View Full Version : I want my 360 so much it's hurting my face
Mohinder
16-10-2006, 21:49
Argh! It should be here within a couple of weeks and my little stockpile of stuff is growing as I go along....
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/mohinder1/360stuff.jpg
I want it! Argh!
But until then, what shall I add to my stockpile? Games, accessories, anything that'll be useful. The HDD I already know I'm buying, what else do you lot reckon I might need?
Edit>> yes, that's a teddy bear's foot.
Edit>> yes, that's a teddy bear's foot.
Awwwwwww Rob aren't you so cute and lovely?! :D:D
I spy airsoft pellets! Either that or sweetcorn is starting to be packaged in a unique way.
And you keep it in a box with console stuff.
But anyway. I don't see a play'n'charge kit there - I highly recommend it.
That's next on my shopping list :)
I still need to buy a play n charge kit, for some reason even though I've spent so much I can't bring myself to spend £13 :undecided:
Mohinder
17-10-2006, 00:04
Don't knock Watford Bear! He's awesome!
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/mohinder1/watford-1.jpg
Guess where we bought him...
The airsoft pellets are cheap and nasty BBs for the cheap and nasty BB gun I stole from work. Someone got sacked and left it under his desk so I thought 'I'll have that before the cleaner chucks it away'. It's proper cack though :/
Actually if you look at Watford you can see my other toy gun which is rather more threatening and dangerous just peeking out.. I used it to kill a fly with earlier... works a treat for twatting insects if you fire it with no pellets in :D
Play & charge.. Righto! Does that come with a battery too?
Don't knock Watford Bear! He's awesome!
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/mohinder1/watford-1.jpg
Guess where we bought him...
erm......................Southampton ? :evil:
Play & charge.. Righto! Does that come with a battery too?
Yep. You can also still play while it's charging the controller up - you just have to play wired at that point.
Incidentally, my housemate has discovered that he can buy Microsoft stuff really cheaply (since he works for them). XP - £20, 360 wireless dongle - £17 etc. Might ask him about hard drives if you're still after one. Not sure how stringent they are on employees only buying stuff for themselves though, but I can ask.
Davey_Pitch
17-10-2006, 17:12
I wouldn't say no to a wireless dongle for £17 if he can get them. I'm currently wired up but as Lynne and I are moving in a year or less there is no guarantee I'll be able to keep it wired up in the new house. A wireless dongle would be very handy.
Mohinder
17-10-2006, 20:38
Yep. You can also still play while it's charging the controller up - you just have to play wired at that point.
Incidentally, my housemate has discovered that he can buy Microsoft stuff really cheaply (since he works for them). XP - £20, 360 wireless dongle - £17 etc. Might ask him about hard drives if you're still after one. Not sure how stringent they are on employees only buying stuff for themselves though, but I can ask.
If he could get one for cheap, I'd gladly pay all the postage and give him some extra beer money, that'd be sweet if he could swing it. I'm definitely still after one :)
I traded in some DS games today and I've got a credit note for £40 burning a hole in my pocket... I dunno whether to get the play 'n' charge or a quick charge kit and an extra batter (£28 or so together off of Amazon, dunno how much from Gamestation). I think I'll buy accessories rather than a game with the credit note because Gamestation seem to be £50 for nearly all new games.
Davey_Pitch
17-10-2006, 21:39
The Play N Charge kit is absolutely essential IMO. It simply plugs into a USB port at the front of the 360, and into the top of your controller. If it's connected to the 360, with the pad not fully charged, switching the console off won't stop the charging, it'll actually carry on and switch the console off when it's fully charged. Definitely get one :)
Mohinder
17-10-2006, 22:39
I'll probably pick one up tomorrow. DOA4 is tempting as well, no one else seems to like DOA games much but I love them.
I'll ask about cheap 360 stuff tonight...
I'll keep an eye then, as I'm after a hard drive. Dont want to get the guy in trouble though so if he cant get much stuff then Moh has first dibs of course :)
The good sir Burble is gonna see what the prices are like state side for me anyway so it's no bother :)
~Divine~Wind~
18-10-2006, 11:17
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Browse/catalogId/10001/identifier/8326357/jspStoreDir/argos/Trail/C%24cip%3D42746%3EC%24cip%3D44812.htm
Need For Speed Most Wanted
DOA4
FIFA 06 Road to FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
£19.99 each
http://www.softuk.com/Xbox_360_Product_View.asp?ProdID=36UKRRACE
ridge race 6 £14.99
http://www.thehut.com/hut/8528829.product
Perfect dark Zero (CE) £17.89
Tomb Raider legend is £17.99 at play
Apparantly some gamestations have 99nights at £19.99
Bit bored, hope theres something of use to you there :p
Was Perfect Dark Zero any good? Big fan of the N64 game.
