No PS3 price cut - Im getting an Xbox360 - deals?

Velcrow

Hi,

Me and my girlfriend "sony" have just split up.....

Seriously, I need to vote with my feet and get an xbox360 can someone help me out on where the best place to purchase would be and what packs are available.

Lastly should I wait for the "Elite"

Thanks ( don't feel sorry for me - I'm over the breakup )

Kinetic^

Afaik Xtra-vision are running the best deal. Think you get like 3-5 games with the premium console.

unregd147

Im glad to hear your relationship is over, she is a B****. Xtravision has a good deal: Premium system, wireless controller, play and charge kit, Gears of War, PGR3 and Crackdown for 400beans. Best deal Ive seen.
Otherwise you could trade in your old ps2 and 5games and get a premium system for 200.
I personally wouldnt wait for the Elite, but ive no real use for that hard drive.

Kintarō Hattori

How much is the Xtravision offer?

unregd147

400beans

Strawberries07

The E3 meeting was on yesterday, Sony is dropping the price of the PS3 $100 = €100. Epic games have given sony the Unreal tournament downloads for free after the gears of war map fight they had with microsoft. My bf has the 360, but 4 his bday I'm buying him the elite 120gb harddrive. That would be me advice to you. Once you get an xbox you wont stop playing and playing and wanting more and more achievements! Get an xbox now, and just by the elite harddrive when it appears on the market! EASY PEESIE LEMON SQUEEZIE!

Velcrow

Thanks lads -

I feel getting back on the dating scene is the best way to get over this abusive relationship with "sony" - I was fooling myself think the love went both ways.....


Ok xtravision here I come ... Is this available in all stores and is there any newbeee stuff that I should be aware of...

Strawberries07

Yeah all xtravision stores should have it! Don't forget to get the battery recharge kit for you controller! You'll just have a pain in your arse buying batteries otherwise

Velcrow

Strawberries07 wrote:

The E3 meeting was on yesterday, Sony is dropping the price of the PS3 $100 = €100.

Hi Strawberry - this cut is only for the states - we in the Pal region get "an enhanced value pack" - TBH it is not just this - its the overall mess she (sony) has made with the PS3 that caused the breakup.....

Thanks for the Battery Tip - any others

koneko

Should be in all stores, all I've been in anyway. They have two offers that are similar, make sure you get the Premium one (not the Core), €399. Unless you really need HDMI, I don't see the point in waiting for the Elite.

The Xtravision 360 offer comes with the battery recharge kit (rechargeable battery and cable).

You can always get a PS3 at some point down the line when the price has dropped and there are games available for it.

Mr E

Damn you all to hell.

Why did I read this thread?
€400, eh?

Strawberries07

I think the little GB war each company is having at the moment is funny. The only thing is... Microsoft rush projects leading to alot of breaks with their consoles where sony take their time, but I don't really know if that is a good or bad thing. What are microsoft doing to apologize about their breaks in consoles?

savemejebus

Don't be overly hasty in your actions, pissed off as you are with sony.

If you're not amazingly stuck, holding off 6 weeks for the elite would make plenty of sense

unregd147

Strawberries07 wrote:

I think the little GB war each company is having at the moment is funny. The only thing is... Microsoft rush projects leading to alot of breaks with their consoles where sony take their time, but I don't really know if that is a good or bad thing. What are microsoft doing to apologize about their breaks in consoles?

Increased their warrenty to 3years.

Strawberries07

Was that all they did, are they making some stuff on the marketplace free? did anyone every log on as an american and get entry to the american marketplace. The stuff they have on their one is soooooooo much better that ours!

Fingleberries

Strawberries07 wrote:

The stuff they have on their one is soooooooo much better that ours!

Yeah, but the difference will finally not be so big ... the Video Marketplace and some of that stuff is now coming over here too. Probably to coincide with the Elite and bigger Hard Drive.

Stephen!

koneko wrote:

Unless you really need HDMI, I don't see the point in waiting for the Elite.

Or the Halo 3, which is like Premium, but it has HDMI out

Stephen!

Also, does anyone know what budles Harvey Normans do? They are usually fiar enoguh when it comes to bundles for consoles ive found...

Antamojo

Smyths have a good deal -
Premium 360, Play & Charge Kit, Gears Of War & Forza 2
All for €400

Dublinstiofán

It's €199 in gamestop if you have an old console and 6 games lying around to trade in. PS2, PSP or DS any will do.

Then you can go to town on whatever games YOU want.

