crazy to want gears of war limited edition console??

DARK-KNIGHT

is it mad to trade a 250gb xbox360 plus 175 CASH on the day for this console? albeit you get a copy of gears game 2 updated controllers!!

im so tempted pre ordered it but god its seeming like a lot of cash. also ordered epic gears and the limited tritton headset for 180

punk77

Ya mad,money-bags b'stard. LOL. Go for it. Spend in haste and repent at leisure

Raze_them_all

Yes you mong. There's a reason you didn't ask this on the clan forum because of the ridicule you'd get

JD1763

Hey if you've got it flaunt it! It's a nice looking console and if my current 360 rolled over and died I'd be tempted too. By comparison the limited edition star wars one is just hideous.

Not so sure about the value of the epic edition of gears tho, limited seems fine to me - I get enough abuse off the other half without having a statue of Marcus floating around the house!

DARK-KNIGHT

JD1763 wrote: »

Hey if you've got it flaunt it! It's a nice looking console and if my current 360 rolled over and died I'd be tempted too. By comparison the limited edition star wars one is just hideous.

Not so sure about the value of the epic edition of gears tho, limited seems fine to me - I get enough abuse off the other half without having a statue of Marcus floating around the house!

hey i am stepping down from epic to get the console as ill be getting the tritton headset too same as yourself too many new shiny things alerts the wife to wasting money

DARK-KNIGHT

also the star wars console is damned ugly :eek:

dmcdante

god i would love that console but i think the other half would kill me after getting me the halo reach xbox

deathrider

I'm going with yip, pretty mental alright.

Evolute

Its a nice looking piece of kit but Ive already booked the epic edition gears so I reckon I will just get a reg 250 gb slim when my xbox gives up.

That_Guy

Where are they selling this console OP?

cableguy.ie

That_Guy wrote: »

Where are they selling this console OP?

Available in Game.

DARK-KNIGHT

cableguy.ie wrote: »

Available in Game.

Preorders were available til sept 1st. I have a preorder for game Liffey valley if someone wants it? If your doing the trade in deal it gets u the gears console for your 250 gb slim plus 175 cash otherwise you will be paying full whack which is 350 euro

jdonagh

Guys GAME in Liffey Valley have the Gears Console @99.99 euro if you trade in a 250gb slim! Best deal ever!

Tinie

jdonagh wrote: »

Guys GAME in Liffey Valley have the Gears Console @99.99 euro if you trade in a 250gb slim! Best deal ever!

Not really. Your paying €100 for a new game that can be got for about €40 in most shops on release day, crysis 2 which can be got for €15-20 new in most places now, and an extra controller which are about €30 to buy new.

Not exactly massive savings now is it or worth the hassle of transferring all your hard drive contents over to the new HD is it?

Healium

Tinie wrote: »

Not really. Your paying €100 for a new game that can be got for about €40 in most shops on release day, crysis 2 which can be got for €15-20 new in most places now, and an extra controller which are about €30 to buy new.

Not exactly massive savings now is it or worth the hassle of transferring all your hard drive contents over to the new HD is it?

• The console is 320GB
• You get a weapon skin code, that people are selling for over £20 on eBay, if you don't want it. Also get Adam Fenix code, can sell that
• The game, worth about €45/50
• Two controllers, can sell one
• Crysis 2 code, which you could again sell
• The same offer is £99 in GAME/Gamestation UK, so you're getting it cheaper in Ireland
• It's a limited edition console, so it'll hold it's value
• It looks BADASS! Custom sounds!

I was tempted by the £99 offer last night. If I was home, €99 is a steal! Pretty sure they transfer over your contents in-store

Charlie Haughy

Hmmm would be tempted by this...

few questions: Is there any GAME stores outside of dublin? Any near waterford/carlow? Also, you say Crysis 2 code, which you could again sell; do you get a code for the game or a normal copy of crysis 2?

Do you just need to trade in the slim console and 1 controller for this offer or do they want the box/headset also?