It's alright, I played it through once but I had virtually no grasp of the control system! I'll play it again eventually as it certainly had more potential than I explored.
I've just bought TR: Legend off play and Football Manager 2006 a few minutes ago along with a play n charge pack.
Nice afternoon to commence :D
You bought a PC game for the 360? :undecided:
Yes :p
Didn't I tell you about my alt tab/multi tasking need? :D
Although admittedly FM2006 does all that, just wanted it on the 360 too. It was cheap anyhow ;)
Kell_ee001
18-10-2006, 19:47
http://forums.ove*************.uk/showthread.php?t=17641007
HMV Promotional code. 20-21/10/06 :) 20% off - including games
Mohinder
18-10-2006, 20:23
I'll ask about cheap 360 stuff tonight...
You're a lovely man :)
DOA4
£19.99
Sweet! I'll have that on Friday :D
I spoke to buymobilephones.net today, apparently the new stock of 360s is due tomorrow and it'll be sent out the same day, so Fri-Mon looks like when I'll get it :)
DOA4's really good. i really enjoy it...although i don't play it that much. i want test drive unlimited :(
Mohinder
18-10-2006, 22:03
I love DOA games, I like the fighting system a lot. A lot of peopleseem to prefer Tekken and SC...SC I can understand but Tekken games are just dire imo.
Stan_Lite
18-10-2006, 22:37
http://forums.ove*************.uk/showthread.php?t=17641007
HMV Promotional code. 20-21/10/06 :) 20% off - including games
I saw that on t'other side - better buy a get well soon card for the bank manager :embarassed:
Stan :)
http://forums.ove*************.uk/showthread.php?t=17641007
HMV Promotional code. 20-21/10/06 :) 20% off - including games
That'll be Dead Rising then :D
Cheers :)
[edit] What fps are people playing on the 360 these days? And is Oblivion really that good?
http://forums.ove*************.uk/showthread.php?t=17641007
HMV Promotional code. 20-21/10/06 :) 20% off - including games
Sweet as a nut! Splinter Cell is out tomorrow... yoink! Might grab Just Cause as well if it's only going to be £32.
More good news everyone, my housemate may be able to grab a few bits and pieces. He is limited to six of any one item and £550 of stuff in a year so I don't want to impose on him too much. Should have some prices very soon though.
Pity it's not for pre-orders, it'd probably tempt me into buying PES6 even though I shouldn't :embarassed:
Half tempted by GRAW and CoD2 but better not :D
That'll be Dead Rising then :D
Cheers :)
[edit] What fps are people playing on the 360 these days? And is Oblivion really that good?
Its good (looks wise) but not as playable as the last one and nowhere near as long or as big despite what others may say.....and as for Oblivion..its alright ;);D
Quick reminder that the HMV promotion starts today, and that Splinter Cell is also out today!
I'm trying to spend more money than I should but the site is absolutely crawling :|
Me too - put Just Cause and Splinter Cell in the basket, and trying to add Dodgeball for £3!
Oh well reminded, I want Anchorman!
So far I have Dead Rising, Play and Charge, & X-Men III. Looking around to see if I can beat 12 months Live, and toying with Oblivion.
Damn, now I want it too! Also, I see the SE edition of Groundhog Day for £3 as well - anyone that doesn't already have it absolutely has to for that price.
I'm tempted to try and buy something......bah, why bother saying tempted, i know I'll end up buying something :p
Ok, Play has Oblivion for £30 so that's gone. All this waiting for the site has made me shop about ;D
;D
I've resisted :p I've got 4 games to play on the 360 and still got to complete Broken Sword 4.
Davey_Pitch
20-10-2006, 12:21
Bah, why does this have to happen when I'm already overdrawn, there are some good games I want to get as well :/
Hmm, I now have a hundred quids worth of stuff in my basket and can't decide on whether to get the xbox live membership - I've done without so far.
Mohinder
20-10-2006, 13:40
**** it I can't handle the wait anymore, they now have decided the 360s weren't in yesterday, but Monday instead.
I've got a load of stuff to trade in, I'm going to go and buy one and then sell the other Core when it turns up...
