Well I just ordered an Xbox 360 :p

[seismologist]

It's funny because I should be the LAST person to have an Xbox 360. I had no interest in buying one, no preorder, dont care about any of the announced games.

Yet here I am caught up in the hype :D

I'll probably just leave it unopened and see how the shortage situation pans out...

[scooby_dooby]

Muahaha...welcome to the dark side

Who really wants to wait an entire year anyways! Not me.

[Powderkeg]

There is always Ebay.

[seismologist]

yeah I dont want to wait a year but also there's not much on 360 that interests me. Not for $60 a game. Damn, I think I made a mistake.

Hopefully ebay hysteria kicks in next month.

[Powderkeg]

They are going for up to $900 on Ebay right now.

Of course that's for launch day systems shipped overnight. No telling how much you would get if you have to wait a few extra weeks. Maybe nothing if supplies are steady.

[drpepper]

It's funny because I should be the LAST person to have an Xbox 360. I had no interest in buying one, no preorder, dont care about any of the announced games.

Yet here I am caught up in the hype :D

I'll probably just leave it unopened and see how the shortage situation pans out...

Hooray for impulse buying!

[BlueTsunami]

I'll probably be getting it also (on launch day) heres hoping that my local Walmart didn't get alot of pre orders.

[wireframe]

I'll probably end up doing the same. I really have no preference, only having owned a Playstation 2 for a few months now (the PS3 launch made me!!), but I was mostly looking forward to the Playstation 3. Some comments here are exactly right: why wait a whole year? They are not that expensive and it's not like you have to keep pouring cash into games for it if you don't enjoy it. The worst thing that could happen is that you end up with an interesting toy to hook up to your WIndows LAN and tinker with. :smile:

The only thing: I hate the color. I wish they had it in black.

[Bobbler]

I'll probably be getting it also (on launch day) heres hoping that my local Walmart didn't get alot of pre orders.

Walmart does preorders?

I didn't think places like Walmart, Target, K-mart, or bestbuy did that.

[BlueTsunami]

Walmart does preorders?

I didn't think places like Walmart, Target, K-mart, or bestbuy did that.

I thought they did. If not than that bodes well for me since the supply (at the local walmart) will be there no matter what (I just have to get there early). It opens at 12am for the launch so i'll probably break out the PSP and wait it out. :D

[Synergy34]

It's funny because I should be the LAST person to have an Xbox 360. I had no interest in buying one, no preorder, dont care about any of the announced games.

Yet here I am caught up in the hype :D

I'll probably just leave it unopened and see how the shortage situation pans out...

Launch day, I am going to Target at noon and if they have the 399 SKU, i am buying it. Then probably sell it on EBay.

[Carl B]

Alright guys, what do you think the best eBay strategy is? Sell your pre-order before the 22nd, the 22nd itself, 'black Friday,' post-black Friday madness, or right before Christmas?

Any input and reasoning appreciated! ;)

[!eVo!-X Ant UK]

I actually got the chance to play one today ( there finally set up in the UK ) i im a dissapointed in it. i thought all that low res and jaggie crap was blown out of proportion, but it was'nt. I thought it was the fact that there all set in 480i in america so i assumed it would be the same over here in the UK, but alas the store worker guranteed me it was set to 720p as he claimed to of witnessed the Microsoft tech person switch this little thing on the back if a cable and put it into 720p.

What a let down.

Low's :

1)The console itself is friggin HUGE.
2)Dont like the Pad
3)The games i played ( COD2, Kameo ) looked like crap.

Plus's :

1)Although it is HUGE the console design it-self is actually quite cool
2)It shoud atleast sound good on my 7.1 set-up

NOTE : if any one here is from the UK and wondering were i played it, it was at any GAMESTAION store.....NOT i repeat NOT...... GAME

[NavNucST3]

I may end up having four...don't ask. IF IF IF I do and someone wants one, I won't gouge you. I'll repost in this thread to let you know, then just PM me and we can work it out.

EMPHASIS ON IF!

Although I may auction it off or donate it to nswfoundation and have them auction it.

[Farid]

It's a forum dedicated to gameplay discussions, not Ebay scams. :wink:

BTW, from the latest rumors, Walmart/Target/Best Buy/etc will have a lot of units on the shelves, and then a steady supply.
It seems Ebayers won't have a lot of time if they want to rip-off desesperate idiots.

