I paid for the first Xbox months in advance so i was defo getting one. I was sitting playing Halo for about 2 hours and it crashed said the disk was faulty etc ( Brand new console ). So i was in debt for nose candy and sold it to a mate ( since it crashed a lot ) and bought a used PS2 the laser was fux0r3d on that but it was a simple realign of the laser it needed it works perfect now. Xbox done the same with my friend so he pawned it and is moving on. Now to the Xbox 360 i have been heseatant (SP?) to buy the new Xbox as i paid about £300 in october for the first Xbox and it was a huge dissapointment graphics great,game play great,big hdd great, crashes every few hours frustrating ( a specially if you havent saved or hit a save point ). So IMHO ill never buy an Xbox again PS3 cant wait for it im just curious whats behind the plastic on the new PS3. Everyone knows an Xbox is a mini PC ( wait for the hacks ) well next year is not far off I bet a pound to a penny there will be plenty of hacks remember its not all software a soldering iron and necissery components and it's pwned. People have a grudge against M$ they will do whatever it takes to ridicule the company i suspect a few versons of *nix to pop up for the 360 since the flaw was founded on an existing flaw ( correct me if im wrong ) the hacks will be rolling out shortly. In onther news my fiance's brother managed to get a 360 and no probs from it it runs fine as far as I have seen but the first xbox put me off buying another M$ console. Why buy a console if you have a PC running Win with a decent GFX card sound card etc. My advice dont spend cash on the 360 up-grade your rig ( prolly cheaper ) most games come out for the PC anyway and if not there's always something equal or better to play on a PC. Ill post if Martin gets any probs with his 360 but everything seems fine I always get hit with the 'dodgy' stuff ( no not stolen just faulty )


All in all the graphics are good and so is the game play but I wouldnt take the risk again because it would be my luck to get a faulty 360 so ill hold off till the PS3 is released before I buy another console