Xbox 360 Game Reviews

Six Reasons To Invest In A Bigger Xbox 360 Hard Drive

Since the New Xbox Live Experience was implemented some months back, the Xbox 360 drive became an even more significant element of the console.

As you may remember, the Xbox 360 can be bought in a variety of packages, one of them being the arcade package in which you get the console, a controller, a  game, 2 Xbox arcade games, and a memory card. That's right, the Arcade bundle does not come with an Xbox 360 drive to make the package more affordable and more enticing for budget-challenged gamers.

However, the Xbox 360 hard drive has become a prerequisite due to the fact the NXLE added a groundbreaking feature for the console, allowing games to be downloaded directly to the hard drive. This is revolutionary, and highly beneficial for Xbox 360 owners for the following reasons :

1. By permitting the console to read games from the Xbox 360 hard drive, heat inside the system will be minimized because the DVD reader, one of the main heat sources, will be hardly used.

2. Playing games will be easier. The largest Xbox 360 drive today, which is 120GB, can store up to twelve full games.

3. Playing games straight from the Xbox 360 hard drive will minimize, if not eliminate, the hazards of lens damage - one of the most common breakages for the console.

4. Beat of those disc read errors that you keep receiving for particular games. Once your favourite games are installed on the Xbox 360 hard drive, you won't have to encounter such a message again.

5. Many gamers say that playing Xbox 360 games straight from the drive provided a smoother experience. Loading time has become quicker.

6. Disc loading will be a thing of the past. No more sights of doors opening solely to hide the fact that the game is loading up.

Bigger Xbox Hard Drives bring all these benefits and more, well worth spending a few extra pennies for, trust us!

9 Reasons To Invest in an Xbox 360 Elite

At $399 RRP, the Xbox 360 Elite package isn't actually an inexpensive purchase that any zealous gamer can afford. Is it worth the investment though? We say it is, and we have 10 reasons to back up our claim.

1. All the games you would like, here, now. The Xbox 360 has thrice as many as the Sony Playstation 3.

2. Great upcoming games: Halo: ODST and Reach, Rock Band : Beatles, Metal Gear Solid : Rising, Final Fantasy XIII, Modern Warfare 2, Assassins Creed 2. These are just some of the games that are coming very, very shortly the Xbox 360 Elite. If games define a system, then Xbox 360's future is quite secure.

3. Home of a hundred exclusives. Only in the Xbox 360 will you be in a position to play exclusives like Halo 2 and 3, Fable 2, Mass Effect 2, Gears of War 2, and many, more.

4. Multimedia. Watch films, play music, surf thru net pages, stream Television shows and blockbuster hits, and the like. The Xbox 360 Elite is a multimedia monster that is capable of reading and playing a variety of file formats.

5. Best online gaming. The Xbox Live has the best infrastructure among the networking systems of current consoles. The Nintendo Wii's web capacities are nearly non-existent. The Xbox 360 Elite via the Xbox Live is the best online multi-player experience currently available.

6. Netflix free trial, movies here we come! The Xbox 360 Select includes a free Netflix trial that will enable you to stream your selected movies on your console from  the comforts of your own home. This trial is totally non-committal. You can decide to continue with a regular subscription or decline the service altogether once the trial concludes.

7. 3RL no more. Say hello to the Jasper. The three red lights of death - a mistake code that signals general hardware failure and plagues a third of the Xbox 360 consoles released earlier - is nearly nonexistent with the Xbox 360 Elite.

8. The Xbox 360 Elite comes with 2 pre-packaged games. Currently, the latest package includes two fantastic exclusives, Halo 3 and Fable 2.

9. 120GB drive! The Xbox 360 Select includes a humongous 120GB hard drive, which is bigger than the storage capacity of most PCs these days. You will not have to worry about lacking storage space for your downloads.