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Community => Non-audio hobbies and interests => Ender's Game => Topic started by: Rob Babcock on 11 Oct 2005, 11:22 pm

Title: How can I get a 360?
Post by: Rob Babcock on 11 Oct 2005, 11:22 pm

Drats! :x   Due to a combination of long hours at work, and pure laziness, I delayed in attempting to reserve an Xbox 360 until it was too late- all the stores in town have sold their allottment of preorders.  Can anyone suggest a place where I might be able to buy one when they launch?

If not I guess I'll wait- I won't have much time to game til around January anyway.

Title: How can I get a 360?
Post by: bubba966 on 12 Oct 2005, 05:30 am

Toys R Us is apparently not entirely sold out on their pre-orders yet.

Title: How can I get a 360?
Post by: gongos on 12 Oct 2005, 12:25 pm

eBay for $500 to $1000. :lol:

Title: How can I get a 360?
Post by: drunkonjack on 12 Oct 2005, 12:50 pm

I heard that you should not expect any shortage of these. You should be able to walk into a Wal-Mart and get one .

Title: How can I get a 360?
Post by: Woodsea on 13 Oct 2005, 03:25 am

I second that last answer.  Don't count your chickens lost until the fat lady sings.  I will most likely find one in Asia, you know that 220v thang has fried my original xbox.
If you want one before x-mas you might have a problem.  After that I don't think so.  Just my 2 cents

Title: How can I get a 360?
Post by: F-100 on 18 Oct 2005, 04:50 pm

Rob,
Computers4Sure is taking preorders on the Xbox 360 Core System with Quake 4, The Godfather, and Call of Duty 2 for $499.84 w/ free shipping.

http://www.computers4sure.com/product.asp?productid=3530290

Title: How can I get a 360?
Post by: Ears on 13 Dec 2005, 07:53 pm

Best Buys are getting there second batches the 18th.
Not sure if other stores are doing the same but for sure BB'S nation wide will have them the 18th.

Title: How can I get a 360?
Post by: mca on 13 Dec 2005, 08:08 pm

Question is, do you still want one with all the reported problems  :o

Title: How can I get a 360?
Post by: Brad on 13 Dec 2005, 08:18 pm

The media has definitely blown 360 problems way out of proportion to how often they are actually happening.

My guess is that less than 1% of users are actually having problems - and Microsoft is paying shipping on problem units.

I don't think people are accounting for the heat generated by both the unit and the power supply.   It does appear that Microsoft was not able to make it user-friendly enough in that regard.

I was lucky enough to get on a preorder list last summer - but ended up selling mine on *bay along with 50k others.   They are still going to be in short supply until next year.  

The Japanese launch pretty much flopped - there are units on the shelves there that would have sold in the US/Europe.

Hoping to get one in Feb/Mar now - (for the kids, wink wink)

Title: How can I get a 360?
Post by: mcrespo71 on 13 Dec 2005, 10:05 pm

The media may be blowing the problems out of proportion, but unfortunately both people I know that bought one had it crap out within a day.  They sent it back and have now received replacements, but this has to be a PR nightmare for Microsoft.

Michael

Title: How can I get a 360?
Post by: Rob Babcock on 13 Dec 2005, 11:07 pm

I'm glad I didn't get one, actually.  Sounds like the problems are a lot more widespread than MS wants to acknowledge.  Undoubtedly I'll buy one, but now I'll probably give it a few months to let them work the bugs out.