Gold account holders can access and update Facebook and Twitter, as well as stream or download content from ESPN, Last. The chassis isn’t really that much smaller, measuring 270mm x 75mm x 264mm versus the old unit’s 310mm x 80mm x 260mm.

The reduced power draw couples with much improved ventilation to deliver one of the Xbox 360 250GB’s biggest improvements over the previous models. First-party exclusives like Gears of War 3 and Fable 3 stand out on the Xbox 360, but most games worth playing are available on both the Xbox 360 and PS3.This isn't because Microsoft has found solution to the problem; the red LED has simply been removed. Today, we have millions of users a month from around the world, and assess more than 1,000 products a year. In our testing there wasn’t any perceptible difference in game loading times or hard drive-install times.

Microsoft was the first to enter this current console-gaming generation with its original Xbox 360, a hulk of a system that beat both Nintendo and Sony to the punch. Idling at the dashboard or watching a couple of videos downloaded from the Marketplace the system was inaudible. Hard drive-based game loads remain the way to go, though, because now DVD drive spinning up is still annoyingly loud.Now that the Xbox 360 no longer sounds like an F-14A Tomcat on flyby every time you do more than admire it, powered off, from a distance, it’s DivX playback ability looks much more attractive. Editorial independence means being able to give an unbiased verdict about a product or company, with the avoidance of conflicts of interest.