Review on Xbox 360 E 4GB Console: The Ultimate Gaming Experience by Adam Woods ᠌
The price/quality ratio is great, I will buy again.
Well. If we consider 2 competitors (Wii is not taken into account due to its technical underdevelopment by several orders of magnitude), then both the XBOX360 and PS3 have their advantages and disadvantages. Yes, the PS3 is technically superior to the XBOX. But due to the complexity of game development, most developers make games for XBOX and then port them to PS3 (GTA4, Fallout 3, Bioshock, Call of Duty, etc. ). Plus XBOX Live is many times more interesting and functional than the PS Network (with the exception of the interesting PS Home). In the most popular games on XBOX, there are from 20 to 700 thousand players online at the same time (Modern Warfare 2, World at War, Halo 3, Burnout Paradise, etc. ). As for the firmware - everyone's business. But at the moment, the possibility of a ban in Live (which will also disable the installation of the game on disk) is extremely high. And it is possible to take non-new licensed games for 200-1000 a piece (with books / boxes and peace of mind). The newest games will cost 1600-2800r - you can afford it once or twice a month :) Plus, you should pay attention to the imminent release of an additional accessory NATAL, which will elevate the level of interaction with games to incredible heights! See google: natal is really a step forward. At the moment, we can say that the PRICE / QUALITY ratio in the XBOX360 is perfectly combined. For your 8500-12022 you will get a powerful game console, an excellent media combine, as well as the ability to access a bunch of online services (the same facebook, twitter, last. Fm + Video, Game, Music marketplace). By the way, not everyone knows, but the console can be connected to any TV / monitor. Both through tulips and through VGA, DVI, HDMI. Resolution from 640x480 to 1920x1080.
- So! The Xbox 360 is a prefix (correctly speaking, after all, a console) of the latest generation along with the Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii. All three have their own merits and demerits. I will dwell on the Xbox parameters. 1) The console has very powerful hardware. To implement the same parameters on a computer (not in numbers, but as a result), very large investments will be required (23-28 thousand only for the system unit). This makes it possible to play great games with realistic graphics at resolutions up to 1920x1080 and watch videos in HD quality. 2) Very ergonomic controller compared to competitors. After a few days of active play, the mouse and keyboard are remembered as a nightmare. 3) A large number of exclusive games (released both specifically for the XBOX360, and only for the XBOX360 and PS3). 4) Intuitive system management interface. The current system, called NXE, coupled with the XBOX LIVE online service, is a hodgepodge of a huge number of available features: multiplayer game, voice and video chat, downloading demos of 80% of released games, downloading trailers for movies and games, add-ons (maps, weapons, heroes, missions, etc. ), facebook, twitter, last. Fm (it is possible to connect a regular keyboard via usb ), all kinds of competitions, quizzes and a bunch-a bunch-a bunch of everything else. 5) XBOX also works as a media center. Both in terminal mode to Windows Media Center (playing content from a computer over a network), and independently. It has 3 USB ports to which you can connect a flash drive or external hard drive. Without connecting to LIVE, it has a limited set of codecs, but after the ate it will be able to read anything, except maybe mkv and ogm. 6) Very inexpensive in price in relation to competitors. 7) It is possible to flash a DVD and a drive and use pirated discs, BUT (! ) this excludes the possibility of playing online, since Microsoft has learned to finally recognize flashed consoles and ban them.
- 1) Rather noisy drive. It is solved by installing the game on the hard drive (of course, only native xbox-ovsky). At the same time, the game still requires the disc to be in the drive for verification. 2) It is heated, strongly. It must be placed on an open, ventilated surface. And after an active game (from 3 hours in a row), leave it in the system menu for 5-10 minutes to cool down. 3) LIVE is not officially represented in 2022 yet. It is solved by registering an account in the American or European LIVE. But at the same time, 90% that your credit card will not be accepted. Solved by buying Prepaid cards. 4) Personally, I do not have enough browser. 5) Does not have built-in Wi-Fi. It is connected only via an ethernet cable or a native wi-fi adapter is bought (it costs about 4k). It is decided by buying a router for 800-2022. 6) The lack of batteries for the gamepad included. Play&Charge kit costs from 800 to 1500 7) Old builds had manufacturing defects that led to the so-called red fires of death (console to service). But all XBOXs made after the end of 2022 are perfectly playable. But the measure is still worth knowing.
