Strengths: great graphics, good design, awesome games

Weaknesses: price

Summary: this thing is very good. Everyone is afraid of how microsoft's 1.0 versions always have bugs, well i have had mine since the second day it cme out and i have noticed nothing of the sort. The controllers are great. The package with the hard drive and the wireless controllers is a better way to go. All in all this is a great product which completely destroys what the PS3 has to offer. PS3's liquid crystal hard-drive completely failed them so they have to use diiferent technology now. Xbox might of won this one.

Strengths: it has the best graphics money can buy and is the ultimate gaming device

Weaknesses: there are none

Summary: This system was the best $400 dollars I have spent in my life. The video games for it are as amazing as the 360 itself. Its game are as realistic as life can get

Strengths: Great graphics processing power, Live intergration with downloadable content/marketplace/online play, Great media center functions, Progressing Backwards Compatability List, Solid Launch Lineup

Weaknesses: Fans will be a bit louder than other consoles, Expensive ($100 than other console launches), Faceplates hard to get off, Will only load 100 songs list for MP3 Players, Video Streaming requires MCE.

Summary: Let me start off by saying I don't believe anyone should get the core system. The core system was introduced in order to funnel off some heat for the $100 price increase for the console in the current generation. By releasing the core system users who bought the real system could feel a sense of value and feel the console's price point was really $299. While I think this tactic is far less shady than the bundling of useless accessories with the PSP, it is nevertheless obviously the real Xbox 360. All the accessories that come with the regular version just spell out next gen (Wireless controllers and HDTV Component Cables). When you hear them talk about the core accommodating to "niche users" they must be talking about people who like to get ripped off or people who couldn't get a regular system at launch and are desperate for a 360. On first receiving the system you will notice it is quite heavy for the size. For the graphical quality the console has potential for, it's not suprise that the components would be heavy. For the first time in 3D gaming this console has produced some graphics that are on Par with current Gen PC Gaming. I find this to be quite impressive for $400 which is quite a comparable price. And with many popular PC titles being ported on the 360 (Call of Duty 2 and Oblivion for example), it's not a bad alternative for people sick of upgrading their PCs every year, though personally I would not give up my Keyboard and mouse for FPS' like Quake 4. The console runs relatively hot so the fans are quite loud for a console according to many people. I personally have it running in the same room as my PC so my PC's fans are definitely louder and drown out any of the sound. One of the major feats with this console is that all the games will support 720p. For any HDTV owners this is a godsend. In the previous generation there were only a handful of titles that ever got the 720p treatment. Personally having a 1080p HDTV, this made me quite disappointed. But with the 360 I no longer have to worry about that. I think going with 720p was a good move since 1080p sets are rare. The visual quality jump from 480p to 720p is amazing. The main thing that struck me instantly while using this console initially is that they really designed this console for useability and Xbox Live. The intergration of every game into xbox live is quite interesting. Sometimes while waiting for a game to start in the multiplayer lobby I'll check out people's games list and achievements (which the console automatically tracks if you're online). Also I can pull up the dash blade any time I want. This allows for me to insert my own personal soundtrack whenever I want to any game. For example in PGR3 I can just plug in my Ipod and load up my songs and race with my own playlist from my Ipod. Also an alternative is connecting the 360 to your home network and loading up the songs for a shared folder on your PC. Either way it all works flawlessly except for the fact that they left out any sort of alphabetical sorting tabs. Therefore browsing through a long list of playlists/albums/artists can be quite annoying. Also you can stream pictures off your computer for instant access for photo viewing on your home TV from your computer. The console delivers on all the promises of being an entertainment hub for your home network. Unfortunately for me this aspect is not as important since my PC and my 360 are connected to the same HDTV LCD Monitor. However for people with their PC in the computer room and the HDTV in the living room, it provides a very affordable alternative to having another HTPC in the living room. With MCE you can stream HDTV Video directly off your PC to the living room which is very convenient. As for the launch lineup, I have found it to be one of the most solid in history. So far I own 3 games (Kameo, Project Gotham 3, and Perfect Dark Zero) and all are superb. I could go into detail about each of them but needless to say they all look fantastic and deserve well above a 8.5 Score out of 10. Also with NBA 2K5 sports fans have a game that looks fantastic. some of the visuals in that game will blow you away. The current estimate is that Microsoft is losing more than $100 off each console sold, and all the features and graphical capabilities you receive from the console is a clear indication of why. There have been some complaints about defective units, but that is not all uncommon with launches. In fact mine has been running quite well with no real crashes, though I have encountered one bug in PGR3. I know it is a popular trend to go against Microsoft, but it's very hard to deny that they have created a well thought out console sooner than anyone could have anticipated. With a good lead of at least 6 months before the other next-gen consoles there is no reason not to be somewhat impressed with the 360. I would strongly recommend this product to open minded gamers, especially if they have an HDTV.

