Halo 3 Zune unboxing

Gear live was able to get thier hands on one of the Halo 3 Edition Zunes, For those who haven 't heard, Microsoft will be making a special edition Zune available, with both the hardware and software featuring Halo 3-themed elements, to build up hype around the Halo 3 Xbox 360 release.

[Mr Murda]

Now, I'm going to have to replace my perfectly good Zune and get this one too. This looks awesome.

MS better not release a special edition H3 360, cause I'll be forced to buy one of those too! Being a Halo collector is getting expensive.

[Marriot VP]

send me a personal message or reply if you want to sell me your zune

[ben hates you]

i love my zune and halo but i'll stick to my normal one

[Lyberator]

Ive got a 4th gen ipod and was thinking about getting a new one. How does everyone like their zunes compared to the ipod video?

[Mr Murda]

I LOVE my Zune compared to the ipod. I like the control scheme better on the Zune, and I also like the ease of compatibility with my Vista PC. The screen is significantly better on the Zune and having the viewable album art is convenient. I do recommend the Zune compared to the video Ipod.

That being said, I really like Itunes Music Store better than Urge. Sometimes there can be difficulties with transferring video and music from Itunes to the Zune player. Also, there is obviously more storage (80GB vs. 30GB) on the video Ipod. I'm really hoping for a bigger version on the Zune.

Anybody know the specs on this H3 edition Zune? Are they the same as the original Zune?

[Lyberator]

Itunes is pry somthing ill never give up. Whens this supposed to come out?

[socalr6]

I really have to stop being so lazy and put my PSP and 8 games i never pay up on ebay so I can get me one of these.

[BitbyDeath]

Wow i thought the Zune was something that never took off... like the 80's

[BIadestarX]

I just purchased my zune... like 1 week ago.!

[starbug one]

Just wondering about getting an MP3 player or whatever you call it. What's a good one? Is the zune OK? I don't want an iPod 'cause they're too expensive for what they are. Is the zune a hard drive or flash? I like the creative ones are they good? I'm just too lazy to look up the Con Reps. ANy ideas suggestions?

[theoneandonly]

What goes around, comes around....

Sony did the same thing to Nintendo when it entered the ring.

As for Sony and its first party offerings.....Well, most of Sony's good first party games are purchased such as Ratchet & Clank or Jak & Daxter.

They do very little(quality) in house game development.....I don't know why.

And so what if Microsoft is the same way.....yes they bought Big Blue Box and created Fable. But its sold over 4 million copies, and heres an example, just one of a good game an RPG series with the upgrade idea in mind.

I don't see where Sony has gone very far with the upgrade idea.....but with Microsoft, they design games like Fable that may not have everything included but be a great game in its own right....then they simply offer downloadable content.

This works out great for Microsoft and the studios, because you go ahead and buy the content. But they take this a step further now finally, they then sell pseudo-sequels to their top selling games.

And this is the reason their first party division is such a success....take Fable. Who wants to buy Fable brand new for $50 over a year after its out? I don't, I traded in my copy after I was tired of it.

But I didn't just trade in my copy, I traded it in, and then purchased Fable The Lost Chapters that has all the extra content I want for $20!

And it was a complete steal, that over a million people snatched up because they love the idea of pseudo-sequels.

Eventually, face it you're going to get sick of your game and you and your friends will be sick of it. Pseudo sequels sells maybe the same game again but all new and different, with all new updates etc. And you never get tired of it and oddly you just love to get them!

For only $20 a shot or less? Who can pass that up!??

Look at Halo 2 Bonus Disc for another example.....And Microsoft also owns the system selling franchise Jade Empire. Jade Empire, another RPG is solid gold too.

But if you can sell it again not for the full price, but less than half price....AAA games and sell them by the dozens.....well that's going to make Microsoft and the Publisher millions of dollars. And so that's why they do it, and why they did it with Ninja Gaiden: Black!

Sure NG is a great game I own that but then......Ninja Gaiden Black comes out, it has every single extra improvement I wanted, I don't want to buy the content because I already got another game, KOTOR 2 for only $20 and am playing the hell out of that so....give me it easy.

And that's what Ninja Gaiden Black does because now you can play tournament against your friends everywhere, its 5 times harder, there is completely new different levels and you can download updates. Its a pseudo sequel....

But just ask Microsoft game studios, Pseudo sequels sell big bucks and make alot of sales sense! Because they aren't $50 there's no reason for them to be......you can turn out dozens of them because they cost nothing to make etc.

