Saturday, September 1, 2007
Halo 3 / XBox 360
Saturday, September 1, 2007 
I have an Xbox sitting in the basement gathering dust. Along with a Halo2 custom headset, Airport Express dedicated just for the unit, a bunch of controllers and a box of games. Every now and then I fire up Halo 2. With Halo 3 around the corner, I'm chomping at getting a 360.
Why? For Halo 3. Honestly. And Gears of War looks pretty awesome. However I have gone into BestBuy a few times and I couldn't believe how awful the load times were. For even simple things. The blades interface seems easy to bump yoursef out of by mistake (not a big concern). However the 33% failure rates and the load times concern me. Is it stupid to get a console for a single game? I know Microsuck is counting on that.
Why? For Halo 3. Honestly. And Gears of War looks pretty awesome. However I have gone into BestBuy a few times and I couldn't believe how awful the load times were. For even simple things. The blades interface seems easy to bump yoursef out of by mistake (not a big concern). However the 33% failure rates and the load times concern me. Is it stupid to get a console for a single game? I know Microsuck is counting on that.
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Josh said...“I wouldn't buy a 360 just for Halo 3, but when you add Gears, Project Gotham Racing, Call of Duty 4 (definitely skip 3), and the Xbox Live Arcade, it's a solid buy.
Then, setup Connect360 on your Mac, and now I've got a bunch of music & movies all available from my remote control.”