Strengths: Better graphics than the original xbox. Every game is in HD. More than a just a gaming system with it's media center capabilities.

Weaknesses: Current game list doesn't utilize the xbox 360's abilities, so the graphics don't appear to be drastically better than the original xbox. It's not fully backwards compatible.

Summary: The xbox 360 is slightly disappointing to me, the graphics are only slightly better than on the original console, I already own a few HD games for the original xbox and the graphic improvements of the 360 are even less noticeable in those games (the jaggies are slightly less apparent). I can't wait to buy a game that really puts the xbox 360's hardware to task to see what it can really do.A huge plus is that the xbox 360 adds a bunch of new functions with xbox live and connectivity options so it functions more as a media hub, which I'm just starting to explore, in this case it resembles a multimedia computer more so than a gaming system.To sum it up, it's a good system (not great, but good), I just expected a little more of a jump (as far as graphics go) between the orginal and the 360.

Strengths: great graphices,werlies controlers,mp3 player,and much more

Weaknesses: none

Summary: You will think its a waste of money but it is not.This system is one of the best with all of the features it has to offer. Some people think that $400 dollars is a waste of money but you have to think of it like in a investment because this is one of the newest system on the market.

Strengths: everything

Weaknesses: too expensive, ha

Summary: love it!!! i cant stop playing on this wonderful piece of machinery made by the brilliant microsoft company. the graphics are phenominal and the games couldnt be better!! if you dont have one, i highly suggest you get one!

Strengths: HDTV,THIS XBOX 360 HAS UNBELIEVABLE GRAPHICS AND THE COLORS ARE AWESOME

Weaknesses: THE BLACK AND WHITE BUTTONS ARE IN A STUPID PLACE,THEY DIDN'T PUT MUCH THOUGHT IN THE PLACEMENT OF THEM.

Summary: DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY THE 360 CAME OUT 6 MONTHS BEFORE THE CRAPPY PS3???? DOES HALO 3 RING A BELL?THE RELEASE DATES ARE THE SAME TIME.PS3 HAVE ALREADY HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS.

Strengths: evrything

Weaknesses: nothing

Summary: i have got a xbox 360 and it the best console i have ever experienced i have been on psp's and more but this is just the best one i have ever been on(obviosly).

Strengths: Graphics, speed, interface, flexibility, sleek design. Microsoft's willingness to work with the end users to assure continued enjoyment.

Weaknesses: Number of games and price of the new games

Summary: The product met and exceeded my expectations. The graphics and the attention to detail is outstanding. The interface has been streamlined, setting up and making changes is a breeze. The speed of loading games and response time has vastly improved, the players using internet gaming will love the response time.Overall excellent product, the price will come down when competetors have their products launched.

Strengths: The xbox 360 has great capabilities

Weaknesses: It does not work all the time and we need to get warranty taken care of.

Summary: When you buy something new that needs to have warranty work, it is hard to do because we don't know where to take it to, because we don't know where it was originally purchased. It is difficult even though the x box 360 was never even opened by the seller.

