Advantages: Online gaming, good value, networking Disadvantages: Some lag, temptation to spend more money on extras
XboxLive is good value compared to some other online subscriptions e.g. World of Warcradt or Everquest as with these you pay everymonth just for one game, whereas with xboxlive you only pay once to go online with pretty much all your games.
You then get tempted, however, to pay for extra online contect such as extra levels, characters, backdrops for your xboxlive dashboard, arcade games etc. etc.
So it's never as cheap as it seems!
The service on xboxlive is good and it's rare to have connection issues so gameplat online tends to be smooth. Occasionally you may shoot at someone only to find they already moved- lag is rare but does happen and can be annoying.
The range of games that can be played online is excellent, and isn't just shooting and fighting! Guitar hero plays online brilliantly with options for guitar battles ...
Advantages: Cheaper than a lot of other consoles+ extensive catalogue of games available Disadvantages: some games can be expensive
Overall a very impressive games console. Definate value for money and great introduction to the world of console gaming
There is a good range of games and the online playing takes the experience to a whole new level. (Although beware that the arcade version does only have a memory card and if yiou do eventually go online you will find yourself running out of memory for some of the games you may wish to play. For hardened gamers the Elite model may be a wiser choice with its built in hard drive)
Graphics are colourful and smooth ( the HDMI) lead improves them even more.
Sounds will vary depending on your own TV set up.
Overall this is user friendly console that will occupy all the family ...
Advantages: the best online community ever! Disadvantages: the playstation 3 is free for online play
membership - You can have a friends list and manages this. You can also download things from the marketplace including demos, arcade games, pictures, etc (I will talk about this in more detail later). You can also send and receive text and voice messages. This level is free!
- Gold Membership - This is the premium account level which is the same as silver and also allows you to play all xbox games online with friends and players across the world. You also have a much more enhanced friends list and features including member feedback etc. This of course comes at a price which I will discuss later.
Why connect to xboxlive?:
Xboxlive in my opinion has to be the best thing that ever happened to xbox! Without xboxlive this console would be just the same as every other one with good games and that's about it. However with xboxlive - what ...