EDIT: Was just talking to GAME dawson street, and they said that its €175 for this offer... is it just liffey valley doing it for €99? Strange if so.

jamescd

Am seriously tempted by this. Liffey Valley is only a 10 minute drive from me and all

I already pre-ordered the game a while ago so I'll be paying full whack for the game on release day anyway, minus the fiver deposit of course. So basically I'll be spending €40 (I think?) on the game anyway, and I can probably sell Crysis 2 for around €15.

That means, I'll only be spending an additional €44 for the console. And with that €44 I get to replace my 1 year old 250GB with a brand-spanking new 320GB Limited Edition console plus all the other extras that come with it. Did I get that right :eek: ?!

Riesen_Meal

I'm gonna jump on this, is it all game stores? Or just liffey valley?

One more thing, is it the redesigned joypad with the better dpad?

Healium

Fieldog wrote: »

I'm gonna jump on this, is it all game stores? Or just liffey valley?

One more thing, is it the redesigned joypad with the better dpad?

Yeah, it's got the updated d-pad

Riesen_Meal

Healium wrote: »

Yeah, it's got the updated d-pad

Sold.....

Healium

Fieldog wrote: »

Sold.....

What if I told you.... you could have TWO?

Riesen_Meal

Healium wrote: »

Fieldog wrote: »

Sold.....

What if I told you.... you could have TWO?

*Drools*

Defo interested in this, just hope its all game stores!

Charlie Haughy

Fieldog wrote: »

*Drools*

Defo interested in this, just hope its all game stores!

Dont think it is. GAME Dawson street don't know anything about the €99 off anyway... they claim its a mistake by Liffey Valley.

Anyone know if they will do the HD transfer in store or what is the story with that?

Crackity Jones

Charlie Haughy wrote: »

Dont think it is. GAME Dawson street don't know anything about the €99 off anyway... they claim its a mistake by Liffey Valley.

Anyone know if they will do the HD transfer in store or what is the story with that?

If it's a mistake they surely would have it corrected by now. I was there earlier and ordered one. They have a poster in store and a flipboard advertising it at the entrance. I asked about data transfer and you have to transfer the data yourself at home via USB stick before you bring in the old console.

Someone was asking above - they don't want the headset or the box. Just one controller, console, tv and power leads.

unklerosco

Crackity Jones wrote: »

If it's a mistake they surely would have it corrected by now. I was there earlier and ordered one. They have a poster in store and a flipboard advertising it at the entrance. I asked about data transfer and you have to transfer the data yourself at home via USB stick before you bring in the old console.

Someone was asking above - they don't want the headset or the box. Just one controller, console, tv and power leads.

Did you order one for €99?

jamescd

Crackity Jones wrote: »

I asked about data transfer and you have to transfer the data yourself at home via USB stick before you bring in the old console.

I'm gonna order one tomorrow. Do they let you bring home the new console to transfer over everything over and then bring the old console in afterwards ??

Crackity Jones

unklerosco wrote: »

Did you order one for €99?

Yip. Trading in slim 250gb.

Crackity Jones

jamescd wrote: »

I'm gonna order one tomorrow. Do they let you bring home the new console to transfer over everything over and then bring the old console in afterwards ??

Nope. Gotta bring in the old one to get the new one. I've deleted game installs and arcade games. Have enough space on a 4GB USB for game saves and profiles

unklerosco

Crackity Jones wrote: »

Yip. Trading in slim 250gb.

Sweet, gonna head over in the morn... What deposit do you need to get one?

DARK-KNIGHT

unklerosco wrote: »

Sweet, gonna head over in the morn... What deposit do you need to get one?

20 euro

unklerosco

It must just be a liffey valley deal. Rang around 3 other stores closer to me and they're all €174 + the trade in..

jamescd

Just back from Game Liffey Valley. Your man said there was only 4 consoles left and I just ordered one so there's only 3 left now !! It's €99 as others have said.

