Xbox 360 Elite Halo 3 Fable 2 Bundle
April 7, 2010 by Xbox 360 Game Reviews · Leave a Comment
Xbox 360 Elite Halo 3 Fable 2 Bundle
Introducing Xbox 360 Elite, the premier Xbox 360 console package that includes a massive 120GB hard drive, a HDMI port, and HDMI cable, all wrapped up with a premium black finish. Xbox 360 Elite also includes a black wireless controller and black Xbox LIVE headset. Xbox 360 Elite has enough space for a whole library of Xbox LIVE Arcade games as well as downloadable high-definition TV shows, movies, music, and all the other content available from Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Star Not the newest version
After contacting Amazon.com, they apologized, which doesn’t fix the fact that this Xbox360 system is not the newest one with lower power usage and the updated chipset. Amazon.com offered a refund as they do not have any newer version available.
4 Stars XBOX 360
This unit by far offers the best combination of free games versus the other consoles..delivering 2 game of the year titles, halo 3 and fable 2 both which are awesome games! As far as it being the newest chip set…no its not the newest! The jasper units only official release has been in the Resident Evil 5 Elite Edition XBOX 360 (which im so glad i was able to pick one up for the same price).
The RRoD issue could still be a problem with these units but its not as likely as the early gen’s of xbox 360′s. Plus, if you do incur problems just contact microsoft/xbox and they send you free packaging so you can mail out your box for free so you can get it fixed for free…ive own the first gen white premium model, ive owned a black elite like the one im writin for now, and i currently own the resident evil 5 jasper elite and none of them gave me any problems at all! the jasper elite uses less energy, its a billion times quieter (i cant even hear it sometimes) and it has a cool red and black theme.
realize this people that xbox, playstation and wii have all had problems where people needed to return there units for something. just because xbox is more well known because of there RRoD doesn’t mean that the other systems were flawless! anything you buy isn’t 100% guaranteed to work, so use the free factory warranty or boost up and extend your warranty!
i think the elites are the best way to go versus the other choices. you get a 120 gb harddrive, hdmi cable and hdmi input, 2 game of the year titles which would cost you now about $39.99 for each game, wireless controller, head set and all the other tv cables.
if you can find a Resident Evil 5 Special Edition Jasper Elite then i suggest you buy that instead. Because as of right now those were and are the only jasper chipped xbox’s. plus you get resident evil 5 for free with is which is a great game as well.
the reason i rated this a 4 star instead of a 5 star is because they were putting 08 and 07 models in 09 packaging and reselling them with 2 GotY titles. i think they should only just sell jaspers now, but xbox is trying to get rid of all there older models because they stopped the manufacturing of them.
and please if your considering getting any of the other system, don’t even try to compare because xbox has its pros and cons and playstation has its pros and cons, but xbox has the best online live service out of all three systems (nothing compares to the xbox live you can ask a playstation or wii owner) and as far as gettin a wii for wireless i still say go with the xbox 360 because with the soon and future release of the Project Natal (which is controller less gaming) nothing will compare to xbox 360 then…to find out information about the natal go to [..] and view the video for it.
5 Stars THIS IS AWESOME
Got this for my daughters room and it runs so much more quite than my 360 and so much cooler. I think I am buy a second one for myself. Didnt think I would like Fable 2 but it has turned out to be one of my favorite games so far this gen. Very happy with my purchase. Thanks.
3 Stars NEVER BUY A 360 “SIGHT UNSEEN”
First off, the XBOX 360 is an amazingly fun system, XBOX Live only adds to it so I would give the console 5 stars easily. My review is basically due to the fact that Amazon is in fact touting this Elite as the “latest version” when, even as others claim, is not the case. The “latest version” as Amazon claims, would then be the “Jasper” chip set. Well, that is what gamers would assume, correct? Most, if not all, of the people reviewing this system isn’t for the XBOX 360 Elite system itself, but for the tagline “Newest Version” or “Latest Version”. I believe what they are doing isn’t intentional, but rather, advertising the system as the latest “bundled” version which it in fact technically is. Hardcore games read it as the latest “chip revision” which would be the Jasper chip set, but Amazon isn’t in the market to be able to make these claims, I simply believe they are advertising it as the newest bundle to be released. It is all a simple miscommunication or advertising. What Amazon SHOULD do is title it as “Newest Bundle” or “Latest Bundle” and not use the word “Version”.
But simply put, IF you want to save yourself the grief and headaches thinking you may get the latest chip set, simply do not buy an XBOX 360 via mail order. Find out for yourself by going to a retail store and looking through the break away in the back of the box. You may need to slightly jiggle the unit but you want to look under the “UL” logo on the back, for the line of text that starts with “12v”. In that sequence of letters/numbers look for the “12,1A” and that will denote that it is the latest chip set “Jasper” (until the next chip set revision is released in either late 2009 or early 2010 code named “Valhalla”. The arcade and pro units have this 12,1A already, the Elite systems though appear to be harder to find, however, the Resident Evil 5 Elite bundle recently released, as one poster mentioned, is in fact the first confirmed Elite system with the Jasper chip set. By the time you are reading this though, my guess is the Elite Jasper chip units will be in more supply at local retailers. It is impossible for Amazon or any online retailer to confirm this, as most will have no idea what you are talking about. Simply go to a store and check for yourself, it’s the easiest way to determine and takes the guess work out of it for you.
3 Stars Where are you Jasper?
For the third Saturday in a row I went to the local Best Buy to look for an Xbox Elite. Lo and behold they had THREE Elite units! These were packaged with Lego Indiana Jones and Kung Fu Panda. I checked the informational areas I could see: this one was Lot #0842X but that’s all I could see. So, after checking with a couple of people about their returns policy, I bought the Xbox and took it straight home.
When I got it home and tried to open it up, I noticed that the clear plastic circle that goes over the opening edge of the box looked like it had been peeled off previously. Bad sign. I peeled it back and opened the box. The unit was in wrapped plastic you could see through and the tape holding the plastic wrap looked pristine. I flipped the unit to check out the back label and it had a voltage number of 14.2. So this is NOT a Jasper unit. Jasper units have a voltage of 12.1. So, I sealed everything back up and brought it back to Best Buy.
So the lesson I learned is that Elite units bundled with extra games may be old non-Jasper units Microsoft is trying to remove from their inventory. I refuse to keep a non-Jasper unit so it’s probably going to be a while before I’m back online with my Live buddies.
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