Why you should buy an Xbox 360

by editor@text4price.com @ 26 April 2006 - 15:38:01

The Microsoft XBOX 360 is an advanced videogame console with an internet connection and Media Centre Extender functionality. It delivers the power and performance of a top of the range gaming PC, with excellent digital media and networking features.

Have we lost you? In that case, you’re probably not a serious gamer, the kind of person for whom the 360 was designed. But, if you want to play high definition games, digital music, DVDs and want to be able to link to a media centre PC, the XBOX 360 takes some beating.

So what does the core system offer? First of all, with a custom ATI graphics processor and 512mb of RAM running at 500MHz, all its games are in high-definition which means the graphics are stunning.

The 20gb hard drive is more than ample to store multimedia such as videos and music. Whilst the 20gb hard drive can be upgraded, it’s certainly capable of storing tons of multimedia – you could get five feature length dvd films or over 6000 downloaded songs on a 20gb machine. The XBOX 360 has a 3.2GHz processor – that’s right, three times the processing power of a decent PC.

Other features include an attractive exterior casing, a user-friendly interface, built-in support for wireless controllers, online gaming and communications via Xbox Live and you can play most of the original Xbox games on it too. The package also includes its key accessories, such as the wireless headset, which makes a pleasant change. You can buy it in silver or black both of which look great but if you’re so inclined, you can remove most of the plates from the casing and replace them with whatever colour you prefer.

The wireless remotes are great – no more broken bones as you or your mates ‘go over the wire’ and you don’t have to be so close to the console to play the games.

Does it have any downsides? Some would say that the first generation of games is less than thrilling – but they’d be fussy! The exhaust fan is a tad noisy, it has no built-in wireless networking, just the three USB ports. We could go on but we’re being picky. The fact is that the Xbox 360 provides a tough competitor to the Sony Playstation 3 and that’s got to be good news.

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