Swansong on the Xbox 360

Who wants to break into the world of Xbox 360, which makes this package certainly nothing wrong.
In addition to the Xbox 360 E in a stylish Xbox One design the packaging includes a controller, a headset and connecting cable. On top there is a one-month Xbox Live Gold membership, which in addition to online gaming allows one access to more apps and services.

The Xbox 360 e is small, light, quiet and white visually convincing. The processing is very high with the noble finish of matte and glossy plastic and feels like that. Only drawback I personally feel that is still set to a DVD drive with drawer, place to put a slot-in drive as the competition or the Xbox One. The latter looks more beautiful and can not be accidentally damage. Developed the DVD drive, unless you install the game on your hard drive, unfortunately, a very loud running noise. The console itself and the power supply are, in spite of active cooling, whisper-quiet.

The controller of the Xbox 360 is in my opinion the clear winner of the last generation of consoles when it comes to ergonomics and design. It fits perfectly in your hand and even after prolonged use it is still comfortable to hold. Unfortunately, Sony's DualShock and Nintendo's Wii Remote not offer this convenience. One drawback is that the controller with conventional batteries must be operated, instead an integrated rechargeable battery has to offer. So you have to buy expensive batteries or rechargeable batteries. Otherwise you can use Microsoft's Xbox 360 - at Play & Charge Kit Black R, but this is also quite expensive. Another shortcoming is clearly the digital directional pad. This feels very spongy and imprecise. Often unintentionally slip in the direction input. This is favored because the D-pad is a disk basically. Just Beat 'em Up players will thus not really happy.

Absolutely incomprehensible, as in Sony's PlayStation 3 - Console Super Slim 12GB (including DualShock 3 Wireless Controller.): The device will be held come with an HDMI cable with an AV cable, which only provides very poor SD image quality. Why High Definition is here hung on the big nail, but "out-of-the-box" stalled directly?

Laudable again the addition of a headset. This is indeed processed not very stable or even high, but it does the job. For communication in online gaming very useful. Microsoft has with Xbox Live Gold one by outstanding service, but it fails with 6.99 per month or 59.99 a year to book. The (free with the competition) apps like the internet browser can be used only by means of the paid membership, without this significantly reduces their access and utility. Total membership of Xbox Live Gold is the money due to the excellent quality of service and extras like discounted or free games but always worth.

The games offer is huge in the market for over eight years now. Unfortunately, there are not too many significant, new exclusive title, only occasionally dribble more (high-profile) titles such as Halo 4 (100% uncut) and soon Fable Anniversary on the market. However, in recent years a number of exclusive titles have accumulated. Bottom line, the Xbox 360 is a recommendable console at an excellent price. Who is more on action and first-person shooters and racing games, not so much emphasis on exclusive tracks and a lot of online gaming operates, is very well served by the console from Microsoft.