edtheninja
No.
1. you have to pay for online capabilities, monthly.
2. Red ring of death.
3. the only game that is truly exclusive to Xbox is Halo. if that's the only game you'll play, and you'll buy an X-box just for that, go ahead.
not worth it.
get a PS3 or a PC.
The new xbox's dont have a ring of death, they're wireless, touch buttons huge hard drives, the new xbox is totally worth it.
Ps3 will begin charging for they're network soon, and when that happens everyone will be getting a xbox because xbox has a better network.
xbox > Ps3