function in win10 to maintain your library.not for some titles...ALL xboxone titles will be win 10 compatible(and vice versa presumably)

the ropey bit is his announcement that xbox will stop getting 'big bang' upgrades every 6/7 years....from now on updated versions will come out every year or two without a big rebrand...he seems to compare it to the iphone hardware cycle. also they will encourage 'upgrade add ons' a bit like n64 ram pack type upgrades.

the worry is that that will fragment the xbox market the same way the pc market is fragmented.... your 2 year old xbox might only be able to run 75% of new titles and run thise slower/lower framerate than a 'new' xbox one. from m$ point of view they can scam gamers into buying a new pc or at least a graphics card every two years but they never made money out of that... they have been itching to get their hands on that hardware cash...

Straight over all of their heads. :smile:

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/why-they-call-it-an-xbox-360

Awkward.

You'll be getting Xbox One refurbs at this sort of dough if you're willing to wait a couple of months after all the announcements Spencer made this week :smirk:

Shots fired

Very expensive shouldn't be more than £20, these will RROD.

Best console for last gen.

Dashboard, games, hardware, party chat

wish they did some deals like this for ps3 slim

Yes

Had two original Elite 360's both RROD and replaced with slims that are still working.

My advice spend a bit more and buy a slim.

great price

And they'll swap it straight out for another one.

I wouldnt.

It looks like its an original pre-arcade model - these ones I had three fail and replaced.

If it was an arcade or later (has white drawer and 4gb internal memory) then I'd recommend it.

is this the model that has the red light of dead problem? And does it have original xbox backward compatibility?

Tempted! But have a ps3 I rarely play :/

odd, OH has had original from day one, never had an issue, not any louder than my newer slim version.. luck I suppose. great price, just heavily play it within the 30 day I'm sure by then anything lingering would appear

I used to have a original type white 360 (was the HDD less core model) between about 2007 and 2011. To be fair it never had any kind of failure at all, despite the early ones being known to rrod.

However, the noise was appalling on it both fan and drive noise, was just tolerable in games but made TV/movie watching impossible.

Replaced it with the black slim model in 2011, which I still have, massively better machine, virtually silent by comparison.

Not sure if these are as bad for noise but these days I'd always recommend the slim version, doubt it would be that much more either...

You know of a website that already sells JTAG'd 360s?

It's a fantastic price, but with only a 3 month guarantee, I'd recommend paying a bit more at somewhere like CeX which offers 24 months.