Is the Halo Reach 360 worth 400 bucks?

[Scott45]

Not trying to start any 360 vs PS3 debates, my 360 is the red Resident Evil special, no rrd so far... I was thinking of getting another 360 to set up at my folks place when I visit....

Is this the new 360 or just a modded case like the last Halo System Special?

[Dangerboy]

It's the Slim, 250g System with custom sound effects and content. New Silver paint job, two controllers, and regular game.

If you consider the controller and game are $60 each, you're saving $20 plus getting the sounds perk.

[DonMarco]

You could just as easily get a 360 4GB Slim, Halo: Reach, an extra controller and a year of Live for $340 or so. No fancy paint job, but I don't think they'd appreciate it as much.

[Bojay1997]

Not trying to start any 360 vs PS3 debates, my 360 is the red Resident Evil special, no rrd so far... I was thinking of getting another 360 to set up at my folks place when I visit....

Is this the new 360 or just a modded case like the last Halo System Special?

Personally, I think the Halo version is not worth it since I can't stand the color scheme and the sound effect feature is just dopey. Given the choice, I would get the shiny black slim for $300. Controllers are constantly going on sale and Reach will be under $40 in no time. The addition of HDMI, being super quiet, built-in wi-fi, being able to directly power Kinect and its reliability makes it the ultimate 360 in my opinion.

[Dobie]

I personally would have purchased the Reach console, had I not already gone out and bought one of the 360S consoles prior to the announcement of this. Is it worth $400? Well, to each their own, but the retail price of everything in the box slightly exceeds $400, so they're not exactly marking everything up exorbitantly like they did with the Halo 3 console.

I would say if you're in the market for a 360, plan on buying Reach anyways, and happen to like the color scheme, go for it. Otherwise, it really doesn't matter much.

[heybtbm]

Silver consoles are sexy (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1090770&postcount=16). Not sure if they're $400 sexy though.