360's in Low Stock

[cl-scott]

No shit. There is no comparison between retro consoles and current consoles which were, at release, powerful PCs jammed into tiny boxes. A console like the NES, SNES, Genesis, etc. have no moving parts to break and the heat generated is negligible.

To be fair, the NES did have a moving part in the cartridge loading tray, and it was that particular part that was the achillies heel of the console. Everyone had their own little ritual for getting cartridges to work when you hit the power button and was greeted with either a blank screen or alternating RGB screens.

And also to be fair, none of the consoles of that era really had the power needed to require anything other than passive cooling. I had a 486DX-2 50MHz CPU system which was passively cooled as well. Doesn't meant that the 486 was somehow a better designed CPU to an Ivy Bridge Core i7.

 

[Kromis]

According to this thread at CAG, it looks like we're going to get some new bundles very soon.

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=328696

250Gb Xbox 360 Holiday Bundle $299.99:
Forza Motorsport 4 (Disc)
Skyrim (Downloadable)
1-Month of Xbox Live (which oddly lists Hulu Plus as well as Epix, not too sure if month trial is included of each service or saying you can use these services with XBL)

4Gb Kinect Xbox 360 Holiday Bundle $299.99:
Kinect Adventures (Standard disc with Kinect)
Kinect Disneyland Adventures (Disc)

250Gb Kinect Xbox 360 Holiday Bundle $399.99:
Kinect Adventures (Standard disc with Kinect)
Kinect Sports (Disc)
Dance Central 2 (Downloadable)

 

[viivo]

To be fair, the NES did have a moving part in the cartridge loading tray, and it was that particular part that was the achillies heel of the console. Everyone had their own little ritual for getting cartridges to work when you hit the power button and was greeted with either a blank screen or alternating RGB screens.

And also to be fair, none of the consoles of that era really had the power needed to require anything other than passive cooling. I had a 486DX-2 50MHz CPU system which was passively cooled as well. Doesn't meant that the 486 was somehow a better designed CPU to an Ivy Bridge Core i7.

Of course not. I wasn't arguing that older consoles are of a superior design, I was pointing out the flaw that some people make in comparing them to current generation consoles.

 

[clok1966]

Yep price drop is becuase of bundles.. Kinect, 2nd fastest selling device... to bad 90% where in bundles.. no bundles, no kinect sold, it doesnt sell unless its gave awauy in a bundle. ..MS needs more reason to tell us why Kinect is good for games (it sure seems to be good at everything else but them).