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Xbox 360 Console Includes 60GB Hard Drive | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: $349.99
Buy New: $344.95
You Save: $5.04 (1%)
New (13) Used (4) from $200.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 85
Platform: Xbox 360
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 13.2
Dimensions (in): 12.5 x 11.5 x 7.3
MPN: B4J-00174
Model: B4J-00174
UPC: 882224729178
EAN: 0882224729178
ASIN: B001BZ3PY6
Release Date: July 31, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New, Sealed. In Stock. Ready to ship. We don't ship to APO, PO BOX, FPO addreses
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| Features:
| • | Box Content - Xbox 360 Console, 1 Wireless Xbox 360 Controller, 60GB Hard Drive, Wired Headset, Combination Component/Composite A/V Cable, and Silver Xbox Live Service | | • | Design - Sleek set-top design with horizontal or vertical placement option in a white finish | | • | Xbox 360 Guide - Access your games, friends, music, movies, and downloadable content from the Xbox 360 Wireless Controller with a single press of the Guide Button | | • | Customizable Interface - Customize your Xbox 360 Dashboard, Guide, and Gamer Profile with content from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace | | • | Xbox Live - Go online and enter a world where games and entertainment come alive with the ability to download games and entertainment straight from the Marketplace and join multiplayer sessions complete with voice chat |
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Product Description
Microsoft Xbox 360 Pro System Xbox 360 60GB
Amazon.com
Xbox 360 sets a new pace for digital entertainment. More than just a cutting-edge game system, Xbox 360 also integrates high-definition video, DVD movie playback, digital music, photos, and online connectivity into one sleek, small tower, and in the process puts true Next-Gen power right at your fingertips.  | | Xbox 360, shown with wireless controller, is a sleek, customizable gaming and entertainment system | Under the Hood
Xbox 360 is much smaller than its predecessor--it measures approximately 3.3 by 12.2 by 10.2 inches and weighs 7.7 lbs. It's powered by custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU with three symmetrical cores each running at 3.2 GHz. It also carries a custom ATI graphics processor loaded with 10 MB of embedded DRAM, 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines and Unified shader architecture. This is powerful enough to draw 500 million triangles per second. In other words, it makes for great looking games in standard TV definition, and even better thanks to built-in support for HDTV 1080i televisions. It also supports the widescreen 16:9 format. The unit has a 12x dual-layer DVD-ROM drive, which plays both the game media and progressive-scan DVD movies right out of the box. For game-save and media storage, users can choose between the detachable and upgradeable 60GB hard drive, or a separately sold 64MB flash Memory Unit. Along with storing files, the hard drive will make the Xbox 360 backward-compatible with part of the existing Xbox game library. Control your Gameplay
Xbox 360 uses a refined button layout for its controllers. Back and Start buttons sit at the center of the controller and between them is a new Xbox Guide button, which instantly takes the user to the Xbox 360 user interface. From there, they can check for friends online, access personal digital content like photos and songs, and more. The black and white buttons of the first Xbox controllers have been replaced with new shoulder buttons placed above the left and right triggers. Xbox 360 can accommodate up to four wireless controllers and has three USB 2.0 slots to use for wired controllers or for streaming your digital media from digital cameras, MP3 players, and any Windows XP-based PC. Microsoft has also created a video-conferencing camera, sold separately, that will work with the system.  | | Xbox 360 can manage your games, your online friends, and your personal digital library | The Media Experience
All Xbox 360 titles can be played in either standard or high-definition resolution in 16:9 widescreen, with anti-aliasing for smoother graphics. Game designers will be able to take advantage of the system's multi-channel surround sound. The Xbox 360's digital media allows users to supplement any game's music from tracks in their own personal library. Go Live
A built-in Ethernet port allows users to connect their system to a broadband connection for access to Xbox Live. The Xbox Live Silver Membership included with the console lets anyone create a Gamertag and gamer card to express your online identity, chat live with voice chat, and connect to the Xbox Live Marketplace to buy expansions, maps, and other digital items for your games. You can also update to a Xbox Live Gold Membership at anytime for even more benefits. The separately sold wireless adapter supports the common 802.11a, -b, and -g standards.
What's in the Box?
- Xbox 360 console
- 60GB detachable hard drive
- Wireless controller
- Xbox Live headset
- Standard AV cable
- Ethernet cable
- Detachable faceplate
- Xbox Live Silver membership
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Finally improved!!! August 20, 2008
Just picked up my xbox 360 60gb model. All the previous issues seem to be fixed. The fans on the 60gb model are quiet now unlike my previous one and also the system does not get hot like the previous models. I left it on for 7 hrs just to see if all is well and all was well. It was slightly warm that's it. They finally fixed this console!!!!!
Amazon Price Guarantee, and some things to note about this product August 16, 2008
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Things to note about this product:
-This is NOT the Jasper console, these consoles are the newer bundles they created to clear inventory of Falcon boards while they work on inventory of Jaspers (The Jaspers were to be produced in August and that is what they are doing right now. Producing, not releasing for retail sale -yet-)
-This console will be reduced in price once again in early September. The new price-tag on these Pro bundles will be $299.99 Do not panic if you bought one at the $349.99 price. Why? Amazon has a price guarantee, meaning for 30 days if the price of any product goes down, you are entitled to cash back to price match the new cost. So in early September check back here when the price goes down so that you can get 50 dollars back.