Sony has never gotten even a grasp on the pseudo sequel mentality because they'd rather just force or bribe third party developers to do a similar thing.....but that is not what they look at!

Look at GTA Liberty City Stories etc.....they are pseudo sequels. But people love them and buy them by the thousands sometimes millions....because they are alot easier to get and less cost than the actual games.

And let me just put it this way......Microsoft like Sony knows where the money is. That's why they have these system selling franchises and a big installed base....with games like Mass Effect, Forza 2, Halo 3, Blue Dragon, Splinter Cell Conviction and Gears of War, Ninja Gaiden 2, Crackdown, BioShock and dozens of other AAA exclusives coming out...

And then games like Ace Combat 6, Virtua Fighter 5, Medal of Honor etc......

Or one of my most favorite games from the Xbox library Chronicles of Riddick. Did anyone ever see that game on the PS2, nope! Some kind of other game came out for the PS2 but Riddick is hardcore. Riddick is awesome way too above Halo IMO because Riddick has it all...

RPG elements, adventure elements, action, blood, shivs and poison, it is just plain awesome. Riddick was a third party game too one of the best looking on the system......But a game like that made exclusive would sell systems this gen......

In fact I own a PS2, Xbox both systems have pros and cons. But my all time favorite game just gotta be one of the best games of all time......is Grand Theft Auto San Andreas....GTA3 too, but San Andreas especially.

Its a limitless game with potential to do anything there is nothing like it.......Forget Final Fantasy 7, if you want to see where the cutting edge of gaming is......Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is the king.

Its easy to see why no other game besides Grand Theft Auto 3 in all its iterations sold well over 20 million copies......it just is that good a game, and its the system seller of system sellers.

I told a co-worker the other day and said "it matters nothing anymore who gets final fantasy or the new DMC......whoever nails down Grand Theft Auto as their exclusive game, and any iterations similar, will clean up in the whole console war"

They just had to nod to agree because its true.....system sellers come and go, but nearly none, not even Halo, has the staying power of Grand Theft Auto. Its a game where limitless delights are everywhere, and whatever you want goes, even if its a sin(pardon the pun!)

And games are meant to be fun if you don't take them serious. Well, that's all Grand Theft Auto really is. A sim adventure game too close to real life for comfort.......and thats why (any) console who has ever dominated the console wars......has made GTA exclusive for them.

Thats why Sony took over every region from Europe to Africa because the game's marketability goes pretty much everywhere.....even in some areas of Japan. And with some RPGs in tow, Sony locked down its Japan homeland

Over 30,000,000 consoles sold alone possibly just to Grand Theft Auto Vice City and San Andreas.......and there is no competition anywhere, which could probably sell more...

So if Microsoft, Sony etc are serious about killing eachother... with the recent announcement of Dissidia: Final Fantasy for both next-gens, Square-Enix new exclusive MMORPG, and the possibility of FF13 going multiplatform now that Square-Enix is using the unreal engine....

I'd be seriously looking at with my bank account how to buy up Rockstar North and make them (and their friends) my best second-party exclusive. Because whoever gets them, wins hands down.....even if one or the other has better sales in Japan.

Whoever gets them plus Halo or something similar, crushes whats left of Nintendo who IMO is badly bruised. I only own playstations/xbox and I outgrew nintendo when we older gamers started getting sold the real deal by the playstation / xbox generation...

There is no greater thrill then spilling your opponents guts out in a shoot-for all free match or guillotining them over the rail in Soul Calibur....or Guilty Gear....or any of these other awesome games.

M$ has done pretty darn good with its first party because they sell so many games on the cheap......Sony had best learn from MS too because Sony is no expert either....and they are the only two real players vying for world dominance of the video game market.

Its MS vs Sony and this is round two and I think it will get very bloody very fast.....

Devil May Cry is great but.....how will they manage Metal Gear Solid? More 4 disks or above or......is it even more then that.

LET THE CONSOLE WARS BEGIN! !

[starbug one]

I thought I was going off topic but....

[BIGBAER]

I have a Creative Zen but I purchased a Zune for my wife as a Christmas present. I can say that my wife's Zune is much better than my Creative Zen.

I like everything about it, from the easy to use interface to its powerful networking ability. It's great!

I'll be buying s second Zune to replace my Creative Zen. Halo 3 edition? Hell yeah!