Xbox 360 Arcade Console with Bonus Game
June 9, 2010 by Xbox 360 Game Reviews · Leave a Comment
Xbox 360 Arcade Console with Bonus Game
matte white finish with a wrls controller, 256 MB memory unit, HDMI port, Xbox Live membership – silver
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars June 2009 and no Jasper!
Pros:
+ Cheapest current gen system on the market
+ Huge library of great games (many of which can be had for cheap these days)
+ 6 (5 arcade + Sega Tennis) free games, all of which are good enough in their own right
+ Can be upgraded easily (Xbox 360 120GB Hard Drive, HDMI Cable 6FT: 1.3a Category 2(Full 1080P Capable)(Compatible with Xbox 360 & PS3), Xbox 360 12 Month Live Gold Card, Xbox 360 Wireless Headset, etc) to give the full premium experience if you decide you want it eventually
+ Console itself smaller, less bulky than I thought it would be
+ Motion controls are only a year out, ensuring the console’s game selection won’t stagnate
Cons:
- Though upgrading is possible, and even cost effective in all other respects, I must point out that Microsoft charges far too much for the Xbox 360 120GB Hard Drive, and the slightly cheaper workaround to this is just a hassle
- Console is known to have issues with overheating (covered w/free repair by Microsoft for 3 years, which softens the blow)
- Due to said overheating issue, an Xbox 360 Intercooler TS (the new, improved Intercooler which does NOT fry your console), and a fair bit of vigilance in not playing too long (I use the family timer), is necessary if you don’t wish to be sending this off to MS in a few months
- Amazon switched to an affiliate just around when I ordered and thus I received a Falcon 360 rather than Jasper. Very disappointed by this, as Jasper means cooler, more efficient chipset within the console, and as such, reduced chance of overheating issues. I went out of my way to read the reviews and make certain Jasper was a sure thing, and chose the Arcade unit over the Xbox 360 Elite Halo 3 Fable 2 Bundle for this very reason. I don’t blame Amazon, per se — they ran out of Arcade bundles and had to switch to an affiliate. Its just a really galling case of bad luck.
Conclusion: As it stands, I recommend new users strongly consider waiting to purchase this until 1) it’s sold directly from Amazon again, and 2) newer reviews confirm Jaspers are shipping again, unless, of course, you are willing to take a chance with an older model. Despite the cons, and my slight misfortune, I’m loving every second of my new system, and from a purely gaming perspective, highly recommend purchasing an Xbox 360. I just suggest doing it wisely and knowing the pitfalls in advance.
5 Stars New and improved arcade is wonderful!
The newer Xbox 360 arcade models that began production late 2008 and continuing now are built with a jasper chip inside that will keep the system much cooler and seem to have almost eliminate the possibility of a Red Ring Of Death. (RROD)
Included is also a new 175W power supply unit, as opposed to the old 200+W ones that are still out there burning up the old xbox systems.
You’ll notice that the arcade is MUCH quieter too, and a much more happy system. 
I chose the arcade because it was a steal @ 155.00. Although it comes with INTERNAL flash memory only, you can always buy and attach a hard drive to the system. It also has HDMI, Ethernet port, and everything else the pro and elite have.
(Do take into consideration that you’ll need a hard drive to play original xbox games.)
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5 Stars NOT Jasper for me!!
I feel obligated to review this: I bought this product on June 19, and i got a Falcon. My Power supply is 175w and other things that i checked were also for a Falcon, hopefully it wont give me the RROD error never! Beside this all is great, im very happy with my machine! It does NOT make a big noise while playing like i’ve read on other reviews! Its great! My gamertag is Joe UrruX lets FIFA09!
4 Stars Goog Service
Perfect State, Delivery at time. No Memory Card, the memory in this model is internal.
