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Post by Double J on Jun 22, 2010 14:28:42 GMT -5
I'll wait for the inevitable post Christmas fire sale at that price point and Sears realizes they can't move them.
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Post by T R W on Jun 22, 2010 14:49:08 GMT -5
I picked up the new slim. I couldn't resist. It's beautiful. I was slightly miffed by the lack of a memory card port, but a thumb drive works just as well.
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Post by sean™ on Jun 22, 2010 14:57:51 GMT -5
I know MS thinks that the added features to the dashboard and video chatting justifies the cost, but it doesn't. Not everyone is online in the first place, nor do I feel like watching a movie on a small screen, while watcing another small screen to see someone else's reaction, and of course the small screen that shows me.
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Post by moocow on Jun 22, 2010 15:57:13 GMT -5
Old 360 arcades and elites are getting price cuts. From MTV Multiplayer: "Microsoft announced a new, slimmer Xbox 360 at the end of their E3 keynote, and that means that its bulkier units who still display the red ring of death when they die are selling for significantly less.
Arcade bundles have vacated the $199 mark to make way for their small, black successor and now retail for $149.99, as you can see on Amazon.com and at Best Buy. Elites, meanwhile, have taken a step down to $249.99.
Similar shifts are taking place in the U.K. in advance of the new units' July 16 release there, according to MCV, so it looks like no matter which side of the Atlantic you live on, if size isn't an issue and/or you have soft, sentimental fondness for the RROD, now is the time to scoop up a deal.
In the age of bigger hard drives and smaller hardware, the classic 360 has aged a bit, but these puppies will still play games with the best of them, and $149 is about as nice a deal as you're going to find out there for what's in the box. If I didn't own one already, this would be the moment I'd be snatching one up." $150 for a 360 and 2 games is pretty nice.
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Post by sean™ on Jun 22, 2010 17:59:18 GMT -5
Gamestop's trade in values might persuade me to purchase one. It would only cost me about 150.
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Post by Double J on Jun 22, 2010 19:15:00 GMT -5
With their deal going on right now, and the 55 bucks I already have on a giftcard, I will only owe 50 bucks towards a new 360. So I'm totally going to do that.
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Post by Jason Star on Jun 22, 2010 20:06:48 GMT -5
When they say trade in your xbox for $100 does that count the hard drive and controller or can you do them separate? After trading in for the new 360 are you allowed to keep your hard drive for so long so you can transfer your stuff over?
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Post by Double J on Jun 22, 2010 20:18:03 GMT -5
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Post by Jason Star on Jun 23, 2010 0:18:39 GMT -5
That's a pretty good deal I guess. I get $140 overall not bad. I was looking online and saw that there is two versions of the Slim you can get one is the normal $299 one and the other is $369. The only difference being the expensive one comes with a transfer kit and an extra controller. Anyone know if there is any other difference since that seems like a big increase for just an extra controller and a transfer kit that I thought you dont need anymore with the new 360s?
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Post by sean™ on Jun 23, 2010 9:57:37 GMT -5
Well, if you are upgrading from an Elite, then you'd need to transfer your info I suppose.
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Post by Patriots#1 on Jun 23, 2010 13:13:29 GMT -5
i never got another 360 but if i get the new one how do i get all my stuff over to the new one. like my gamertag and all that stuff
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2010 14:30:49 GMT -5
You can transfer stuff onto a USB jump drive then just transfer that onto the new 360. Your gamertag can be recovered when you connect to XBL.
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Post by Patriots#1 on Jun 23, 2010 14:34:57 GMT -5
ok thanks
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Post by Patriots#1 on Jun 24, 2010 0:55:51 GMT -5
does a transfer kit come with the new xbox 360
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Post by "The Visionary" Eldniw on Jun 24, 2010 1:21:48 GMT -5
does a transfer kit come with the new xbox 360 Not with the $299 one. Read a few posts above. There is supposedly another that costs $369 and it comes with another controller and the transfer cable.
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Post by "The Visionary" Eldniw on Jun 24, 2010 1:23:53 GMT -5
I picked up the new slim. I couldn't resist. It's beautiful. I was slightly miffed by the lack of a memory card port, but a thumb drive works just as well. As did I. And the same reasons....I was slightly bummed about no memory unit slots, but I sprung on the 16GB Xbox 360 flash drive and that is fine with me. I love the new console. It totally is beautiful, it's quiet.....I love the sleek, glossy black paint job....I just all around love it.
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Post by sicknicholas on Jun 24, 2010 3:00:28 GMT -5
DAmn I wanted to buy Legends 1 but now I have to buy this
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Post by Patriots#1 on Jun 24, 2010 7:20:12 GMT -5
poop an extra controller and the transfer kit adds an extra 70 dollars thats crazy. we will still be able to use old xbox 360 controllers right. and would just a transfer cable work for the new xbox 360. cuz i hav the transfer cable
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Post by Mole on Jun 24, 2010 8:53:20 GMT -5
poop an extra controller and the transfer kit adds an extra 70 dollars thats crazy. we will still be able to use old xbox 360 controllers right. and would just a transfer cable work for the new xbox 360. cuz i hav the transfer cable Unfortunately the cable isn't the issue, it's the software the new transfer kit comes with. The software we have only works from Xbox to Hard Drive, not from Hard Drive to Xbox, which is what you would be doing.
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Post by afroman on Jun 24, 2010 11:16:03 GMT -5
wheres the 10 gb hard drive on there? anyway, I got the turtle beach x11's yesterday
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