Is it worth it buying an Xbox360 In 2024

[antii antii]

I love having old hardware and I really want to play Ninja Gaiden 2 on the og hardware it was meant to be played on but pulling the plug on getting one is so hard for some reason ?

 

[AnonymousCookieMonster]

If there was a manufacturing company still making the old hardware for older systems (and even reprinting discs from time to time), i'd say go for it. Though the red ring of death, i had 3 dead 360's and called it quits on the 360.

But with them effectively forcing people to lose entire libraries because they won't make anymore of a console... No, personally i'd stay out of the console market entirely. I can't afford it.

 

[ATenderLad]

Noooooo the Xbox 360 was about the most un-damn-reliable console ever made. I don't know anyone who didn't have theirs break at least once, and that was when they were new.

They got better over time but damn.

 

[DunkeyKong]

I think if you have a good PC, emulation is the way to go

But it depends I guess since you love to play it on the original hardware

 

[Estein]

Noooooo the Xbox 360 was about the most un-damn-reliable console ever made. I don't know anyone who didn't have theirs break at least once, and that was when they were new.

Mine still was fine till now,though the disc part wont open anymore,not a problem for me since mine was modded X360

 

[joffaxx]

Well if you want yo play the game. Its worth plus its really cheap now. Or you can go ahead and buy steam deck and emulate it

 

[Yousef Yousef]

A cheap Xbox series s can digitally play most essential 360 titles and you can get a hyperkin 360 controller they’re great I have the duke

 

[MyNameIsJeff]

I think if you have a good PC, emulation is the way to go

But it depends I guess since you love to play it on the original hardware

I tried Xenia, the best Xbox 360 emulator currently, and judging by my experience with Ninja Gaiden 2, Xbox 360 emulation still needs some work. Some of the 2D assets glitched making the text in front hard to read, and the opening cut scene comically shit itself. The old guy's eyeballs were moving around on their own and the woman had two models clipping into each other with only one moving. Some people have said an older version of Xenia with a certain configuration works, but I just opted to dust of my old console and buy a physical copy of the game. That said, I'm excited to see how good 360 emulation will be in the future as that generation has a lot of games stuck on it without modern ports, plus console versions of a lot of CoD games have split screen and controller support when the PC versions don't.

 

[Estein]

I tried Xenia, the best Xbox 360 emulator currently, and judging by my experience with Ninja Gaiden 2, Xbox 360 emulation still needs some work. Some of the 2D assets glitched making the text in front hard to read, and the opening cut scene comically shit itself. The old guy's eyeballs were moving around on their own and the woman had two models clipping into each other with only one moving. Some people have said an older version of Xenia with a certain configuration works, but I just opted to dust of my old console and buy a physical copy of the game. That said, I'm excited to see how good 360 emulation will be in the future as that generation has a lot of games stuck on it without modern ports, plus console versions of a lot of CoD games have split screen and controller support when the PC versions don't.

Yup,X360 emulation has come long way,i remember in late 2000s it was very unstable to the point i rather buy X360 to play some exclusive title back then,i think nowadays while it still has some problem,it still way managable compared to that period(late 2000s and 2010s)

 

[DunkeyKong]

I tried Xenia, the best Xbox 360 emulator currently, and judging by my experience with Ninja Gaiden 2, Xbox 360 emulation still needs some work. Some of the 2D assets glitched making the text in front hard to read, and the opening cut scene comically shit itself. The old guy's eyeballs were moving around on their own and the woman had two models clipping into each other with only one moving. Some people have said an older version of Xenia with a certain configuration works, but I just opted to dust of my old console and buy a physical copy of the game. That said, I'm excited to see how good 360 emulation will be in the future as that generation has a lot of games stuck on it without modern ports, plus console versions of a lot of CoD games have split screen and controller support when the PC versions don't.

Yeah there's good and bad, but it is what it is
I am pretty excited to see the huge jump or updates for the Xenia emulator like RPCS3 someday

 

[antii antii]

I think if you have a good PC, emulation is the way to go

But it depends I guess since you love to play it on the original hardware

Nah yeah but when it comes to Xenia the best way to do it from what I heard is dumping the game and that means getting a modded Xbox 360 because shit even modding that console is a hassle ?

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I appreciate yall messages though I think I’m either gonna consider a Xbox series s or just try to find some patches to add to Xenia

 

[DunkeyKong]

Nah yeah but when it comes to Xenia the best way to do it from what I heard is dumping the game and that means getting a modded Xbox 360 because shit even modding that console is a hassle ?

