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i want to buy an xbox 360
INeedNoSalt
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yep, see the title. i want to buy an xbox 360 and i don't want to spend four hundred dollars.
it looks like the present run of the xbox with a hard drive retails for $299; the one with the tiny 4gb hard drive is $199. is it a better deal to buy the former than the latter + a hard drive (I really don't need a 250g hard drive, do they make smaller ones for the 'slim' design?)
gamestop has a refurbished machine with a 20g hard drive for $99, but i am wary of buying a refurbished machine and ending up with one that is broken out of the box (which i understand isn't super rare).
does anyone have any advice. i feel like this should be obvious, so i might be overthinking things. i really don't know the difference between the million different varieties of xbox 360 that have been put into production, though.
it looks like the present run of the xbox with a hard drive retails for $299; the one with the tiny 4gb hard drive is $199. is it a better deal to buy the former than the latter + a hard drive (I really don't need a 250g hard drive, do they make smaller ones for the 'slim' design?)
gamestop has a refurbished machine with a 20g hard drive for $99, but i am wary of buying a refurbished machine and ending up with one that is broken out of the box (which i understand isn't super rare).
does anyone have any advice. i feel like this should be obvious, so i might be overthinking things. i really don't know the difference between the million different varieties of xbox 360 that have been put into production, though.
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At the same time, usually now big stores like Best Buy/Wal mart run specials (or have at least) where you can pick up the new 'slim' which is the same damn size Xbox with the 250GB HD and there's one or two games included for $300.
As far as I know you can't buy hard drives for the new slim Xbox (please correct me if I'm wrong?), but from a quick search I'm seeing that there is 320GB, 250GB and 4GB models, $399, $299 and $199 respectively at the big retail stores.
This is pretty key. Last time I checked the wireless adapter for a non-Slim 360 is $100. It's a ridiculous price gouge and you can always build yourself a wireless receiver instead, etc., but that's a pain in the goddamn ass. Unless you're getting something for $150 or less, the $300 is probably the best deal, especially if you find one of those bundles with some other random games or something.
Dude, 300$ isn't that much money if you think about it in the scope of things. You will make many, many more 300's of $ in your life. And the money I have saved not spending it on whatever the hell else I would have been doing instead of playing video games, its at least on par with that.
I presume you have a job right? Pick up an extra shift or three. Better than skimping on the cheapo box and paying more in the end.
Also, just want to add that it might seem like a lot, but it's better than paying for three refurbished ones that break within a year.
Half of my 20 gig disk is Rock Band stuff (RB1 and RB2 songs imported and a little more). It adds up real quick.
my unofficial autobio will be accompanied with tips on how to smile
cause I've found that when they don't see you frown, they never know that you're a threat
and they don't sweat you when you came around
Personally, Id go for the slim over the elite (and the elite over the older white ones) since they use a different chip configuration and are supposed to run cooler (heat is suspected to be the main culprit in xbox failures) than the first gen xboxes.
my unofficial autobio will be accompanied with tips on how to smile
cause I've found that when they don't see you frown, they never know that you're a threat
and they don't sweat you when you came around
this was something i had considered, too.
Just school (but I am working on finding a 'job' thing at the moment); it is Hard Earned Gambling Dollars that I am going to be spending. Hooray blackjack, you make a (rich/less poor) person.
I'm almost positive there are several (if not more) games that require an actual hard drive for online play.
I have not had a problem with my old system (purchased new) or my new slim (purchased new).
#FreeScheck
#FreeSKFM
really? that seems kind of odd. I know it was certainly like that before that update that stopped treating USB drives as second class citizens, maybe games from the early days looked specifically for SATA connections?
edit: I know I've installed a couple XBLA games to my USB, and had black ops and that latest need for speed game, but that's hardly a representative sample.
The only thing sadder than going without buying a system is buying the system and not having enough money to actually buy games to play on said system.
Conversely I'm on I think my third new Xbox. Which has already deigned to eat a disc for no apparent reason.
If you want to save money consider waiting for the holidays to start up. Black Friday's just a few months away and you might be able to save a good amount. Also to help save cash, I'd recommend Gamefly as an imperfect but certainly usable game delivery service.