Re: Q.? Modding the box! The pros & cons, your opinions would be appreciated.
 

Ebay have recently taken a hard line on modded xbox banning adverts and the like

Re: Q.? Modding the box! The pros & cons, your opinions would be appreciated.
 

I like the way you think Pluey

food for thought, even action i'd say

Re: Q.? Modding the box! The pros & cons, your opinions would be appreciated.
 

So which is the best xlink or xbconnect?

Re: Q.? Modding the box! The pros & cons, your opinions would be appreciated.
 

i must say im very unimpressed with the actual games on the xbox ..
ive played about 60 or so and only found my self coming back to some of the driving games - the fps games run to slow and aiming is silly with a controller, the adventure games like legacy of kain - ninja gaiden - popsot all treat you like a 4 year old for the first 5 levels - the racing games are fun to a degree crash racing was a poor mans mario cart :) and nfs + pgr were very sexy. i tried fifa and nhl2004 and didnt think much of them the megadrive versions played better in myu opinion but they certainly looked nice. im happy i got the mod chip so i can play emulators and watch some movies on the thing.

anyone know if there will be a resident evil game for the xbox?

Re: Q.? Modding the box! The pros & cons, your opinions would be appreciated.
 

Bull, it's one simple word making the prices so high - GREED

programmers don't get paid per copy sold, the movies make back their money in the box office, and DVD / CD production and marketing is measured in the realm of PENNIES!

IF this were not the case then why are we, the brittish public paying in pounds what the americans are paying in dollars?

the publishing industry could sell the DVDs at £5 each and CD albums at £2 each but they won't because of greed.
I for one would be more than happy to buy my DVDs at the lower price, but I am loathe to pay more for a medium which costs less than a V?HS tape to produce and yet costs more from most major retailers.

Equalise the pricing globally and then start marketing the films at a price people are willing to pay and you have a cure for piracy.

Same goes for music and games.

Who are the games marketers targetting with an Xbox game? kids mainly, with adults as well.... yet they charge up to £50 per game??? how many kids have £50 available to buy games? of COURSE they are going to get copies as it's the only way they can play the things.

it's the companies who perpetuate piracy, not the users.

I build computers, I make £50 on a machine build, yet I would rather sell 10 machines with £50 markup than 2 machines at £200 markup.

the companies want to sell their 50 machines with £200 markup... it's greed and they are pricing themselves out of the realm of battling piracy.

Re: Q.? Modding the box! The pros & cons, your opinions would be appreciated.
 

I must admit i couldn't agree more Lord Nikon

Re: Q.? Modding the box! The pros & cons, your opinions would be appreciated.
 

I think it's ridiculous that you HAVE to chip your Xbox to play in high definition if it's a pal machine.

Why don't they just have an NTSC mode on the UK machine.

I will be modding my box, that's for sure. Even when I've modded it for an entirely *legal* reason I would still not be able to play Live.

What a sorry state of affairs.

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It is a bit stupid, but, then again, how many people in the UK have a TV capable of taking a high definition input?

What I find more annoying is that you have to chip it if you want to play DVDs on it from other regions.


You can still play on XBL with a modded XBox....just so long as you turn off the chip when going online.

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Not in high definition though.