X Box help please?

mosaicwendy

Hi
My son would like an X Box for Christmas, I've had a look round and there seem to be 2 types that fall into our price range - the X Box Arcade and the X Box 360.

Please can anyone advise me on which is the best one to buy? I haven't got a clue about these kind of things and I'm worried about getting the wrong one!

Thank you

Wendy
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gaming_guy

they are both the same console - the arcade package doesnt come with all the extras of the xbox 360 premium package (hard drive, wireless controller etc) for example.

DJBlu

Here is a good page

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/compare101.htm

The middle of the 3 is known as Premium in the UK.

Personally I would make sure which ever you buy that you purchase one with a hard disk as this is required to play online games and to download material from Microsoft Market Place.

DCFC79

Theres the xbox 360 arcade and the xbox 360 60GB premium, if you get the 1 with the hard drive you can download demos etc from the marketplace, 60GB may be alot of hard drive space but i think 8GB is reserved for future updates etc

mosaicwendy

Thank you for replying, it's just that one seems to have a 125 memory and one 20 gb memory - am I looking at the right thing?

Also, is there anything else I need anything else for him to hook up to the wireless internet?

Thanks for helping!
Wendy

DJBlu

mosaicwendy wrote: »

Thank you for replying, it's just that one seems to have a 125 memory and one 20 gb memory - am I looking at the right thing?

Also, is there anything else I need anything else for him to hook up to the wireless internet?

Thanks for helping!
Wendy

This must be a custom deal as 20gb hard disks don't come as standard anymore.
This will do the job though.

gaming_guy

mosaicwendy wrote: »

Thank you for replying, it's just that one seems to have a 125 memory and one 20 gb memory - am I looking at the right thing?

Also, is there anything else I need anything else for him to hook up to the wireless internet?

Thanks for helping!
Wendy

yes, a £60 wireless adapter unless you can plug it directly into your router/modem via ethernet cable. you should be able to find the adapter for less if you hunt around

i'm not sure if the more expensive model comes with the wifi adapter or not.

mosaicwendy

Wow! I was typing a reply and got 2 more replies....

Looking at the website - it looks like the middle one may be the one...

My son is 17 next week (hence the expensive Christmas present - 2 presents in one) he will want to play with other people because he has already said about it.

Anything else I should look for?

I really appreciate the help!
Wendy

DCFC79

gaming_guy wrote: »

yes, a £60 wireless adapter unless you can plug it directly into your router/modem via ethernet cable. you should be able to find the adapter for less if you hunt around

i'm not sure if the more expensive model comes with the wifi adapter or not.

no none of the xbox 360's come with a wireless adapter

gaming_guy

mosaicwendy wrote: »

Wow! I was typing a reply and got 2 more replies....

Looking at the website - it looks like the middle one may be the one...

My son is 17 next week (hence the expensive Christmas present - 2 presents in one) he will want to play with other people because he has already said about it.

Anything else I should look for?

I really appreciate the help!
Wendy

im not 100% sure but i think to play online against other people, you will need to buy an xbox live subscription.

(i have a ps3, so dont really know how xbox live works )

mosaicwendy

Just looked at Amazon and they have a 360 Premium for £166 and if you buy it with a wireless entertainment pack you get it for £20 and a selected game for £10.00

Is this a good deal do you think?

xxx