Welcome to XBOX360 Cheats
It would appear that purchasing a gaming console is every bit as complicated as purchasing a new car but, fortunately, quite a lot less expensive. Even if you know the brand you want, there are many decisions to make: colour, strength, accessories, WiFi or not, online or not, controller or not.
Xbox 360 4GB Console
The Xbox 360 4GB console from Microsoft is great for basic game playing. It has integrated wi-fi, a smart black wireless controller, and a free one-month Gold membership to Xbox LIVE is included.
Xbox 360 250GB Console
This console has the same advantages as the 4GB, but its enormous hard drive allows you to store more games than you can play in a lifetime, as well enough movies to keep you entertained for month of Sundays.
Both of these consoles can be upgraded to include a Kinect Sensor and a Kinect Adventures game. Kinect is fun for the whole family, and very easy to use. Kinect brings games to life. There is no controller: the sensor picks up movement, so that you become the controller.
There are also options for watching movies or live television, for listening to music or for playing games with opponents who may be in another time zone, or on another continent. The online service Xbox LIVE, an annual subscription and a broadband connection allow you to play games online, add to the vitality of your games by downloading premium content; download demos before buying a game and access your social media accounts through your console. If you have a Sky subscription, you can also stream movies, music and other media.
Then there is the option of Kinect technology, which allows you to control all these features simply by the sound of your voice.
The choices do not stop there and the options you choose affect the price of your console. This can be between £200 and £300. Then there are the accessories such as headsets, controllers and remotes, cables and adaptors, hard drives and extra memory. The more you play, the more you need.
And then, of course, there are the games. There are hundreds to choose from, many of them based on movies, television shows or characters from popular culture. These are sports games, which can capture the excitement of a live game – soccer, golf, hockey, basketball, among others. There are so-called rhythm games which are really home disco’s. There are simulation and role-playing games, and there is lots and lots of shooting. Some of these games can be downloaded for nothing, but the rest cost anywhere from £12 to as much as £80.
Throwing or shooting a relatively innocuous object at a balloon or toy duck or even a person, has been the backbone of carnival and arcade games for years and years. But modern computer games are considerably more sophisticated and employ much more lethal weaponry. Fortunately, games carry ratings just as movies do, and parents would do well to monitor closely the games that younger children are playing.