XBox 360 Elite
 

Hi I am thinking of buying an Xbox 360 Elite for my grandson. If I buy one in the UK will Australian purchased games work on it?

Your advice will be welcome.:fingerscrossed:

Re: XBox 360 Elite
 

Yes.

Well, my UK bought games work on my Australian 360.

To my knowledge, Xbox 360 games aren't region encoded, though you do have to watch out for US NTSC versions.


S

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Thanks Swerv-o, I thought this was the case but when I was looking at them in Dixons, I explained to the salesperson that I was looking to send it to Australia, and he said that the games bought over there would not work on it!

Re: XBox 360 Elite
 

...and he was right...sort of.

Xbox360 IS region coded... but lots of games are region free. There is still a chance though that if you buy a game in Oz it may not work on your UK Xbox and of course any DVD's that you buy in Oz definitely will not work on a UK Xbox because pretty much all films are region coded. One of the big plus points of the elite is the HDMI connections so you can watch films in hi-def, but that's not much good if none of the films bought here would work on it.

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hmmm, ok, where is the cheapest place in Aus to get an Xbox 360 Elite?

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Probably from these guys...

http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/Produ..._KUNG_FU_PANDA)

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Thing that always cracks me up about consoles is how they boast about 'massive' 120Gb hard drives in them.

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que?

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Its called sarcasm. :)

120Gb is not massive. 500Gb drives can be picked up these days for peanuts and a 1Tb drive can be under $200

http://www.harveynorman.com.au/produ...ard-drive.html

Re: XBox 360 Elite
 

I finally bought one in Aus from ebgames. Grandson will be thrilled to bits with it - thanks guys for your advice.

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The games are region coded but the UK and Aus are in the same region coding are they not???

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I've never had a problem playing UK games on my Aus 360.

Looking at the web, the main problem seems to come when buying games from Asia, where there are PAL/NTSC issues:

An interesting link

Here are the region codes for anybody who is interested:

1. North and South America, India, Southeast Asia, Japan - Region A
2. Europe, Middle East, Australia - Region B
3. Russia, China - Region C

So yes, the UK and Australia belong to the same region.


S

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Cheers m8.

I remember reading about when i got mine but i was seriously beginning to doubt myself.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

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Get a ps3

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You obviously missed my post - I bought an Xbox 360. The only reason being that whilst the games from UK would be compatible, the dvd's may not, so as he is living in Aus that is where most of the games and dvd's will be purchased so i played it safe and bought Australian.
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