How can I get a 360?

Rob Babcock · « **on:** 11 Oct 2005, 11:22 pm »

Drats!

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.

bubba966 · « **Reply #1 on:** 12 Oct 2005, 05:30 am »

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

gongos · « **Reply #2 on:** 12 Oct 2005, 12:25 pm »

eBay for $500 to $1000.

drunkonjack · « **Reply #3 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 .

Woodsea · « **Reply #4 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

F-100 · « **Reply #5 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

Ears · « **Reply #6 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.

mca · « **Reply #7 on:** 13 Dec 2005, 08:08 pm »

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

Brad · « **Reply #8 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)

mcrespo71 · « **Reply #9 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

Rob Babcock · « **Reply #10 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.