Author Topic: The Gaming Postwhoring Thread (Read 1161566 times)

Tuffty · « **Reply #1560 on:** October 02, 2011, 10:52:59 PM »

Thanks guys. I've read that using the transfer cable ultimately completely formats the old HDD when you finished with it which sounds...scary. Like what if it doesn't work? Also trying to find a bigger HDD that comes with the transfer cable, but some sites aren't even listing that.

Quote from: winner on October 02, 2011, 10:01:27 PM

But I don't think I had any XBLA games then, so you should check on that. Course, keep the original HDD to fall back on.

I think even if the games didn't transfer across, it's all dependent upon the profile you use to purchase them with. I know cause I had removed an XBLA game I bought once before and found I can download it again without having to pay for it. So, as long as the profile transfers across, I should theoretically be able to download them again.

arun.yothin · « **Reply #1561 on:** October 03, 2011, 01:03:19 AM »

I bought the Microsoft transfer cable when I bought a new 360 and my profile and saves transferred fine, but I lost my achievements in Bioshock. It wasn't a big deal to me since I don't care about achievements that much. That was the only game I was playing at the time, so I don't know if that had anything to do with it. My profile was also causing Gears of War 2 to freeze.

I don't remember reading anything about the drive being formatted. If you transferred everything to the new drive, then yeah, there wouldn't be anything left on the old one. You do have the option to choose what gets transferred. So if you just wanted to transfer one profile to a new system, the others could stay on the first system.

Kid_Alpha · « **Reply #1562 on:** October 03, 2011, 11:06:10 PM »

Tuffty · « **Reply #1563 on:** October 03, 2011, 11:23:07 PM »

Reading more into it, it seems I get a transfer cable with a 120GB HDD off Amazon and the transfer process is as easy as anything. Nice to know, but things took a sudden turn today with my finances so I'll have to hold off on buying one for now.

I wanna play Dark Souls so bad. So bad! But again I'm gonna hold out on it. Even if my finances were fine I wouldn't get it. Sounds like the type of game that will only be appreciated by a niche market of masochists (like me) and I can imagine the difficulty will either turn people off the game completely or force to trade it in early. So with that in mind, I'm going to wait for the inevitable price drop or if I see a pre-owned copy out there at a decent price. Think that might be more respectable. But looks good, I like the idea of myself against a world that wants to do it's hardest to kill you

john_hung · « **Reply #1564 on:** October 03, 2011, 11:34:21 PM »

when i got a bigger hd i got the transfer cable kit thing. it transfered everything except for a couple achievments and some other small unimportant things (don't even remember what lol) but it worked fine. i have a bunch of xbla games that transferred fine.

Tuffty · « **Reply #1565 on:** October 03, 2011, 11:40:20 PM »

See that? I knew you guys wouldn't let me down. Thank you all for the advice.

zoolander · « **Reply #1566 on:** October 04, 2011, 09:29:33 AM »

Can you name the game Sega is announcing?

: D

You know, I hate griefers in minecraft but their video's can be pretty funny.

coachie · « **Reply #1567 on:** October 05, 2011, 06:10:11 PM »

Someone listened to my prayers...

Space Channel 5 - part 2 on XBL!!!

Now I only need to purchase MSP and make some space on my HD

Tuffty · « **Reply #1568 on:** October 05, 2011, 10:48:09 PM »

Awesome ad for the PS3:

MaxMcKay · « **Reply #1569 on:** October 06, 2011, 05:47:46 PM »

Halo was almost an Apple Mac game

arun.yothin · « **Reply #1570 on:** October 06, 2011, 06:01:43 PM »

I've been trying to save my money, but now I'm thinking about getting Dark Souls and maybe even Saint's Row 3. DS looks like the type of game I would enjoy and SR3 looks like a lot of fun. Since the last few games I played were Mass Effect, Bioshock, Deus Ex, and L.A. Noire, I want something light to play.