First Impressions My reaction is I remember when playing a video game was a ridiculously simple thing. When I fired up Frogger on my ancient Atari back in the late 80s, all you had to do was push the joystick in one of four directions to get to the other side and win the level.

Call it what you will. The Xbox 360 Slim, the Xbox 360 Slimline the Xbox 360 S or even what Microsoft has actually decided to go with: the Xbox 360 250GB. The name doesn't matter, what matters is that it's here and whether it's a worthy upgrade to its rather successful predecessor.

a good console for the money you pay the fan sounds like it cost 10p and at is quite likely that it will get the red rings of death. (get a ps3, they are better)

Its a cheap alternative to a ps3; live is good

not as good as a ps3; graphics can't touch the ps3's

Now this is one gaming console I think I will cherish for a very, very long time to come and this is what I really think a complete gaming experience is all about. While I am usually only happy playing the latest football games on any console, such as FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer, the unmistakable,...

Introduction For quite a long time, Microsoft has been known mainly for developing the most widespread and popular operating system for PCs, Windows. However, during the 90's, the company from Redmond had grown so big that PC software didn't seem quite enough, and that's one of the reasons why...

we bought the xbox 360 to be a media extender for media center, the gaming part was just a bonus. after some deliberation, research and talking to friends with the different bundles we determined the 60gb bundle would more than satisfy our needs in the gaming dept.

Easy To Set Up; Excellent Gameplay; Great Graphics

Nothing New

The Microsoft Xbox 360 Arcade is a fine entry-level, next-generation console, but its lack of storage makes game play feel like that of an Atari 2600.

Inexpensive next-generation console; Intuitive new interface and streaming capabilities; HD gaming

Barely enough storage to upload the new OS, let alone download games from Xbox Live Marketplace; No Blu-ray drive

Now that Blu-ray has become the pre-eminent high-definition standard for discs, the Xbox 360 has yet to support it, but it still remains an excellent game console with a superior game library and online experience.

All games in high-definition; easy-to-use Dashboard interface; excellent online gaming and communications via Xbox Live; plays hundreds of (but not all) original Xbox titles; doubles as a superior digital media hub and Windows Media Center extender; online Marketplace allows for easy purchases of...

No support for next-generation HD discs, like Blu-ray; early versions of the console prone to "red ring of death" system crash; online gaming require a paid subscription to Xbox Live

If you want the best then there is no contest: the Xbox One is faster and more powerful than its older brother. And it offers greater home-entertainment, connectivity and interface features.

Standing out has been an important part of Microsoft's philosophy with its latest console. Unique features that seem small and insignificant at first, like achievement points for in-game accomplishments, have taken off and proven to be a huge boon for the Xbox 360.