XBox360 owners: what do you do with the old XBox?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2007-10-09 01:52am

As the thread title asks.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2007-10-09 02:03am

While I don't own either, the XBox 360 can only play a limited number of XBox games (luckily most of the good ones). Compatibility is not 100%, so there might actually be use for the original one.

Also, I assume that the original XBox would still need to be hooked up to use your old save games.

[R_H] · Post by **[R_H]** » 2007-10-09 02:32am

I pawned it, and a few games off and put the money towards the '360

Ritterin Sophia · Post by **Ritterin Sophia** » 2007-10-09 03:14am

Darth Wong wrote:As the thread title asks.

Selling it to my tennants next door, their sons was stolen sometime before they moved into the apartment I'm renting out and I was going to let them borrow it until they decided they wanted to go somewhere else, instead they opted to buy it, and for $150. (I didn't set the price, I asked how much they wanted to give me for it and that's the first thing that came up. Most of the games I have are really popular, like KOTOR and Battlefront, so updates let me play all my old games

DesertFly · Post by **DesertFly** » 2007-10-09 03:52am

I'm planning on selling mine, along with whatever games haven't been updated to work on the 360 when I get close to enough money to afford it. I'm not really attached to most of my games, and the ones I like the most are popular enough to have been emulated for the 360.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » 2007-10-09 04:28am

the one of my co-renter became a MAME-box.

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2007-10-09 09:38am

Soft-modding an XBox can be done fairly inexpensively (good guide to it here), and gives you a decent media centre "PC", still able to run all your old XBox games.

TheMuffinKing · Post by **TheMuffinKing** » 2007-10-09 09:50am

I gave it to my brother for an apartment warming gift. I liked the original x box and had plenty of games, enough that even his girlfriend got into playing it.

Post by **Lagmonster** » 2007-10-09 09:57am

You can also take your old unit to Electronics Boutique or other gaming shops, for which they are likely to give you a limited amount of store credit which you can put towards other games.

This becomes less useful the older the console gets, mind.

Jericho Kross · Post by **Jericho Kross** » 2007-10-09 10:13am

I still have my xbox and still play it from time to time.

Xisiqomelir · Post by **Xisiqomelir** » 2007-10-09 10:30am

XBMCis the way to go.

Joviwan · Post by **Joviwan** » 2007-10-09 10:32am

I gave mine to my friend as a house warming gift. Granted, it doesn't work very well, and it has a mod chip that I never took advantage of, but when it does work, hey, free xbox!

Santiago · Post by **Santiago** » 2007-10-09 10:34am

I don't know what I would've done with it had I not sold it for some quick cash. I don't even remember what I got for it so I wouldn't be much help. I just don't have any games for the original Xbox other than Halo 2. Why are you asking this? Why not put it up for sale at Ebay or make some money off the thing?

Panzer Grenadier · Post by **Panzer Grenadier** » 2007-10-09 10:59am

You could make a nice planter bed out of it, or throw it at someone.

Really I saved mine because I have a weird habit of having to keep the consoles I buy even if I just keep them in a box and play them only occasionally. It's like having the history of gaming in your closet. However most just sell theirs.

Count Dooku · Post by **Count Dooku** » 2007-10-09 11:34am

Xisiqomelir wrote:XBMCis the way to go.

Ditto.

TheFeniX · Post by **TheFeniX** » 2007-10-09 11:39am

It's upstairs with the old TV. My girlfriend uses it for her exercise DVDs. Such a lowly end for a gaming system....

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2007-10-09 02:13pm

It's in the museum of consoles in my junk room.

Slayen · Post by **Slayen** » 2007-10-09 02:17pm

Traded it in a EB Games when I got my 360.

The Vortex Empire · Post by **The Vortex Empire** » 2007-10-09 02:57pm

Traded it in to Gamestop, got $20 for it, put it towards Halo 3.

Laughing Mechanicus · Post by **Laughing Mechanicus** » 2007-10-09 03:43pm

I kept mine, I have to have something to play Steel Battalion on. Also as mentioned plenty of games don't work too well on the 360 in backwards compatible mode (Metal Gear Solid 2 doesn't even run at all).

Marko Dash · Post by **Marko Dash** » 2007-10-09 04:20pm

i use mine a lot less now that a have an upgrade for the 360 that lets me play all my x-box games. the only time i use it is when my little cousins come over and thats only because i only have two controllers for the 360. might end up giving it to them.

chitoryu12 · Post by **chitoryu12** » 2007-10-09 10:18pm

Still using it. Even after I get my hard drive, a good number of my Xbox games aren't backwards compatible.

Balrog · Post by **Balrog** » 2007-10-09 11:23pm

Still have it, not all games are backward compatible as others have said and it works for non-HD TVs.

Natorgator · Post by **Natorgator** » 2007-10-10 10:09am

Mine is modded. I have all the emulators along with all the games on it - NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, etc. I was going to get rid of it, but I like to play classic RPGs every now and then.

Ma Deuce · Post by **Ma Deuce** » 2007-10-11 12:45pm

We never owned an Xbox. My brother bought a 360 after being without a console for years; the previous one being a Sega Dreamcast, which we gave to the local Salvation Army thrift store, along with all the games we had for it (where it was sold quite quickly). In retrospect I wish we hadn't, given how collectible those things are becoming.

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XBox360 owners: what do you do with the old XBox?

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