Just a heads up, I saw a couple articles saying power star golf is free today on the XB1. Anyone that skipped it, you might want to grab it.
Thinking about picking up used Xbox One locally. Has 3 games loaded via download. Will I be able to play those games?
No, unless the person "gives" you his account which is against the TOS.
Pretty much figured that. But thanks for clarifying. The guy wanted $375 for it with two rechargeable battery packs. Local MC has it new for $399+tax. (Not the new one to launch minus the kinect).
Eh, I'm not a huge fan of those battery packs. To be fair, I don't know if the X1 variant is better, but I had a Play and Charge Kit for the 360, and it was terrible. I just buy Sanyo Eneloops (Amazon), and I can use those in the 360 controllers, X1 controllers, or anything else. I have a charger (La Crosse BC-700) that sits on my end table that's right beside my controllers, which makes it only slightly less convenient than plopping in a new, singular unit.
Eh, I'm not a huge fan of those battery packs. To be fair, I don't know if the X1 variant is better, but I had a Play and Charge Kit for the 360, and it was terrible. I just buy Sanyo Eneloops (Amazon), and I can use those in the 360 controllers, X1 controllers, or anything else. I have a charger (La Crosse BC-700) that sits on my end table that's right beside my controllers, which makes it only slightly less convenient than plopping in a new, singular unit.
Became a bit of an Eneloop fan and had already been replacing remote batteries with them as they died. After seeing the One pricing on batteries I did the numbers and Eneloops are just so much better. They might not last quite as long, but they get decent time and last much longer unplugged and unused. I even got some XX (soon to be Panasonic Pro) batteries for the One controller. Almost 5000mah, can sit a year on the shelf, and 500 charges, still comes out better.I actually had and loved my Play & Charge with my 360. However, I went Eneloop this time because of the $5 price increase, which was moronic. The Eneloops have worked perfectly, and they last 5-7 days when played VERY heavily.
No kidding... Good deals!I timed it pretty good. I got Xbox One from Fry's for $430 and then a few days later got in that buy two get one free deal from the Microsoft store. $65 for Madden, Fifa, and Titanfall.
It's a horrible sales tactic on top of that. Never tell the customer you are selling them crap, because you become crappy for even offering it. Honestly if someone is trying to tell me that a product I researched and found to be the superior option for me was crap, I wouldn't purchase from them because I know if I ever needed to talk accessories or other options with them would be useless. It's also insulting my intelligence.Man babies and fanboys are everywhere, you would think they would be too ashamed to act that way in real life though
It's a horrible sales tactic on top of that. Never tell the customer you are selling them crap, because you become crappy for even offering it. Honestly if someone is trying to tell me that a product I researched and found to be the superior option for me was crap, I wouldn't purchase from them because I know if I ever needed to talk accessories or other options with them would be useless. It's also insulting my intelligence.
A lot of people too don't know the reasoning to buy specific systems and think everyone buys only one. They know the sales numbers and that's where their thinking lies.
He first asked me why I was getting the Xbox and I said "for the Kinect." I like the voice controls and I think it's a decent advantage over the PS4. The removal off it is basically why I bought it now since there doesn't appear to be a overall price cut with it so $430 seems to be the lowest it will go for a while. He brushed it off and asked what games I wanted to play on it and when I responded with Titanfall, Forza, and a couple others that's when he went on the anti-Xbox rant and told me why all of those games sucked and why the Xbox sucked. It was just weird and of course made me not want to buy anything else for the console (accessories or games) let alone the warranty.
He first asked me why I was getting the Xbox and I said "for the Kinect." I like the voice controls and I think it's a decent advantage over the PS4. The removal off it is basically why I bought it now since there doesn't appear to be a overall price cut with it so $430 seems to be the lowest it will go for a while. He brushed it off and asked what games I wanted to play on it and when I responded with Titanfall, Forza, and a couple others that's when he went on the anti-Xbox rant and told me why all of those games sucked and why the Xbox sucked. It was just weird and of course made me not want to buy anything else for the console (accessories or games) let alone the warranty.
I have never met a sales person trying to talk me out of buying something. I've even asked about lesser quality, cheaper stuff and gotten honest responses. But, never gotten a "that sucks! Don't buy it!" I'd certainly have given him a nice response about the intelligence level of a 40 year old working as a Fry's associate talking people OUT of buying stuff from their store and then reported the moron to his manager. But, I'm a dick like that. =)
This is why I either buy online, or do extensive research and simply walking with exactly what I want to buy.
I wish we had a Micro Center in San Diego but I am happy with two Fry's. The Xbox deal lasted at week and they had plenty of stock. I think that is the best deal for a new Xbox though.I saw the price at Fry's. Miss having a local Fry's store. Instead I do have a Micro Center and I picked it up with Kinect for $399+ tax. They only had 3 in stock. That's the lowest price I am aware of, so I bought it.