I Bought An Xbox 360 In 2022 - Here's Why!

The Xbox 360 is an iconic system, but why would someone buy one in 2022? This is why I bought one.

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[dadlife]

I miss the days of games actually being on the disks and there wasn’t a need for internet.

[alvinanis]

Still have mine running 11 years later after I bought it. I play GTA 5, Arkham City and Origins on it pretty regularly. Such a great system.

[Donald_Allan]

The Xbox 360 was a great console. I remember getting the Xbox 360 which came with the 20GB detachable hard drive and was bundled with the original Gears of War and Call of Duty 3. I remember when I fired up Gears of War and I was just blown away how great the game looked and how well it played. I also thought it was cool being able to use a wireless controller straight out of the box. Some of my favourite games from that era include the Orange Box, Halo 3, Halo Reach, Dead Space, Dead Space 2, Fallout 3, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Forza Motorsport 2, Left 4 Dead, Battlefield 3 and the Tomb Raider reboot.

[robertwarf]

I still say the 360/ps3/wii era was the last exciting generation of gaming. I know younger people will disagree because they didn't experience it, but what's so exciting about this current gen? So many games littered with micro transactions and loot boxes, grind to get these items or give us more money, constant patches because every game is rushed to market... It's not as fun as it used to be.

[DivineRotation]

Such a great console and definitely a highlight of that generation. Everything just felt so fresh and new when it came out, not to mention the degree of online multiplayer becoming even more mainstream. Sure it had its faults, but the library it had was fantastic and catered to almost every kind of gamer. I still have mine and about 200 games, but unfortunately had to put in storage because of space issues, someday I'll dig out the treasure trove that I have and replay my favorites.

[happyjam]

This is so weird, I literally found my old 360 and set it up last night. I remembered its backwards compatible and now I'm half way through playing Halo 2. Such an amazing game and wonderful era of gaming. Going to play through the original gears of war afterwards!

[MLJ]

I still have my Xbox 360 from well over 15 years ago (I purchased mine after the first roll out with the 'red ring of death' issues and Microsoft apparently fixed the problem with further roll outs) and it still runs great I play it from time to time (because several of the fun games that I still have are not backwards compatible with the Xbox One unfortunately). Great system overall in my opinion (and I still have some unique specialized controllers and other accessories for it too) 😎👍

[BenHodgeThemeParkEndeavor]

Very cool, I still play the Xbox 360 along with Xbox One, if the Xbox Series X ever comes out of extinction I'll be playing that one too.

[coin__]

One of my favorite features of my Xbox one is the backwards compatibility with the 360. So many of those games are dirt cheap these days, and I live for it

[timwasylyszyn]

I just picked up my first Xbox (360) a few months ago at a garage sale for $30 with multiple games. Same model you have. I’m loving it so far! And the games are so cheap so it makes collecting actually fun.

[KingBobCat]

It's crazy.... I have my PS 5 & X Box Series X with an XBox 360 (also re-purchased) sitting next to it! Gotta have it to play keyboards on Rock Band, Beatles Rock Band, NHL Hitz, and Circus Maximus... All of which I play with friends regularly. I also thought that the X-Box Live store was amazing for its time too... Lots of cool, smaller games available. I hardly ever go on the store now.

[jasonaustin]

I got my Xbox 360 In 2011, and I played it continuously until 2019 when I upgraded to the one X. It’s my favorite system still, and I’m glad I never got rid of it.

[sst]

I think the 360 might be my second favorite system, after the NES. It definitely had its problems (I had 5 systems red ring). It was a great time for gaming. The 360 might have one of the best game libraries in existence.

[blakeromo]

I bought a 360 E a few months ago. So nice playing modern-ish games without internet or downloads. Best 50 dollars I ever spent!
(Also whatnot is addictive. Which is bad for the credit card.)

[yamimarik]

Just bought an Xbox 360 S 250GB for 75 euro, can’t wait to play it!

[FML]

A guy was giving away the same model that you bought in Sydney for free with 8 games. I went over and picked it up the other week and it was all working (controllers needed some foil to make it work). As someone who has never owned an XBox I am looking forward to playing some of their classics.

[gmanz]

Just got the same model of the 360 as well in January. Am so happy to play old games that aren't backwards compatible but the value went up on a lot of them.

[MrDkspur]

Glad to see some retro stuff again. I think the time is right to start re-visiting some great 360 games.

[xxHANNONxx]

The Xbox 360 and the NES are tied in first place, as my all time favorite consoles. To me, gaming peaked out in creativity during the PS3 and Xbox 360 era. Sure, games look better now, but besides looks, I haven’t played anything since then, that really felt like a new experience. Most modern games, just feel like reskinned versions of older games. It’s been a long time, since I booted up a game, and was amazed by it.

[hyzenthlay]

The power vrick had a lot of different voltages it supplied, but it also had its own fan and cooling vents so it needed space for air to circulate inside. Very often people open up the console to clean out the fan and heatsink, but don't clean the fan of the PSU.

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