E3 2010: New Slimline Xbox360 - Page 3

icestar2 · 16-06-2010, 21:34

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Originally Posted by Matt D

I doubt it'd be much tbh...

Your probably right but they might for the first week or so as a promotion. Then again am probably just hoping for a little to much lol. I can't decide if I should just keep my current one and move it upstairs or sell it for some cash towards the new model.

I can't see it being worth much though as alot of people are probably doing the same thing. Good news for people happy to pick-up the old model though. They'll be spoilt for choice lol.

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Just found this, not great trade in deals.

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Thinking of upgrading your old 360 to a shiny new Xbox 360 S next month? GAME's got you covered.

The UK retailer has announced a list of trade-in offers available in store that should help spending out on the upgrade more bearable.

The list is as follows, with the price you see the price you pay when you trade in the appropriate console:

XBOX 360 ELITE £99.99

XBOX 360 60GB PRO £119.99

XBOX 360 20GB PRO £139.99

PS3 SLIM 120 GB £24.99

PS3 80GB £59.99

PS3 40GB £69.99

NINTENDO Wii £124.99

http://www.gamerzines.com/xbox-360/n...in-offers.html

**Damien** · 16-06-2010, 22:02

Not sure how you can trade it in when you need to transfer the contents on the hard drives...

**Stephen** · 16-06-2010, 22:06

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Originally Posted by rogermevans

hmm yep consoles didn't need them and on my 360 my drive is pretty empty as i only play a few games and its just used for game saves but my nephews one is full he likes the demos downloads updates etc and as they seem to be anti using third party drives i think its still rather small

that said i will be buying this one when it comes out ( only got current one second hand to play games against nephew )

My 20GB only has 1.2GB free and most of it is game add ons and updates.

I will be definately getting this at the end of July once I get back from my hols.

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Originally Posted by Damien

Not sure how you can trade it in when you need to transfer the contents on the hard drives...

You could back all your stuff up to a usb mem stick, or just redownload the add ons and stuff and back up the game saves to a usb stick.

**Matt D** · 16-06-2010, 22:27

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Originally Posted by icestar2

Just found this, not great trade in deals.

http://www.gamerzines.com/xbox-360/n...in-offers.html

tbh, that's better than I expected. I'd be happy with those prices, for trading in my (nearly three years old) Elite.

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Originally Posted by Stephen

You could back all your stuff up to a usb mem stick, or just redownload the add ons and stuff and back up the game saves to a usb stick.

That's what I would do.

All I did when I went from Premium to Elite was use a "Memory Unit" to back up my saves & profile. DLC etc. I just re-downloaded.

I'll do the same this time. USB memory stick for saves (& whatever else I can fit), & then just re-download the rest.

icestar2 · 16-06-2010, 22:42

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Originally Posted by Matt D

tbh, that's better than I expected. I'd be happy with those prices, for trading in my (nearly three years old) Elite.

Not bad if you got an old elite but not great for me with a 20GB Pro.

deathtrap3000 · 16-06-2010, 22:52

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Originally Posted by Damien

Not sure how you can trade it in when you need to transfer the contents on the hard drives...

Game and Gamestation in the past have traded in just the console and given people transfer cables for a deposit and when people bring it back with the hdd they give them the trade in value on the hdd and get the deposit for the cable back. Thats the best method imo.

v0id · 16-06-2010, 23:40

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Originally Posted by Matt D

tbh, that's better than I expected. I'd be happy with those prices, for trading in my (nearly three years old) Elite.

You'd keep the HDMI lead, audio dongle and hybrid component/composite cables that came with your 2007'ish Elite though, right

**Matt D** · 17-06-2010, 01:24

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Originally Posted by v0id

You'd keep the HDMI lead, audio dongle and hybrid component/composite cables that came with your 2007'ish Elite though, right

Well, it's not like new Elites come with them anymore, is it

Although, regarding the dongle, the 360 Shiny is the first to not need one

v0id · 17-06-2010, 02:00

the new slim 360s will no longer get the RROD ...because they removed the red LEDs
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/16/xb...e-of-rrod-ing/

caph · 23-06-2010, 21:26

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Originally Posted by zing

and the xbox360 biggest flaw was the fact it over heats. Making it smaller is gonna help this how?

Zing, the problem with the overheating was caused by the heatsinks not connecting properly with the processing units, the 360 will not overheat with well connected heat sinks. This design flaw has already been addressed and I would be very surprised if it crept back in to the new 360. Once bitten ...

Charlie_Bubble · 23-06-2010, 22:07

We had a guy from Microsoft in doing something with our server and infrastructure guys last week. My mate spoke with him and asked him about the new Xbox and Kinect. He said they've done a hell of a lot of hardware testing with the new console due to the issues they had with RROD and the cost of repairing consoles. He said they pretty much got rid of the problem with the later chips. He said Kinect should be about $80 in the US and he thinks it will be around £60 - £70 in the UK.

MadGamer · 24-06-2010, 09:35

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Originally Posted by Charlie_Bubble

We had a guy from Microsoft in doing something with our server and infrastructure guys last week. My mate spoke with him and asked him about the new Xbox and Kinect. He said they've done a hell of a lot of hardware testing with the new console due to the issues they had with RROD and the cost of repairing consoles. He said they pretty much got rid of the problem with the later chips. He said Kinect should be about $80 in the US and he thinks it will be around £60 - £70 in the UK.

So my Elite console that my manufactured Sept 09, and bought Jan '10, should be rrod free?

Grewer9 · 25-06-2010, 10:09

Game are also offering an extra £25 trade in on the wireless adaptor (black) version with the Elite.
I've pre-ordered the new model with them £199.00

(£20 deposit)
£100.00 trade in for old Elite
£25.00 trade in for wireless adaptor

That's only £75.00 to pay....not too bad at all

I'm also thinking of offering a Nintendo DS Lite for trade in, depends how much they offer for it though.

Roll on July 16th !!!

**Damien** · 25-06-2010, 11:12

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Originally Posted by Grewer9

Game are also offering an extra £25 trade in on the wireless adaptor (black) version with the Elite.
I've pre-ordered the new model with them £199.00

(£20 deposit)
£100.00 trade in for old Elite
£25.00 trade in for wireless adaptor

That's only £75.00 to pay....not too bad at all

I'm also thinking of offering a Nintendo DS Lite for trade in, depends how much they offer for it though.

Roll on July 16th !!!

I would do that but still worried about moving save files across...

**Matt D** · 25-06-2010, 12:24

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Originally Posted by MadGamer

So my Elite console that my manufactured Sept 09, and bought Jan '10, should be rrod free?

Yours isn't new though. Do you know which motherboard revision it uses?

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Originally Posted by Damien

I would do that but still worried about moving save files across...

When I moved from a Premium to an Elite, I used a Memory Unit to transfer my saves, & just re-downloaded all my DLC etc.

This time, I'll use a USB stick instead.

I think there are some games which have saves that can't be copied, but I don't think there are many, & I know they're not any of the games I have.