Do I need xbox Live!

humanji

Hey all,
I'm planning on getting an 360 soon and was wondering if Live is any good. In order for me to hook up the xbox to my home network, I'll either need a wireless adapter (€€€), or a very long network cable.

I don't really play online so I won't really be using it for that. So I was wondering if it has any benefits at all, or can I happily live without it?

godtabh

humanji wrote:

Hey all,
I'm planning on getting an 360 soon and was wondering if Live is any good. In order for me to hook up the xbox to my home network, I'll either need a wireless adapter (€€€), or a very long network cable.

I don't really play online so I won't really be using it for that. So I was wondering if it has any benefits at all, or can I happily live without it?

Xbox live makes Xbox! You saw you dont play on line but if you give it ago you wont go back¬!

ciano1

im just wondering do u need the official 360 wifi adaptor to use live or will an ordinary adaptor do ??

robinph

ciano1 wrote:

im just wondering do u need the official 360 wifi adaptor to use live or will an ordinary adaptor do ??

If you need to go wireless in order to connect to your router then you will need the official MS wireless adapter. But you could always use a long ethernet cable if that is possible and you don't want to shell out the extra cash just yet.

um7y1h83ge06nx

I bought a 360 in January and got on Live in September.

It makes a huge difference to the Xbox and I use my 360 a lot more now as a result. It's handy to download demos, xbox live arcade games, and of course online play.

I still have to explore online play fully, as I'm finding it hard to make time, but one of my friends regularly plays Ghost Recon and says it's amazing.

monkeyfudge

I've found it to be a total waste of time. I hardly ever use it.

Maybe if you were big into your online shooters you'd make more use of it perhaps.

I also don't enjoy playing with ill-manner american teenage pricks, which is something you come across a lot.

The downloading demos is a nice feature though... but can't you do that with just a silver membership?

I've only really started making use of my Live account in the past few as I've been playing Phantasy Star Universe.

humanji

monkeyfudge wrote:

I also don't enjoy playing with ill-manner american teenage pricks,

But isn't that the whole point of the internet?

monkeyfudge

humanji wrote:

But isn't that the whole point of the internet?

No... playing with your own prick is the main purpose of the internet.

CiaranC

robinph wrote:

If you need to go wireless in order to connect to your router then you will need the official MS wireless adapter.

Any wireless bridge will do, he doesnt need the official one!

Xbox live is good. There still arent many games worth playing online though. Escpeicially if you dont like shooters.

robinph

CiaranC wrote:

Any wireless bridge will do, he doesnt need the official one!

The only wireless adapter that can be connected to a USB port on the xbox is the official MS one. If you plug in an ethernet cable to the xbox then it does not then care if the cable then becomes wireless half way along by some other means.

monkeyfudge

How much would you be saving by not getting the official one anyway?

I got the official one recently and I think it works supremely well. There is no set up or configuration on it. It just slots neatly onto the back works straight away. It really should have been a feature built in by default in the console though.

CiaranC

I agree that the official one is excellent. Some people have wireless bridges etc from their xbox 1 laying about though.

Smellyirishman

Personally, without Live! my 360 would have see FAR less action. You get a free month of gold, so just run the cable to the 360 for a month and if you like it, consider a sub and a wireless nic, if you don't, clean up the cable.

BFassassin

robinph wrote:

If you need to go wireless in order to connect to your router then you will need the official MS wireless adapter. But you could always use a long ethernet cable if that is possible and you don't want to shell out the extra cash just yet.

You dont need the official wireless adapter. I use this one which i got for €70 and im happy with it.
NETGEAR
As for online gameing its great. I know that there are some annoying players but when you get another decent player it can be good fun. Mainly shooting games at the minute but PGR3 and PES6 are good too

monkeyfudge

BFassassin wrote:

You dont need the official wireless adapter. I use this one which i got for €70 and im happy with it.

Seems a bit pointless. The official one is only €10 more and clips nicely onto the back of the console.

JM MARCONI

Do you need Xbox Live? Does man need a penis!:D

god's toy

I think it opens up (almost) every game with longevity and more fun.

BFassassin

monkeyfudge wrote:

Seems a bit pointless. The official one is only €10 more and clips nicely onto the back of the console.

Anytime i saw them they were €100 plus even if i was just saving €10 id rather have it than some shop.;)

humanji

Well I've a mate who works in microsoft so the adapter is only going to cost me €40, so I may as well give it a whirl

blahblah06

hi lads. so how do i connect this to the net. i have the eircom wireless router. anyone any ideas?

BFassassin

Well you can plug the xbox directly into the router using the cable supplied or get a wireless bridge like what we are talking about here