I-Xbox 360 - Ukugembula Manje
Njengoba kunezinhlobonhlobo zezinduduzo zokudlala ezitholakalayo namuhla, zonke ezikhiqizwa izinkampani ezaziwayo neziphakeme, kungaba nzima ukwazi ukuthi yikuphi okungcono kakhulu ongafaka imali yakho oyisebenzele kanzima. Ukukhetha kungaba nzima kakhulu njengoba ubuchwepheshe buhamba ngokungakhathali futhi izinduduzo zibonakala zishintsha ngokushesha okukhulu lapho ungaphenduka khona, ngakho-ke uma unenkinga yokwenza ukhetho, nayi eminye imicabango engahle ikusize ukuphuma.
Isikhathi sokuphila esimaphakathi, kulinganiselwa ukuthi, sekhonsoli yemidlalo cishe iminyaka emihlanu. Lokho akusho ukuthi imishini yakho yokusebenza yemidlalo ezosebenza izovutha ngokuzumayo nangokungachazeki ngemuva kweminyaka emihlanu, kunalokho ukuthi cishe ngaleso sikhathi, abakhiqizi bavame ukwethula uhlobo oluthuthuke kakhulu kwezobuchwepheshe be-console yabo yangaphambili. Uma ukuba semaphethelweni obuchwepheshe kubalulekile kuwe, ngakho-ke ukuthenga ikhonsoli ekuqaleni kwalesi sikhathi esiyiminyaka emihlanu kuyisinyathelo esihlakaniphile.
Lokhu yingxenye yokuthi kungani i-Xbox 360 iyisinqumo esihle okwamanje. Kukhishwe ekupheleni kuka-2005, ubuchwepheshe obuqukethe buyancipha impela, okwenza ukuthi, ngokusho kwenqwaba yabahlaziyi, ukuthenga okungcono kakhulu okutholakalayo. Ngobuningi bezici, kufaka phakathi ikhwalithi ephezulu yokudlala ku-inthanethi nokuhambisana kwe-HDTV, i-Xbox 360 inikezela ngesipiliyoni esihle sokudlala. Futhi yize le nguqulo ye-Xbox yeqa okwakungaphambi kwayo ngemuva kweminyaka emine kuphela, isikhathi se-console yangaphambilini sinwetshiwe saba sezingeni elithile, njengoba imidlalo engaphezulu kwamakhulu amabili ethandwa kakhulu ye-Xbox iyahambisana nenguqulo entsha ye-360.
Abanye abadlali badlala ngokuthenga i-Xbox 360. Ngani? Ngoba i-PlayStation 3 kufanele iphume ngesinye isikhathi kulo nyaka. Kepha yize ochwepheshe abaningi bevuma ukuthi i-PS 3 kungenzeka iqukathe ukwenziwa kobuchwepheshe obuningi i-Xbox 360 esivele ikhishiwe, i-PlayStation kungenzeka ibize kuze kufike ku- $ 200 ngaphezulu. Ngokutshalwa kwemali okungeziwe, i-PS 3 izofaka isidlali se-Blu-ray esicacisa kakhulu se-DVD - uhlangothi olungezansi lwalokhu, noma kunjalo, ukuthi ama-movie awatholakali njengamanje ngale ndlela, noma kungenzeka ukuthi avele eminyakeni emibili ezayo.
Akungabazeki ukuthi i-PlayStation ezayo izobe iphakeme ngandlela thile kwezobuchwepheshe kune-Xbox 360, kepha njengoba usuku lokukhishwa lusazoqinisekiswa, abadlali abaningi bakhetha ukungalindi ukujabulela ukudlala kwekhwalithi ephezulu kakhulu. Futhi ngobuchwepheshe obungeke bube lusizo kuningi labathengi eminyakeni embalwa ezayo, kubadlali abaningi, i-playstation 3 imane nje ayikufanele ukulindwa. Ngakho-ke jabulela umzuzu kuyo yonke inkazimulo yawo, bese uya kwi-Xbox 360.