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Old 03-16-06 | 10:23 AM
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Yes. I mentioned this before. Best Buy and Circuit City are most likely going to leave them in the back. If they put out 12 360s on the floor, there would still be a stampede of people rushing towards them.

I've only seen them out at one Best Buy and they were behind the CS counter.
I havent seen them at any stores yet.

Cant wait til next week! Oblivion! Im gonna be consumed for days!
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Old 03-16-06 | 10:25 AM
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I havent seen them at any stores yet.

Cant wait til next week! Oblivion! Im gonna be consumed for Months!
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Old 03-16-06 | 10:26 AM
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Ohh.. and I have Tuesday off.. It will be filled with yummy Oblivion goodness.
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Old 03-16-06 | 10:32 AM
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Hahaha....ill finally come out of my house pale white, 10 lbs lighter with long beard.
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Old 03-16-06 | 11:57 AM
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Hahaha....ill finally come out of my house pale white, 10 lbs lighter with long beard.
As well as an odd desire for all things Dweomer.
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Old 03-16-06 | 12:44 PM
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Has anyone ordered theirs off CompUSA yet?

After getting your extra controller, a game, and maybe the play and charge kit:

Total came to $573.68?
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Old 03-16-06 | 06:04 PM
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If people really want an Xbox, they should just go to CircuitCity.com, get the Core bundle, remove all the bundled items but keep the HD.
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Old 03-16-06 | 06:24 PM
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Well, I had to buy the Core System. BUT I FOUND A 360!

I was perfectly happy holding out, but my wife really wanted the system for Oblivion, so this week I started hunting. After three morning trips to Best Buy I found they got two Cores in today, and that was all. I bought the last one. The guys with the other one were checking out as I came in.

When talking to the BB employee (an actual smart, knowledgable guy), he said he has had three guys in recently all looking to buy one now because of their wives.
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Old 03-16-06 | 08:03 PM
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I checked Best Buy tonight they had a core system. I almost picked it up but with the price of the wireless controller I passed.
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Old 03-16-06 | 11:13 PM
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I checked Best Buy tonight they had a core system. I almost picked it up but with the price of the wireless controller I passed.
LOL, I forgot cores came with a wired controller.
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Old 03-17-06 | 11:11 AM
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I just got home from the Best Buy in Nashua NH and they had 2 core systems sitting on the shelves, but no Premium systems. So maybe MS is finally getting their act together and shipping more systems?
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Old 03-17-06 | 01:11 PM
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Now that the PS3 is delayed until November, I still think getting a 360 will be a hefty chore. Unless I see them readily available on the floor without having to get some ticket on a 1st come, 1st serve basis etc, I will still think the damn thing has major shortages.
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Old 03-17-06 | 02:00 PM
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Gamestop.com says they have bundles in stock to ship now:

http://gamestop.com/productmerch.asp?groupid=419
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Old 03-17-06 | 09:27 PM
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I wasn't in a hurry to get a 360 yet but I'd been checking the futureshop website from time to time to see if they had any In Stock and today when I checked they had 34 so I ended up ordering one. After I'd ordered mine there were 27 left and when I checked a couple hours later they were all sold out.
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Old 03-17-06 | 11:00 PM
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One of the issues I have with the system is the backwards compadibility list stinks. I mean NBA Live 2003 and 2004??? Why isn't 06 on there?
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Old 03-18-06 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Fade to Black
I wasn't in a hurry to get a 360 yet but I'd been checking the futureshop website from time to time to see if they had any In Stock and today when I checked they had 34 so I ended up ordering one. After I'd ordered mine there were 27 left and when I checked a couple hours later they were all sold out.

The sad thing is you know some are heading for E-Bay. You just don't know how many. Like me and several have said, "until I walk in and grab one off the shelf without fighting and standing outside before the door opens ..4-geta-bout-it!!".

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Old 03-20-06 | 08:17 AM
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I finally saw one of these in the stores...it was a core system at Target in Watauga....they had one left.
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Old 03-20-06 | 08:42 AM
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One of the issues I have with the system is the backwards compadibility list stinks. I mean NBA Live 2003 and 2004??? Why isn't 06 on there?
Because 360 has its on version of NBA Live 06 and they want you to play/buy that one instead.
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Old 03-20-06 | 09:25 AM
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Best Buy Store Locator is STILL not showing any 360s near me, ever. Wasn't March supposed to be the month they came rolling in?
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Old 03-20-06 | 11:12 AM
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What are you talking about? They got 5 in last week!
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Old 03-20-06 | 01:32 PM
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Got the call today from EB Games that mine came in today. I wish I was able to pick it up today but I'll have to wait until tomorrow Oh well, at least I finally have one if those bastards don't sell it I made it quite clear to the manager that it better be there tomorrow though
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Old 03-20-06 | 01:40 PM
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I checked Best Buy tonight they had a core system. I almost picked it up but with the price of the wireless controller I passed.
Crap, you're looking for one?

We just got called from Gamestop that our "pre-order" was in. I think they called Saturday, if not Friday evening. Coulda just had you pick it up. We passed.
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Old 03-20-06 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Y2K Falcon
Crap, you're looking for one?

We just got called from Gamestop that our "pre-order" was in. I think they called Saturday, if not Friday evening. Coulda just had you pick it up. We passed.

Thanks for the help neighbor.
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Old 03-20-06 | 09:29 PM
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Costco seems to have an OK bundle in stock for $489.99.

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...v=&browse=&s=1
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Old 03-21-06 | 09:24 AM
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Looks like the shortage is about to come to an end, and in March as promised. I for one am happy about this because I do think it gets old when gamers say they want one and can't get one. I tell you, between the PSP and the 360 my whole take on gaming has changed. Back when I was a kid playing the genesis it was a fun little diversion then I got out of gaming. I bought an Atari Jaguar because it seemed like it would be THE future of gaming, boy was I wrong, I think I sold that thing off to a pawn shop a couple months after getting it and only like 3 games. Then I got back in with the PS2 and it was a fun diversion, then my xbox took over the PS2 and it was fun, but really really fun. Now with the PSP and 360, I am actually playing games all the way through and having a blast. I jsut beat condemned the other day and it was one of my all time favorite games. I hear they are going to make a follow-up and a movie, I can't wait for those. I just hope that guy Uwe Boll doesn't direct it.

http://www.xboxusersgroup.com/content/view/2548/139/
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