Saturday, November 15, 2008

The Easy Way To Find XBOX 360 Game Downloads You Can Use Today!

By Tommy Paxton

We wanted to put together a quick article showing Xbox 360 owners how they can download full games they can use on their Xbox.

You can do a few things to download games for your Xbox 360. We get asked questions about xbox downloads quite often, so hopefully this article helps out a few gamers!

First option: Xbox 360 downloads

This is one way that many people try at first, although it usually ends up frustrating people. Many websites claim to offer free Xbox 360 downloads, and then ask you to install their software so that you can start downloading movies and games. This sounds good, but you need to know a couple of things before you use these websites.

The first thing you need to know is that these websites often spread viruses and spyware. These files are not monitored by anyone and oftentimes, you'll get a lot more than you bargained for -- not just a download, but a lot of problems with your computer as well. It's just not worth it, but you put your computer at great risk for the price of a "free" game. In short, don't do it.

The second thing you need to know is that download speeds are often so slow on these sites that it takes forever to get your download. In many cases, it can take days for a download to finish, which isn't worth it.

Worse still, many of these files are corrupt, which means that they don't work after all, once you do take the time to download them. It's a huge problem to sit and wait for a very long time to get a game, only to find out that it doesn't work after all. Again, it's not worth your time.

For the most part we recommend staying away from these sites. They put your computer at risk and can waste a good chunk of your time.

Option two: Xbox 360 game downloads

If you choose this option, you'll pay just a little bit, but you'll get much better results than you will with the first one. You can download just about any game you want without having to worry about spyware or viruses, download speeds that take forever, or files that don't work after all once you get them.

Xbox 360 downloads have been in hot demand for a long time, and a few businesspeople smartly decided that this trend was worth capitalizing on. So, they started specialized Xbox 360 download websites. These websites let you register as a member, and then you can download games, music, movies and more right from your computer once you have done so. These sites cost you about $50 for a lifetime membership, but you'll be billed only once for downloads that are unlimited. After this, you can log into the website whenever you want to download a new game, movie, etc.

The membership costs less than the price of most games and lets you download as many games as you want, so it's a great option if you want to try out new games without spending a lot of money first.

In addition, these websites have an impressive selection of games and movies. Their library contains just about any game or movie you might want, and you can usually get new releases along with older games you might not find any longer in your typical brick-and-mortar store.

Obviously the companies that put together these xbox 360 download websites are hoping to make a profit, so they do what it takes to keep their customers happy. They invest money in the software to make sure the downloads are fast, the games are always up to date and that every single game you download will actually work on your system.

At the bottom of this article, there's a link that will take you to a free trial of a couple of the most popular Xbox 360 download websites. In about 5 or 10 minutes, you'll be all set and you can download all the software you'll need to use the games.

Because this is a much easier and less expensive option when it comes to downloading Xbox 360 games, it's a surprise, perhaps, that more people are not members. What's really probably true is that many people just aren't aware that this is an option yet.

When you start to collect Xbox 360 downloads, you'll will likely have your own large library of movies and games to choose from. It's much easier and cheaper in the long run to get your Xbox 360 games this way instead of any other way. Be forewarned that one "drawback" to this is that you might just become addicted, but perhaps that's not such a bad thing. So enjoy and happy downloading!

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