We've had an Xbox in our home since the original came out in 2001. We have had probably a total of 4 this includes our two 360's we have right now. Our family loves the multitude of games for every age, the ease of access to all our favorite things such as Netflix, and youtube just name a few. As a parent, I love the fact that I can purchase movies and games through the Xbox too, especially with Christmas just around the corner, I can avoid the crowds at our local electronics store. We also like to use the Kinect around the holidays and invite friends and family to a challenging game of bowling or tennis against someone on the other side of the world! What other console can allow you to do these things?

XBox 360 has a great variety of games, you can play games with kinetic and it does not involve a controller to play (Unlike the Nintendo Wii), my only issue, when I purchased it the only way to get Netflix, Youtube and whatever else was to have a Xbox Live membership and they can be pricey, I believe they are changing the system, but I am uncertain on this (They should since you do not need to pay if you have a Nintendo Wii to watch Netflix on the system). Despite that difficulty on price, I've had incredible lack of difficulty in setting the Xbox up, connecting it to the wi-fi, watching Netflix and watching movies on it. It plays DVDs as well which is nice since it's annoying to have to switch from the Xbox to the DVD player, over and over again. It's a multifunctional system and worth the price if you enjoy playing video games.

If you get the kinnect it's great, although otherwise factors such as price and range of music, games and movies, along with apps would leave you better off getting a ps3 or a ps4

Love Love Love it. we have 3 in our house and no longer use cable as we are all on netflix.

I love the 360 it has all the games we enjoy, and they are all levels you can go on line and watch Net Flex's or YouTube etc I don't need all the fancy gadgets if you find some thing and it works for you then go with it and I enjoy our 360, as for the price well it is about the same as all game consoles

If your into the games great but this system is so much more. You want a media hub and don't want to fork out a lot of money this thing is for you. Watch Netflix, rent movies through Xbox live, play music and watch media. Say you're a savvy internet kind of person and you download .avi or mp4 movies from time to time but don't feel like watching them on your computer just stick them on a flash drive and put them into your xbox and now you've got a media player on your big screen. It also works with burned DVDs. You can pick a used one up for under $50 and you've got a cheap media system without owning itv, a dvd player and a media reader. Great product.

I bought this system mostly beause i wanted to play fable 2. I have purchased several games since and enjoy the system.

While I love the games that are available for the xbox I have to admit that in my home it is primarily a media watching device with videos within my home network. I personally do not like the fact that to use the device for services such as netflix (in itself a subscription based service) as well as free services to watch tv online, one must purchase the subscription for xbox live (also known as a gold account). When such services are easily available (and free) on the other gaming consoles of its generation it seems ludicrous to require the xbox subscription.

That being said, the kinect is far superior to the ps3 "move" or the wii setup when it comes motion control gaming. While more advanced gaming systems will no doubtingly improve on this new version of gaming, within the xbox 360s generation of consoles the kinect is miles ahead of the competition. It's only downside is the space requirements of the room for it to be used to it's fullest.

The xbox controller is very simple to understand and feels nice in my hands. I don't feel like I need to move in an unnatural way to press any of the buttons.

xbox is a good product, the only bummer is the products a side that you need to buy like the gold membership to have acces to thing other console gives free.

Xbox 360 is a good long lasting console I have a lot of fun playing the games that come with it