Product Description

Introducing Xbox 360? Elite, the premier Xbox 360 console package that includes a massive 120GB hard drive, a HDMI port, and HDMI cable, all wrapped up with a premium black finish. Xbox 360 Elite also includes a black wireless controller and black Xbox LIVE® headset. Xbox 360 Elite has enough space for a whole library of Xbox LIVE Arcade games as well as downloadable high-definition TV shows, movies, music, and all the other content available from Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Features •Xbox 360 Elite console: The console is equipped with an HDMI port, HDMI cable, a black wireless controller and black Xbox LIVE® headset. It also comes with three powerful core processors, 16:9 cinematic aspect ratio, anti-aliasing for smooth textures, full surround sound, and DVD playback with upscaling capabilities right outof the box. •Xbox 360 120GB hard drive: The huge 120GB detachable hard drive allows gamers to save their games and store television shows, movies, music, pictures, trailers, extra game levels, demos and other content available from Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Also sold separatley. •Xbox 360 Wireless Controller (black): The sleek black finish of this high-performance wireless controller matches the style of the Elite Console. It has a range of up to 30 feet and a battery life of 30 hours on two AA batteries. Also sold separatley. •Xbox 360 headset (black): Now available in black, the headset lets you strategize while playing together online or trade taunts with your opponents. You can also send voice messages to friends on Xbox LIVE. •Xbox 360 HDMI cable: New to Xbox 360, HDMI lets you get HD video (up to 1080p) and multichannel surround sound, all from one cable. •Xbox LIVE Silver Membership: With this, gamers can chat with friends online, collect achievements and gamerscores, send and receive voice and text messages, and access Xbox LIVE Marketplace content such as game demos, HD movies and TV, as

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #190 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Microsoft
• Released on: 2007-08-24
• Platform: Xbox 360

Customer Reviews

Great gaming console
I have owned an Elite since February 2008 and so far I have had no problems with it whatsoever. It is certainly nosier than the other consoles on the market, but for ease of use, unparalleled online gameplay and a large gaming library I seem to spend more time on the Elite than my other consoles.

From my experience, the multi-format titles seem a little more polished on the Elite, but this is largely due to the fact that games have been developed for the 360 and then ported to other formats. I fully expect this to change as this generation progresses. In terms of exclusives, a whole host of RPGs are due for release to keep you occupied through the winter months, plus you have the likes of Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Forza 2 (already available), Halo 3 (already available) and Mass Effect (also available on PC).

In terms of build quality (and the reason for losing a star), of the 3 consoles in this generation, the Elite ranks 3rd. Unfortunately, it just feels less well made compared with the Wii and the PS3. Undoubtedly, there are still issues with faulty consoles, but the repair service is quick and each 360 now has a 3 year warranty. I have not had any problems with the console myself, but a friend of mine recently had to send his console for repair after 2 years of continuous play. It was picked up, repaired and returned within the space of 5 days with a new 3 year warranty.

Overall, I would gladly recommend this console simply for the games and the vibrant online community. You cannot browse the internet on this machine, but as a dedicated gaming console, you will not be disappointed. The only additional accessory that I would recommend is the battery recharge pack as you will quickly tire of buying new batteries for the wireless controller.

Very poor console
Oh dear oh dear. I would not recommend that anyone buy a Xbox 360. They are by far the most poorly built console ever made. The Xbox 360 suffers from overheating because of poor design. This is called the Red Rings of Doom. The is because the ring of light shows 3 red lights when it breaks. The Xbox 360 at one point had a fault rate of 43%. This percentage is so high that if it were any other applicance it would be recalled. It is now about 20% error rate. This means 1 in every 5 consoles break with the RROD fault. I know over 20 people who's consoles have broken with this fault. This isnt the only thing wrong with it. The tray style disk drive break a lot too. They either stop working and don't read your games or they scratch the disks and make them unplayable. Just to put it into perspective both the PS3 and Wii have less than 1% error rate.

Microsoft made a huge error in not including a Hard Drive and a high capacity disk drive. This means that games can not be installed to the hard drive and the disk is contantly spinning. This can be very noisy and can sound like the Xbox 360 is turning into a lawnmower. It can be really offputting when playing a atmospheric game. Game developers Id (makers of the award winning games Doom and Quake) have said that the Xbox 360 version of their new game Rage will be very inferior to the PS3 and PC version due to the hardware problems of the Xbox 360.

The PS3 is a vastly superior machine to the Xbox 360. All of the games look much better than the Xbox 360's and the Blu Ray drive is awesome. I would recommend that everyone buy a PS3 and not even concider a Xbox 360.

Perfect
Had one since the elite first launched.

Never had 1 problem with it and it runs beautifully quietly.

Easily the best next gen console out there.

Best selection of games, best online service, all round winner.