The guy who was serving me, the manager I think it was, is a fellow boardsie. He said he's the one who posted about this deal

DARK-KNIGHT

jamescd wrote: »

Just back from Game Liffey Valley. Your man said there was only 4 consoles left and I just ordered one so there's only 3 left now !! It's €99 as others have said.

The guy who was serving me, the manager I think it was, is a fellow boardsie. He said he's the one who posted about this deal

longish blonde hair? very friendly guy honestly seems to care a lot about his job which says a lot really.. was nearly too nice when i went in to preorder mine lol its a very nice quality he has

unklerosco

I'm just about to head over to get mine..

DARK-KNIGHT

gotta say this DO NOT MISS THIS OFFER ITS FANTASTIC VALUE IMO

Riesen_Meal

unklerosco wrote: »

I'm just about to head over to get mine..

Damn, stuck in college til 5, just popped out to the local game to find it shutdown....

If ya could lay a deposit down for me unklerosco I would be forever in your debt....

Lucious Sweet

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

gotta say this DO NOT MISS THIS OFFER ITS FANTASTIC VALUE IMO

Totally agree, I Just ordered mine in Game Cruises Street, Limerick

jamescd

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

longish blonde hair? very friendly guy honestly seems to care a lot about his job which says a lot really.. was nearly too nice when i went in to preorder mine lol its a very nice quality he has

yeah that's him. top bloke

Now have to transfer over all my content to a USB, and delete the rest. Can't wait to get my hands on it tomorrow :cool:

DARK-KNIGHT

just to make you all sick i also have the collectors edition of the game payed off in full and the gears of war 3 tritton ax720 7.1 dolby surround sound headset payed in full waiting to collect

DARK-KNIGHT

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

just to make you all sick i also have the collectors edition of the game payed off in full and the gears of war 3 tritton ax720 7.1 dolby surround sound headset payed in full waiting to collect

anyone looking for an excellant headset tritto ax720 got it a week ago worth 149 in gamestop ill do a really good price for it from this thread if someone wants?

Trevor451

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

just to make you all sick i also have the collectors edition of the game payed off in full and the gears of war 3 tritton ax720 7.1 dolby surround sound headset payed in full waiting to collect

You must be microsofts best customer

DARK-KNIGHT

Trevor451 wrote: »

You must be microsofts best customer

im my own worst enemy lol

Riesen_Meal

moz wrote: »

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

gotta say this DO NOT MISS THIS OFFER ITS FANTASTIC VALUE IMO

Totally agree, I Just ordered mine in Game Cruises Street, Limerick

so does that mean that all game stores are doing this offer?

DARK-KNIGHT

Fieldog wrote: »

so does that mean that all game stores are doing this offer?

YES get there today otherwise you wont get the offer as far as i know

Riesen_Meal

I'm sure it shuts at 6, missed the boat id say...

DARK-KNIGHT

try getting there at 12 tonight maybe a manager might do you a favour... i suggest liffey valley the manager is sound out

unklerosco

Fieldog wrote: »

Damn, stuck in college til 5, just popped out to the local game to find it shutdown....

If ya could lay a deposit down for me unklerosco I would be forever in your debt....

Sorry man, only got ur post now and im in the city centre... If u cant make it.in tomorow drop me a pm and ill stick a.deposit.down when I go to collect mine..

unklerosco

Is Game in Liffey Valley open at midnight tonight? I forgot to ask..

jamescd

Anyone trade-in their console yet ? I'm about to head off now

Crackity Jones

jamescd wrote: »

Anyone trade-in their console yet ? I'm about to head off now

Have the old one all packed up! Will be heading up soon.

jamescd

Finished transferring all my data onto a 16GB USB stick an hour or so ago. Completely forgot to do it last night :pac:

I'm thinking of giving them the white controller which came with my old 20GB Pro console. I want to keep the black one which came with the slim. You reckon they'll take it ?