Need some info about X360 from real users

[outragedhuman]

Hello everyone. Posting a thread after long time. So I was thinking of buying a refurbished X360 from Gamestop:

http://www.gamestop.com/browse/conso...ffff2412-85-40

They say they are tested,run well and everything. Now just to let you know I am not a hardcore gamer. I will just play like 1-2 hours a day on my tv just to relax a bit I have always been a pc gamer and don't know much about consoles. So here are some questions for you expert guys:

1. Can I play X360 games downloaded from torrent sites on these consoles?

2. The ones in the link have 20GB hard drive. Is that really enough? Could you guys explain shortly how hard drive works with consoles, like do I need to install games or something?

3. I want to play using keyboard and mouse. I saw a gadget to make it happen:
http://cronusmax.com/cronusmax-plus/...-new-features/
Do you guys think it will be okay to run the keyboard and mouse properly in X360?


I am gladly waiting to hear from you all. Please don't get mad if my questions are silly. I am a kind of noob in console gaming. Looking forward to your replies.

[furiousTaher]

to download pirated games from torrents you need to do jtag your xbox360 after getting it... jtag cost was like ~6k long ago... i dont know now.

[Sybaris Caesar]

1. Yes. Need to mod it though. Will lose online activity.
2. 20gb is not enough. But if you got a pc you can store the game files there. But don't know about last couple of games like GTA V or etc.
3. Learn to play games with controller as much as possible. Play KBM-intensive games on the PC, not the consoles. Since KBM is not native your mileage may vary.

P.s. I don't/didn't own any. But tagging @Trave160 for further in-depth knowledge.

[Trave160]

Well from what I can gather you can play JTAG games on your external HDD, but you need to format it to FAT32.

http://www.se7ensins.com/forums/thre...ox-360.295815/

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to download pirated games from torrents you need to do jtag your xbox360 after getting it... jtag cost was like ~6k long ago... i dont know now.

In BD, Techmology is willing to do it for 1k

[outragedhuman]

to download pirated games from torrents you need to do jtag your xbox360 after getting it... jtag cost was like ~6k long ago... i dont know now.

Can't I directly play the downloaded games by putting them in a big pen drive and putting that pen drive in the X360?

I saw a tutorial doing that in youtube.

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Well from what I can gather you can play JTAG games on your external HDD, but you need to format it to FAT32.

http://www.se7ensins.com/forums/thre...ox-360.295815/

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In BD, Techmology is willing to do it for 1k

How about using pendrive? That won't work without JTAG thing?

[Trave160]

Can't I directly play the downloaded games by putting them in a big pen drive and putting that pen drive in the X360?

I saw a tutorial doing that in youtube.

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How about using pendrive? That won't work without JTAG thing?

I wouldn't preferably use pendrives, I bought a second hand 500GB portable HDD USB 3.0 for 2k. See if you can get anything from the second hand market

[UzuShin]

LT3..............
Just LT3 mod your 360.

I have a arcade with 20GB HDD..

I play my games through the dvd drive, works fine.

[Trave160]

LT3..............
Just LT3 mod your 360.

I have a arcade with 20GB HDD..

I play my games through the dvd drive, works fine.

And spend 80tk per dvds. Nowadays Xbox games have 2 or more of those, that would increase cost of each game per dvd.

[outragedhuman]

I wouldn't preferably use pendrives, I bought a second hand 500GB portable HDD USB 3.0 for 2k. See if you can get anything from the second hand market

Okay I can get an external hard drive. Just curious to know, is there any trouble with using pen drives?

And by using a external one I won't need to mod the console right?

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1. Yes. Need to mod it though. Will lose online activity.
2. 20gb is not enough. But if you got a pc you can store the game files there. But don't know about last couple of games like GTA V or etc.
3. Learn to play games with controller as much as possible. Play KBM-intensive games on the PC, not the consoles. Since KBM is not native your mileage may vary.

P.s. I don't/didn't own any. But tagging @Trave160 for further in-depth knowledge.

I will need to use keyboard and mouse somehow

There must be a way right.

