well yea get the 360 and umm it would probly be good to get xbox live but that would all ready be 450$ u should get like oblivion or something if u dont have live because most games r only only good on live so u need games for him like oblivion that dont got live
oh yes forgot about live, live is a MUST if u get gears, otherwise it sucks after a week. if it was me i would get the premi system with gears and live and thats it..
yes, the premi is a must because it comes with a hard drive which u have to have to save your games so you dont have to start over every time you turn the 360 off..
its my sons 16th birthday and he wanted a 360. I was wondering what i should get for it. I am trying to keep the price under $450
bwms12345
Yep... I'd go with the premium along with Gears... When he hooks up his 360 to the internet, you get a free month of gold when you register for a silver account, so that is definately the way to go. That way you save that extra $50 for another month.
if i was a parent, i would get him the pro system, live, and a subscription to gamefly. it's 15/month for unlimited games for life, so you can pretty much never get bored and save lots of moneyÂ
It really depends whether you want your 16 year old son playing a mature rated game. Crackdown isn't bad as a sandbox game and it shouldn't be too late to get one with the halo 2 beta attached which is good value if you can get it.Â
I think new 360s are selling for under retail on Ebay now. I know used ones are, but giving the delicate nature of 360s I'm not sure I would recommend that.
Get the Premium (399.99) and Gears of War (59.99) and then you get 1 free month of live with the 360 console.... so he'll be good. Then if you wanna be an extra cool dad, give him a $60 gift card to best buy or somewhere so he can pick out 1 more game
I recommend Vegas, its twice as good as gears online imo, though gears is still a good game, and it has a really good single player as well.lacuna34
Agrees, I would get him the Premium Pack with Rainbox Six Vegas and LIVE subscription (but if you buying the premium pack brand new you get a month of LIVE free. So I guess he could always try it over that month and then look into buying the Year subscription)
[QUOTE="Mikerules868"]Premium Bundle 399.99 (US) + Gears of War + XBL Gold subscription A little over 450$ but definately worth it. Yes. This would be the perfect gift. A bit overpriced (Around $500-$550) but this present includes everthing to enjoy the xbox 360.
[QUOTE="cokessweet7777"] Then if you wanna be an extra cool dad, give him a $60 gift card to best buy or somewhere so he can pick out 1 more game how do you know it was a dad that posted this?!? ;)
nvm. COD 2 might come with the premium system. My dad had that option at x-mas he told me but he got a DVD instead (I was in disbelief). So get just live if you have that option.
If you buy the core you will have more money to buy him games. Also do not buy him Gears as its a bloody violent game and your sons not mature enough.freaky_monkey
OMG SHUT UP! Dont get the Core. You lose money in the end trust me. You will have to buy all the hardware seperate and everything =loss of money.
pro console+ Xbox live+ gears of war or rainbow six vegas i know it is slightly over the 450 but he can use gift cards to get some of this just recommendation
In my opinion: -Xbox 360 Premium System -Gears of War -Xbox Live Gold subscription (not immediately necessary though since the system comes with a free month) I'm 16 and that's what I got for Christmas and I couldn't be happier with it. I also got Oblivion but since you said your son has that for PC already it probably isn't worth the 60 bucks.
If you buy the core you will have more money to buy him games. Also do not buy him Gears as its a bloody violent game and your sons not mature enough.freaky_monkey
Who the hell are you to say that his son isn't mature enough, huh? I think his parent can decide that for themselve.
if i was a parent, i would get him the pro system, live, and a subscription to gamefly. it's 15/month for unlimited games for life, so you can pretty much never get bored and save lots of money Illidan311
That is a good idea. Then he can buy games later but he can get what he wants right away.
Definately get the premium system, its worth the investment. i'd go with Xbox 360 Premium Xbox Live 6 months or 1 yr Gears of War, but if you're strict about gore go with Oblivion. GoW has an option to turn off the gore though.
I'm sure its been posted, but I think Circuit City has some Super VHS bundle pack with a 360, Gears, an extra Wireless Controller, and a Rechargable battery pack.
You're all forgeting something. After tax, the system is gonna be about 450. Here in new orleans, mine was about 445 after tax. So all these recommendations of games and live subscriptions are out of his price range. If you look around in sales papers, some stores have been doing a promotion for the past couple weeks where you get a free game with the purchase of a system. If I'm not mistaken, you get like 3 games to choose from. I just remember that GRAW was the only title that stood out. So if you can find a store doing that deal, get him a premium system with a free copy of GRAW.
its my sons 16th birthday and he wanted a 360. I was wondering what i should get for it. I am trying to keep the price under $450
bwms12345
unless you get a core system for him you wont spend under $450. even if you get a core system which is $300 you would still need to get him a game, a memory card and you would be nuts if you didnt get a warranty for it as well due to the terrible durability track record they have. unless you want it to break and have him wait a month while he has to send it back to microsoft to fix.
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