In response to AikonEnt the ring of death has been a major problem from the 360's release 2 years ago. Mine occured 4 months after launch. They do not fix the ring of death they simply replace your console because the ring of death symbolises a complete hardware failure including overheating. My 2nd console worked fine until it kept scratching GEARS OF WAR discs and no other....had it sent off to Microsoft believing it was the disc tray and it was. Basically you should never move or touch your console or even change the FACEPLATE as this can reallign the disc tray and even damage the lens in side causing major circular scratching to your discs. Also try to use your consoles CONTROLLER to open the disc tray as much as possible and keep it well ventilated and not on top or underneath anything that could restrict heat escaping. Having said all these things the xbox360 is the best console out there for an all around experience from online play which all 3 of these games have to xboxlive… more »

In response to AikonEnt the ring of death has been a major problem from the 360's release 2 years ago. Mine occured 4 months after launch. They do not fix the ring of death they simply replace your console because the ring of death symbolises a complete hardware failure including overheating. My 2nd console worked fine until it kept scratching GEARS OF WAR discs and no other....had it sent off to Microsoft believing it was the disc tray and it was. Basically you should never move or touch your console or even change the FACEPLATE as this can reallign the disc tray and even damage the lens in side causing major circular scratching to your discs. Also try to use your consoles CONTROLLER to open the disc tray as much as possible and keep it well ventilated and not on top or underneath anything that could restrict heat escaping. Having said all these things the xbox360 is the best console out there for an all around experience from online play which all 3 of these games have to xboxlive arcade to relive your favourite arcade classics (Although they still need to realise 4player coop mass ups are the best like The Simpsons...Xmen....Ninja Turtles 4 Turtles in Time). For those thinking about getting a PS3...don't because all of the games are not exclusive to the PS3....Assassin's Creed and COD4 Modern Warfare for example are great games coming to both systems. Whereas the 360 does have EXCLUSIVE titles like Gears of War which is the game most people play online. This is the cheapest deal around and to be honest you shouldn't bother getting the ELITE because the first batch of those will have errors and the 120gb harddrive that will be coming out seperately for anyone who wishes to increase their space from their 20gb ones. I wish I had got this deal but unfortunately I wanted mine at launch. If you are thinking about getting and xbox360 deffinately get one just treat it so well (I have NES and SNES which still work and it just seems the 360 unfortunately needs to be SUPER LOVED). ENJOY THE 360 AND GET READY TO GET INTO THE GAME.