[furiousTaher]

And by using a external one I won't need to mod the console right?

as you are a pirate you need to jtag your console.


controllers are better... except for fps... and there is not many strategy/moba games for console anyway

[outragedhuman]

as you are a pirate you need to jtag your console.


controllers are better... except for fps... and there is not many strategy/moba games for console anyway

I can't even play gears of war with a controller

[furiousTaher]

I can't even play gears of war with a controller

have you tried gow in pc or console? most console games have aim assist... to make controllers aim easier.

[Trave160]

I can't even play gears of war with a controller

Gears of War was build for the controller, if you're talking about the first game which came on PC. I get what you mean KB+MSE combo was very different especially with Resident Evil 5

[UzuShin]

And spend 80tk per dvds. Nowadays Xbox games have 2 or more of those, that would increase cost of each game per dvd.

1.Bulk buy blank disks

2.download Roms

3.Burn them

4.play



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Also with lt3 you can use the net~

[furiousTaher]

Also with lt3 you can use the net~

can lt3 let him use original xbox live(if he buys), and play original games in the internet if he buys legit?

[Sybaris Caesar]

1.Bulk buy blank disks

2.download Roms

3.Burn them

4.play



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Also with lt3 you can use the net~

But from I gathered LT mod thingy isn't backward-compatible or something. Or was it PS3's CFW?

[outragedhuman]

Gears of War was build for the controller, if you're talking about the first game which came on PC. I get what you mean KB+MSE combo was very different especially with Resident Evil 5

Exactly, that's what I was meaning.

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can lt3 let him use original xbox live(if he buys), and play original games in the internet if he buys legit?

Just to let you know., I won't be playing online or run internet on the X360. It's just for some relaxation and fun time

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And does anyone know surely the current price to perform JTAG? And is it dangerous to perform in anyway? Like getting the console busted or something?

[UzuShin]

can lt3 let him use original xbox live(if he buys), and play original games in the internet if he buys legit?

Yes yes he can..Though subscribing to Xbox live in 2015 to play 360 games is not worth it AT ALL.

But from I gathered LT mod thingy isn't backward-compatible or something. Or was it PS3's CFW?

Yes and no. There are some certain games(e.g Skyrim) that you can't play on LT3. But from what I have heard you can play those games if you burn the roms with some different settings.(Never tried it though)


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For a 20gb Xbox 360 I would recomend a LT3 mod over a Jtag any day.

IF you get Jtag you'll need to buy an external HDD to store your games so that'll cost you 4.7k at least(for a 500gb HDD)

plus you'll need to pay like 2k(not sure) to jtag the consloe so it'll all round up to 7k which is more then what you paid for the console xD.

But if you get lt3 it'll cost you less upfront+you can use the console for net/YT browsing.

[furiousTaher]

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For a 20gb Xbox 360 I would recomend a LT3 mod over a Jtag any day.

IF you get Jtag you'll need to buy an external HDD to store your games so that'll cost you 4.7k at least(for a 500gb HDD)

plus you'll need to pay like 2k(not sure) to jtag the consloe so it'll all round up to 7k which is more then what you paid for the console xD.

But if you get lt3 it'll cost you less upfront+you can use the console for net/YT browsing.

i always voted jtag over lt3 because of backward compatibilty, and back then xbox games were like 200tk i think. so i preferred jtag even if portable hdd necessary... but now things are changed because of 2015 so i should not comment

[outragedhuman]

Yes yes he can..Though subscribing to Xbox live in 2015 to play 360 games is not worth it AT ALL.



Yes and no. There are some certain games(e.g Skyrim) that you can't play on LT3. But from what I have heard you can play those games if you burn the roms with some different settings.(Never tried it though)


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For a 20gb Xbox 360 I would recomend a LT3 mod over a Jtag any day.

IF you get Jtag you'll need to buy an external HDD to store your games so that'll cost you 4.7k at least(for a 500gb HDD)

plus you'll need to pay like 2k(not sure) to jtag the consloe so it'll all round up to 7k which is more then what you paid for the console xD.

But if you get lt3 it'll cost you less upfront+you can use the console for net/YT browsing.

I will get a second hand hard drive. How much space does games like Tomb Raider 2013, Gears of War and Resident Evil usually take?