Xbox 360

I don't know anything about the value of Xbox or its games, but the toys r us deal is worse. The value of a game will never last as long as the value of the device it was created for. Paying 20 beans more for 246 less Gbs and two games that'll be crap in three months doesn't sound like the better deal.
Buy the 250Gig and let the kid (kid?) choose which soon to be obsolete games he wants. And he'll have a $75 gift card to get started with. (All that and you saved 20 bucks!).

Thank you! That’s what I was thinking. I’m getting one for a five year old and he doesn’t really need the HDD! I didn’t even know what Gears of Wars was until I looked it up on the Internet. We were in the toy store and he saw it and knew what it was right away. He’s like a little computer wiz kid lol. But he can’t have this one, too violent of a game.

What kind of car are you going to get him? considering he's five years old I'd say go with a Hugo!

Just idle curiousity (and some teasing) on my part, but...do you guys talk to each other in person?

Yeah, he does. Long-time xbox owner here; you need that HD for a variety of reasons:

- Most importantly, you can install games you purchase on the HD; then, when you're playing, the disc doesn't have to be physically spun. This cuts load times and saves a lot of power when you're using it.

- Also, more and more 'downloadable content' such as expansions to games and extra levels, et cetera, is rather large in size. A 4gb HD will be filled almost instantly.

- Finally, you can store movies and music on there as well; the extra HD space is great for that.

It's worth the extra money.

As for the Kinect part, if your room isn't pretty big, it isn't going to work. And I do mean big. Standing 9 feet or so from the TV is optimal.

Cycloptichorn

lol we do but I like teasing him, he's a bit of a loon sometimes.

I have Xbox 360, but honestly- i often play on PC.