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    The Xbox 360 is the second game console produced by Microsoft Corporation and is the successor to the original Xbox.

    Glossy or Matte?

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    #1  Edited By Wolverine

    So I sold my old Xbox 360 a while ago for a PS3 but I miss it so I'm in the market for a new one. I can't decide if I should get the glossy or the matte one. I want a 250 GB HDD and a Kinect but it will be the same price either way. What do you guys prefer, Glossy or Matte?

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    #2  Edited By gamb1t

    matte all the wayyyyyyyyy!

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    #3  Edited By Djeffers03

    They still do matte Xbox's?

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    #4  Edited By Wolverine
    @Djeffers03: Yeah the one that doesn't come with a hard drive is matte and it costs just as much money to buy a hdd separately and manually install it then it does to buy the glossy one with the hdd.
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    #5  Edited By Skald

    Go for glossy, it's so much shinier.

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    #6  Edited By xyzygy

    I have a glossy S but I wish I had matte. They look a lot nicer I think.

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    #7  Edited By Icemael

    Matte.

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    #8  Edited By Wolverine
    @xyzygy: @Icemael: I'm looking for pictures of the matte out of the box and I'm having trouble. Can you post some please?
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    #9  Edited By KowalskiManDown

    Glossy is a fucking dust magnet. Get matte.

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    #10  Edited By xyzygy
    @Wolverine:   
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    #11  Edited By Wolverine
    @xyzygy: Yeah that thing looks awesome I'm totally getting matte.
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    #12  Edited By xyzygy
    @Wolverine: But be warned the mattes only come with 4GB 360s. You're gonna need a hard drive if you want to do any real gaming. This is basically the new "Arcade" xbox.
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    #13  Edited By Wolverine
    @xyzygy: That's fine, the 250 gb hdd is $90 on amazon so I'd be saving 10 bucks and I'd be getting a 4 gb flash drive.
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    #14  Edited By Afroman269
    @xyzygy: That matte console would cry and red ring itself in the presence of my glossy Xbox 360 S. Glossy all the way, son!.
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    #15  Edited By big_jon

    My glossy one scratches like crazy.

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    #16  Edited By DumlaoX

    Matte would be best. Not only is gloss, while nice looking, a dust magnet, you get a bonus 4GB of storage to boot. As someone who has a 250GB HDD nearly filled up, that extra 4GB sure comes in handy.

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    #17  Edited By CL60

    Glossy all the way. I never wash it, and it has no dust on it, and I never touch it either, so it has no finger prints.

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    #18  Edited By Daveyo520

    Mine is matte because I don't have a HDD. It is nice not to get smugged though.

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    #19  Edited By gamb1t
    @CL60 said:
    " Glossy all the way. I never wash it, and it has no dust on it, and I never touch it either, so it has no finger prints. "
    You must have it enclosed in something.
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    #20  Edited By Zaft

    Matte.
     
    If you buy glossy, you don't know shit about Xbox.

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    #21  Edited By CL60
    @gamb1t said:
    " @CL60 said:
    " Glossy all the way. I never wash it, and it has no dust on it, and I never touch it either, so it has no finger prints. "
    You must have it enclosed in something. "
    It's inside of a thin glass stand that my record player used to be in. But the doors are always open on it.
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    #22  Edited By xyzygy
    @Afroman269 said:
    " @xyzygy: That matte console would cry and red ring itself in the presence of my glossy Xbox 360 S. Glossy all the way, son!. "
    While I do agree that Glossy actually looks the best, the fact that it smudges so easily and dust is more noticeable is what makes me like the matte more. If you touch the 360 at a bare minimum and keep it well dusted then it does look very nice.
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    #23  Edited By Hizang

    Matte is much better, I've only had my Xbox for a week or so and theres fingerprints all over it!
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    #24  Edited By bkfountain

    matte is best black. 
     
    I got it just for the looks, and you can easily throw any 360 HDD in there after you remove them from the proprietary case, even an old 20 GB.

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    #25  Edited By bravetoaster

    They both look good. I don't have problems with my glossy system, other than the dust.

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