Gamestop loves you. http://www.gamestop.com/gs/specialty/tradeins/ I've got $230 worth of trade in stuff, so I'm going to do it this weekend.
Just called a couple stores and there all sold out lol ima pre order one they said new ones would be in within the week.
In Houston? Engadget has an mini-review comparing the new Xbox with the other consoles. Apparently it's still pretty loud when playing a disc. http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/18/new-xbox-360-head-to-head-with-the-360-original-ps3-slim-and/ In some of the comments there people have mentioned loading the game disc onto the hard drive and playing it from there. How do you do that?
It installs the game to the hard drive, you can select the option in the dashboard. YOu still have to have the disc in the drive, but it doesn't have to spin. At 250 GB, it's probably your best bet. Not too mention it decreases loading times. And now because it's a lot quieter. The old xbox was even loud when playing an installed game. lol Also, you were asking about the transfer: i'd say just check with whatever gamestop you usually use. They might want to work something out; after all they want the trade. I only had about 9 gigs to transfer. I guess it took about an hour or so.
I play my most played games off the hard drive. I have a modded Jasper and also modded my hard drive to 250GB so installing games isn't a problem and works flawlessly although neither need to be modded.
A friend of mine said there is a way to put your stuff from your old xbox to an external hard drive, then upload it to the new one.
Yea in houston but i found a place and i got it pretty much for free trading in games and my old 360. Anyways played it a couple hours and the area where the fan is pretty warm.
I can output chocolate rain in 1080p. That doesn't mean it looks good. Resolution just means how many physical pixels there are. It has nothing to do with codec and bit rate.
this is true, bluray is better than streaming, however waiting for the thing to come in the mail vs instant streaming is the key. i've been watching netflix hd on xbox more than renting blurays. the only blurays i rent are the superior quality ones like avatar. i don't need to rent ferris beuller's day off on bluray.
For the record, Gamestop's online store locator/availibility list is worthless. I called several stores that the online site showed they had the Slim, but was told they did not when I called to confirm.
I just realized I still have my hardly used original Xbox (pre 360) with several games that I can trade in too.
http://gamerant.com/199-xbox-360-price-drop-pen-26522/ $199 Xbox 360 Coming This Fall As we reported during E3 last week, Microsoft completely redesigned the Xbox 360 console, changing everything from the shiny finish and the exterior form factor to the inclusion of internal 802.11N wireless capability and an overhauled DVD drive. Since this SKU has replaced the no-longer-in-production Xbox 360 Elite, it will also inherit its price tag of $299. But wait. In an internal Q&A session at Microsoft, it was revealed that the new $299 Xbox 360 ’slim’ is not the only SKU Microsoft intends on releasing this year. The truth is there are several new SKU’s coming this Fall, both individual and bundled with Kinect. On the topic of a redesigned 360 occupying the current price point of the Arcade SKU, Microsoft had this to say: Q: Will you sell a $199 version of the new Xbox 360? A: We will offer a $199 Xbox 360 this fall. Note that they do not say specifically that this will be a redesigned Xbox 360 unit, but the fact that the old Xbox 360 design has ceased production should go some way to confirming this. Since Microsoft normalized their multi-SKU strategy into two distinct products last year, namely the fully-loaded Elite ($299) and the no-frills Arcade ($199), one can assume that the cheaper of the two will lack an internal 250GB hard drive and perhaps even lack the in-built wireless N adapter. On the subject of Kinect-integration and bundling, the Q&A document also stated that Kinect would be available as a stand-alone product and also in bundles with the newly-designed Xbox 360’s. Though no specifics were given as to which SKU’s would get Kinect bundles, GameStop has already begun offering pre-orders for Kinect bundles both for the Elite - priced at $399 - and for the Arcade – priced at $299. None of this comes as much of a surprise. With Microsoft’s hopes of tapping the casual market with the wow-factor Kinect surely provides, bundling it with the cheaper of the two SKU’s makes complete sense. Additionally, including the Kinect unit for $100 more would only make sense if Kinect on its own will sell for more, perhaps closer to the $140 mark that we have heard previously. What is interesting is the timing of this news. There certainly were a lot of pre orders for the new Xbox 360 Elite immediately after it was announced at E3. So much so that is already sold out in many locations. The promise of a cheaper version a few months down the line would certainly curb the sales numbers of the Elite a little. In either case, it looks like Microsoft was on the right track by focusing on a console redesign. Ive yet to talk to any existing Xbox owner that isn’t at least considering buying the new one. I know I’m getting one, I just don’t know when. All I know for certain is that the drawbacks of owning the Arcade model negate all the reasons I play my 360. Ranters, are you planning on picking up the new 360? If you are, are you now considering holding off until you can buy a Kinect bundle? And how many of you will go with the Arcade unit versus the Elite? Is the drop in functionality worth the discount?
I guess though there's no red ring anymore, it still overheats, but now it just shuts off when it gets close to dying. Not perfect, but an improvement. http://gizmodo.com/5568619/what-happens-when-the-new-xbox-360-overheats
