Microsoft Xbox 360 Core System

Microsoft tries to appeal to uniformed shoppers everywhere. .

Posted Mar 30, 2006 - Microsoft introduced the hard drive to consoles as standard equipment with the original Xbox (five years ago), but you don't get one with the 360 core pack. Unless you spend $100 more to buy one separately, you don't get downloadable content or backwards compatibility with original Xbox games either on your new 360, but you do get longer load times. The 360 core pack lacks a few other things as well. You don't get a wireless controller or HDTV component cables. Xbox 360 is being marketed as a "next generation" system, but a wired controller and composite tv cables aren't very next gen. (The original PSone had these.) Anyone serious about gaming will want to go for the premium pack as it includes a wireless controller, headset, component cables and hard drive for the price that the hard drive alone would cost separately. If you choose the core pack, you'll need to buy a $40 memory card just to save your games, so you might as well spring for the $100 hard drive (as it has roughly 100 times the storage space of one $40 memory card). If you're a casual player and you really don't care about all the added functionality that the premium pack offers, the core pack will save you maybe $60 (after memory card purchase) over the premium pack. For everyone else, I recommend staying far away from the core pack. The premium pack is definitely the way to go if you want a 360, especially now that it's been announced that PS3 will come standard with a 60GB hard drive. You have to have a hard drive in your console these days to get the most out of the system, so you might as well buy the premium pack together with all the extras (wireless controller, headset, component cables, etc.) for no added cost. If your local stores don't have any premium packs in stock, wait a few months until they do. Buying a core pack simply isn't worth the money.

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dont get the core 360 get the premeum

Posted Oct 2, 2006 - why would you buy the core package when the premium is only few bucks more seriously it doest matter if your not gonna use live you have to get memory card anyways why not get the hard drive wired controllres are old get wireless just think real hard pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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unecessary product

Posted Dec 11, 2006 - i was under the impression that the core system came with a 20gb hard drive and the premium one came with a 60gb. am i crazy?? so i got the system, tried to make a profile and its all "hey, u didnt pay 40/100 to get a memory card/hard drive so were going to laugh at you while u have to go back to the store and spend $40 more and get a lousy 64MB memory card." why cant they at least make it 256MB, 512MB of ram for ur pc is about $50.... my advice to those who are going to buy the 360, spend the extra $100 to get the premium system. it comes with a wireless controller (vs wired) HD cables, xbox live/headset (expensive otherwise) and a hard drive (worth 100 dollars). it was so frustraiting when i first got the system not to be able to play games w.o being able to save. spend the extra $100 and get $200 worth of stuff. i wish that is what i had done. overall i send a shaking fist to microsoft for selling the core system. i give the xbox 360 a 4 out of 5

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Good console

Posted Apr 10, 2006 - I'm really happy with the 360, great gaming experience, call of duty 2 is a great game to look at buying with this console. Xbox really made a cool interface with new menus, more options and control over the console with the controller, for example you can open and shut the CD tray, and turn the console on and off with the controller. Its got a cool new in game console menu that you can get to by pushing the xbox logo on the controller, by doing that you can play your own music and manage xbox live things while you play. Cool box, worth the money.

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The greatest gets better!

Posted Oct 27, 2006 - Needless to say, with great games like Oblivion, Dead Rising, and all the Tom Clancy series on the Xbox 360, I am not going to mind missing out on a Playstation 3 until 2007! The 360 is cranking out Call of Duty 3, Rainbow 6: Vegas and Gears of War all in the next month! And with customizing Xbox the way I want it, the great wireless controller, and the best online fragfests out there, Winter looks warm indeed!

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Pretty Nice System

Posted Mar 5, 2006 - This is a very good system with awesome graphics, Plays many games. Also plays dvd's, music, and more. Ability to play games over broadband internet. You can also play with friends and family members either by wired or wireless controllers.

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Circle of Death ( 3 Red Lights)

Posted Sep 13, 2006 - I was one of the first people to buy an X-box 360 on release day. This was a present for my son. He owned an X-box and that worked fine for 2 years. Sad to say I can't say the same about the X-Box 360. My son saw the "circle of death" or 3 red lights as the X-box people like to call it as they tell you it will cost you $140.00 to get your $299.00 X-box fixed. 10 months seems like a short life for this product especially considering the cost. Microsoft is ripping everyone off.

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Great System if it worked

Posted Dec 1, 2006 - I bought the premium system, used it for about 5 months then the games started to freeze. I called for support and they told me to ship it to their repair center (after charging $140 thru my credit card). I sent them a new, unscratched system. They sent me a beat up scratched replacement. After 2 hours of game play I got the 3 flashing red lights of death. Now I have to wait another week or two to get them to replace this one. I can't wait for the PlayStation 3.

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Xbox 360 Core

Posted Sep 6, 2007 - The system is awesome. The games are great, the graphics are great, and the HDMI allows the system to tailor the displayed images to my tv's odd resolution of 1366x768.

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