Originally posted by: Rage187
Hmmm gonna go find a store with OXM as I want to try the Full Auto demo.
Originally posted by: Jnetty99
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Originally posted by: Dulanic
Lemme guess, gamestop/EB? The people who actually ARE getting some in stock, but ignore the preorders, and sell them instead as packages online.
Actually MacMall... i just asked him.
They told him, they would get a shipment tomorrow, but i guess that is not happening.
He said "oh well, i'll wait for the PS3 then"
Your friend gives up easily and is willing wait another year for a PS3 when he can get a 360 in the next couple of days?
Some people baffle me.
Originally posted by: Jnetty99
He didn't give up, MacMall cancelled the order for him without telling him. He called them back and they told him, they cancelled all orders because they can't get shipments.
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: Jnetty99
Plus Sam's is getting at least 20 per store on the 15th.
does anyone have any more info on this? so I should get there at opening on the 15th to get one? my store opens at 7:30 for business members and 10:00 for everyone else, I'm wondering if all the business members will snag them up.
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: Jnetty99
He didn't give up, MacMall cancelled the order for him without telling him. He called them back and they told him, they cancelled all orders because they can't get shipments.
Well, did he think about trying other stores then? I've put up links in three different forums about how many units Best Buy will have for each store on the 18th. Plus Sam's is getting at least 20 per store on the 15th.
There are other places to get a 360 other than MacMall.
Originally posted by: TheShiz
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: Jnetty99
Plus Sam's is getting at least 20 per store on the 15th.
does anyone have any more info on this? so I should get there at opening on the 15th to get one? my store opens at 7:30 for business members and 10:00 for everyone else, I'm wondering if all the business members will snag them up.
Probably. I went to my local Sam's during launch and Business Members were lined up. The first one got there at 9PM the night before. The next didn't arrive until 2AM. :laugh: I got there about 3:30AM. The line filled out by 6:30AM.
Not everyone knows about the 360 hitting this time though so who knows.
Originally posted by: EngenZerO
well i just signed up for gamefly... got condemmed and kameo being shipped to me... with king kong, pdz on my wait list...
i guess this wil be a good way to play most of the 360 games w/o breaking my wallet... hehehe...
American Technology Research analyst P.J. McNealy expects that 300,000 more Xbox 360 units will ship this week in North America.
The additional 300,000 units will bring the worldwide total to around 1 million shipped, which includes 300,000 for Europe, 100,000 for Japan, and the initial North American shipment of 300,000 to 400,000. Microsoft has repeatedly expressed that their goal is to ship 3 million Xbox 360s worldwide in its first 90 days on the market. McNealy said that he expects the console to sell just over 1.5 million units by the end of December, which puts Microsoft on track with their goal.
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: EngenZerO
well i just signed up for gamefly... got condemmed and kameo being shipped to me... with king kong, pdz on my wait list...
i guess this wil be a good way to play most of the 360 games w/o breaking my wallet... hehehe...
Yeah, we're signed up with Blockbuster. We get two free in-store rentals a month. I'm going to be using those on 360 games when I can. I picked up COD2 last week and that was about all they had in stock. Every other game was gone except for Tony Hawk.
Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: Rage187
Hmmm gonna go find a store with OXM as I want to try the Full Auto demo.
Yah I got it last night. It's the same exact demo we could play at Zero Hour, which is a good thing .
Also the rumor about it playing backups is false. I ripped the contents of the disc from my xbox1 to my PC, burnt it to a DVDR, threw it in my 360, and of course, it didnt load as the rumor had said it did.
I figured it wouldn't load either, but hey it was worth a shot.
Originally posted by: TheShiz
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: EngenZerO
well i just signed up for gamefly... got condemmed and kameo being shipped to me... with king kong, pdz on my wait list...
i guess this wil be a good way to play most of the 360 games w/o breaking my wallet... hehehe...