2 Stars Xbox 360 Arcade Console with Bonus Game
Xbox 360 Arcade Console with Bonus Gamehola a todo me acabo de comprar dos xbox 360 arcade supuestamente con fecha 10 de octubre 2008 como lo indica amazon. que significa que es un (JASPER)
pero cuando abro la caja me salieron con fecha 29 de de septiembre 2008 eso significa que son placa (FALCON)eso de parte de amazon no me gusto si amazon sabias que no tenia la consola con la fecha indicada. por que me cobra y me manda las dos consola lq verdad estoy molesto gracias si amazon acepta devoluciones lo haria sin pensarlo gracias……..
Xbox 360 Memory Unit 512MB
February 9, 2010 by Xbox 360 Game Reviews · Leave a Comment
Microsoft is committed long term to the mission of helping its customers realize their full potential. Just as it constantly updates and improves its products, Microsoft wants to continually evolve to be in the best position to accelerate new technologies as they emerge and to better serve its customers.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Exactly as designed
It does exactly what it should do. It’s a little on the expensive side, but for a product with no substitutes, it’s solid.
5 Stars It works fine, and it came with a free copy of Worms.
The product is exactly what it is, a 512MB memory card for your Xbox 360. I wouldn’t recomend using this for your primary storage device; however, using it as a temporary storage when going to somebody else’s home it functions perfectly.
5 Stars portable game saves
I don’t see any problems with this equipment. I haven’t used it much but it has always performed flawlessly. I think the price is too high but it’s the only way I know of to transport your saves from one unit to another.
4 Stars useful and needed to back up saves
I purchased one of these basically just to backup save games in case my xbox 360 harddrive ever goes bad. I’ve used this memory card for sometime now and haven’t had any problems with it. Pretty solid.
5 Stars Fantastic
Perfect for game saves. I used this unit at first when i got my 360 and i have about 16 games of memory stored on there, and still have around 125 MB of free space. It really is overpriced at a major retail store, as such as any other 360 accessory. Buy online!
Transfer Kit for Xbox 360
September 20, 2009 by Xbox 360 Game Reviews · Leave a Comment
Transfers gamesaves, downloads, user data and more. Share cool gamesaves, themes and gamer pics with other gamers worldwide. Includes free Media Manager CD. Easy to use, just plug your memory unit (available separately) into the docking port and then connect to any USB enabled PC. Use your PC as a giant memory unit and never run our of memory again!
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Star Doesn’t work with 256mb Memory Card
I bought this product to go with my 256mb memory card. It says that it works for 64mb and 512mb cards, but evidently it doesn’t work with 256mb cards…
5 Stars Availability of this Product in a Local Retail Store – Denver, Colorado?
Heya, 
I cannot seem to find this product in a retail store in Denver, Colorado.
Any ideas?
I have tried the usual stores big and small.
Sincerely,
yaz
3 Stars Works on Vista, but not as useful as I thought.
I’m writing this mainly to report one thing: This works on Vista.
Otherwise, It’s pretty straight forward. Use it to back up your memory card (and contained profiles, saveames, DLC, etc.). It does NOT let you view any said DLC, etc. That’s it.
I bought it to back up my save games in case “someone” accidentally overwrites my existing hard work. So far I’ve not needed to pull any restores, but I feel safe knowing my savegames are safe, and for $10 you can’t go wrong.
Other people have used more complicated software downloaded from the internet to hack their card images. You can do that too I guess, but as I’m not interested in cheating, I’m not interested in hacking the savegames.
1 Star Disappointed
It wasn’t clear in the description that this product cannot save hard drive files directly. You cannot use the product to tranfer files from the Xbox hard drive onto your computer for transfer to another Xbox hard drive.
4 Stars It does work with 512 MB memory cards
The product works with 512 MB memory cards, and it works with Vista. You have to download an update already mentioned in a previous review from the maker’s web site. It saves the complete image of a memory card and restores it the same way. I’m only interested in making copies of my own saves because some day that 360 hard drive is going to fail. It works just fine for that purpose, but they should have included the necessary software with it.
