XBox 360 - which one to buy??

[Glen H]

Chrimbo Prezzy for our Zach (11 Yr Old) - I know he deffo wants an Xbox, but which one do I get - 4G / 250G / Elite / Arcade / Slim  

I don't want one that he has to upgrade in the near future so was thinking of a 250G - or can you use external Had drives?

What about accessories - are the Wireless controllers any good / any to avoid, and presume he will want a headset - again - any good / bad.

And as usual - any good (read 'Cheap') suppliers

Thanks

Glen

[BigRuss]

I wasn't convinced by the idea of wireless controllers before I bought mine, but they are fabulous, and I can't see myself ever going back to wired ones. The only problem is that they are much easier to lose down the back of the sofa as you can't follow the wires to see where they are!

Is he going to use it online with xbox live? If so, then in my opinion 4G is too small. Some game demos are 1G and he'll fill that hard drive in a few weeks. (Mine is 20gig and I have to keep that tidy). You can get an aftermarket hard drive, but it's a pain to put in, and has to be a microsoft one.

I'd also go for the smaller one if you can. It's got the wireless built in which saves £50 if you wanted to use it wireless, and it's supposed to be quieter than the bigger ones, plus it will hold it's value better if he wanted to trade it in for xbox 4 eventually.

Around this time, look out for deals where you can get cheap games when you buy the console. If you're not into games, ask which ones he wants (or see what his friends are playing) as some of the ones they put in the bundles are awful.

Don't forget that if he wants to play games on xbox live there is an annual subscription fee.

[John Williams (Panda) - Joint Manchester AO]

and how is it going to connect to the internet wireless or wired?

if you need a help with this before xmas, hes online for xmas day then give me a shout.

cheers

john

[scooby]

Speak to Neil B Glen - He will sort you out....

[ljsanders]

And you can only view Sky Player on it (no BBC iPlayer) and then to use that you need a Microsoft Gold account and a Sky Subscription - ******g cheek and a damn rip off if you ask me because Microsoft will sell millions more Xbox's if they allowed free BBC iPlayer, but the usual Sky/Microsoft collaboration and screw you for everything policy rules the roost.                  

[Blatman]

Yeah, why an X-Box? Why not a PS3, which has I-Player etc etc, as well as a handy media server built in

[Kiwi XTR2]

Yeah, why an X-Box? Why not a PS3

I can think of 5 reasons:

- Halo

- Halo 2

- Halo 3

- Halo ODST

- Halo Reach

[Blatman]

A PS3 isn't for games y'know...

[barney]

but if all his mates have an Xbox hes screwed playing online against them..

we have a PS3 and are very happy with it,the new WRC game is awesome...i had to test it to make sure it was ok for a seven year old..............................over several nights....................and online agaist others......

just to make sure it was ok...*cough*