Suggestion from Play.com

Play & charge kit €20
Wireless controller €46.49
Call of Duty 3 €28
Rainbow 6 vegas €28
Prey €16

=€138.50 + console €199 = €337.50 Sound a lot better than €400 to me.

Your face after me just saving you €63, Priceless!
Have fun

Stephen!

Yeah but then you dont have a ps2 anymore! And the games have to have a value of 20E each!

robbie1876

Just to chip in, I was in the UK yesterday sniffing around for XBox bargains. The premium set that Xtravision are selling was £269 (basically €400) at the cheapest high street outlet. So it really is a great price in Xtravision. I shall be getting it there.

Dublinstiofán

Stephen! wrote:

Yeah but then you dont have a ps2 anymore! And the games have to have a value of 20E each!

I still have a PS2 and the games dont have to have a value of €20 each, they have to have a compiled value of €20 between the six of them.

Stephen!

:O

Compiled value of 20E???

Thats a really good offer! I thoguht it was 20E per game

estariol

I'd hold off on that, there's a redesigned and quieter one due cos of the now offical 1 in 3 failure rate!

mcgovern

estariol wrote:

I'd hold off on that, there's a redesigned and quieter one due cos of the now offical 1 in 3 failure rate!

If you mean the one with the 65nm core, that has nothing to do with the failure rate and all to do with cost efficiencies.
If you mean the Elite, it is out next month, was not re-designed and was also not launched due to the failure rate.

quad_red

mcgovern wrote:

If you mean the one with the 65nm core, that has nothing to do with the failure rate and all to do with cost efficiencies.
QUOTE]

Most commentators agree that the conversion to 65nm, with the reduction in heat that brings, will sort out most of the hardware failures and that MS's claims to have 'sorted out the 360's problems on an engineering level' refer to the future 65nm version.

Fnz

Check out both Xtravision and Smyths to see which bundle fits you best. IIRC one of Smyths' Xbox 360 bundles lets you choose one of the games that makes up the bundle.

August 24th for the Elite - if you can wait. I'm guessing that there may be price/bundle adjustments for the Premium and Core around that time as well - though nothing official has been announced AKAIK.

Harvey Normans weren't able to match the Xtravision deal last time I was out there. I think they did have a Core bundle at a decent price but it's still only a Core console.

Velcrow

Thanks all,

And yes maybe I will neet up with her (sony) for coffees now and then after I'm settled in with the new bird (xbox360)

I have to stop using this lame metaphor

Ok so wait for Elite or buy tomorrow - and yes I mean tomorrow....mmmmm gears of war????

savemejebus

I'd wait for the elite personally, gears of war is good but being totally honest Resident Evil 4 was way better and that was a gamecube game.

If you get a 360 tomorrow, make sure you get rainbow 6 vegas, best shooter on the system by far

tman

savemejebus wrote:

I'd wait for the elite personally, gears of war is good but being totally honest Resident Evil 4 was way better and that was a gamecube game.

If you get a 360 tomorrow, make sure you get rainbow 6 vegas, best shooter on the system by far

You can hardly compare Resi4 to GoW... Resi4 was obviously a huge influence, but it's still a damn fine game in its own right.

R6 vegas arrived from play.com yesterday, tempted to get stuck into that now... It's still damn cheap as well

Smellyirishman

Unless you need HDMI or have a crush on the colour black, I'd buy tomorrow. Although it ends up more expensive, the HDD can always be upgraded if you find yourself downloading every single XBLA game ever, or DLing a lot of the video marketplace stuff.

LegacyUser

Just buy it 2mro, do you really need the Elite?

Wicked Console. And to think I used to hate Xbox's. There really not that bad when you give them a chance, I always wanted the PS3 for years but it's just so delayed and drawn out, everything is taking way too long, by the time the ps3 gets awesome which I have absolutely no doubt that it will and become the best console out there eventually (1 - 2 years) you can just trade in the 360 for one...

mcgovern

quad_red wrote:

mcgovern wrote:

If you mean the one with the 65nm core, that has nothing to do with the failure rate and all to do with cost efficiencies.

Most commentators agree that the conversion to 65nm, with the reduction in heat that brings, will sort out most of the hardware failures and that MS's claims to have 'sorted out the 360's problems on an engineering level' refer to the future 65nm version.

It may well fix them, but its still not the reason they are bringing it out.

Ciaran500

mcgovern wrote:

It may well fix them, but its still not the reason they are bringing it out.

I'd guess its why they have not done a major hardware revision. Cheaper to wait and do one major redesign than two.

