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I got annoyed already before i even turned it on. For my PS3, i use HDMI for my video, and an optical cable for sound
The 360 only has optical built into the AV Plug ( To save money i guess on MS's part. ) So i plug the AV Plug in for the sound and guess what: The Plug is so freaking huge i can't fit HDMI in! That's just dandy. So i plug HDMI only in Just to see how things look in 1080p, the 360 looks awful! ( Or at least the new Xbox menu does. ) Which leads me to my next impression: The new xbox menu thing.
First the avatars. Stupid.
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I thought it ( The menu ) was going to suck, but it actually surprised me. I like it, not as much as the PS3 XMB ( find it a bit faster and i like its navigation more, ) but still very good. That was a good improvement over the old blades.
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Than a friend sent me a party invite. A party allows up to six people i believe, to go into a chat room to talk. Its good cause we can all play different games and still chat. Than all of a sudden i get a wonderful message telling me i gotta get Xbox Live Gold, just to talk to more than one friend. Oh yay. I was able to score a few 48 hour gold memership cards. The party thing is cool, but they seem to disconnect randomly.
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All that is fine and all but the big thing is games. When it comes to single player games i like PS3 more ( Uncharted and MGS4 for example. ) I wanna try the 360 due to beign able to play with my friends online. So i try Halo 3. Wait what? Yup, lag. Lag, with only 10 people? Why is it that Resistance 2 can have 60 with no lag? Or Medal of Honor hereos 2 for Wii with 32 people over wi fi have no lag? ( There was no lag when i played it at least. ) I also try Saints Row 2 online and Gears 2, all lag. So why do we have to pay for Live again?
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The second day i had my xbox, i turn it on and it starts making weird noises. Sounds like the fan was spinning very slow, but it went back to normal, still scares me a bit. Overall I feel you can do more on the PS3 with the exception to parties and cross game invites.
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As for the 3 games i have at the moment ( Halo 3, Fable II, Saints Row 2..)
Halo 3 i can tell is good, but i'm just not a huge fan of it, i think i have been spoiled by other shooters. Saint's Row II is fun as hell, the main reason i have been playing the 360, but i could get that for the PS3 or even PC later next month in January. Fable II is really good. I knew i would like it but it is better than expected, not much to say because i haven't played a whole lot of it overall.
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You must all think i hate the 360, but thats not the case... With that said, i'm not really a fan. Xbox Live is what does it. It is THE selling point, and i cant even play 360 games online without lag ( Yet my PC games and PS3 games are fine. ) I feel like i was ripped off, and i didn't pay for any of this yet
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