360 12 Month Live Gold Card,Xbox 360 Wireless Headset, etc) to give the full premium experience if you decide you want

To sum it up, I strongly believe that the Xbox 360 Arcade package is designed to target unwitting parents into thinking that they can get their kids a full system for $199, but the reality is that you NEED the hard drive in order to really use the Xbox 360 because game updates, game saves, and game expansion packs alone will quickly burn through several of the expensive memory cards

For 199 you get a free wireless 360 pad, a 256mb memory card, (which can only hold memory for like 2 games)and a free month of XBOX Live Gold

They give you a live xbox membership, but to enjoy other features and to download things you are gonna need a xbox live gold membership...you can buy them in stores, here on amazon, or direct from microsoft

My older XBox 360 kept overheating and shutting down unless I kept the a/c running consistently, increasing my utility bill.

the xbox 360 is the best for money

So, as far as what XBOX model you get, you're rolling the dice when ordering an XBOX online

I recently refreshed my Xbox Live Gold subscription and the optical drive no longer works

I love the Xbox 360 as much as the next person and have had my console for 9 months

The newer Xbox 360 arcade models that began production late 2008 and continuing now are built with a jasper chip inside that will keep the system much cooler and seem to have almost eliminate the possibility of a Red Ring Of Death

Their Xbox is garbage

That being said, on to the rest of the review!If one is looking for the best value for the dollar in the current generation's videogame consoles, look no further than the Xbox 360.It is cheaper than the Wii and Playstation 3, but don't let the price point fool you.

And my 3rd xbox just broke today

The Xbox 360 Arcade Console is amazing

You can buy more memory cards at $30 each, or more likely you will just end up spending $100+ for an Xbox hard drive

I called Microsoft XBox 1-800 number

My son loves his xbox

So I will truly miss this console, good bye xbox 360.

if your no going on xbox live, or playing xbox compatible

I'm furious with this because I was told it was going to be a good Xbox and worth my hard earned money

I love the Xbox 360

They have their own credit system that is useless as soon as your Xbox breaks--and it will