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Need Help..... - ty_a - 12-25-2006
Hey guys, i am getting a 360 for christmas. I was wondering if any of you guys had any information or advice on the use of xbox live and basic info i need to know on the console. I bought the microsoft points card for xbox live and i thought thats what i needed, but anyway i have no clue in where to start. Any advice will be helpful, thanx guys, Ty
Need Help..... - SwWx54012 - 12-25-2006
There are two different membership levels of Xbox Live. Gold, and Silver memberships. You get the most with Gold. But there\'s not much difference between Gold, and Silver. It costs $49.99 a year. You\'ll need broadband to get on. You sign up right through Xbox. It does require a credit card. If you dont have a credit card, go a best buy etc. & buy yourself a Starter Kit. You can get a 3 month or 12 month gold pack. With the 3 month pack you get the membership, a headset, a $10 rebate, and 100 microsoft points. That will cost you $29.99 The 12 month gives you the membership, a headset, a $20 rebate, & 200 Microsoft points. That will cost you $59.99. The microsoft points are for downloading different skins, and themes for your dashboard, you can get games like Uno, billiards, pacman, joust, duckhunt, etc. You can download movies, tv shows with the microsoft points etc. Hope that helps.
Need Help..... - Hauntmaster9 - 12-25-2006
I heard you cannot play multiplayer online games with silver.
Need Help..... - VF 31 - 12-25-2006
some u can and some u cant....
i had the free silver ship goin when i first got my 360 and i was playin all my games online...
but then at one point silver wasnt good enough for gears of war...
so im not sure, but if you got the moolah, just get gold, it should cover you
Need Help..... - shummy - 12-25-2006
You need to hook it up to your router to access Xbox Live via an eathernet cable.
You could hook it up with the wireless system but it is expensive and not too easy to figure out
Without hooking it up to you computer with the cable you cannot access live
shummy
Need Help..... - ColdBlooded Killer - 12-25-2006
Be sure to get a decent hdtv or you may as well be playing the original xbox. The difference is so vast between a 360 on hd and not, it is stunning.
Need Help..... - ty_a - 01-02-2007
Thanx again guys, i bought the 1 month gold card and a 1600 microsoft points card, since i still was kinda blank about what to do i called xbox support, i hooked the ethernet cabl into my computer but he said it needed in the wireless router, so i did but when it scanned it sill wouldnt complete for some reason it fxed the IP address problom but then failed the next thing abs or something???, anyway i was planningon getting the wirless network 360 thing, so i just looked into it and was suprised it was 100 smackers, so i dont think that will work so i dont know what to do, i doubt that a used one from gamestop will be any cheaper probobly ten bucks off, so i dont know what to do, BTW yeah man i got a HDTV, it was one heII of a suprise, i\'ll take pics if requested, any more info is greatly appreciated, Ty