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| From: Microsoft
List Price: $299.99
Buy New: $280.00
You Save: $19.99 (7%)
New (32) Used (25) from $245.00
Rating:  237 reviews
Sales Rank: 19
Platform: Xbox 360
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Xbox 360
Graphics RAM: 10
Shipping Weight (lbs): 16
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 12.2 x 3.3
MPN: B4J-00107
Model: 360
UPC: 882224380751
EAN: 0882224380751
ASIN: B000UQAUWW
Release Date: August 8, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Overpriced November 11, 2007
DA (Seattle, WA USA)
27 out of 52 found this review helpful
An 80GB PS3 = $500.
A comparably equipped 360 = $700 with only a 20GB HD.
That's:
$350 for the console;
$180 for the HD-DVD external drive, PS3 Hi-Def Blu-Ray is built in;
$100 for the Wi-Fi add-on, PS3 is built in;
$50 for a year of Live, PS3 is free forever;
$20 for a controller charger, PS3 is built in;
Xbox360 has a 20GB Hard Drive, PS3 is 80GB;
Who says an Xbox is cheaper?
unreliable system, 3 dead systems, stay far away fromt his one!! September 1, 2007
Adlarlandryiii Adlarlandryiii (JL)
23 out of 50 found this review helpful
Bought one, it died in 2 months, took it back had to purchase "another warranty" died 5 months later. 3rd times a charm? Bought "another warranty" Lasted 7 months.
Things I noticed, loud DVD drive, all three scratched my disc at some point and over heated a lot, and the fans are loud.
3 systems not one could make it a year.
Went back to best buy, they had 7! Returned that day sitting behind them while I was in line I was like wow. They said we will give you store credit to get what you want, THANK THE LORD! To be rid of this thing it's a nightmare.
Did a little research online Microsoft is paying 1.2 Billion in Repairs for these things 33% Failure rate, Wish I was told this when I bought it!
Tried the PS3, not one problem, works as if it should and this time I did some research before I bought it, great features high quality Blue Ray player and most importantly it has less than a 1% failure rate. The 360 had a bigger library sure that will change with time PS3 hasn't been out a year even, what's the point of having a bigger library if your system doesn't work. Very Very Very satisfied with the PS3.
As an average customer\gamer,
MS= you got a lot to learn about hardware manufacturing obviously, your system is a night mare stay away from it!
SONY= Great strong product
Lesson Learned go PS3
 Great....when it actually WORKS September 24, 2007
M. Caruso (New Jersey, USA)
22 out of 31 found this review helpful
I've had just about every Nintendo and PlayStation console that was put out since about 1989 and I've NEVER had ANY problems with THEM freezing the games up and constantly needing to be re-started. the graphics on the xBox games are admittedly awesome and the games are very fun....when you can actually play them. The only thing I hate about xBox is how many times it is ALWAYS freezing up whenever I want to play a game. We got a brand new game recently for xBox and it hasn't left the console since we first took it out of the package and put it in the console and yet it freezes up quite frequently. The disc is BRAND NEW so my guess is that this is faulty hardware. I tried playing the game today and the xBox froze no less than FIFTEEN times in ONE HOUR of playing. I get tired of having to re-start the game and re-play up to the point where the game froze. It's not surprising that something made by Micro$4it doesn't work. I don't think I'll be buying any future consoles from them unless they get the bugs out and make something that actually WORKS.
Failed to meet most basic of requirements- run. October 10, 2007
Open Container (Hometown, USA)
22 out of 46 found this review helpful
I've always tried to stay out of the Microsoft wars; Bill Gates ushered in the modern era v. MS is the devil, even though I always felt that Gates deserved his props. I'm not a big gamer or particularly tech savvy, but liked my old x-box enough to upgrade, based in part on something I read somewhere that said something about the 360 being backward compatible. Well, it isn't. Sure, you can download a patch from xbox that makes the 360 BC for some games, or pay for MS to mail you a DVD with the patch. But I wasn't able to play any of the regular x-box games when I took the console out of the box. I tried downloading the patch and so far haven't been able to successfully. I'm not going to pay for MS to mail me one because I think it's up to them to release a product that can be used by the consumer. Who does that kind of thing? Here's your new car! If you go to our website, you can order an engine to make it run! Very very lame.