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I appreciate yall messages though I think I’m either gonna consider a Xbox series s or just try to find some patches to add to Xenia

That's true, but you do what you can man, hopefully you found something good for you

 

[antii antii]

That's true, but you do what you can man, hopefully you found something good for you

Ya looking at the series s it ain’t half bad I just hate the no disc drive but I could with that

 

[Tronky.it]

Absolutely yes.
I bought it 2 years ago for 50 euros, and with all the games I own I can be absolutely satisfied. Of course, the store has closed and the LIVE service as well, but in any case you can also use it as a DVD player if necessary (and also, if you homebrew it, you could also connect to dedicated servers for some games that still have players online).

PS: Even if the disk tray were to break one day, you could also add games to the hard disk to insert inside it. Which I recommend, making game loading times less long.

 

[eastbeast13]

With the Xbox 360, I don't think it's a bad console as there are a lot of good games on the console itself. There are still games available that's not on the backwards compatibility list for the Xbox One and the Xbox Series consoles.

Like people has said, it does get the red ring of death, but that's more of a chance if it's the older Xbox 360 model that's the original model, the Core model, and Arcade model. I've had the Xbox 360 Elite (PAL) for a decade, 2010 or 2011, used by my younger brother originally. Never been modded either. It's lasted really well and is still going. Though there still be a chance that the Xbox 360 Elite will get the red ring of death. It does support 3 USB ports, ethernet output, swappable HDD, and 2 memory cards slots. I think the Xbox 360 Elite is the best hardware to go for, as the S model and the E model removed the 2 memory cards, while the E model have 1 USB port removed.

It's still possible to get games digitally for the Xbox 360 through the Microsoft Store on the Xbox One, the Xbox Series consoles, or through the Xbox website. As there's a option to download those games on the Xbox 360 through the active downloads in the account settings at the far right tab on the console itself. There's plenty of games that's also possible to do Achievement hunting on.

If can't really play on a Xbox 360 in the far future on actual hardware, there's the Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X, and the Xbox Series X that makes the games possible to be played by disk on those consoles, IF IT'S SUPPORTED on the Backwards Compatibility list. The Xbox Series S is also great for the size of the the hardware and the budget, dispite being a digital only console. The games you've collected (if you do) wouldn't go to waste, as well as some of those being playable on the Xbox One and the Xbox Series by disk or digitally. While on a modded Xbox 360, it's possible to dump your Xbox 360 games with a modded Xbox 360 and a PC, to be playable on a WindowsOS (like Windows 10) with Xenia, as it sounds like it's gotten better over the years. As joffaxx mentioned, Xbox 360 games are also available to be emulated as well on the Steam Deck.

I'll leave a link to a guide on dumping Xbox 360 games as well as for playing Xbox Live Arcade games, and DLC for games, if interested.

Quickstart

Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project . Contribute to xenia-canary/xenia-canary development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

If you're more interested in playing some other games online, like for Halo 3 legacy, or play unreleased games for the Xbox 360, a bigger backwards compatibility list for the Xbox Original on the Xbox 360, even the ones that are expensive physically to obtain. Especially if you also wanted to play Arcade (orange labelled)
games, and the Indie (blue labelled) games. I'd definitely would recommend getting one modded, or emulating Xbox 360 games.

 

[hungrymandinner]

If you do, I'd look into the "Xbox 360 E", it was the last revision they released, even after the Xbox One came out. Would probably be your most reliable choice. Might even still be able to find em new in box for a decent price.

I love having old hardware and I really want to play Ninja Gaiden 2 on the og hardware it was meant to be played on but pulling the plug on getting one is so hard for some reason ?I

 

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if you go for X360 go directly for Slim or E model
preferably slim because they still have the OG video output compatible with VGA cables, 360E use some jack for classic (non HDMI) output
reliability issues where solved by the time the slim model was out, so no real worries for RROD on those consoles and later revisions

basically, can be a good deal if under, i would say...50 euros with controllers and all cables
just dont buy FAT 360, not worth it imo

 

[Rocket2049]

360 emulation is pretty good i haven't had a problem yet,
Red dead redemption 1, fable 2, a couple prince of persia games that were console only,
they all worked as my experience,
and my pc hardware (dell laptop) is pretty out of date, 8gb ram, gtx1050, 7th gen intel, so better hardware would be great.
same goes for PS3 the emulation is great there, i play MGS4 like perfect at 4k (same pc above)

 

[Stookymalarkey]

If you must get the original console, make sure it's the later editions since those got better heat sinks. The early ones didn't have good enough ones to deal with the heat from the CPU and were overheating, thus the red ring of death. If you get one of the earlier editions, you might want to replace the heat sink.
Either way, you'll probably want to replace the thermal paste since it's most likely dried up by now.

