I've been thinking about getting a 360 either with the Kinetic bundle or with CoD: MW3. My reason is my sister and her husband have one and it would be nice to play online with them again also I can't seem to get my sister switch over to a PS3. I've even offered my unit but no....she just gives me a run around <_<. Anyway before my final decision next month how does the new 360's hold up?

I personally use an older model 360, but from what a couple of my friends say, the new ones are pretty solid. Mine has lasted me almost 5 years and works just fine.

I've got a new 360. Having so much storage space is a big plus, I don't have to worry about filling it up. The shiny black finish attracts so much dust and fingerprints though. I have to clean mine everyday almost, but that's a small complaint. It rarely overheats, another good thing. Plus it's got the wireless thing, so that's one less cable to trip over.

My advice? Don't get a kinect unless you have a lot of parties or friends over all the time, since the games you can get for it are rather, in my opinion, pointless.

They're great but definitely wait until Black Friday. I've heard a 4gb Xbox will be $99 which might suit your needs especially considering the next generation Xbox will supposedly be released in December 2012.

I bought the "arcade" model when it was &199.00 US and it has broken one in the 4 years Ive had it, I cant complain though because they fixed it for free.

You're lucky. If it's outside of warranty, MS will charge $100 to fix it.

My original 10GB Xbox 360 finally died a few months ago after 3 years of solid entertainment. I got the new 250GB Xbox 360S and I'm loving it so far. Built in wireless adapter, built in fan, it doesn't sound like a helicopter taking off(like the old model) and more space then I know what to do with. The Playstation Network may be free, but from what I've heard Xbox Live is more fun and easier to use. I've also heard that the Kinect isa completely overrated gimmick that doesn't completely work yet, so I suggest cutting that extra $100 out of the equation.

Agreed. Even if I won one, I'd probably sell it or give it to a friend who would use it more than me.

Yeah and if anyone ever feels the desire for some semi-decent party games with motion control I'm sure that a Wii can be found for less then $100. This new motion control craze is almost as bad as 3D movies, but at least Microsoft isn't completely copying Nintendo...unlike Sony.

My father works at Wal-Marts so I could probably get a good deal thanks to the discounts he get's on store items....If I can get a 360 for $100.00 or less and being one of the newer models...I really might consiter getting one or rather just get one and if the newer models will last 5 years or more...then I will get one. Besides I miss playing Halo, Star Trek Legacy and Gears of War :happy: .

If you can get one super-cheap with a Kinect, that sounds like a better deal than MW3. I'm sure you can pick up the latter dirt-cheap after a few weeks, so you might as well get the fancy-schmancy hardware. Do be warned that you need a large play area (duh!) and be able to face the Kinect camera face-on (i.e. not off to one side) if you're going down that road. It also depends on what sort of household you have whether it's really worth getting the Kinect: if it's just you, it might not be worth the expense, but if you live in a house full of lots of casual gamers/kids then it'll get used. For instance, it wasn't worth me getting one because it would just gather dust, but my nephews love theirs.

I bought an 360 elite back in '07 or '08 and it's held up very well. I was worried about the 3 red rings of death but it hasn't happened to me. *knock wood*

I held off worried about it breaking but it's been outstanding.

I've got 360, PS3 and Wii and by far, I like playing games on the 360 the most. I gladly pay for a live gold account every year and spend points on extra stuff. I actually love the 360 platform and really the only draw back IMO was the 3RROD and no built in wireless...oh yeah, no blu-ray.

In fact, I've been playing for 8 hours today and had an absolute blast doing so and this isn't my first mega-gaming session either. I've had plenty of days like this over the years without one single problem.

So, my recommendation is to go for it. However, I kinda feel like the kinektx or whatever is gimicky. Hell I don't ever play with my Wii because I prefer to mash buttons when gaming than getting a workout. However the Wii is fun for parties but that's about it IMO.

Anyways, I think the days of the xbox problems are over. At least I hope they are.

I got the one that came with a 270gb harddrive, Alan Wake and Forza 3, for the price of the normal 270gb 360 (basically 2 free games) it was called the holiday bundle, I'd recommend buying this. It was only like $300 USD.

I've played around with the Kinect at Best Buy one time---It's an interesting gizmo. We'll see about the 360 Kinect bundle if it isn't to much. Due to Black Friday I won't be able to put it in Law-a-way but if the price is right. I'll go with it. I need some game to get in shape with .

I've had an xbox for 4 years and I've had no problems, last year I bought a Slim and we put the old xbox upstairs and we use it as a box for streaming netflix.

I can't beleive it's not burning into your C.D's! Your day will come though. My old one was at five years of age when I noticed it was hurting my C.D's. Got a new one, the wireless thing in the slim it really nice.

I've had my xbox for about 4 years now, its done all of the red rings atleast once, due to overplaying away back when.
But has always returned repaired and ready for another and has not red ringed or became unplayable for over a year now even with sometimes 12hour gaming marathons :wub:
And since Xbox doesn't need updated with every newly released game like the PC does I would say it is money well spent.

Online gaming = PC.
Online gaming on a budget = Xbox.
Watching blue ray Dvds for twice the price = PS3

This is the main reason I would never buy a new game for my PC or laptop, the effort of keeping upto date and shelling out for those upgrades is a complete turn off.

Im on my 6th xbox. Only payed for 2 (last and first) In total thats about $500, still less then a good PC. But if I could afford it i'd ditch my box in a second.

Read it wrong originally, yeah if keeping a good PC together was affordable I might be inclined to convert but I just ain't got the money/time/effort to make the switch and with my archive of 70+ games on Xbox theres no need.

Well, overall, I'd note that current Xbox 360s have more or less put the old infamous "red rings of death" problems into the past. Similarly, other infamous hardware issues have mostly vanished.

As for the Kinect, I'd caution against jumping for it. As of now, there's perhaps only a tiny handful of games that are actually any good that make use of it, like Wipeout, and possibly some of the dancing games if that genre suits you. The rest tends to mostly be snowboarding games and sports/minigame shovelware.

If you have the space for it, and have friends over who'd be into casual/party gaming like that, then the Kinect would be a good buy. Otherwise, pass on it, at least for now.


You can consider any rumors for an Xbox 720/1080 in 2012 to be false. The nature of console hardware development is such that you'll know about it typically 2-3 years in advance. While the final name might not be revealed until close to release, important information becomes credibly circulated, (such as featuring in articles on multiple prominent tech sites) rather than "I heard someone say..." So this means that if important tech stuff spills on it tomorrow, the earliest to reasonably expect a successor to the Xbox would be for the holiday season in 2013. 2014-2015 is far more plausible.

Similarly, unless anyone specified someone's ad, I highly doubt that you could get an Xbox 360 4GB would retail for $99US, as that'd almost certainly be below the actual cost to the retailler; $149US is more likely. (and I've actually seen news sites referring to that point... As well as $199US for a 360 4GB + Kinect)


You don't need to upgrade on every new game. After all, new parts only come out every YEAR or so, and even then, you don't need to upgrade. Skyrim will play on maxed settings on a several-year-old video card, for instance; and that will be better-looking than either the PS3 or Xbox 360 will have the game.

Also, $500US can build quite a reasonable gaming computer, believe it or not.