Video Games Consoles Review

The Xbox Console 360 - a Gamer’s Dream Machine

By Paul W Wilson

Xbox 360 Premium Console

The Xbox console 360 is a video game console that is visionary. A gamers’ dream machine, the Xbox console 360 is sold in two versions a premium edition that has a hard drive, a wireless controller, headset, Ethernet cable, a HD AV cable, and an Xbox live silver subscription and a core system.

Powerful and futuristic the Xbox console 360 includes HD gaming, perfect sound, and sensational graphics. The system offers high-end gaming with several exciting possibilities. It revolutionizes video game consoles and is, in actuality, a computer dedicated to gaming. It is not just a gaming machine it is a media center that allows you to play games, network with other gamers around 360 of them, rip, stream, and download high definition movies, music, digital pictures, games, music, and play DVDs and CDs. The Xbox360 has around 18 titles in the US including games like Call of Duty 2, Dead or Alive 4, Every Party, FIFA 06, NBA live, Kameo, Perfect Dark Zero, and Project Gotham Racing 3. All games support a six channel Dolby Digital Sound with no voice echo.

Apart from video and DVD playing the Xbox 360 live market place allows the user to connect to Xbox live even if offline. Users can view messages and game invites sent by other Xbox live members. The live market place allows download of avatars, trailers, as well as game demos.

With the Xbox console 360 a person can view a complete record of games played, play games downloaded from marketplace, play game demos, watch movie as well as game trailers, listen to music customized for the user, view pictures as well as videos stored on a camera or any other portable device, and activate the media center extender.

The Xbox console 360 has backward compatibility and so, users can play games originally developed for the earlier versions of the box. Game demos and trailers are offered free but full versions of games have to be purchased using Xbox Live Marketplace using Microsoft points which can be bought through Live or via game cards sold retail.

Often the Xbox displays red lights instead of a green ring of light to indicate errors.

Although Microsoft’s Xbox was able to sell millions and millions of units worldwide, it was still considerably outsold by its competitor, Sony’s PlayStation. In this day, wherein another revolution in video and gaming technology is at hand, the Xbox360 is more promising than ever.

What difference does the Xbox console 360 hold against its predecessor? Well, just like all gaming consoles, it is basically a computer that is designed to run video game programs. As was mentioned earlier, the Xbox console 360 is a computer designed for playing video games. Now, since we know that all gaming consoles are simply computers designed for playing video games, let us take a look at the heart of all computers – the CPU. Just the same, video game consoles have a processor that would, of course, ‘process’ all the information being fed into the system. The latest innovation in the Xbox console 360 is that, they “modified the engine” to be able to deliver optimum performance for players.

Microsoft Xbox Console-Designed To Be A Wonderful Video Games Console

By Fakhrul Anuar Malek

Xbox Consoles

An advance video game system for future generation invented by Microsoft is the Xbox. The Microsoft Xbox console is designed with a powerful and sleek look, black color with an X inscribed on the console and a green Xbox logo resembling a jewel-like appearance. The Xbox overrides all other games making game play more realistic and powerful for all users.

In such, game artists have taken advantage of the new technology combined with appalling ideas to this game system by creating games never seen before. Games for Xbox have been created between fantasy and reality that most people will definitely enjoy.

Also, as a game system, there are four controller sockets in front of the box for connection, and it has an Ethernet socket for multiplayer games that allows other gamers to take part in the game. These features are specifically designed to enhance the performance and powerful game play of the Xbox.

Having a Microsoft Xbox console can change the way you play your games. The Xbox lets you take part in the games the experience and enjoy the ultimate audio-video performance of this game system.

Available games that gamers will love to use in the Xbox to experience the audio-visual superiority are the NFL Fever 2002 or American Football, Dead or Alive 3, Project Gotham Racing, F1 2001, and Halo, all have wonderful graphics and will definitely entertain you while enjoying full realistic and graphical designs from these featured games mentioned.

The Microsoft Xbox is indeed a wonderful gaming arena because of the ultimate high-speed performance it has while at use. As a matter of fact, other accessories for the Xbox can be purchase separately for upgrade and better performance. To name a few are DVD Movie Playback Kit, Memory Unit, High Definition AV Pack, Controller, Advanced AV Pack, Standard AV Cable, and many more that are available to the Xbox game system.

The Xbox console comes in a few different alternatives so your personal preferences can be fulfilled right from the start. The arcade version contains everything you need to get the games started and with five arcade games included there’s no chance of getting bored. With a 256Mb memory unit and wireless controller included you have everything you need to delve into the world of Xbox.

The next step up is the premium console which has a 60Gb hard drive. The Xbox Elite is, as the name suggests, the premier console package which is packed with useful features. The huge 120 Gb detachable hard drive provides you with an abundance of space to save games, movies and photos.

Xbox Live is the jewel in Microsoft’s crown that helps differentiate this games console from competitors. By connecting your Xbox 360 to the internet via your broadband connection you can connect to Live silver or gold, depending on the package you’ve chosen, where you can then play live online with fellow enthusiasts from all over the world. Xbox Live is the only unified place where you can play with whoever you wish, whenever you want and with over ten million Xbox Live users around the world, you will never be short of a fellow player.

Gaming aside, the Xbox can be used for much more. Watching DVD movies, playing your favorite music and sharing your latest digital pictures with friends are just a few possible uses that make the Xbox a multipurpose home entertainment system.