I was even considering just returning the new Core to Gamestation with the receipt for the other one.. Think I'd get away with it or would they be able to tell it wasn't the same one?
Mohinder
20-10-2006, 13:42
Yes, I know I'm a big retard and impatient in the extreme.
I can't help it!
Hmm, I now have a hundred quids worth of stuff in my basket and can't decide on whether to get the xbox live membership - I've done without so far.
I've actually decided against buying it until I need it. PGR3 which I wont really play that much, Dead Rising and Oblivion which dont really need live anyway.
Moh - go for it if you can be arsed. I cant be bothered with the hassle of selling it on myself.
I've actually decided against buying it until I need it. PGR3 which I wont really play that much, Dead Rising and Oblivion which dont really need live anyway.
Bah you git, I want to beat you at SF2 and play co-op Doom :p
I've actually decided against buying it until I need it. PGR3 which I wont really play that much, Dead Rising and Oblivion which dont really need live anyway.
Yeah, the only thing I might consider it for is Splinter Cell - I've heard good things about the Live capabilities on it.
Damn, I'm sitting here with a basket full of stuff and it won't process the order. Lame.
Edit: Aha, finally got it:
Just Cause (Xbox 360)
Splinter Cell (Xbox 360)
Dodgeball
The Transporter: Special Edition
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Napolean Dynamite
all for £78.37 :)
OK, I have prices through for hardware - half of them are more expensive than in the shops though! £16.19 for a play n charge kit?!
Anyway:
Wireless adapter - RRP £54.99 - £26.23
20GB hard drive - RRP £64.99 - £43.06
Wireless controller - RRP £29.99 - £18.95
These appear to be the only things of any noteworthy price reduction, it's mostly software you get for peanuts; XP Pro for £16 for example.
I have Moh and Daz down for hard drives, and myself and Davey for wireless adapters. I don't want to go too mad, but I might be able to get some more if the need is great enough.
Still a rip off for 20GB, but a hell of a lot better than the RRP, cheers dude :)
What you wanna do about cash dude? Want me to paypal you some shizzlewizzledizzle, nizzle?
I'll confirm that we're good to go with orders, then just hand out my bank details. He won't be able to order until next week anyway so there's no rush.
Mohinder
20-10-2006, 18:13
Waaaaait!
I don't need a hard drive anymore. I grabbed a big pile of stuff to trade in, thought I'd get £150 or so for it and buy a Core...
Added up to £220 so I bought a Premium with Splinter cell.
Sorry for the hassle Belmit, but the way it panned out today I figured this was a more sensible option.
Anyone want to buy a Core in a few weeks? :D
No probs. Damn you for getting Splinter Cell before me though.
Mohinder
20-10-2006, 18:38
Haven't even played it yet, heh.
Once he said 'right that's £92 for those games...' I knew already I'd get £115 for the consoles, and immediately I was like WOO I'M GETTING A PREMIUM!...
They'd run out of PGR deals (don't care, bought it already!), he said they had a premium with Splinter Cell for £289, so I got SC for £9 :D
£220 credit for my tradeins, and £4 credit notes I found in game boxes (one from 2003) I paid just under £67 for it all :cool:
Stan_Lite
20-10-2006, 20:09
Anyone want to buy a Core in a few weeks? :D
Depends how much.
Obviously it'll be brand new and not a giveaway but if you make it a few quid under the RRP, I may well be interested ;)
Stan :)
Mohinder
20-10-2006, 22:54
Depends how much.
Obviously it'll be brand new and not a giveaway but if you make it a few quid under the RRP, I may well be interested ;)
Stan :)
I've not fully decided on a price yet but I won't be asking the earth for it - after all, no bugger'll buy it if it's only a little less than one from a shop. Soon as I decide I'll let you know mate :)
I'm going into town tomorrow with a mate and hopefully I'll convince him to get a premium. The thing is though, I know I'll end up coming home with SC: DA. I'm already overdrawn and have GoW pre-ordered :embarassed:
Stan_Lite
20-10-2006, 23:14
I've not fully decided on a price yet but I won't be asking the earth for it - after all, no bugger'll buy it if it's only a little less than one from a shop. Soon as I decide I'll let you know mate :)
:cool:
Stan :)
i got Test Drive Unlimited yesterday. a little disappointed with it, as it's more of a driving game than a racing game, but it's pretty fun as there's loads of pretty cars in it :)
My phone is screwing about today and not wanting to send texts so I'll repeat here what I said in a test to Daz - 360 HD's over here work out to £53ish.
