Wired GH3 Guitar X360
February 11, 2009 by Xbox Reviews
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Strap on your Guitar Hero X-plorer Controller, plug it in, and crank it up! The Guitar Hero X-plorer Controller feels just like a real guitar, making it the ultimate way to jam on your Xbox 360. With the Guitar Hero X-plorer Controller, you turn into a rock star every time you play Guitar Hero! Now you can compete with this second guitar controller and rock till you drop.This package includes Guitar Hero X-plorer for Xbox 360, standard 1″ guitar strap, and Guitar Hero sticker pack.
Universal Microphone Stand
January 14, 2009 by Xbox Reviews
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Quick insert/release microphone clip, Includes controller clips for Xbox 360, Wii, PS3 and PS2 controllers, Durable aluminum construction, Height-adjustable from 38-53 in. (97-135 cm), Microphone cable clip prevents tangles, Wide-stance tripod base maintains stability
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Microphone stand RockBand, Wii, PS3 Playstation,Guitar Hero
This is a great item to have. Holds the Mic, the control is held in place by a clip that is provided for all game consoles. I feel like a Rock Star. Love it…
5 Stars Universal Microphone
This was a gift for my wife along with the SINGSTAR ABBA GAME and she loved it and my order was on time and i love doing business with AMAZON#1
4 Stars Good mic stand so I can also play Wii Guitar
This mic stand lets me be hands free and then I can sing AND play Wii Guitar Hero (World Tour) for double the fun. The mic stand is adjustable in height for sitting down or standing up, plus it may be angled. It’s true about the 3 types of controller clips, not sold anywhere else, so I’d be open to trading for the Wii clips.
4 Stars Great stand for the money, but no source for more clips.
What you see is what you get…and that’s all. The spring loaded microphone stand is decent and the microphone clip is very nice. I love the ability to hang your wireless controllers on the stand and even use one of the extra controller clips to hang my guitar (by the strap). I have one major complaint which keeps this product from rating five stars: nobody sells additional controller clips. You receive three clips, one for each major console system (xbox 360, PS3 and wii). If you’re like me and only want one microphone stand, but would like to hang all your controllers on it, you’re out of luck.
So if anyone here purchases this stand and doesn’t have an xbox, I’d love to trade off my extra PS3/wii clips for your xbox clip. You can contact me at “gaines[at]kergosien[dot]net”.
4 Stars Standerd mic stand. You get what you see
This is just what it said and is just what it gets. Ok, now for the bad. The shipping was on time but horrible. It came in a box three times its size and the box was opened, battered, and looked like it has been through nuclear fallout although, the actual product was intact and in its original packaging. The plastic things that hold the controllers are flimsy and break too easily. I managed to break my controller holders on day two of having this product. All in all, it is not a bad product, sturdy, metal, and a heck of a lot of fun to play with. Madcatz just need to iron out the little things.
PlayStation 3 80GB
January 8, 2009 by Xbox Reviews
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User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars 3 week Review
Not sure if I can add something which others have not stated already. I got my item in the time frame they mentioned. It was in good condition although I was a bit underwhelmed by the packaging(i.e. the retail , not speaking about amazon box) The console is heavier than it looks and is fairly wide at its highest curve.
I could not fix it in my pretty thin slot cabinet. Works perfectly well as of now, have been using it mostly for watching Blu-Ray movies, though did buy Heavenly Sword and Uncharted Drakes Fortune games(exclusive to PS3). I also own a 360 which gets most of my gaming time(gamerscore is the reason I go to it,almost exclusively). You also get Home with it(requires an Internet connection to download and use), though I am not a big fan tbh.
Since it uses bluetooth to connect to its controller and pretty much anything else(includes keyboard and mouse)your normal universal remotes wont work with it which is its biggest con I guess. Also, the on screen menu for watching movies is really bad(tiny icons & text describing them is not with the icon itself).
5 Stars Love this machine!
Can’t express how much I love this machine.
For the past few months I’ve been eying all three systems, the Wii, Xbox 360 and yes the PS3. Finally, these past holiday season I just had to pull the trigger. Never looked back since. Now don’t get me wrong each of the systems have their pros and cons, but my reasoning for choosing the PS3 was simply all the functionality it had to offer.
Whether I felt like being a rock-star on guitar hero world tour or crashing on the couch to watch a blu-ray movie with the family this system has it all and then some. Every movie and game I’ve played on this system has just blown me away. A definite must own all-in-one. You won’t be disappointed.
5 Stars Wow
Well i got on of these and they are just superb – a must for all serious gamers and if you have a psp then you have hit the jackpot aswell.
A truly spectactular piece of kit – a must!!
2 Stars It just cannot compete.
I’ve always been a Sony fan, but the ps3 just cannot compete with the competition today. There are only two problems with the system, however, these two problems pretty much make up the entire reason a console is bought.
The first problem with this system is the pricing. At 400 dollars, this console dwarfs others in terms of price. I could easily buy two x-box 360s for the same price. The games must also be factored in; 60 dollars for new releases will add to the pile spent. You’ll also be tempted to buy a larger hard-drive. Game demos easily reach 3 gigs in memory. Eventually, the avid gamer is going to have to buy a larger drive. You also have to remember the price of controllers (assuming you’ll be wanting more than one).
The second real problem with the system has to be the game selection. With the Wii you get the motion sensing games and the standard Mario/Zelda stories. Xbox has it’s Halo, Left4dead, and other really good titles. There are few games exclusive to the ps3 (MGS4 being the only good one coming to mind). Even Grand Theft Auto and Final Fantasy, which have long been Sony’s backbone, have gone the way of the 360 and Nintendo. The announcement that Final Fantasy XIII would be ported to the 360 was perhaps the nail on the coffin for the ps3.
In all, what you’re really buying is an expensive xbox 360 that may work a little better but has fewer games to choose from. As much as it pains me, I simply cannot bring myself to like this system.
1 Star More than $1,100 and I still can’t play
I have been playing video games for more than 20 years. My first gaming console was the Nintendo Entertainment System. Since then, I have owned SNES; N64; Game Cube; XBOX; XBOX 360; PS1; PS2; and now, a PS3. IAfter extensive gameplay on this generation’s gaming consoles, I have to say that I am extremely disappointed with the leap off the cliff with the quality assurance of the consoles and games.
I purchased the whole HDTV/HDMI/PS3 package. The PS3 60 GB was working fine until I played Fallout 3. After hours of frustrating glitches; game freezes; unresponsive controllers; heavy audio static; system resets and crashes, my first PS3 wouldn’t read Fallout 3. The problem became so bad the system will no longer read any disc. Since it’s out of warranty, I am kind of screwed. I went ahead and purchased a newer model of the PS3 80 GB. I have also tried six copies of the game, all with the same painstaking results.
All Sony Technical Assistance could offer me was a replacement. I’m sorry, but that won’t be enough. Why is it that I have to send in a brand new PS3, not even a week old, in to be replaced? The same thing happened with Microsoft and my XBOX 360. I had thought when I was purchasing a PS3, I was escaping the system freezes and substandard customer service. Well, I was dead wrong. I never had these issues with previous generation consoles.
Now I’ll be out of a PS3 for another two weeks. What happens if Fallout 3 doesn’t play, then? Neither Sony or Bethesda will claim responsibility for releasing bugged software/hardware.