Xbox availability updates [CLOSED]

maneesh_2

kinster wrote:

If you don't like it, do NOT order it. The entitlement mentality always kicks in and you complain to Trading Standards. At the end of the day it's just an XBOX 360. Teach yourself delayed gratification and it may help you.

I disagree, why should anyone be forced into buying the bundle when all they want is the console.

That and currys has overcharged for the console, and stating the rest of the items come free with it when they obviously don't.

seanparkin

why?

Because its a shop. They have the right to sell anything they want. You have the right to not purchase anything you don't want.

Simple. Whingers, sigh.

DEMO_3

im gonna use my right (right to disagree that is) with seanparkin. If the "suggested" selling price by microdoft is around £210 for the core box, then a reputable high street retailer such as curries should not fall into the category of 'ripping consumers' just because there happens to higher demand than supply!

i would expect that from the sellers on ebay alone..... and expect that anything purchased from such high street retailers to be at the reasonable / fair "rate" (ie the RRP) !!

Babbler

DEMO wrote:

im gonna use my right (right to disagree that is) with seanparkin. If the "suggested" selling price by microdoft is around £210 for the core box, then a reputable high street retailer such as curries should not fall into the category of 'ripping consumers' just because there happens to higher demand than supply!

i would expect that from the sellers on ebay alone..... and expect that anything purchased from such high street retailers to be at the reasonable / fair "rate" (ie the RRP) !!

I dont agree with high streets charging high prices when they can... but they have been doing this with DVD's and CDs for a few years now, so nothing new... 12.99 at HMV for a chart cd is a "deal of the week"... hmmm....

sheffield_lad

here we go again xbox availbility thread with every subject but availbility we have had xbox v Sony, what colour front has it got, which company can we spot making a mistake so we can make a killing. Guys how about some stock info just to remind you what this is I will start acording to sources there are over 5000 xbox units due into the UK on Monday via a cargo plane from Germany (this does not mean they are German!! please dont start another war over which country has the best box/colour.

sheffield_lad

here we go again xbox availbility thread with every subject but availbility we have had xbox v Sony, what colour front has it got, which company can we spot making a mistake so we can make a killing. Guys how about some stock info just to remind you what this is I will start acording to sources there are over 5000 xbox units due into the UK on Monday via a cargo plane from Germany (this does not mean they are German!! please dont start another war over which country has the best box/colour.

musicboy

Babbler, with respect to yourself and your comment and without wishing to go too much off-topic, the price of a deal of the week at HMV is normally much less than that (£7.99 for !!!!!cat Dolls, £8.99 for Will Young etc etc), when the actual cost price is around £9 plus vat ... I should know as I am a manager ... everyone knows the supermarkets can afford to do this across the board as they make money on other products and sell entertainment products as 'loss leaders' (ie they don't need the profit but sell the product to increase turnover)

The real rip-off is greetings cards - charging £2 to £3 for a card which literally costs a few pence to make is real profiteering.

And everybody knows the same rat race happens every time a new console comes out ... but what's the point of buying an Xbox 360 this side of xmas anyway ?? The prices will drop, there will be more games out ... having said that I did pay over £300 for my PS2 when it came out first, but I didn't have a DVD player and they were expensive as well at the time.

Incidentally, if you want a core 360 system then my store has got tons of them because everybody wants the spangly one .... and we have been told we will not get any more stock of the souped up box till next easter - one hell of an egg to buy !!

Happy shopping !

tjsmangina

richto wrote:

And it includes the HD DVD equivalent of a Betamax video recorder too...

actually it looks like BLU RAY will win the HD format war and that is SONY`s baby and that is what will be going into a ps3.

richto wrote:

And doesnt have anything to match Xbox Live.

how do you know ? are you developing it ?

i agree about this thread going way off topic but just thought i would add a more reasoned opinion than the poster.but back on topic

kinster_2

maneesh wrote:

I disagree, why should anyone be forced into buying the bundle when all they want is the console.

That and currys has overcharged for the console, and stating the rest of the items come free with it when they obviously don't.

Hold on a minute. Have you actually read what I wrote?

richto

tjsmangina wrote:

Originally Posted by richto
And it includes the HD DVD equivalent of a Betamax video recorder too...

actually it looks like BLU RAY will win the HD format war and that is SONY`s baby and that is what will be going into a ps3.

Originally Posted by richto
And doesnt have anything to match Xbox Live.

how do you know ? are you developing it ?

Betamax II (Blu Ray) hasnt won anything yet - HD DVD is at least a standard which is more than can be said for Blu Ray, and HD DVD will ship first.

Microsoft backing HD DVD means much more than anything added to the PS3. There are a hell of a lot more PCs than there ever will be PS3s - 200+ million installs of XP that will migrate to Vista with native iHD DVD support! PC suppliers like Intel, Toshiba, HP and NEC are already backing HD DVD.

Besides, Microsoft is considering adding an HD DVD to the Xbox 360. Built into the console for new models and as a plugin USB2 option for existing owners.

Not to mention Blu Ray has many inherent issues - such as poorer disk reliability compared to HD DVD, higher production costs, more intrusive copy protection, a less capable interactive solution, etc.

And it costs lots more in royalties too - so much so that HP already jumped ship and endorsed HD DVD - http://www.eet.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=175004773


Sony have already stated that they will not be creating an equivalent system to Xbox Live and that internet games servers will be the responsibility of each games company. ie. no integration, no equivalent, no centralised downloads or charging, just the same crap solution as the PS2.