Semper, I think u r talking about the consoles that came out 10 years ago... I used to "download and play" pirated games "online" on xbox (the old one), the graphics wern't all that compared to the new xbox. Still I did it.
Seconldy, I can use my xbox 360 to play games online, its more fun to play when u have friends around (something u cant do on the pc). I can use the xbox 360 as a center console for all the multimedia that we have around the house... movies, music etc... can be viewed using xbox 360. The graphics are slick and on hdtv it becomes even better, dont forget u dont have a HD DVD drive on ur pc or a Blu ray disk player... u can play ur pirated video games for all that matters, but someday u will run out of resources. By the way there are bug fixes and updates every month or few weeks on xbox360, but u wouldn't know since u never had one.
Tell u what, the xbox360 can have a "ram, processor and the graphic" upgrade. It is also capable of playing pirated games with a little modification, not just offline, but even online if connected via a pc. PC can't beat consoles... consoles r cheaper not to forget... a pc would cost atleast 6,000 riyals for something that is as good as a console, where as a console costs 300 dollars = around 1000 riyals.

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