Got your text dude, thanks very much for looking :)
Belmit - How long after your mate ordering will he get his hands on the goods?
it's mostly software you get for peanuts; XP Pro for £16 for example.
If there's room in the order I'll take one. Seems daft not to have a legit copy when it's that cheap.
XP pro for £16? :eek: me!!!!!
Ut-oh, this is what I thought might happen! :p
Belmit - How long after your mate ordering will he get his hands on the goods?
No idea - I'll ask tonight when I place the order. So far it seems to be an HD, a wireless nubbin and... maybe a whole load of XP Pros!
It's ok, if you have huge amounts of people pestering for it then I'm good. If it's possible to get it then great, if not it doesn't matter :)
Mohinder
25-10-2006, 02:29
... maybe a whole load of XP Pros!
I know this is turning into a big bunch of people being cheeky, but...
IIIIFFFF another XP Pro could be bought, I'd like one. Seriously don't sweat it if it's pushing it though :)
Gah! Bad news - turns out that the deadline for ordering stuff is only five days after they offer it. The deadline was the 16th; the day after I first posted about it *slaps forehead*. Those that can wait until mid-November (they do it once a month) the offer still stands, but those that can't I'm afraid you'll have to seek alternative sources. Sorry. :(
Bah goddamn lying courier git :angry:
Phoned up phone firm as it's been about 3 weeks since I sent my request off...only to be told that the courier firm had tried to deliver on the 16th and 17th, left cards both times (yeah right!) and had no response so brought it back..getting it re-delivered to work so should have mine soonish, yay!
Who did you order your phone from Rich dude?
Hmm, pondering trading in some old crap and getting a hard drive from Game. They still take pretty much anything?
Trading in usually means you lose out a fair bit compared to if you just sold on ebay.
And if you're too lazy to do it yourself, if you're nice to me I'll sell them on for you :p Got to do your phone sometime anyhow.
It's too much random crap to mess about with ebay, and I want to make sure I have a hard drive before the core arrives so I'm not stuck without the ability to save.
You sure? Amazing the amount of random crap that sells on ebay. Just seems silly if you're going to lose out on more money :/
If I was going to ebay it then I may as well wait for the good sir Belmits offer, by the time all the auctions and bank transferring is sorted it'll be mid-november anyway.
I'm not leaving Oblivion and Dead rising in their boxes for 2 weeks :p
You're far too negative :p Be done within a week at most if you started today, do it all by paypal, and the money's there. Sorted :p
You're just being a slacker :p
Right, got a hard drive on ebay for £49 with delivery which aint too bad really. Thanks very much Belmit & Burble for your efforts regardless :)
Nice price :)
I'll stop pestering you now then :D
Wooo!!!! Tree-siddy is heeerrreee!! :D
Now..just to buy a hard drive, extra controller, a few games, and a Live! subscription...:shocked:
Mine arrived this afternoon :cool: No hard drive so I cant really get anywhere but I've got it all set up and I've bashed some zombie skulls with a baseball bat :D
Spoke too soon, bust already :rolleyes:
Wont read any disks at all (Game/DVD/Audio CD), just spins and eventually returns to 'Open tray'. Xbox support, here I come :'(
Really sucks :( I feel for you. Can't believe it's died so fast.
Managed to get Dead Rising to start, but it quickly locked up after the intro and I was snapping from the chopper. Ontop of that, Xbox phone support seemed to be broken tonight (Press 2 for console support.... Sorry, the number you dialed is not available).
Just my luck today.
/back to his Magners
Yeah doesn't sound healthy at all :/
Support is probably busy because of the Live update that happened today, think there's been a few teething problems with it.
At least you've got some more magners in :p
It's gonna go quick this week, I can tell ya :/
Gonna be a stressful last quarter for me. Could have done with some zombie carnage :p Just had it plugged straight into the mains away from my surge protection (read somewhere that sometimes it doesnt like surge protection). Dead Rising started again but froze quickly.
Roll on Friday/Saturday tbh.
/goes back to the football
Roll on Friday/Saturday tbh.
:thumbup:
Was going to suggest a GTA of some kind if you've got one for PS2, was always good after a crap day with customers. But looks like the footie has it covered :D
That really sucks. :( I've been lucky - still on my release day one. What's the betting it goes pop on the 3rd of December?
Right, they're fetching it for warranty repair. Apparently I even have to remove the stock face plate before sending it off :|
Pity you can't just take it back to the store :(
Hope it's swift.
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