Xbox Reviews

For those gamers who have yet to pick up a next gen system, there is absolutely no reason to wait any longer. Because technology has become cheaper, Microsoft can sell its Xbox 360 for cheaper than ever before. In fact, many stores can easily afford to package the console with extras, like games and accessories, so you can start enjoying the Xbox 360 immediately without having to make additional purchases. If you have yet to purchase a console, then consider an Xbox 360 console bundle. Often, these bundles will include extras like a free game or extra controller with big savings.

Save Big with a Bundle

An Xbox 360 console bundle most commonly includes extra goodies along these lines: an extra controller, game, and other accessory, like a charging station. While the bundle will cost slightly more than an Xbox 360 by itself, you’ll still be saving lots of money when you purchase the bundle. A bundle might run for $335 or so, while the cost of the items sold separately would run you at least $400. The Xbox 360 console bundle helps you save money on accessories and games that you’ll want to purchase anyway, so it just makes sense to get a bundle instead of buying everything separately.

Also, Xbox 360 console bundles help you set up your Xbox 360 live account, often giving you some free play time (for a few weeks or a month). Millions of players enjoy Xbox Live, and they use their accounts for most multiplayer games. Also, their Live accounts keep track on in-game accomplishments, which they can retain indefinitely. Even if you enjoy single player and single player alone, that free game will help you get started off with big savings, and the charging station will mean that you’ll never have to replace your controllers’ batteries.

Many stores are promoting Xbox 360 console bundles now to help sell consoles. The Xbox 360 was released in November 2005, making it over two and a half years old now. Because most people who really want an Xbox 360 already own one, stores sell them more cheaply than normal to help drive sales among undecided gamers. When they sell Xbox 360 console bundles at great discounts, you save lots of money. At launch, the Xbox 360 and all the extras featured in Xbox 360 console bundles would have cost in excess of five or six hundred dollars, but now they can be yours for just a little over three hundred dollars. With a single purchase, you can defeat boredom over the next few years.

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Even though it is two and a half years old, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 game console still produces the best graphics even though it is twelves months older than its two competitors, Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s Playstation 3, and has the largest game selection. Because of its relative age, you can also find the Xbox 360 at a tantalizing price nowadays. With support for 1080p resolution, you’ll be blown away by the unprecedented amount of realism in games like The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Fallout 3. If you’re still on the fence, the benefits listed below should be more than enough to persuade you that the Xbox 360 game console is superior to the Playstation 3 and Wii.

The Price to Performance Ratio

The Wii may be the cheapest console on the market right now, but it lacks the graphical capabilities and blockbuster game selection that the Xbox 360 game console enjoys. Add to that the fact that you can purchase the base model of the Xbox 360, or arcade version, for about the price of the Wii, and the only reason that you might want to opt for the Wii would be for some great titles like Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Resident Evil 4. However, there are many more games not available for the Wii than for it, so the choice comes down to your taste in games. The Playstation 3 is comparable to the Xbox 360 game console in terms of graphics, although its game selection is even worse than the Wii’s. Most of the games available for the Playstation 3 are also available for the Xbox 360, one of the most notable exceptions being Metal Gear Solid 4. One of the primary reasons to pick up the Playstation 3 is for its BD drive capable of playing next-generation Blu-ray discs, but this is more appealing for the high definition movies than for the games.

If you want to get the full package, then turn to the Xbox 360 premium console. You’ll pay $50 more, but you’ll receive Netflix support, backwards compatibility with most original Xbox games, and a decent 60 Gb hard drive. Netflix will allow you to rent movies by downloading them to the hard drive, and then you can watch them over the course of a few days on your own time. With the Xbox 360’s DVD playback, audio CD, and Internet capabilities, you’ll find that the Xbox 360 game console is a home theater in a single package. With the largest game selection out of all of the next gen systems and the best graphics short of multi-thousand dollar PCs, the Xbox 360 game console is the best value for its price between the Wii and Playstation 3.

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