Best Xbox Deals

BobMc

Hey gang, now forgive my ignorance as I'm looking for one of these for my son for christmas (alright I suppose I will play with it a little bit) he's 7.5, loves FIFA so I'm on the hunt for deal, I see argos have a deal with a 250gb console and FIFA 12 for 249.99, is that good value any ideas where to search for a good deal or what should be included in a good deal, any advice appreciated

garysully1986

I Bought a 250 gig one on Friday for a friend in HMV for 229 and it came with a free game, Alot of people overlook this store so you might wanna check it out

denballs

Check HMV...Smythes...gamestop...and Game.........they,r always changing their deals but one will always have a better deal at a certain time.

cloud493

The console new can be got for 185, thats the 250gb. If he's young, you might look at getting a 4GB, a bit cheaper.

Mister Dread

cloud493 wrote: »

The console new can be got for 185, thats the 250gb. If he's young, you might look at getting a 4GB, a bit cheaper.

where?

Mister Dread

Here is the lowdown.

Game: crap deal. €239 for the 250gig and fifa.
HMV: €229 for the same. It was €220 last week wtih gears so they can go swivel.
Xtravision: €250. Eat a dick.
Smyths: 250 with a **** game. No thanks.

cloud493

Gamestop and HMV. Its 185 just for the console mind.

Mister Dread

cloud493 wrote: »

Gamestop and HMV. Its 185 just for the console mind.

Nah. It's 229 in HMV just rang htem. Thanks for gamestop heads up, forgot about htem.

Mister Dread

Gamestop is only 185 online. Had to waste a journey to the shops to find that out.

niallon

Mister Dread wrote: »

Smyths: 250 with a **** game. No thanks.

Really wrong there, €250 with a select game, choosing from the likes of Portal 2, Madden 12, NHL 12 and more (haven't been in work for a week so not 100%). Also comes with a second controller (official) and a 4 in 1 arcade disc containing Geometry Wars, Ms Pac Man, Bomberman and a 4th that escapes me.

For an extra €10 you can replace the select game with any game of your choice.

http://www.toys.ie/softwarebundles/xbox/126551.aspx

.E_C_K_S.

Just a list here I have saved for when it comes to buying xbox games so I can compare prices and what not. Not all will apply to consoles:

Smyths
Game
Gamestop
Gamesnash.ie
Argos
Flor Griffin
Harvey Normans
Tesco
Play.com
HMV
Zavvi(?).com-Monday madness
Extravision
CDWOW.ie
Amazon
EBay
Pixmania.ie

Last I heard is that HMV was the cheapest place to pick up the new slim and one new game.(185 for console + cost of game)

Creasy_bear

Bookmarked.

fdevine

HMV deal is buy Gears of War 3, Driver San Francisco or Warhammer Space Marine - all of which are around the €50 mark and get the 250Gb XBox for €185

Amazon have the console for c.£180 with Gears of War 3 free and/or selected game for reduced price of £20, which make it around €210 delivered for console and Gears

BobMc

seems best to keep an eye out pretty much daily for deals as they move about alot

Headshot

lads got this email from gamestop

Riesen_Meal

Headshot wrote: »

lads got this email from gamestop

4gb though, a few demos/arcade trials would eat that up, I would defo go with 250gb pack....

calex71

Rip off to say the least there at gamestop, the 250gb slims are showing as in stock on the web site for €184.97, so it's €25 more for the privilege of going into the shop

dubsuperstar

If you were just playing games and not into online stuff would there be any benefit of buying the 250gb against the 4gb.
Want to get one for the kids to play kinect on and wouldnt mind any aul game of fifa meself...its been years since I played a console.

Thanks.

Mister Dread

calex71 wrote: »

Rip off to say the least there at gamestop, the 250gb slims are showing as in stock on the web site for €184.97, so it's €25 more for the privilege of going into the shop

I know. I emailed them and said can I just pick one up in the shop or from a warehouse. Said no, but they do express delivery for 2 quid. so €187 and I will probably have it tomorrow and I don't have to trek down to the shops. What is the point of them.

Riesen_Meal

dubsuperstar wrote: »

If you were just playing games and not into online stuff would there be any benefit of buying the 250gb against the 4gb.
Want to get one for the kids to play kinect on and wouldnt mind any aul game of fifa meself...its been years since I played a console.

Thanks.

Well if you wanted demos or trials of games or content for your game (as in new levels, characters, new chapters and maybe even new teams/updated rosters on FIFA) then you would want the bigger hardrive, you could fill it up in an hour depending on what your doing...


Another reason would be if you want to install games to the hardrive to keep the machines noise levels down (some machines whirrs can be louder than the tv thats on, even the slim model can be noisy!) then you have the option to do so, as 4gb could well equate to the size of your average "kids game" or even more in some cases depending on the game...

calex71

Forgot to add a link to the €185 250gb one http://www.gamestop.ie/42001_Xbox_360_Xbox_360_S_Console_250GB.aspx

Mister Dread

You can use a usb stick and if you do get stuck and need a few more gigs but a fwe issues with that.

1- Needs to be fast as **** to play games off it if you are sick of disk drive. Fast means expensive
2- limited to 16 gig

Riesen_Meal

Mister Dread wrote: »

You can use a usb stick and if you do get stuck and need a few more gigs but a fwe issues with that.

1- Needs to be fast as **** to play games off it if you are sick of disk drive. Fast means expensive
2- limited to 16 gig

Never thought of that actually, good call!

Out of the 6 or so usb sticks I have around the house I noticed that only one if them "performs to xbox standard", the oldest one surprisingly, that yoke has been through washes and all at this stage and is pretty much bulletproof I reckon!

Phegasus

Do not get the 4GB. Some games will not give you full functionality without a dedicated HDD. This goes for using USB as well.