Review on Xbox 360 250GB Console Kinect by MoonSe Hoon ᠌

Name: Xbox 360 250GB Console Kinect
Item: Xbox 360 250GB Console Kinect
Rating: 4

March 29, 2023

I am satisfied with the product, it is made well, the price is also pleasing.

In general, the Xbox 360 console turned out to be a very good subject for entertainment for children and adults, even for those who are not very fond of video games (Kinect sensor allows you to do fitness or dance at home). Even despite the old age of the console and a bunch of restrictions (which, by the way, can be removed with firmware, though, and deprive yourself of the warranty on the device), the Xbox 360 will forever remain in the history of video games as the most popular console of the early 21st century, along with the Sony PS3.

Pros

1) Good design; 2) Virtually silent operation; 3) Favorable price for a set of console with a hard drive + kinect sensor; 4) A large number of games released for this console; 5) Convenient gamepad (very ergonomic and responsive, wireless consumes little power); 6) The kinect sensor allows you to have fun with friends or family in sports or adventure games and racing.

Cons

1) Specifications. The console was released in the first half of 2022 and since then the performance indicators have remained practically unchanged, only the design, cooling system, power consumption, memory sizes and other aspects that have little effect on system performance in games have been improved. Accordingly, even in the latest games like GTA 5 on a large and excellent TV with a resolution of 1929x1080 (Full HD), it is at least strange to expect something outstanding; 2) All kinds of restrictions from the developer company Microsoft. You buy a console, purchase expensive licensed copies of games on discs or through the Microsoft Xbox Live Marketplace digital distribution service, after which, in order to play online (online) in almost all games (95%) in which multiplayer play is possible, you must pay an additional subscription . service "Microsoft Xbox Live Gold". The price for this subscription does not bite, but this fact is unpleasant; 3) It is not possible to copy the game from the disc to the internal memory of the console and play without the disc. The point here is that a cunning mechanism is built into the microprocessor of the console, the essence of which is that the processor and, accordingly, the console itself, run only those applications and games that are approved and signed by Microsoft (licensed). For each copy of the game and application, this signature is unique. For games sold on discs, it is contained on the disc itself. So even if you install the game on the console, the console will still require you to insert the game disc in order to read the signature for the game being launched. The game resources at startup and operation, the console will already read from memory and will not force the disk so much. 4) The Kinect sensor requires a significant space to play relevant games (at least 2 meters). So owners of small apartments and rooms take note of this! In the "E" revision there are no major innovations compared to the "Slim" revision, such as "Slim" compared to "Fat" (Core, Arcade, Elite).