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| From: Microsoft
Category: Video Games
New (4) Used (6) from £169.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  473 reviews
Sales Rank: 1262
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB: Kids to Adults
Media: Video Game
Age: 3 - 18 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 14.8
Dimensions (in): 15 x 15 x 5.5
MPN: B4J-000110
UPC: 882224380812
EAN: 0882224035866
ASIN: B0007SV72A
Release Date: December 2, 2005
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| Customer Reviews:
 Fun for everyone July 30, 2008
This is going to be a bit of a comparison between the 360 and PS3.
I wouldn't say its a good looking machine, though the PS3 is quite good looking.
The machine is a complete money making excercise by MS.
The graphics are exceptional, the games are varied and mostly brilliant thankfully, LIVE is excellent though a bit of a scam. The noise from the machine is dreadful, it sounds like you are living inside a vacuum cleaner. The controllers are heavy and bulky and constantly need batteries. Its not the best product for value for money since everything you get free with the PS3 you have to pay for the 360 :(. The 20GB is the perfect console out of all three of the 360s in my opinion, its got most things you need. I would definitely recommend this console, but not before the PS3!
An amazing machine! July 28, 2008
I have owened a 360 for 2 years this christmas and I still think it is my favourite console I have ever owened. Here are some positive things about the 360:
With the 360 at about 159.99 it's a must have
It has some great games going for it HALO 3, CALL OF DUTY 4 etc.
The games have great graphics
Dialouge is readable when subtitles are up
And many more great things!
Now on to the bad points:
360's have THE RINGS OF DEATH which is unavoidable. My 360 went into servicing for about 3-4 weeks although MICROSOFT sent a free courier and when it came back I got a free XBOX LIVE GOLD MEMBERSHIP for a month which led to me getting LIVE.
The fan is quite loud while you play which can be quite annoying
But all in all I would say it is well worth the money.
Hope the review was helpful!
 Disgraceful July 24, 2008
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
This machine is an absolute disgrace. I have kept mine up to now solely because of the superb games comin out at the end of the year, but it has been a genuine horror to live with.For a device made by one of the biggest companies in the world you would have thought that some effort, time and money would have gone into making a high quality product, but no.
The fan is rediculously loud, for what it is. A lot of other machines have loud fans but this beats them all. Even with a surround sound system the infernal fan drones on in the background. Was there any attempt by microsoft to fix this problem? I severly doubt it.
The 360 is also very prone to freezing. This month alone, when I have not put more than 7 or 8 hours in to gaming, my 360 has frozen more than 8 times. Again showing that microsoft clearly minimised their effort to fix obvious problems.
On top of it all it has a tendancy to damage the game discs. So far my 360 has broken 4 games, including Gears Of war and Halo 3, and this is not a fault of mine, as I am very careful with my game discs.
I wish i could remember when I first got my 360. When i was so glad to be able to play new games and see the amazing graphics, but I can't because this digraceful piece of garbage has made we wish that I could take away the joy of playing halo, gears, bioshock etc, if it would give me back the time and money I have wasted on this god-awful machine.
Buy now !. July 17, 2008
Just as good as the PS3 for now. Mine did break after a year but was
free to get repaired courtesy of Microsoft. (Launch Machine). It also returned with newdisk drive and motherboard so in effect a new machine plus the new heatsink. If you can afford this over the core system then its a better buy. Wireless joypad hdd chrome tray headset and remote etc etc. If you buy a new one now I should imagine you should have trouble free gaming. Plus a cheap selection of older games. Only one small negative a bit noisy.
Buy it for the short -term - but beware! July 15, 2008
I only got this X-box because the PS3 is so expensive, and that's the only reason. So far the games are fantastic and at just 159.99 - it's an okay deal only - so far.........
Should you buy it, please take note of the following facts:
1. It's fan is very loud
2. The controller needs batteries to play games (Major scew up by Microsoft!). The batteries (requires 2 x MN 1500) will last about 20 hours each set, before replacing. This will roughly cost 5 per month, just to play games for the (Heavy usage/Serious Gamer), which is 60 a year, so 2 years worth of batteries and the cost of an X-box console basically - what a rip off....
3. Games will freeze when playing. REPEAT - Your games WILL freeze!!!
4. Games are very expensive eg: 35/40 each (regardless of title)
At this point I'd recommend you buy it as a short-term option, until you can afford the PS3. It's a shame, because the graphics and games are good, but Microsoft releasing a console with such major problems is unforgivable.
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