Well… UPS showed up with an RMA-box four days late, but I had managed to switch it in the store where I bought it (after *alot* of complaining hahaha) so I was all set. Lesson learned is to not have more interaction with MS than necessary. Maybe they should ploughback all that free cash in customer services? Anyhow, the 360 is awesome. Graphics are good, not surprising considering resolution is three times up from previous consoles. The games are… alright I guess. Xbox Live is still crap in comparison to good ol’ usermanaged servers. Call of Duty 2 only 8 players… come on! Ping is lousy so I still can’t figure out why they go for the ad-hoc networks, if they insist on charging for the online-experience. Is hardware expensive these days?
Is the 360 the hardcore next gen console or is (as Kasuragi claims) in fact Xbox 1.5? Too early to tell I suppose. I bought the SNES, Dreamcast, PS2 and Xbox at launch and so far only the SNES comes close to being a classic out of the box. Comparing COD2 and PGR3 to Halo2 and Rallisport Challenge 2, the 360 still has alot to prove and as for onlinegaming, a decent PC is still way better… guess I’ll be first in line for a PS3 aswell.
Long story short, they promised me an RMA-box tomorrow and that I would get a replacement 360 before this weekend. Stay tuned.
