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Advantages: Look at my review!! lol nah great range of games, xbox live. many others
Disadvantages: NOISY, the black box which supplies power

Hmmm you might be reading this review if you can't decide between the Xbox 360, and the PS3. Well then you're reading the right review since I had to make the same decision. The Xbox 360, with its recent price cut is great value for money. Much lower than the PS3- here are the lowest prices I found on the COMET website for each console -Xbox 360- £159.99 -PS3- £299.99 -Wii- £189.00 Here we see that the Xbox 360 is the lowest priced however ... Read review

Advantages: Loads
Disadvantages: Price,

...games are more sophisticated now Microsoft still recognise we still go for the high score and proved this with the success of the gamer card, so you will need to setup your Xbox Live, Now you have 2 options, Live silver or gold, silver is free and allows access to your gamer score, some downloads and a few other online features, Gold is 34.99 a year and allows full access to everything online including multiplayer gaming in my opinion it's well ... Read review

Advantages: Graphics, Xbox Live
Disadvantages: Peripherals Cost to Much

...purchase a 360 once the Microsoft 360 demonstration booths began to appear in local stores, and I could see first hand what all the hype had been about. Impressed, I sold a rare guitar I owned, and sat in the comfort of my own home wading through eBay listings until I found a realistically priced 'Buy it now' auction that had literally just been placed online. Two days after launch, and exactly 24 hours after I had placed my eBay bid, I received ... Read review

Advantages: Great system, Xbox live rocks!, great graphics and looks great
Disadvantages: Bad reliability

The Xbox 360 is an amazing machine, no really it is! But if you are going to buy one be prepared to get it replaced every once in a while... On to the review! THE GAMES The Xbox 360 caters strongle to the shooter fans likes (Like me of course!) with amazing titles to play on, including the likes of Halo 3, Call of Duty 4 and Gears of War all of which are simply amazing offline but the real ... Read review

Advantages: Fantastic gameplay, easy to use, includes a DVD player, Wireless controllers
Disadvantages: The wireless controllers battery pack upgrade, The backward compatability of certain games

...the full but it means Microsoft have a budget pack on the market as well as the full system. I decided that for me it was best to just buy the full system now and save the money later but obviously everyone will have their own opinion on that front. The great thing about the 360 is the fact you just plug it in and it's ready to go. To many the Xbox 360 will just look like another games console but if you like games and enjoy that bit of escapism ... Read review

Advantages: Next-Gen console, never before seen graphics, outstanding gameplay.
Disadvantages: Early versions had minor faults, some bugs found in certain games.

Microsoft wanted to make sure this time around that they didn't loose out to Sony in the race for being the best developers of next-gen consoles. As a result they released the Xbox 360 about a year ago, and although early stock was limited, and the stock that was available had some minor faults, it has only gone from strength to strength ever since. With the Sony PS3 now put back to a March 2007 European release date, this Christmas Microsoft look ... Read review

Advantages: Great graphics, great games, Xbox Live
Disadvantages: £40 annual subscription to Xbox Live Gold, Red Ring of Death

...reconnected to a power source).Fortunately Microsoft recently extended the warranty to a lengthy three years and more often than not if returned to them, it will be sent back, fully repaired within a fortnight. ... Read review

Advantages: Good range of add-ons
Disadvantages: add-ons are expensive

...no news yet If the Microsoft will release a 120 GB hard drive upgrade, In my opinion they should, but it's unlikely to happen for a while , since Microsoft would want people to buy the Elite Console rather than simply upgrade your premium. To enable your Xbox 360 to access the internet wirelessly will set you back another £60. That’s a hefty price when you consider that 54Mbps wireless card for a PC would be about £20 or less. A 64MB memory ... Read review

Advantages: Fantastic graphics, comfortable and solid controler, excellent online features
Disadvantages: Noisy, expensive games, hard disk could be bigger, wireless is a battery hog!

Microsoft worked hard to crack the video games market with it's original XBOX, but never quite made it. Over 20 million were sold, but it was big and expensive for them to make. With Sony's impending Playstation sequel, Microsoft had to act fast. In brief, the XBOX was essentially a Custom designed PC with a fast graphics system, whereas the 360 was designed from the ground up with games in mind. From the custom CPU to the custom graphics chip, ... Read review

Advantages: Reasonable price
Disadvantages: freezes, glitches, crashes, noisey, overheats, poor choice of games

...games, others freezing, crashing- and Microsoft have refused to admit there is a problem. Now onto the interesting thing. Did you know that running the next gen consoles through 'component' cables- isn't full HD quality? Only HDMI is- and the only console to do that...the ps3. Xbox360 make you buy points to get good online features- ps3 don't. The online side of the 360 is poor, I played online- and could only find one other person with a headset- ... Read review

Advantages: A great console, got some good technology in there, great online!
Disadvantages: Overheats, creates too much sound, online costs too much!

...the moment, the service the Microsoft are giving online with Live is better than what Sony is giving with Playstation Online, although the PS3 Online is free and Live is costing users money. I believe that when many bigger games come out for the PS3, the Online service will improve, and Playstation Online will overtake Xbox Live!! Games There are a lot of Xbox exclusive games that are so brilliant it may be possible to get an Xbox 360 just ... Read review

Advantages: Graphically superb, Online marketplace (new), Sound quality, Visually attractive
Disadvantages: Lack of games available

...the next year or so, Microsoft will be hoping the console's future is as good as the hype surrounding it. I'd like to start firstly with what I feel is the most important thing to consider when buying a console. Its all well and good having a console with superb specs and a powerful processor but a successful console must have good games available to compliment it. The Xbox does certainly have some good games such as Halo but is still falling way ... Read review