Yeah, we're signed up with Blockbuster. We get two free in-store rentals a month. I'm going to be using those on 360 games when I can. I picked up COD2 last week and that was about all they had in stock. Every other game was gone except for Tony Hawk.
you can't use the in store rentals from signing up for blockbuster.com for games anymore
Is that the actual name of the mag? It will be worth it rather than wait an hour or so for the download. My 1.5 mbps dsl sucks.Originally posted by: Rage187
Found a copy of the 360 OXM at Barnes and Noble.
Just used one last night. (For a PS2 game, though... None of the local Blockbusters have 360 games in stock yet. )Originally posted by: Queasy
Well, I used it just last Thursday.Originally posted by: TheShiz
you can't use the in store rentals from signing up for blockbuster.com for games anymoreOriginally posted by: Queasy
Yeah, we're signed up with Blockbuster. We get two free in-store rentals a month. I'm going to be using those on 360 games when I can. I picked up COD2 last week and that was about all they had in stock. Every other game was gone except for Tony Hawk.Originally posted by: EngenZerO
well i just signed up for gamefly... got condemmed and kameo being shipped to me... with king kong, pdz on my wait list...
i guess this wil be a good way to play most of the 360 games w/o breaking my wallet... hehehe...
Originally posted by: UpgradeFailure
I love my 360, but wow the Japanese already don't want it. It's been out what? Like 3 days? This is crazy.
XBox 360 Drops Price
Seriously. According to Kotaku, Japanese retailers are stuck with unsold XBox 360s. They cannot return them to Microsoft due to contractual obligations. No one wants to buy them. Faced with the prospect of unwanted merchandise, stores have decided to sell the consoles at a deep discount. The game machines, which normally retail for 38,000 yen ($350 US), are now selling for 18,800 yen ($150 US). Also included is an Internet Service Provider contract, whatever that entails.
The XBox 360 launched in Japan on December 10th.
Originally posted by: UpgradeFailure
I love my 360, but wow the Japanese already don't want it. It's been out what? Like 3 days? This is crazy.
XBox 360 Drops Price
Seriously. According to Kotaku, Japanese retailers are stuck with unsold XBox 360s. They cannot return them to Microsoft due to contractual obligations. No one wants to buy them. Faced with the prospect of unwanted merchandise, stores have decided to sell the consoles at a deep discount. The game machines, which normally retail for 38,000 yen ($350 US), are now selling for 18,800 yen ($150 US). Also included is an Internet Service Provider contract, whatever that entails.
The XBox 360 launched in Japan on December 10th.
A picture's worth a thousand words - unless that picture is misleading! This photo has been passed around quite a bit with the tagline that the Xbox 360 prices were slashed in Japan because of slow sales. Indeed, if you look at the photo, it appears that the sticker price of the console has been cut from 38,800 yen (about $350) to 18,800 yen (about $150). Wow!
But...that's not entirely the full story. We contacted our correspondents in Japan to check out the deal, and they report that, according to a phone conversation with retailer Sofmap, the photo depicts a deal the retailer has been promoting with an internet services provider called @TCOM since launch day. The promotion, moreover, is offered only to the first twenty people per store who sign up - and they have to subscribe to the internet service to get the discount. I'm sure you've seen similar deals wrangled by companies like AOL.
Our correspondents note that there is a similar deal going on with Tepco which gives the customer a 10,000 yen discount on anything sold on the store upon signing up for Tepco's internet service.
Finally, our correspondents report, "We asked them specifically if this deal had anything to do with 360s being sold for cheap because everyone has tons of stock, and they said no, that's not the case at all."
Similar deals are also in place for other consoles like the PSP, so this is simply another example of Japan's hardware bundling practices. So, although the 360 isn't selling as quickly as it did in North America (about 28% of the units shipped have been sold so far, according to a Bloomberg report), the photo doesn't indicate that prices were slashed after launch day as some sort of desperate measure - it means that Japan has bundled offers that are just as annoying as the ones we have in North America. Will these bundles move console units? Hm.
Tokyo-based pals Hiroko Minamoto and John Ricciardi chased down the information contained in this report.