MegaGames, takes a long, hard look at life with Microsoft’s new console and the possible pitfalls and traps awaiting its owners. What you will read below is a guide on what current and future owners of the console should expect, a preparatory course, if you will, on survival with the new console and on what tips and tricks owners should know in order to make it in this next-gen world.
Love it or hate it X360 is here to stay and most gamers, with the possible exception of those in Japan, are bound to come across it a few times in the next 5-6 years; no excuses forewarned is forearmed.
OK intro is out of the way and no self respecting survival guide to life with an XBox 360 could start without a few hints of how to actually get your hands on one. Congratulations, you have managed to avoid queuing for long hours in the November rain, you have also avoided noisy large-scale events and most importantly you have managed to survive another XBox launch without having to meet J Allard, the enthusiastic proponent of the XBox theory and leader of the Church of the Green Box. The choice to avoid MS PR rhetoric has however, left you without a console and you would like to have one, should you try eBay? Whatever advice you get it is extremely likely that you will turn to the Internet auction site and adopted homeland of the world’s most complex of creatures, the scammer.
Not for Everyone
So here are some numbers you may find interesting. XBox 360 has been selling like crazy through eBay, with a total of USD 23 million changing hands in X360 related eBay transactions. The average final price of an XBox 360 on eBay, in the first week following its release, was USD 718 while the current likely price is USD 700. Prices are extravagant but you will probably be bidding already so pay attention; watch out for scams, if the description reads: …you are bidding on a brand new XBOX 360 Premium Bundle picture…, for example, stay away, whatever you do make sure you read the description precisely and that you do not wire-transfer money or agree to any other odd sounding transaction. Please help dismiss the rumor claiming that most gamers are word-challenged.
Bet you’ve never seen Windows do that
Following all that and assuming that you now have the first next-generation console in your hands read on to find out the most important thing you have to do…
