Poker on the Xbox 360
February 5, 2008
If you have an Xbox 360 from Microsoft then you should consider downloading one of their arcade Texas Hold’em Poker games. It is very fun to play on the Xbox 360. If you like playing Gears of War, Call of Duty, and Halo online then the Xbox 360 Live Arcade Poker game may give you a rest from all the shooting.
One of the nice things about playing Poker on the Xbox 360 is that the community of gamers online are playing simply for fun. There is no money involved, just simple socializing and simple fun. When you play online, the people are simply talking and they are simply having fun just being at the poker table with their headsets.
Poker on the Xbox 360 is very simple. All you have to do is buy some Microsoft Points through your Xbox Live account and then purchase the Texas Hold’em game through your console. Once you start playing, you have a starting bankroll of fifty thousand dollars. This is play money of course. You can work your way up and get achievement points for this.
What’s nice about the Xbox Live 360 Poker game is that you will be able to meet other gamers online. You will be able to see their profiles. You will be able to see what games they play. You will be able to check out if they are hardcore gamers or not through the amount of achievement points they have on their profile. Think of Xbox 360 Poker as sort of a lobby where people can meet to play fun poker and find team mates for the more hardcore Xbox 360 games out there like Halo, Gears of War, and Call of Duty.
If you do not have an Xbox 360 then you are missing out on a lot of fun. The Xbox 360 core console system sells for three hundred dollars now. The Xbox 360 with the hard drives and the head sets sell for four hundred dollars now. The Xbox 360 Elite system sells for six hundred dollars. Games on the Xbox 360 cost around fifty dollars each. A one year subscription to online Xbox Live is fifty dollars. If you are a hardcore gamer and you love shooting enemies and playing poker then the Xbox 360 is the console for you. Go out there right now and buy one. You are not going to regret your decision.
Poker on the Xbox 360 is a different dimension all together. There are the fun poker rooms where people simply chat and do useless poker while there are the poker rooms that are competitive and geared towards earning achievement points. When you become an Xbox 360 gamer in the future, you will understand that having a lot of achievement points means a lot. It is some sort of gamer pride. Poker pride too, if you would want to add. If you have a lot of achievement points from Poker on Xbox 360 live then you have gamer bragging rights wherever you are on Xbox Live cyberspace.