I became...disenchanted...with the console, won't buy any 360 games because I don't want to become even more invested in a product whose creators don't seem to value the consumer. I'll buy a PS somewhere down the line. For me, the x-box 360 has been nothing more than a really expensive DVD player.
Added Feb. 21, 2008- It just gets better and better. The xbox doesn't support blue-ray technology so in a short while I won't be able to use it as a DVD player, either. Bill Gates, I want my money back.
Inherently Unstable May 19, 2008
Conan (USA)
20 out of 26 found this review helpful
I've had my 360 for about a year. I have not played it heavily since I have a full time job and I have to pay bills. About a week and a half ago, it croaked on me. When I went to turn it on, I got the "red ring of death." I've been talking to other gamers and have found that this is a very common problem. Some are even saying that the failure rate is as high as 33 percent. I made sure that my 360 was well ventilated, but that didn't help. I had it on a milk crate with a revolving room fan blowing on it whenever I played. I did everything right from the start, and it still went belly up.
It's true that they upped their warranty to three years, but what are we supposed to do after that? All of my other systems have lasted longer than three years. The bottom line is that the XBox 360 is inherently unstable. It's unreliability makes it a poor choice for a game console. It is a poorly constructed product that is characterized by its inferiority. If 33% of current Xboxes are already dead or dying, what are the chances of this system actually making it to the five year mark? I wish I would have bought a PS3. The PS3 is a more reliable and powerful system. It also has free online capabilities. It doesn't have as wide of a selection of games, but this is just the beginning of the next generation of gaming. Gears of War isn't that big of a deal when the three red rings are flashing. It becomes a very expensive paperweight. Microsoft has made a huge error with the 360 and I made a huge error when I bought it. In their rush to be the first console on the market, they forgot to make a machine that actually works. Do not waste you money on this. PS3 is a superior choice.
UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is my second review for this product. After my Xbox red ringed, I called Microsoft and they sent me a 360 "coffin" with a shipping label. I packed my 360 up and took it to the UPS. I was pleasantly suprised when my newly repaired console arrived just a few weeks after I sent it off. Last night, I picked it up at the UPS office. When I got home, I got ready to play a little Call of Duty 4. I'll never forget the instant that I pushed the button. I couldn't believe it when my system showed me the three red rings......right out of the box. I kept turning it on and off and finally saw some green. I actually played for about ten minutes, and then it stopped. The screen went totally blank.... and when I looked up at my console.... there they were..... the dreaded "red rings of death." I sent it in for repairs and Microsoft didn't even bother to fix it.
This is extremely disappointing to me. The Xbox 360 console is a total disaster. I can not think of a worse system.... ever. The Atari Jaguar was a failure, but at least it worked. At least you could reliably play the one cool game on the system (Aliens vs. Predator). The original Nintendos wore out after a while. Remember blowing on your cartridges to get them to work? At least you could fiddle with it and get some kind of response every now and then.
The failure rates of the 360 are astronomical. This is bad. Really bad. I don't appreciate the way that Microsoft has conducted their business. I don't appreciate having my money and my time wasted. I can't even sell it at a decent price anymore. Since so many people are getting rid of them, the price on used 360 consoles has gone down considerably.
This is turning out to be a PR disaster for Microsoft. The 360 is giving Microsoft a really bad name. It looks like they've got a real problem on their hands and its not going away anytime soon. The only hope for current 360 owners is a class action lawsuit that would enable us to reclaim some of the money that we've wasted on this shamefully shoddy hardware.
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