The Xbox One is supposed to have decent backwards compatibility with 360 titles if that's too much of a pain. You'll want to check the compatiblity of the games you to play first if Xbox One is another option. Here's a link you can check:

List of backward-compatible games for Xbox One and Series X/S - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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360 emulation is pretty good i haven't had a problem yet,
Red dead redemption 1, fable 2, a couple prince of persia games that were console only,
they all worked as my experience,
and my pc hardware (dell laptop) is pretty out of date, 8gb ram, gtx1050, 7th gen intel, so better hardware would be great.
same goes for PS3 the emulation is great there, i play MGS4 like perfect at 4k (same pc above)

I guess you have some great luck with 360 emulation. Even with the Canary builds, I've had stuttering and audio issues with games like Crackdown and Fables 2 on my PC. Which version of Xenia were you using if you mind me asking?

 

[antii antii]

If you must get the original console, make sure it's the later editions since those got better heat sinks. The early ones didn't have good enough ones to deal with the heat from the CPU and were overheating, thus the red ring of death. If you get one of the earlier editions, you might want to replace the heat sink.
Either way, you'll probably want to replace the thermal paste since it's most likely dried up by now.

The Xbox One is supposed to have decent backwards compatibility with 360 titles if that's too much of a pain. You'll want to check the compatiblity of the games you to play first if Xbox One is another option. Here's a link you can check:

List of backward-compatible games for Xbox One and Series X/S - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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I guess you have some great luck with 360 emulation. Even with the Canary builds, I've had stuttering and audio issues with games like Crackdown and Fables 2 on my PC. Which version of Xenia were you using if you mind me asking?

I don’t think you were asking me but I use the canary experimental build it’s on their GitHub XENIACANARY some games work with the iso just fine maybe with some graphical errors or artifacts but it’s not anything that ruins the experience. One thing Xenia has a hard time doing is rendering cutscenes sometimes there’s no audio

 

[Teemo Teemo]

Modded xbox 360 is the best way to play it but, If you ever come across a cheap xbox one X console or a series S/X console I'd scoop that up.
Look into Dev Mode and you'll be able to run the Xenia emulator on your xbox one circumventing the backwards compatability list microsoft has.

 

[Leon]

Check the xbox backwards compatibility list, if all the games you care about are on it, the best bang for your buck choice is the xbox one, not the 360, the 360 as was said earlier is notoriously failure prone.

 

[moonbits]

if you get those 360 slim models you are good to go, hack it and add all the cool games.

 

[Lena CE]

Seconding what Leon said. If the 360 and OG games you wanna play are on the backwards compatibility list, go for the Xbox One. Less prone to hardware failure and what not. 360 can at least get hardware modded to play dumps and what not but in terms of playing on official releases, the Xbox One if your best bet whenever it is available.

If you do go for an og system, go for a slim model!

 

[loopy]

xbox 360 slim and slim-e models are pretty unlikely to get the red ring of death (i mean the RRoD that you cant fix, RRoD can mean other fixable things too).

I bought 2 hacked 360s and an Xbox One X, the OneX can play alot of 360 games using backward compatibility, some at 4k and higher fps.
Here are some lists of which games have what level of enhancement on each platform using backwards compatibility. I found that most 360 exclusives run the same on the One X as the Series X. Its mostly games that are also on PC that have more enhancements on Series X over the One X.
Xbox Series:

Xbox Series X Game Features

docs.google.com

Xbox One

List of Xbox One X enhanced games - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

If you go the 360 route, try looking for a "JTAG" or "RGH" 360, it means its hacked and you can play pirated games. which will save you some cash in buying second hand games.

Personally when a console can run at 720p I dont see the benefit of emulation as much over real hardware. I use Dolphin and Mupen64 because 360p/480p 3D games can use a good upscale. But 720p isn't as bad. And 360 games usually run at 720p and sometimes higher