Is and XBox 360 even worth it without Live?

I was kind of looking to buy a 360 or Wii (PS3's out of my budget), but I won't be able to pay for Live for a while or get either console hooked up to the net for anything for a little while until I switch ISP's or something. My DSL service kind of sucks, but I mostly use my PC for online gaming at the moment.

What say you? Is a 360 even worth getting if you can't have Live for a while?

I was kind of looking to buy a 360 or Wii (PS3's out of my budget), but I won't be able to pay for Live for a while or get either console hooked up to the net for anything for a little while until I switch ISP's or something. My DSL service kind of sucks, but I mostly use my PC for online gaming at the moment.

What say you? Is a 360 even worth getting if you can't have Live for a while?

phoenixan_akrau

I would say no, right now, for the Price. I can name at least 10 games that don't require Online to have fun, but it isn't worth $400. If money isn't an issue, go for it.

But rest assured that Over Half of the fun of the 360 is Online. The system was made for ONLINE Gaming. Don't listen to guys that say anything else, they usually have LIVE and just don't have to suffer without it.

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I was kind of looking to buy a 360 or Wii (PS3's out of my budget), but I won't be able to pay for Live for a while or get either console hooked up to the net for anything for a little while until I switch ISP's or something. My DSL service kind of sucks, but I mostly use my PC for online gaming at the moment.

What say you? Is a 360 even worth getting if you can't have Live for a while?

SolidTy

I would say no, right now, for the Price. I can name at least 10 games that don't require Online to have fun, but it isn't worth $400. If money isn't an issue, go for it.

But rest assured that Over Half of the fun of the 360 is Online. The system was made for ONLINE Gaming. Don't listen to guys that say anything else, they usually have LIVE and just don't have to suffer without it.

Well, if it helps any.. I'd like to hear some good samples from each platform.. The games I'm most into are platform games and shooters. Rayman Raving Rabbids was kind of an insult because I ended up without a platformer I've been anticipating for 3 years, so... Yeah... moving onto another platform because I need something other than a shooter or a RPG to fall back on.

evry one of my friends that bought the wii regret it all it does is sit there and collect dust by the way you can still get xbox live silver which also gives access to around 100 demos and tons of music/game videos

so yeah the 360 is worth it offline and heres some games

splinter cell

call of duty 2

dead rising

All the sports game

Forza 2

I was kind of looking to buy a 360 or Wii (PS3's out of my budget), but I won't be able to pay for Live for a while or get either console hooked up to the net for anything for a little while until I switch ISP's or something. My DSL service kind of sucks, but I mostly use my PC for online gaming at the moment.

What say you? Is a 360 even worth getting if you can't have Live for a while?

phoenixan_akrau

tell you what. save $1/week and you can afford get $50 in a year

Worth it without live? Not really.

Worth it without a gold membership? Totally.

If not for my brother buying me a prepaid card for gold membership, I wouldn't have bothered. And honestly, the silver membership already covers just about everything I would want to do on XBL.

I was kind of looking to buy a 360 or Wii (PS3's out of my budget), but I won't be able to pay for Live for a while or get either console hooked up to the net for anything for a little while until I switch ISP's or something. My DSL service kind of sucks, but I mostly use my PC for online gaming at the moment.

What say you? Is a 360 even worth getting if you can't have Live for a while?

phoenixan_akrau

As someone who bought a Gold Subscription almost a year after buying my 360, yes.

Yes.

Mass Effect, Enteral Sonata, Bioshock, Blue Dragon, Lost Oddysee, is a offline game.

So come september I'm not even gonna bother with buying another 50$ card.

Oh and I don't care about Halo 3 online.

Which my subscription is due to expire in july.

I was kind of looking to buy a 360 or Wii (PS3's out of my budget), but I won't be able to pay for Live for a while or get either console hooked up to the net for anything for a little while until I switch ISP's or something. My DSL service kind of sucks, but I mostly use my PC for online gaming at the moment.

What say you? Is a 360 even worth getting if you can't have Live for a while?

phoenixan_akrau

No its not, Xbox Live is MS is strengths for most of there titles. Without Xbox Live, I wouldnt of bought it, because it simply wouldnt be worth it.

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I was kind of looking to buy a 360 or Wii (PS3's out of my budget), but I won't be able to pay for Live for a while or get either console hooked up to the net for anything for a little while until I switch ISP's or something. My DSL service kind of sucks, but I mostly use my PC for online gaming at the moment.

What say you? Is a 360 even worth getting if you can't have Live for a while?

SolidTy

I would say no, right now, for the Price. I can name at least 10 games that don't require Online to have fun, but it isn't worth $400. If money isn't an issue, go for it.

But rest assured that Over Half of the fun of the 360 is Online. The system was made for ONLINE Gaming. Don't listen to guys that say anything else, they usually have LIVE and just don't have to suffer without it.

I was kind of looking to buy a 360 or Wii (PS3's out of my budget), but I won't be able to pay for Live for a while or get either console hooked up to the net for anything for a little while until I switch ISP's or something. My DSL service kind of sucks, but I mostly use my PC for online gaming at the moment.

What say you? Is a 360 even worth getting if you can't have Live for a while?

phoenixan_akrau

without the demos and the VOD and the invites and and stuff? definitely lose alot of its value, but it's still worth getting.

There are alot of games on the 360 to playwithout live.

Just take a look at the list of games that is out.