Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite Resident Evil Limited Edition 120 GB Red Console (NTSC)

NEWER CONSOLE WITH JASPER CHIP SET IN IT(COOLER RUNNING PROCESSOR) 120-GB HARD DRIVE HOLDS ALOT OF INFORMATION & GAME SAVES,HDMI CONNECTION FOR HI-DEF TV'S & THE HDD HARD DRIVE FOR WATCHING DVD'S, AND THE SLEEK RED OF THE ENTIRE CONSOLE & CONTROLLERS MAKES IT STAND OUT AS THE FUTURE GAMING SYSTEM WITH MANY INTERNET OPTIONS FOR ALL YOR ENTERTAINMENT, DOWN TO THE WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER WHICH I RECOMMEND TO USE!(CONNECT THIS UNIT TO YOUR MEDIA CENTER COMPUTER) AND YOUR OPTIONS ARE ENDLESS.

For Xbox 360 veterans, this review will not be of much help. After all, this is just an Xbox 360 Elite but a different color. However, I will attempt to give this review the depth it deserves.

For starters, this Xbox 360 is red. That doesn't do anything to improve functionality, but it helps you gloat when the rest of your friends only have the plain, white versions. The color is strictly bragging rights.

Next, the system itself. The Xbox 360 Red is a limited edition which includes the basic gaming equipment (red controller, headset, connector cables, etc.) but also comes with the survival-horror game Resident Evil 5. (It's more survival than horror, but that's splitting hairs.) This little gift makes it that much sweeter because you don't have to pay the $60 list price for the game. Plus, the system comes in a special edition RE5 box featuring game mainstay Chris Redfield and newcomer Sheva Alomar. Sure it's just a box, but it's a special edition box so there.

As for the system functionality, it functions just fine. The early glitches from the original Xbox 360's are gone, leaving players with 120GB (give or take) of save space for all the games you plan on playing.

So if you want a reliable system and are a fan of the Resident Evil series, then this may be the system for you. If you're not a fan or don't like the color red, then I'd suggest going in another direction...maybe black?

I have 9 games installed on this thing, and about 4 hours of music so far, and I have 69 gb left... awesome! The red console is very cool, I still have not gotten used to seeing red. The system also came with RE5, which is a pretty cool game, alot of complaints about it not being a traditional RE game, and I have no clue why. The only difference at all is it is third person behind the shoulder. You still need two sticks to move around, aiming is still not the greatest, ammo is very limited, and even on normal mode, a typical zombie can take anywhere from 5-10 shots, unless you are lucky enough for the game to register one of your many head shots as an actual head shot causing the things head to explode, and then you hope it's a regular zombie, and not one of the many that once you blow up their head, a giant centipede lookin' thing comes out, which can take another 5-10 shots if you are lucky. Over all, pretty fun, little tedious, and the story was... meh, I mean an army style organization drops you off in zombie infested africa with two pistols and nine shots each, the economy must alot worse than I thought. But this is all just my opinion. Multi-player is only fun if you get along with the other player, alot of sharing and dependence on one another. Much to my surprise, the system also came with a free street fighter turbo hd remix full game download, good nostalgic fun, difficulty is rather high, but than again I am not the best fighter in the world. Over all I am very happy with this purchase, well worth the money in my book!

I gotta say yes the red is truly for bragging rights. The elites (black) origionaly came out at the same price as the Resident evil limited edition(red) console currently goes for. I love the red look and if u dont like it... get a slip cover or a skin. Yeah this does sound odd but, it will be more then worth the trouble verses the black elites, white premium, or classic arcade. I work at a eBay Powerseller/liquidator. I see pallets of used/refurbished xboxs daily. what color shells do i see us tossing away today when they come back from the refurbisher? tons of white, lots of black, and one green (halo limited edition). simply put the cooling issue(red ring of death)was a major glitch in the 360 design and build. the resident evil sports the new jasper chip which doesn't elimiate the problem compleatly but it does drasticaly cut down the number of affected systems. So if u have your heart set on a 360 do yourself a favor drop a few extra bucks and pick up this system. You will most likely end up saving $40 (the average cost of refurbishing your xbox)and they have a chance of the red ring of death happening again.

Xbox has been given a bad rap for its products dying and thats exactly why i bought this. But though people say bad things about it in that aspect they still buy them and suffer through the ring of death because its a great system with a ton of great games. The newer Xbox Elites like this one have a much lower rate of "death" and process and play games alot better. 5/5 Microsoft rules and the PS3 is overrated.