Advise on Xbox 360 Arcade.

I will be buying an Xbox 360 Arcade soon as it is only $199.00 and i have never had an Xbox before, does the Arcade restrict youfrom buying a game like The Ballad of gay Tony or Modern Warfare putting the Disc in and playing straight away. and any other information about it will help,Any advise on the console will be greatly appreciated.

If you plan on playing it much and buying dlc or arcade games you would be better off geting one with a hard drive.

But do i need a hard drive to play games. can it run straight of the disc with no installation.

You can PLAY them... but don't expect save games, you don't have the hard drive for that with an arcade.Pyro767

But do i need a hard drive to play games. can it run straight of the disc with no installation.

neyney23

You can do everything you want ont he ARCADE just like the ELITE, but in the future you will want to get a harddrive for game demos.

You can get a refurbished 60 GB harddrive for $30 off ebay.

I will be buying an Xbox 360 Arcade soon as it is only $199.00 and i have never had an Xbox before, does the Arcade restrict youfrom buying a game like The Ballad of gay Tony or Modern Warfare putting the Disc in and playing straight away. and any other information about it will help,Any advise on the console will be greatly appreciated.

neyney23

Within a couple of months of getting an Arcade you will find yourself wishing you had a HDD to make full use of the 360. You can just clip a 360 HDD onto an Arcade 360, but it usually works out cheaper to have bought it with the 360 in the first placeAvenger1324

arcade, it pretty much what it means at the end of tha day..........if u have an arcade system. thats pretty much stating u have NO PLANS of getting any updates, joining XBox Live, none of that. But If you do, i suggest u scrape up forty bucks and go get AT LEAST a refurbished 20gig at tha nearest gamestop. I'm just being real wit' u.

Thanks for the advise, i will still get an arcade but i will probally pick up a hard drive with it, thanks.

It will be as much or cheaper to get an Elite than it would be to get an Arcade and a hard drive separate. Check Best Buy as they may still have some of their Elite holiday bundles left. They have some online still.Bane_v2

well...you need memory to store saved data and profiles.

you dont need a hd to play the games right away but saving and updates will become harder later one. in the end your probably gonna have to get a hd for it so its better to get one now. if its a money thing the arcade is still gonna allow you to play all the games especially if you never go on live.kit352

But do i need a hard drive to play games. can it run straight of the disc with no installation.

neyney23

Yes..... You will run out of space without one more than likely.