He has three reasons -- Alan Wake, Mass Effect, and Mass Effect 2.  :-p

well if i was you i would go the 200 dollar one, well i am a cheap skate lol

I'd get it try the games and if you don't like the ones it comes with sell them and get ones you want.

Too late, you're already tainted by the dark side! Don't seem much like 360 people anyway with all of your calculations and reasoning.

You people are acting as if he needs these things.  I know he mentions a Wi-fi adapter and Xbox Live Gold, but I don't know if he lists those because he just wants them or if he knows that he doesn't need them, especially for the games he listed.  I wonder if he also knows he can use an ethernet cable for free.

The 360 works perfectly fine, especially for the games he's interested in, without Live.  He also gets the bonus of three free games that he can trade in and get easily get enough credit for Mass Effect.  Even if he does absolutely need Live and a Wi-Fi adapter, it's not like he has to buy those day one.

Having the PS3 and 360 may seem like a waste because there's a lot of overlap but it really is a great deal if you can afford it because then you get the best of both worlds.

All-in-all it's a wonderful deal. 

From my experience, two gaming consoles are more than I can manage. I can hardly keep up with my PS3 games, with more than 10 titles from my Wii on backburner. Now add dozen of DS games and couple more on PSP...

If I were you I'd count the trully exclusive titles on Xbox and if there is a way to play them on PC, if you own decent PC, you can play most multiplatform games without any problems (mine is 4 years old and I can run ME2 at max settings). Also main strenght of Xbox is it's online service, without paying for the gold membership, does it offer enough? This was my thinking when I was deciding whether or not to buy an Xbox.

Not sure whether having a discussion on VGC about purchasing a 360 at any price would actually be a productive exercise.

The price sounds good, my concern would be if refurbished. As for the network issue I never recommend Wi Fi to many crappy connections for that to be a recommendation. I always recommend Homeplugs if trying to reduce cable clutter or bog standard ethernet cable. I do live in a highly populated area and so may be more prone to interference than most.

You could of course fixate over the price of the Gold Live service by trying to work out how much it will cost you over your life or you could just purchase it cheaply or not at all. It is not compulsory and believe it or not the 360 is perfectly good at playing games with our without it the choice whether you choose to play them online is yours.

Of course you could just buy a reasonable specified modern PC as all the majority of decent games tend to be multiplatform and most would be playable. Their is a certain amount of fun getting the most out of your PC to enjoy all these games. I say a certain amount of fun as this is a very limiting fun experience. The novelty wears off when compared with switch on and play of the modern console.

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Sounds like a good deal

It is worth it if you like RPG's Mass Effect 1&2 are incredible, also Fable and Lost Odyssey are interesting titles.

However i dont know whether this amount of games justifies getting another HD console.

We each have our own tastes, and those affect our primary and (sometimes secondary) console choices: mine would not match yours, and I'm pretty sure the majority here on VGChartz does not match mine.

Regardless, if you can afford the 360, and want to play the games...why would you hesitate? Neither game you listed requires gold, or internet so those shouldn't affect your decision.

I dont often play my secondary and tertiary consoles, but I've been able to enjoy the best this generation has to offer across ALL consoles because I did invest in all three.