5 Things I Don't Like About My Xbox 360
So with all of the next-generation consoles officially released I thought I would give a short list of a couple of things that I don’t like about my Xbox 360. I’ve had my Xbox 360 for a couple of months and overall I really like it but there are a few things that really annoy me. So here’s my ‘Top 5’ list of things I don’t like about the Xbox 360 (in no particular order):
1. It is loud. There is a lot of horsepower in that little console and it needs some serious cooling but I was still surprised at how loud it is. It’s not a big issue for playing games when you have the music cranked, but when watching a movie I can hear it. It will be interesting to see how the Playstation 3 sounds in terms of fan noise.
2. Xbox remotes won’t control the volume. The Xbox 360 remotes will not control the volume so you need to use your TV or stereo receiver remote to control the volume. As a media center extender, this is pretty lame. To be honest I’m surprised this wasn’t a bigger issue when launched; I didn’t find this out until I bought it.
3. Backward compatibility with Xbox games is very low. I have bought five or six original Xbox games and tried to play them on the Xbox 360 and only one has worked so far. I know that not everything is suppose to be backwards compatible, but there are some classic Xbox games I will never enjoy.
4. Online game play is not free. Recently Microsoft has started to make an even bigger divide between the Gold (pay service) and Silver (free) memberships for Xbox live. Paying 60 bucks for a game and then a monthly fee to play it online is asking a lot.
5. Play DVD feature is not available in Media Center extender mode. So the Xbox 360 itself can play a DVD but when you are using it in extender mode there is no option to play a DVD in the drive. I think Microsoft could have easily added this feature so that if there is a DVD in the drive that it would show up even though it is running as an extender of a separate Media Center PC.
What’s on your list?
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1 Comments:
Hi Tim, I totally agree about the noise. Any other niggles are tiny compared to the noise!
I'm still wondering whether to stick it in a cupboard and risk the overheating.
But I was going to say, for the remote, the Microsoft's Media Center remote also works with the 360. You can buy the remote, receiver and 2 IR emitters for $40 usually. The receiver and emitters don't end being used, but I still think the remote itself is worth the $40 as it allows you to control TV/receiver volume, and switch off the TV and 360. Using this remote makes a big difference to my setup.
Cheers, Ross.
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