My kids had the first x box, and so it seemed to me that they would like to get the new one when it came out. I went to a lot of trouble to get one for them for christmas the first year. They really enjoyed the games, but then after about two weeks (a lot of use) it started showing red lights.Microsoft took that one back to repair it, and the next one lasted 3 weeks before it showed red lights. Finally the third one came which did not burn up. However, one day I noticed a disc out of its case with a big scratch on it and I got mad at the kids saying that they needed to take better care of the games since they are expensive. Of course it turned out that the console was doing the scratching, putting rings on the discs.When I now read that Microsoft admits a 33% failure rate, it makes me angry. I would avoid this one.