I bought the XBox 360 for my grandson, (9 years old) as a Christmas gift. First, he created avatars for himself, his dad, and me. Needless to say, he created and saved several outfits for his avatar--one even for going to sleep at night. Naturally, he took a lot of time giving me instructions on how to operate the unit since "it lives with me." Once the avatars were in place, he explored the many features of his XBox. To me it was quite complicated; however, as with all young children, they are up to speed on all of today's technology. We set up profiles on the Kinect and played around with space requirements needed to fully enjoy it. We downloaded the free Carnival and Kinect Adventures games that came with the purchase by using the Redeem Codes. Afterwards, we tried several of the games out (too numerous to name since I am not currently signed into the system). I can tell you that I got tired trying to keep up with the Kinect requirements (You really have to be in good tip top shape since most are so physical.) My grandson had no problem keeping up. (His dad was too busy enjoying his new Kindle Fire I gave him.) My grandson had no problem keeping up with the dance moves of the Just Dance 3 game; I had to sit down after about 3 minutes. (I learned I have to get back on my Bowflex and get my legs back in shape in order to fully enjoy the benefits derived from partaking in Just Dance 3.) My grandson was back to my home early Monday and Tuesday to get started again on XBox 360. (He will be back this afternoon to get signed in to his XBox.) In the meantime, I have found myself staying up until 3-4 a.m. in the morning playing the games (those where I can work the controller). Last night I enjoyed a game that required racing boats; I don't want to tell you how much fun I kept having crashing the boat because I did not know how to steer; I kept going in the wrong direction. The fun was in "just doing it." I'll learn how to play the games later; right now, I'm just getting familiar with everything.
I gave the XBox 360 250GB five (5) stars because I can already see the possibilities for so much family fun and great exercising especially during inclement weather. It wasn't hard to set up even though I did get confused during the initial setup. I did not know I should have been using my Windows Live Email Address as a contact; instead, I used my son's google email address. I tried to change it and found out I had to wait 30 days. That's okay though; my son is having to forward me his emails so I will be kept up to speed until 25 Jan 2012, at which time I will be able to make a correction to the email address. (This is small potatoes.) I was, however, able to make changes to my email address associated with billing information immediately--no waiting for 30 days there. (Okay, I understand, Billing is Business and Microsoft will give you every opportunity to provide correct billing information. Ain't no shame in that!!!)
My grandson, son, and I will be firing the XBox back up this evening. BTW: We've already enjoyed watching NETFLEX movies on it. This is a great device. I know there is so much more to be said, but HEY, it's only been set up since Christmas. I highly recommend it as a gift for anyone at any age. It shows up
Xbox 360 250GB Console with Kinect
wonderful on a 55 inch LED HDTV. Way to go Microsoft.
JES Womack, Macon, GA
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