2. Netflix can be directly streamed from your Xbox 360 to your TV as an added feature that Microsoft and Netflix have offered to their mutual subscribers.  Man of the titles have HD versions that you can Watch Instantly with more being added on a regular basis.

3. Your Xbox 360 also has the ability to connect to Xbox Live which is the premiere way to play games online.  Through Xbox Live you have the ability to connect to your friends and have live chat while playing games together or even while wathcing TV.  It’s extremely easy to use and has a slick interface that allows for layers of customization that you can tweak to your tastes.

4. Some of the best HD graphics around can be found on the Xbox 360.  The Xbox 360 offers a level of realism that meets or trumps the competition in almost everyway.  Developers are also continuing to push what the Xbox 360 has under its hood so the best could still be yet to come.

5. Price tag…period.  For $199.99 you get a system that does all of the above and is slick piece of technology that can be utilized as the central hub for most of your family’s entertainment.  The Xbox 360 is a versatile piece of equipment that has the unique ability to be enjoyed by every member of the family.

Sure a shortcut to that moment is pulling out the Wii or Rockband but I take even more pride in being able to do it in other ways.  For instance informing one of the women that work with me that the Xbox 360 has just as many family orientated games as the Wii.  Another was suggesting a couple ways another coworker could get a Nintendo DS for her daughter on the cheap.  Just last night I had a friend over that was kind of bored while his wife and my roommates talked their girl talk so I fired up Geometry Wars Evolved because of him being an old school gamer and he instantly fell in love with it.  Those moments are what get me geeked to be a gamer.

I guess in a way I prefer to empower people to make choices when it comes to games.  Let me help you find out what type of game is suited to your tastes.  I kind of get a thrill out of being able to spread my enthusiasm for gaming like pink eye in an elementary school.