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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2005 Dec. ~ 2006 Feb.: Buyers Banter: XBox360 users admin

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Maris
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03-28-2002

Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 9:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
Just had to start the thread. Anyone have one of these yet?

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 9:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
My grandson won one in the Mountain Dew promo. He is 14 and thinks he died and went to heaven. When he got it all hooked up, he had this big ol' smile on his face and said, "Life is good."

His friends are all jealous...and the guys he plays Halo with online in Great Britain think he's the luckiest kid on earth.

My daughter said that the graphics are amazing.

Also, the game they odered "John Madden's Football" is on backorder.

Tigerfan
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11-06-2003

Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 10:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tigerfan a private message Print Post    
I'll bet your grandson is so happy Mary!!

Has he experienced any problems with it yet? I undertand that Microsoft has been inundated(sp) with phone calls about the system crashing and overheating regularly...

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 11:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Tiger I was just going to say I heard that on the news the other day. They were going to repair or something all of the ones having probs and something about how they were rushing them out and ignored the problems they knew it had to get them out on time? I was only half listening to the report at the time though.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 11:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
We stood online at 3:00 am on 11/22 with a bunch of other poor slobs. Needless to say we didnt get them, turned out the Target employees were handing them out to their buddies on the parking level. A strong word of complaint was sent by yours truly to Target.

He did end up getting one (he paid for half and I paid the other half as early christmas present) and I must say even I was impressed by the graphics.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 12:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
They've still got a bunch in the stores up here in BC.

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 12:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jagger a private message Print Post    
Don't have one, don't want one. Could never get the hang of those games, my fingers just never moved quick enough. I heard they were on e-bay for well over a thousand bucks.

Wendo
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08-07-2000

Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 12:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wendo a private message Print Post    
The graphics are, indeed, quite nice. However, that power brick is huge! Yuck. I tend to wait for the second generation of consoles. Let all the bugs get worked out etc. There are reports of problems but that isn't unusual for a system (though the percentage is a bit high.)

For now, my regular XBOX and PS2 are fine for me.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 1:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
I wish we could afford one, I have heard the graphics are incredible.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 1:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
Yankee any stores up there selling them online? My sons friends are looking for them.

Ddr
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08-19-2001

Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 2:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ddr a private message Print Post    
Yank, how much are they? Hmmmm.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 3:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Yankee, you should buy a bunch and ebay 'em....

Froggiegirl621
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02-14-2003

Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 7:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Froggiegirl621 a private message Print Post    
DH wants one, but DH ain't gonna get one for quite a while. He has a PS1, PS2, and XBox already and rarely touches those. Maybe once they come down a bit in price we'll talk.

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 7:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
Ooooh...wait until the PS3 comes out- that one's supposed to cost even more.

We still have a Sega Genesis with the cartirdges and I have two Ataris at my dad's house (the oldest one with the paneling look and the sleek, grey one- LOL). Too bad games aren't still $5!

Froggiegirl621
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02-14-2003

Wednesday, December 07, 2005 - 9:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Froggiegirl621 a private message Print Post    
Hey Kaili, did you know they're selling Ataris again?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7302965&type=product&id=1118842310422

I couldn't believe my eyes! My dad was a bit peeved too, he had just thrown our old system out in the trash the week before (no joke!). He could've gotten a few bucks for it on eBay I'm sure.

What's the estimated sticker price of the PS3?


Maris
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03-28-2002

Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 5:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
I think the PS3 is being delayed till 2007, last I heard. It is going to cost around $500.

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 6:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
I saw it...it's just not the same though. It doesn't even accomodate the old cartridges. And there are so many more games than Pong and PacMan!

We were cracking up at Sega last night- Tim has this Bass Fishing game- it came out in 1993- and we were laughing at the amazing graphics that must have been a big deal at the time but are barely an improvement over Atari.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Friday, December 09, 2005 - 4:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
Yankee, can you give me the name of a store up there? I checked online and couldn't find anything and my son's best friend is just crying because he hasn't got his 360 yet. I would love to find one for him.