Velcrow

Ok its done...I am now an Xbox360 fanboy

Impressions -

1. It's "loud" .... any tips or is this part of the magic

2. Sorry to start off with a negitive because my overall impression is "great". Bought the xtravision bundle on Saturday evening and am still playing - messing arround till now...( Yes v.little sleep) Gears of War...there goes being productive in work for the next while

3. Setup xlive and downloaded some demos - this whole online offering is very slick. And the arcade games are a great touch.. Is there a way to see more TV & Movie content... or is this still in the early days of development.

4. Love the controller - nice weight and balanced ( how nerdy am I )

5. Should have got a VGA connection because I am already using the componet for the ps2

Ok thats it for now... will be back with more impressions later - no regrets so far on not getting the PS3

Finally, is there a "tips & tricks" page that anyone one can recommend?

Thanks - Velcrow -

Gran Hermano

Velcrow wrote:

5. Should have got a VGA connection because I am already using the componet for the ps2

Congrats on the purchase!

I'm just wondering whether you're only using the standard definition
composite video connection as you mentioned it was what you used for the
Ps2. The 360 will do both composite and component and many people
mix up the two. Composite will not be HD

If your TV has VGA get the 360 lead for proper HD.

Velcrow

Thank - Gran

Am using the component ( 3 leads for video 2 for audio and am playing in 1080 ( I think ). Yes the tv has a vga connection. Is it better picture quality ( saying that the quality at the moment is amazing )

One more thing - Is there a boards/ irish "noob" Gears of War session that is available it would be nice to get some rounds in with a audience that would show you the ropes.....

tman

Velcrow wrote:

One more thing - Is there a boards/ irish "noob" Gears of War session that is available it would be nice to get some rounds in with a audience that would show you the ropes.....

I'd be up for some of that myself. Haven't really dipped into it online yet

Karmafaerie

Welcome to the family.
R6 and Forza will blow you away!:D

LegacyUser

tman wrote:

I'd be up for some of that myself. Haven't really dipped into it online yet

I'm up for that...haven't played Gears since it came out and forget how to play it but will be up for it...

Fingleberries

Velcrow wrote:

3. Is there a way to see more TV & Movie content... or is this still in the early days of development.

Currently the content you see is what you get for the Videos. However, MS has announced that it's bringing the proper Video Marketplace to Europe (starting with UK / Ireland, Germany and France) ... Probably to coincide with the Elite and the bigger Hard Drive. About the end of august.

You used to be able to use an 'American' Live account to view the US Video Content, but they eventually caught on to that and blocked out the content if you weren't in America.

Still, not long to wait now for the full deal.

p.u.d.z.e.r.

cheesedude wrote:

I'm up for that...haven't played Gears since it came out and forget how to play it but will be up for it...

Id be into that as well, im rubbish. Put up ur gamertag in the thread above.

Dades

Guys,

Just following this thread and am probably going to pick up the Xtravision 360 tonite. Can anyone tell me if there's a cable bundled with the Premium package to connect to a widescreen VGA monitor?

If not, any thoughts on where could I pick one up around Henry St (Dublin) at lunch?!

CHEERS!

Fingleberries

No - the Premium only comes with a component cable (with a SCART adaptor).

- I'd say Game in the Ilac Centre or GameStop on Henry street might have the VGA gable. Failing that, try Smyths.

Dades

Thank for the reply Fingleberries.

Will stroll up town and see if I can't find the cable in one of those places. I forgot there was a Smyths around there too.

Nice one.

Kinetic^

VGA cable was spotted in Virgin in Dundrum centre only last week.

Dades

Kenny 5 wrote:

VGA cable was spotted in Virgin in Dundrum centre only last week.

Duly noted!
Will pop back and post any price and location later.

Kinetic^

The Atheist wrote:

Duly noted!
Will pop back and post any price and location later.

IIRC, it was €30 for the official one and €20 for the unofficial.

Dades

In case anyone cares (!)

Got what seemed to be the last one of the VGA cables in GAME in the Ilac Centre - €29.99
Out of stock in Gamestop, Smyths, and couldn't see one in the Argos catalogue.

All I need now is a good deal from my local Xtravision.

Gran Hermano

Play-Asia.com have the official MS VGA cable for approx €25 inc postage,
delivery normally takes less than a week for the cheapest airmail envelope
post.


Play.com have the same official VGA cable for €27.99 with free postage.
They have a third-party cable for €15.49. (Depending on your TV, some
people have noticed better results with the official cable).