The local XBOX360 "sellout" on day one...

For gamers with only $400 for hardware?

It\'s arguable.

[Viper_Fujax]

Originally posted by mm
there is no argument, PC > xbox 360

PC >>>>>>>>>>>>>>any console.

of course the problem is updating every 4 years to keep up with the games coming out, but nothings perfect.

if you look at the next gen as a top of the line computer (if not a little better) itll only get \'outdated\' in 3 years..only difference is you dont have anything to add-on to it like you do with PC. Instead you wait 6 years for the next next generation.

kinda depends on the game for me though.

sports games:
console >> PC cuz of controls

first person shooters:
PC>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.console..thats my reasoning.

[Titan]

I played the 360 at a game store on saturday. Wasn\'t impressed. Nothing special.

I was tempted to get a buddy of mine who is the stock manager at my local Target to buy one for me so I could flip it on ebay.  I was just worried that they wouldn\'t be fetching what I had hoped.

Oh well, i\'ll definately do it with the ps3

[Titan]

Jbean, I\'m planning on doing the same with PS3 depending on a) the cost of the system (don\'t have much money) b) the hype and c) if they are only releasing a small amount. Then I\'m gonna keep one and sell the rest :evil: Not a shabby plan. If its like the PS2 launch, I\'ll have made a couple hundred dollars.

If I can get my hands on another console at the store tonight, I might stand to make like 800 bucks profit.

*Crosses fingers*

-Dan

[MPTheory]

I may do this for the ps3. Sounds like people wil be retarded for them.

The thing to remember about ebay is that the console sales really bring out the nasties.

For the PS2 launch, I remember that I had a lot of grief selling my second one:

1) Lots of people bid on 5-10 of the item, and then only pay for the one they got "cheapest", leaving my first acution with a NON PAYING BIDDER.

2) Relist - ok, monitoring my bidders, making sure that they bid on only mine.  Guy who won mine won two others, but paid right away (and waaay over market, at like 1.2G US).  Ok, sounds good.  Got a phonecall from paypal like 3 hours later, just before I sent out the package that he had used fraudulent CCs, and not to ship - scammer (I got lucky).

3) Finally sold my PS2 at a respectible 150% of MSRP to some family man wanting one for XMAS, so it was a lot of work/risk.  

That\'s why I didn\'t do it this time.  Quite frankly, any time you see a 360 on ebay going for more than 1G, you can count of the fact that it isn\'t going to sell.  In that 5G one above, the bidder is a new account just created, with no feedback, so either a non-pay or a scammer.  It\'s the risk you take for selling a high demand item on ebay.  Unfortunatly lots of times those guys bidding on 15 of em for the \'cheap one\' bid like 2G knowing they won\'t be paying if it actually gets that high.  You will be able to flip a 360 premium for about double what you paid, but there will be a significant chance of scammer, reverse chargers, and non paying bidders.  Keep in mind, that the way paypal handles a fraudulent CC charge is to take the money back, even though you sent the item.

*edit* just for curiosity\'s sake, I\'m going to drive by and see what time walmart (or if) sold out today.

**EDIT**
Walmart sold out today at around 6 PM, so people were walking in all day to get a box.  All the other stores are sold out, with one future saying if I came around 10 am tomorow, they were expecting more.  Zellers still had a half dozen at around 6 PM.

If you\'re not impressed by how 360 looks you haven\'t seen the games on an hd tv.  In store demos really aren\'t doing the graphics justice.  As for watching Condemned today, it seemed fun but I don\'t know if it\'s worth a purchse.

Not everyone owns an HDTV and higher resolution isnt the only thing we should expect to be greatly improved.

Originally posted by Unicron!
Not everyone owns an HDTV and higher resolution isnt the only thing we should expect to be greatly improved.

The well put together games look A LOT better than this generation.  Playing FEAR on a top end pc and playing condemned just now on a non hd tv I think they look about even which says a lot for the first gen of 360 games.

And you\'re right, not everyone owns an HD tv but thats the route things are going so it\'s worth mentioning.

I\'ve got an Xbox 360 on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8236375532&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

I\'m estimating that there are about 29,000 + Xbox 360\'s for sale on ebay

Prices seem to be hitting the $800 - $950 mark and more with games, periphials and shippig deals.

I just got mine!  



This is how it looks with a 26" Samsung LCD HDTV with VGA cable. X360 set at 1360 X 768 res. I just took this picture. COD:2 roxs!

I played some Perfect Dark on a standard def. 19" tv yesterday. I\'ll probably hook it up to the 56" HDTV tonight.

But so far, it just seemed like a regular Xbox game.

And I realized Nintendo is right. Pretty graphics are stupid. I want good, innovative games.

But I\'m hopeful that PD0 and Kameo are too good games. And I do quite want King Kong and to a lesser extent, Condemned.
-Dan

I was thinking also about buying King Kong. I played X360 King Kong at Walmart.  Nice game.