Joyrex Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Gamestop is offering trade-in credits so you can trade in your potentially RROD 360 for a new slim model: http://kotaku.com/5567148/how-to-trade+up-to-the-new-xbox-360-for-90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 should i bother? i got the black original version and it still works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blicero Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 that's a damn good deal. i don't have any need for the new model yet, but i know a ton of people who will get in on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 there are like five new versions of halo 3 and i am still fine with the original. is there an actual reason to upgrade? as a parallel example, my cell is five years old and i can't really think of a valid reason to upgrade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Blanket Fort Collapse Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 not really that great of a deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 yeah, hey, let's drop $90 with no tangible benefits except an xbox with less dust. i got a tv stand/entertainment center and my current 360 already looks stylin' on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted June 18, 2010 Author Share Posted June 18, 2010 yeah, hey, let's drop $90 with no tangible benefits except an xbox with less dust. i got a tv stand/entertainment center and my current 360 already looks stylin' on it. If I was a current 360 owner, I would most certainly trade up to this model, as the chipset is more power-efficient (apparently the current 360 draws 2 watts of power while in fully off mode!), a tad quieter (5dB difference), and runs cooler, so less chance of a RROD/system failure. Power brick is smaller too, plus you get a MUCH larger HDD than what was previously available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 yeah, hey, let's drop $90 with no tangible benefits except an xbox with less dust. i got a tv stand/entertainment center and my current 360 already looks stylin' on it. If I was a current 360 owner, I would most certainly trade up to this model, as the chipset is more power-efficient (apparently the current 360 draws 2 watts of power while in fully off mode!), a tad quieter (5dB difference), and runs cooler, so less chance of a RROD/system failure. Power brick is smaller too, plus you get a MUCH larger HDD than what was previously available. does not sound like $90 to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 p.s., it's kind of irksome to be expected to upgrade in order to fix a problem that microsoft should not have laid on consumers in the first place, and i still have 50 gigs left on my 100 gig drive. i only bought one that big because i presumed i could copy media to it. silly me for assuming microsoft would let me actually use the disk i bought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blicero Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 yeah, hey, let's drop $90 with no tangible benefits except an xbox with less dust. i got a tv stand/entertainment center and my current 360 already looks stylin' on it. If I was a current 360 owner, I would most certainly trade up to this model, as the chipset is more power-efficient (apparently the current 360 draws 2 watts of power while in fully off mode!), a tad quieter (5dB difference), and runs cooler, so less chance of a RROD/system failure. Power brick is smaller too, plus you get a MUCH larger HDD than what was previously available. does not sound like $90 to me what if I throw in integrated WiFi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 how about this -- given the original did not have it, i busted out my easy-flo carton of cat-5, made a cable to fit, and wifi now brings me absolutely no added value? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blicero Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 how about this -- given the original did not have it, i busted out my easy-flo carton of cat-5, made a cable to fit, and wifi now brings me absolutely no added value? same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted June 18, 2010 Author Share Posted June 18, 2010 yeah, hey, let's drop $90 with no tangible benefits except an xbox with less dust. i got a tv stand/entertainment center and my current 360 already looks stylin' on it. If I was a current 360 owner, I would most certainly trade up to this model, as the chipset is more power-efficient (apparently the current 360 draws 2 watts of power while in fully off mode!), a tad quieter (5dB difference), and runs cooler, so less chance of a RROD/system failure. Power brick is smaller too, plus you get a MUCH larger HDD than what was previously available. does not sound like $90 to me what if I throw in integrated WiFi? Oh yeah, forgot you no longer have to pay a premium for WiFi on 360... that alone is worth the 90 bucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 again -- unless you've already sorted it out without wifi, or bought a wifi unit, because those were your options for past two years. they can fuck off. this is my conclusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 I'm considering trading my 360, a new model shipped from Microsoft in March/April due to a RROD incident, perhaps with some old games I'll never play for the latest model. Opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alex C Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 On the subject, Microsoft are fucking faggots for using T8 screws when Im carrying out an RROD fix for the first time. Fucks sake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iamabe Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Most people aren't going to get this $90 dollar deal. I have a 3 year old 360 with a 20gb hard drive, so I would get like a $130 credit towards a $300 console, whose only real benefit is the integrated wifi adapter, which I don't need. So $170 for a sexy black box with more hard drive space that I definitely won't use? No thanks. I can buy like 4 monotrons for that price. But I guess if you do get the $90 deal it's pretty sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 http://www.game.co.uk/lowdown.aspx?lid=13465&cm_sp=xbox360-_-topnav-_-tradein The UK deal sucks too. For a bog-standard 360, like mine (despite it's relative age) I'd still have to pay £150. Maybe I could get £50 off that if I sold Fallout, Red Dead and some old Fifa's. But that's still quite a lot. Oh well, I'll probably do it anyway because at the moment I'm having to plug my 360 into my laptop when I want to play online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 it's too bad the face-plates didn't take off, i would never part with my beloved Forza 2 plate. it looks so much more sexier than plain black, and the white ones were even fuglier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessier Ashpool Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Most people aren't going to get this $90 dollar deal. I have a 3 year old 360 with a 20gb hard drive, so I would get like a $130 credit towards a $300 console, whose only real benefit is the integrated wifi adapter, which I don't need. So $170 for a sexy black box with more hard drive space that I definitely won't use? No thanks. I can buy like 4 monotrons for that price. But I guess if you do get the $90 deal it's pretty sweet. Yeah, I'm in the same boat - though, it might be worth it for the 199$ model when it drops. So, sixty bucks for a fresh console with more space? Seems pretty reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Moss Acid Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 http://www.game.co.uk/lowdown.aspx?lid=13465&cm_sp=xbox360-_-topnav-_-tradein The UK deal sucks too. For a bog-standard 360, like mine (despite it's relative age) I'd still have to pay £150. Maybe I could get £50 off that if I sold Fallout, Red Dead and some old Fifa's. But that's still quite a lot. Oh well, I'll probably do it anyway because at the moment I'm having to plug my 360 into my laptop when I want to play online. you know how much fifa sells for? for fifa09 i got £2.10 - if you want a better deal sell fifa10 a week or so before fifa11 comes out, it'll be financially beneficial as for red dead i sold my game (completed the actual game did like the online so i had no reason to keep it) for £25 (as for the £40 i spent on it) trading games is proper day light robbery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Oh, the cheeky bastards. I bought the 1 month subscription for £1 last month. And it's a good thing I decided to look at my account today because they automatically set your bank details to auto-renew at £39.99. And you can't turn the fucker off without ringing Xbox and pleading with them. What cunts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Moss Acid Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Oh, the cheeky bastards. I bought the 1 month subscription for £1 last month. And it's a good thing I decided to look at my account today because they automatically set your bank details to auto-renew at £39.99. And you can't turn the fucker off without ringing Xbox and pleading with them. What cunts. this is why buying the cards is the best thing.. although i dont; i have a 4.99 a month thingy but im ok with 4.99 a month. and im also lucky that there isnt that much good DLC out there (untill the BFBC2 Vietnam Expantion) i downloaded TBOGT the other day but its awesome so i dont mind. its just annoying when you have to spend £17 on 2100 MSP then you have like 400 MSP left where you cant buy anything worthwhile , apart from a hat or some stupid thing for your avatar (although i spent my dregs on specact stuff for BFBC2 (which came free with dr.pepper in usa only)). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehauntingsoul Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 My Xbox 360 has the 3 red rings, I don't suppose they would still let me trade it in then eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertsk8er419 Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 My Xbox 360 has the 3 red rings, I don't suppose they would still let me trade it in then eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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