Yeah, I believe they are. At least the ones last Sturday night at Wal-Mart had them still.

Oh, I assumed he said that just for choosing to be at a Walmart in general, not based on the time.





I didn't even bother checking, but, Dave, did the KMart-supplied premium come with the remote?

Glad it's working for you. The little dent in the corner of the box had me concerned.

Yep, there was a remote. There is a little cosmetic damage on the HD, but nothing that would bother me. Everything is working fine and dandy.

The premium system that I got at Walmart yesterday did not have the remote.

Well just got back from Target (where I had to pick up some other things) and they didn't have any (and they still had quite a few hard drives which makes me further think that this area hasn't seen many units come in, core or premium since I bet those hard drives would be gone if we had seen a bunch of cores come by). Went to Walmart across the street (which was the Walmart that I swung by second yesterday) and I didn't see any and of course the places was mobbed so I couldn't even find someone to ask.
Looks like I'll be waiting a little longer, which isn't a bad thing since I'll have some more money from selling my Gamecube stuff shortly.

The Premium I managed to snag at Best Buy on 12/30 did not have the remote

The premium system I got at Walmart on the 1st did have a remote. There was also a sticker on the front of the box advertising the free remote.

My search is over! Walked in to Target today and they had two Premiums left! I got my 360 the same day I sold my original Xbox. I also recieved a PSP and GTA:LCS for Christmas which I returned. That with the Xbox money was more than enough to pay for this new system.

I would have kept more of my original Xbox games if the system had better backward capability. I didn't buy a game because I have some gift cards to Best Buy I want to use first. I'll probably just get one game for now, not sure which one I'll get. I was thinking Condemned, though there are a few 360 games on sale for $40 with the $10 off coupon. Right now I’m stuck with Halo 2 and NFS:U2 (which was on the list but I can't get it to work).

Congrats. I played the condemed demo (are you on Live?) and it was good, but from what I have heard, short. I would recommend COD2 for a shooter.

It kind of sucks though because everything I have is black and now I have huge white eye sore. Oh well!

Yeah, I downloaded the demo. I liked it but I think I'll stick with COD2 and rent it to play through the rest of the game if it's really short. At least I got to play a next-generation game tonight!

Yeah the condemned demo is cool, but I think it's a rental cause the game is supposedly very short. The Arcade games are a blast and I think they all have free trials so you should check those out. I'm currently addicted to Geometry Wars.

BTW I got mine at Kmart on Thursday the 22nd they only got 2 premiums and thanks to knowing the right people I got one.

Now I no longer feel that I'm taunting you over cancelling your Kmart order.

Did yours come with a remote?





So, Li finally got one, rocketsauce has his (I think), and I bought and sold one at a $10 profit. (Thanks for the gas money, Dave!)

Got mine today as well. I wasn't planning on taking the day off, but at around 4am I woke up with some really bad stomache pains. I didn't really get back to sleep and between not feeling very good and there being a Nor'Easter going on, I called in sick. Woke up later feeling better and the roads didn't look too bad so I decided to head to Best Buy in Newington, CT. Got there just a few minutes after ten and grabbed Wedding Crashers and looked for someone to ask about XBoxes. Another guy was asking someone so I walked over and said I was looking too. He said they just got some off the truck and grabbed who I assume was the manager. He said he had 1 premium and since the other guy asked first, I said that he should get it. He said he had a core left and I wasn't sure if I wanted it. The manager went to go grab the system and once I found him I'd decided to take the core. Low and behold he had 2 premiums so I didn't have to settle for the core. He pushed the extended warranty (and the cashier rang it up without even mentioning it but I caught it and told him to take it off) but atleast I finally have one. I heard some employees rumbling once they saw they had them but the manager was very decisive (it sounded like some employees wanted to buy them and he said no, and to also not put them on the floor).
So with that, I bid farewell to this thread.
Edit-No remote with mine but unless someone could figure out a way to make the media sharing work with OS X I wouldn't use it anyway.

No go today @ Bestbuy South Austin,Tx. I just called the Best buy in San Marcos, and they had some, but I'm not gonna make that run today.
Bestbuy inventory locator for xbox 360
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....equestid=38576

I thought you already had a 360, goLUCKY. Are you looking for one for you, or for someone else? I'll keep my ear to the ground, if that'll help. My wife sometimes works near you, at the big state building a block from Shulz's...

Yes I did get mine, the inlaws came through. (With a premium, which did come with the remote, none the less). Also got a HDTV all hooked with it. Man was everything finally worth it. Playing Project Gotham 3 looks amazing. We should get some DVDTalk races going on Live.

Picked up my preorder on 1/1 at the local EB games. Premium system and had a remote. Manufacture date was 12/12. The cashier rang me up, came around the corner, handed the system to me and said, "Be careful walking through the mall with this. I double bagged it for you." That freaked me out a bit although i was glad it was bagged and covered up. I probably would have been fine and not looked over my shoulder had he not said something. Anyway, nobody followed me and I had my girlfriend there to protect me.

I had the same concern. You might want to take a look at this faceplate skin kit on Ebay. I just bought one so I'm waiting to get it and I'll let you know how it works out. Basically it seems to be a decal set and black is only available for the faceplate and not the whole unit for some reason, but that should be fine for me. I was looking for a physical faceplate replacement kit, but I can't seem to find one that doesn't have stupid designs or weird colors.

You could go so many ways with this one.

Congrats! PGR3 is the only 360-specific title I own. It is indeed amazing. I sometimes like to just go on Gotham TV and watch others race... more exciting that watching racing on EPSN.

If someone wants to start DVDTalk races, count me in!

HA! you think walking through a mall is bad. I had to ride the Orange Line from Midway airport, transfer to the Red Line and take it all the way to the North Side. I defiantely leveled up in street cred, from that trip. I never use a seat next to me on the train to put my bag on, but this was the one exception.

No luck today at the North Austin (off 35) location either. Looks like the Jan 3rd date was a hoax.

The search continues...

I had THREE stores that had them by me according to the locator. I passed since I own one already.

stopped by Target this morning around 10am (they open at 8), and they had one premium left...which i snagged Looks like they got no Core systems in.