Nowt to do with bikes........Santa has some Xbox360 questions

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Hi all you serious xbox Gamers out there.........

Santa has been in touch with me to enquire about getting the right xbox for a very nearly 8 year old who claims to have been very good this year.

I’ve had a look here - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] but can’t say I’m completely enlightened.
I’ve heard having a harddisk in the xbox is worthwhile for storing movies / music on and it helps games load faster (although it slows some games down ?!?)

What I think we want is an xbox 360 (not exactly sure what specific model / capacity) with Kinect. Games wanted are Minecraft and a Simpsons “Hit & Run” game too. Not sure exactly what we get / need extras wise (controllers , xbox live etc)?

Any advice on what might suit my needs and where I’d get the best deal would be much appreciated.

Any web links that explain it all?? or post up some advice direct.

Thanks in advance.

Ross

My nephew got one (since his PS3 is running the cracked firmware) and I got pestered incessantly to play Black Ops.

I've been playing FPS since the 90's using keyboard& mouse and it was a big effort not to bounce the controller off the TV.
My speed and accuracy was so bad, it felt like I was playing it with my feet.

Wooster wrote:My nephew got one (since his PS3 is running the cracked firmware) and I got pestered incessantly to play Black Ops.

I've been playing FPS since the 90's using keyboard& mouse and it was a big effort not to bounce the controller off the TV.
My speed and accuracy was so bad, it felt like I was playing it with my feet.

When I have played the PS3 for a while I'm the same. Havn't played it yet but hoping to get on it when I get back from work this afternoon. Been either busy having time with the daughter, playing Need for Speed Most wanted on her PS Vita, having nose bleeds or cataloging my Dads cigarette cards (which is looking promising for getting me a replacement bike).

Role on this after noon.