-The September consoles are when 'technically' the new Jaspers should start rolling off the assembly line and into stores. See what I said above about August production. Going from assembly line to stores finally. Right now they're still at the assembly line stage. The price reduction in September would verify these new Jaspers as they're cheaper to produce, hence a cheaper price tag. Keep an eye on the wattage information to confirm your Jasper units. As the new GPU should reduce the PSU wattage requirements.
That is technically all the current information available. Did a lot of research on this, since I'm currently in the market. Hope this helps all of you future buyers, as well as those of you who have already made a purchase.
Edit: So the price guarantee is apparently 30 days not 100.
Fun in a box. August 13, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
Now, this is a general review of the Xbox 360 system, and I will make no comparison to the Wii or to the PlayStation 3 because I do not own those systems. I bought my first Xbox 360 back last July (2007), it was right before they released the Falcon models. I had a lot of money to burn so I went all out on my Xbox 360; I bought a 120 GB hard drive, the HD DVD add-on, and a bunch of HD DVDs and games. A week after I hooked it up and had it I experienced problems with it, ironically it was not the infamous RROD, my console would just freeze constantly when I turned it on and luckily I had also (wisely) insurance or whatever Best Buy has where you can return it if it has problems. So I returned it and received the new Falcon model and I have had it now since September and its been working flawlessly. Before the Xbox 360 I was a huge Dreamcast/PlayStation fan boy (it was like a cross, I guess I will coin the term Soga for Sony and Sega). I loved games like Crazy Taxi, Skies of Arcadia, Battletanx, Army Men, Driver, etc. Sorry I am getting off topic, anyway I took the plunge with the Xbox 360 and I am satisfied. I don't honestly care about the console war because I don't see how it could effect me personally and the format war didn't effect me either because I can still watch Blade Runner and Children of Men in HD. The Xbox 360 is a fun system, however I highly advice you to buy like an insurance policy or something (they have it at Best Buy if someone knows what I am talking about). The Xbox 360 can upscale DVDs (with an HDMI cable) and has a great lineup of games (Gears of War, Halo 3, BioShock, Alone in the Dark, Oblivion, etc.) Not to mention that the Xbox 360 is compatible with most of the original Xbox games (you need to be signed onto Xbox Live for the firmware upgrade though). The only complaint I have with the Xbox is that it is built around Xbox Live, and if LIVE goes down, unless you have a single player game (Oblivion, Lost Odyssey, Alone in the Dark), you will have a hard time having fun because the Xbox 360 in my opinion is all about multi player games. Achievements is definitely a plus, and LIVE is useful because of extra DLC (down loadable content) which gives a game you buy more life (of course you have to pay for it of course). LIVE is cheap, only $50 a year (which compared to WoW which is like $12.95 - $15 a month. Correct me if I am wrong on this please) Xbox Live is not that expansive and is ultimately a good deal. Like I said earlier in my review, I 'pimped' out my Xbox with a 120 GB hard drive and an HD DVD add-on which I all still have. The Xbox 360 has a ton of games that are fun, both new 360 games and old original Xbox games + Arcades games that you can download off Xbox Live (of course you have to pay for that too). The Xbox 360 is a fun system, would I call it the greatest? No. I don't like stating 'facts' when it would really be my opinion. The 360 has a great library of games old and new, the hardware is improving (and I think the 60 GB is the Jasper model - don't quote me on this however). In closing this review, if you are a person who wants to jump into the next generation of gaming system, take my advice; go look at the library of games that each console has to offer and make your decision based off how many games you'd buy if you owned that system because that is what it is all about, the games and nothing is more important in deciding a console then your preference of games. I like shooting games, and I like survival horror games and a lot of games today are multi-platform, but I chose the Xbox 360 and I don't regret, because I am having fun with the library it offers. I hope my review has helped you. Thank you for reading.
 Not Good August 10, 2008
7 out of 16 found this review helpful
I received my Xbox 360 today and tried to play a game and it did not work. I thought it was loading or something so I waited a very long time. I tried a couple of games but the system never loaded. Contacted Xbox support and was told that the system is freezing up and to send it in for repairs. I am returing it back to Amazon. I am very disappointed.
Broken Already (after only 4 days!) EDIT - NOW HAS RROD August 5, 2008
22 out of 31 found this review helpful
** Quick Update (8/5/08) - I tried the system today at 11:30pm for one last try, and the problem has gotten even worst, this time I was met with the Red Ring of Death. I am defintely getting this thing repaired or exchanged. **
I am appalled to say that after almost three years, Microsoft still hasn't been able to fix all the problems of the Xbox 360. When I first recieved my 360, I couldn't wait to "Jump In" and start playing it immediately, which I did for the last four days ever since I bought the system. That is until yesterday when I was plagued with a problem many 360 users have had. Not the Red Ring of Death, but a problem that is suprisingly just as common among many xbox 360 users. The 360 stopped reading discs. Not just 360 games, but also xbox original games, and even Dvds!
Also a word of caution - this system does not contain the new Jasper chip-set which is one of the reasons I waited so long to buy this system.
If you are thinking of buying the Xbox 360 60gb, wait until September when the Jasper chip ships out which hopefully will improve all of the previous problems of the Xbox 360.
I've waited more than patiently to buy this system since it was first released in November, 2005 waiting for the most problem-free updated system. However I am extremely disappointed that after much saving of money, zen-like patience, the xbox 360 fails, even after all Microsoft's technical reworkings. I It's a great system if only it didn't fail so much. Unfortunately it does, and this my friends, is extrememly depressing. Now I must wait another 2-4 more weeks after waiting almost 3 years.
- James Gabriel
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