Strengths: the graphics are unbeliveable real. The gamplay is gripping and you cant stop playing. The xbox 360 is like a drug that you cant stop playing.I would definatly recomened this outstanding prouduct.

Weaknesses: the wireless controlers are not as good as they were cracked up to be(they need batteries which run out)is usless . The biggest issue is the price! I brought my one for 210 pounds . Alot of money.

Summary: fantasticly amazing,fast,loud and higly enjoyable. Twise as good as the ps3 will ever be. Definatly worth my money. Never will there be a better concel (unless the next xbox).

Strengths: great graphics, some nice features, wireless controlers that work properly

Weaknesses: limitations, expinsive, rare, accesiories are to expinsive, sub par launch titles, no nextgen optical drive (hddvd), many are defective

Summary: These are difficult to find, and when you do find one the price will be gouged to sometimes hundreds more than what you should be paying for it at the local wal-mart. I bought mine used from a gaming place that closed down. I haven't had any problems such as over heating and lockups with mine so far. Trust me on that one; I haven?t seen the light of day in a while. A buddy of mine who bought his 360 new from the store has been having problems with it locking up about every 15min. The graphics are excellent and wireless controllers work surprisingly well. The accessories are way over priced. By the time you get done buying all of the stuff to make it worth playing and buying the proper cable to hook it into your high end system your pockets will only contain a small amount of lint where after you will sell the lint on eBay stating that the lint was blessed by the pope so that you can buy some juice for these thirsty wireless controllers. Even though the play and charge accessory is expensive for what you get it is well worth it if you play often. The main reason I bought the 360 is for one to say that I own a 360 (cuz you know how the ladies go crazy for rare nextgen systems) and two to play PGR3. I was a huge fan of PGR2 and now am a huge fan of PGR3 but that is another review. The dash board limitations are very noticeable. I would love to be able to copy my mp3 files off the pen drive to the hard drive that way I could plug in 3 out of the 4 controllers but for some reason it wants me to burn my music to a CD and then rip them to the hard drive and then type in all the song names by hand. Who does this device think it is? Doesn?t the burning the CD then ripping it to the xbox hd and typing in all the song names accomplish the same thing as being able to copy directly from a pen drive? Who knows what they where thinking when they put in that limitation. Why are there only 3 USB ports on it anyway? What if I have 3 wired controllers, one wireless and would like to be able to use the USB network adapter and play music from my portable device? What if I am afraid ?they? are tapping into my wireless controllers to figure out my secret move so I would like to use 4 wired controllers so all of my paranoid friends can play? Guess these questions weren?t ever asked while the console was in testing or did any testing ever take place? Apparently not according to my friend who?s brand new xbox 360 locks up every 15 mins. Why do these new memory cards cost twice as much as the old ones? Why can?t I use a pen drive as a memory unit? The list goes on but right now I am outa time.

Strengths: Mind Blowing HDGraphics, Digital 5.1 Surround, Unparalleled Wireless Performance, Seamless Integration with Windows XP, Excellent Multimedia Capabilities(Pictures, Music Video)

Weaknesses: Extremely Hard to Find, Fan a little on the noisy side.

Summary: Besides having the best Mind Blowing HD-ready Graphics, Digital 5.1 Surround Unparalleled Wireless Performance; This 360 Premium System, with the 20GB Hard Drive Ethernet Cabability, allows seamless integration with Windows XP. Thus allowing the capability to store Pictures, Music Video. That's right store pictures straight from your digital camera or memory card, file all your favorite music cd's for disc free playback, even use your 360 system as a DVR or TiVo to pause rewind live TV. Truly a mind blowing little piece of equipment.

Strengths: The Marketplace

Weaknesses: not being able to play all xbox games yet!!