[Carl B]

It's a forum dedicated to gameplay discussions, not Ebay scams. :wink:

BTW, from the latest rumors, Walmart/Target/Best Buy/etc will have a lot of units on the shelves, and then a steady supply.
It seems Ebayers won't have a lot of time if they want to rip-off desesperate idiots.

Hey it's capitalism, no scam here! :razz:

All indications are though that all of those stores will be sold out come launch day, so that supply of consoles would have to be pretty steady.

[scooby_dooby]

I'm in edmonton, for some reason our futureshop's are getting more consoles than anywhere else in canada/store.

I can tell you everyone is sold out, if you call up the stores they tell you exactly how mny 360's they are getting like they've said it a million times.

Toys R us is sold out, with like 3 core systems left. Blockbuster is sold out. FS has about 40/store not pre-ordered. All EBGAmes are of course wold out.

The best bet is walmart, they have around 42premiums, and 22 cores for each store.

It's tight as hell though, these things aren't gonna last. The ace in the hole may be Costco....as if my GF is gonna get up a 8am and go with me to COstco so I can use her card though....I think a 6 a.m visit to the far northside walmart is my best bet.

[Inane_Dork]

I'm in edmonton, for some reason our futureshop's are getting more consoles than anywhere else in canada/store.*cough*Bioware*cough*

[Gholbine]

You guys reckon I'll be able to pick one up if I just walk into a store in say, early Febuary?

[scooby_dooby]

You guys reckon I'll be able to pick one up if I just walk into a store in say, early Febuary?

That's what the Futureshop guys are saying. If you don't get one now it may take until February.

[seismologist]

I wonder if there will be a shortage at all. I'm getting PS2 launch flashbacks with the artificial shortages situation. I remember PS2 bundles would magically show up on websites for about an hour until they sold them out then the same thing would happen again 3 days later.

[Bobbler]

Alright guys, what do you think the best eBay strategy is? Sell your pre-order before the 22nd, the 22nd itself, 'black Friday,' post-black Friday madness, or right before Christmas?

Any input and reasoning appreciated! ;)

Make the auction end on black Friday. That seems like the best plan.

[Bill]

Why not? Hell I hate Sony but I'd still probably buy PS3 if the situation was reversed.

What I dont like is bad hardware. That's why I never bought a PS2. But PS3 doesn't seem to have that problem.

[Deepak]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051120/tc_afp/afplifestyleuscomputercompanymicrosoftxbox

"Fears of shortages are driving a boom on eBay driven by fans who fret they will miss out on Tuesday to purchasers who have placed pre-release orders. Late Friday, one person paid 900 dollars :shock: to secure an Xbox 360 on the auction site."

********

I could have bought a good CRT HDTV with that amount.

[xquizette]

They dont know the value of a dollar really, paying upwards to 900 dollars for a console where in a few months it will be all over the place. I even heard of people buying their xbox 360's today from Wallmart.com and having the shipped status. Anyways, I never buy any console when it just comes out anyways.

[mesyn191]

Why not? Hell I hate Sony but I'd still probably buy PS3 if the situation was reversed.

What I dont like is bad hardware. That's why I never bought a PS2. But PS3 doesn't seem to have that problem.

Eh? How can you say that seeing as PS3 isn't even out yet, and we'd need several months of sales without any major defect reports to know this for sure anyways?

I wouldn't buy anything Sony made anyways, thier business practices suck ass (ie. rootkit) and thier attitudes towards consumer rights are pretty alarming...

[Tahir2]

You buy console hardware to play games, not to discuss the architecture unless you are a harware engineer or software developer involved with the system. Does it matter one hardware is not as elegant as the other? It won't affect your work life or cause you any stress and sleepless nights. All you have to do is go to the local game shop and put down your hard cash to play GAMES on it.

Anything else really is silly. I mean there is brand loyalty but now "architectural design loyalty" too? :lol:

Edit: let me just add that you can discuss a good architecture vs a bad architecture and own all or none consoles. It does not affect the reason why you buy a system other than to play GAMES on it. If the GAMES dont interest you then dont buy it. To not buy a console because you think it should have had UMA rather than NUMA or something similar is stupid.

[Deepak]

"To not buy a console because you think it should have had UMA rather than NUMA or something similar is stupid."

:lol: