I’ve been without a games console for a while now and short of watching TV don’t really have a lot on to do when I’m feeling like chilling out. So I’ve pre-ordered a shiny new Xbox 360 Elite from Game. I was going to get a standard Premium pack a couple of weeks back but decided to hold off for a while since the inclusion of a HDMI cable is going to save me having to run a stupid amount of cables between the Xbox, TV and surround sound system since the HDMI cable includes all of the good stuff in one convenient cable.

Add to that the 100Gb-bigger-than-standard hard drive and I figure it’s worth the wait. Oh yeah… and it’s BLACK!

As a hardcore mac user, I had doubts about buying anything from Microsoft, but since having a go on a friends Xbox, I’ve decided that it’s the console for me. I had originally thought about a Wii, but the games just seem to childish for my liking. I much prefer serious ‘adult’ games, rather than cutesy mario type graphics. All of the Xbox games that I’ve played have been serious gaming affairs, all of the Wii games I’ve played have been pick up and play instant gratification type games. I’m not saying that all Wii games are for kids or all Xbox games are grownups, but certainly both sets of consoles are more skewed towards those respective markets.

I had planned to buy a bunch of matching accessories at the same time, but I’m heading to America at the end of the month for my honeymoon and with the exchange rate being at 2 dollars to a pound at the moment, I can pick up a 360 controller for half the price I can get it over here. I’d be stupid quite frankly to do it any other way. It’s just a damn shame that the games aren’t compatible, otherwise I’d be picking up a shit load of them as well!

I pick up the console on the 24th if the pre-order delivery dates are to be believed. So don’t expect much in the way of blogging during September as I’ll be either out of the country or up to my eyeballs in Xbox.

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