Xbox 360 Arcade Spring 2010 Bundle

I don't have all the cash to spend in the world, so deliberating between the Arcade bundle and the Elite bundle was a lengthy, careful process that involved reading multiple reviews and generating a feature vs. value spreadsheet. In the end, I'm very happy with my choice to go with the Arcade bundle. It allowed me to get the core system plus three games (Gears of War, Final Fantasy XIII, and Super Street Fighter IV) for a little less than the price of an Elite bundle. I'm giving this a 4 star review for the following issues:

1) The pack-in games aren't that great. Neither Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts nor Viva Piñata are particularly enthralling (and this is coming from someone who greatly enjoyed the original Banjo Kazooie, and Animal Crossing - which is similar in concept to Viva Piñata). This is a matter of opinion, however, so I recommend giving both games a test drive if you can. If neither are your cup of tea, then maybe the extra $100 is worth...Read more

My First Impressions Of The 360


I must admit, I'm a little late to the 360 game, but I feel the need to put up a review for people who might still be on the fence about getting a 360. If your reading this, now is the perfect time to get a 360, the Jasper chipset in the 360's have reduced failure rates by an enormous amount and the 'New" 360's are getting an even newer chipset, but I'll just keep my review to the 'Original' 360.

Once you get the 360 out of the box, you see a nice sleek looking all white system (if you have the arcade model, if not your disc tray is chrome) and almost instantly you will notice that most of the 360's housing is aluminum, though there is a little bit of plastic on the outside of the system. Once you dig further into the box however, you will notice perhaps the BIGGEST power brick ever seen on a console, this puppy even has to have its own fan! (A word of warning to people, you MUST keep your power brick in a open well...Read more

Purchased the X box as a christmas gift for my son at the end of October. When it was received we turned on the games played for a few minutes and everything seemed to work fine. The game was boxed up and wrapped. On christmas morning my son was thrilled to get this game. Hooked everything up to the TV and the game worked for a few minutes and froze. We reconnected everything a couple more times before the game stopped working altogether. My son was in tears!
When the seller was contacted all the response I got was that it worked fine when it was shipped and that there was a 30 day return policy. And a slap in the face by signing "Happy Holidays" I do understand a 30 day return policy but some consideration should be made when a unit works for less than 20 minutes and then dies!
Not happy with this seller at all but learned a valuable lesson, I will never buy Used Electronics again.
Thanks for nothing Markis Books!