Which Xbox for live play!!!

scottishf

Son wants an xbox for and he wants to play live..im not sure which console ineed as there is a few, and i want to get the best deal. Not sure what else i need for live play.HELP!!!!!!

DilbertJones

to play on xbox live you need a Xbox 360 and of that there is 3 choices.

Arcade, Premium & Elite

Arcade you can forget about as you will miss the fact it has no internal HDD.

Premium is probably best value for money comes with a 20gb HDD which you need for live play

Elite is te most expensive and comes in black only a 120GB HDD the extra space is usefull if you plan to download a lot of games & movies from the live marketplace but to be honest 20GB is more then enough for the average user.

Prices can vary so shop around

DaisyFlower

All of the xbox consoles are capable of playing live games. I would suggest you go with a model that has a hard drive so that you can save games and download from the marketplace.

He will need a membership to xbox live, easily bought from Play.com etc and an internet connection. You can usually buy the headset and membership in a pack so that he can talk to friends online if he wishes.

scottishf

Thanks from a technophobe mum!!!

DaisyFlower

You're welcome, its only having a tech mad hubby and son that I knew the answer.

sarah_smurf

I'm just starting look round for an xbox to at the minute for the other half, and trying to find the cheapest place through the net for the premium before I go actually store shopping (like I do) and have found amazon cheapest so far for the one I want at just under £190, if that helps if you need to save a tiny bit to.