X-box bargain

[SteveSxx]

You can get an old X-box from Argos for �69.99 including 4 games - must be a bargain ?
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumb er/5671867/Trail/C%24cip%3D42746.Video%2Bgames %3EC%24cip%3D42762.Xbox.htm

[vehelpfulguy]

Not a bargain methinks.

Recent XBox 360 games will not play on the older XBox, and no new XBox games are being produced.

Also if you do buy XBox games they will not play on the XBox 360 which uses different technology.

Buying an old XBox is a dead end.

Surely better value is a PS2 which you can get for about �90.

There are hundreds of games available, and new games still being produced.

And any PS2 game you buy will still play on a PS3 when it comes out.

[tracy6697]

....if you plan on buying a PS3 that is!!
There are lots of great classic Xbox games out there and because the 360 has taken it's place you will find a lot of those games going very cheap.
So if you are not bothered about having the latest thing or are on a budget then I'd say go for it!

[johntheplamf]

And so speaks the XBox appreciation society, don't listen to her Steve, she's brainwashed :O)

[tracy6697]

And so speaks the Sony appreciation society, don't listen to him Steve, he's brainwashed :O)

[johntheplamf]

Lol, i am not, i just do whatever my masters tell me :O)

[tracy6697]

ha, ha! fair enough ;o)

Anyway, my point is that because the original Xbox is now dead as a dodo the games are dirt cheap (especially via ebay). I was going to sell a chunk of my Xbox collection on ebay but when I looked into it I found that I'd get next to nothing for them, thats even if they would sell at all, so I changed my mind!
I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of stores selling off stock really cheap soon either as I can remember that happening when the Dreamcast went down the toilet!

[johntheplamf]

Right, it's a deal, 50p per game sound fair to you?

[Mattk]

this bundle was �45.00 and is incredibly good value even at �69.99.
360 games will not play on the xbox ? state the obvious why dontcha !i tried playing a dvd in my video recorder the other day and it didnt work...im still puzzled now why it didnt !
buy the xbox...4 games alone would sell for that price.

[SteveSxx]

I already have an "old" Xbox - bought about 3 years ago - paid �179 for it - I just thought that anyone else after a bargain may be interested
The fact is "tracy6697" - you are incorrect when you run down "old" Xboxes - they are still magnificent pieces of kit - especially at �69.99

[tracy6697]

John, sorry but 50p each is a little too cheap to sell them for ;o)

Steve - Where did I run down the original Xbox? I was saying it IS a bargain! I like the console (I got mine on launch day for �299) and own over 100 games for it. But fact is it's dead - no more consoles are being made and there are hardly any more games (if any at all) due to be released for it.