Summary: Well it's the best system out right now, the graphics look great, I like the wireless control, and being able to download demo's before buying the games is one of the best things they added to xbox live. The system is alot more than I thought so much you can do with it, If you have a Windows Media Center Pc even better, I can play shows I have recorded on my pc and any cd's I have on my pc thought the xbox360, but just one thing I was not happy about is that you can't play all the xbox games, and it even some of the new games like Star Wars Battlefront II.

Strengths: great graphics for a great price

Weaknesses: it's a console, playstation 3 will be better, for a computer person, the console's "next gen" is nothing revolutionary

Summary: The xbox 360 was my first console, and from reading a lot about it, I think the system completely met my expectations. I certainly wouldn't be saying this if I bought it earlier than Ghost Recon and Oblivion, but the wait was worth it. I have heard that the graphics compare with the radeon x1800 and that's probably pretty accurate, as people have gotten pc versions of these games to run on comparable systems. It's true that the top sli system from nvidia (7900 xt) is a factor of 1.8 times the processing power, but only the graphics cards will cost you three times the console. Although the powerpc is not new like the cell, it is good technology (core duo's not as much faster as apple would like), and this was actually the most drastic change from the original xbox, according to Microsoft it's speed is a factor of 52, and programmers probably have not fully utilized it yet.The games were really amazing. I was a bit alienated by using a controller, but it gives you a lot of magnetism (you don't have to aim right at enemies) even in hard mode, and was much nicer than I expected. However I still prefer the mouse, and ghost recon would be pointless without the magnetism, and slightly unrealistic enemy response times. Also it's extremely annoying not to be able to move at variable speeds with any sort of scope. I haven't played Oblivion as much but what I have seen is amazing. The outdoors slow down a bit (20-30 fps) simply because there's so much, which is evidence that the xbox 360's graphics power is indeed limited, but it was still a nice experience.The built in antialiasing and procedural texture functions add nice effects, but there are obvious sampling problems, and ghost recon and oblivion's shadowing really was not outstanding. If sony can offer anything close to the trailers for metal gear and the supposedly fake killzone trailer, they will certainly win in terms of graphics, and I'm sure sony's games will be good as well.The xbox live is obviously Microsoft's way to make money for those not buying accessories. The price isn't bad but it is rather limited. I really was least impressed with the windows media playback. Microsoft was going to have wmvhd playback, and indeed it can play high resolution files but the player is awful - it can only pause and stop, and there is no support for any of the dvds that are out (most of which are imax now). Obviously the xbox 360 wasn't really intended to beat sony's new high definition battle, and though video games are often a better enterprise than videos, especially at $60 a game, but the disc royalties would have been profitable.I suppose for previous console gamers will appreciate "hd" but it is nothing new for me. Windows Vista's DirectX 10 will bring standardized occlusion testing and point sprite acceleration, and something called "geometry shaders". They're a good idea (being able to edit vertices and save with only the card) but still limited to built in triangle rasterizing. Microsoft says for now that the directx 9 sdk is similar to xbox development kit, therefore I think it will again end up loosing to the computer, especially when advanced shaders come out utilizing this important new feature.worst of all is the fact there is no linux yet or any time soon. I am not ripping apart my console to help a development effort (http://www.free60.org) that will probably take a very long time. Microsoft is afraid that the xbox will hurt its windows sales according to some articles I have read. They also mention the connectivity and stand alone playback is again an attempt to defend Windows sales. I think if the Sony Playstation 3 turns out to be at least close to what it has promised, Microsoft will again be fighting as the secondary manufacturer, and probably disrupting its rather integrated interface to try and compete with Sony's features.Other notes - "multiple dvds" is pretty unrealistic because of procedural texture generation. The ability to interrupt games I believe is pretty new for a console, and certainly very useful. The controller is shaped well, and the system doesn't look outlandish (a very good thing). It's nice to get a bundle instead of buying rip off accessories. You will need an optical connection if you want 5.1 sound. The console will get noisy after a few minutes, but this is expected. The optical drive is relatively fast. The system will take 7 gb from your hard drive so don't expect to store movies. You cannot do anything while you download.