Running video games (and consoles) thread

So I got the 60 gig 360 for $100. It was in the box, bundled with Kung Fu Panda and Lego Indiana Jones. It was a "fell off a truck" deal.

For how much can I flip it? $200? $250?

 

Super Mario Galaxy was fantastic. But all those classic Nintendo games are always good -- Mario Kart, Zelda, Smash Bros... But that's literally all the fun games it's had. I thought for sure when I bought it that other games would come out that really took advantage of this new controller for some great games and it just hasn't happened.

 

Bowling is still fun.

 

I'm too much of an addict to go and buy a PS3 or XBox, but I've had a lot of fun discovering Metroid recently. Still enjoy some Mario Kart every now and then, and Grand Slam Tennis has me hooked currently because I enjoy the game quite a bit anyhow.

Haven't even touched Tiger Woods yet, and No More Heroes is still in celo wrapping. I guess I just have lower standards than the rest of you.

 

I enjoy my Wii, but I'm looking to find a deal on a 360. Good graphics are what I'm looking for from sports games, and sometimes I just want to be able to be able to sit on my ass and play video games without having to move around a whole lot.

 

Let us know when you find one. Pick up NCAA '10 so you can join our dynasty when we start it up. (Check out the '09 thread to see how we're doing currently)

 

Sweet, thanks. Anybody have a recommendation on which model? Is the cheapest one (Arcade) good enough, or do I really need the hard drive?

 

Get the 60 HDD. If you want to save games to your hard drive, download content etc.

You can find them used for a great price but I'd shell out for a brand spankin new one. But that's just me

 

I second that. You'll run out of room fairly quickly with the smaller hard drives.

Edit: Probably should note that I have a smaller hard drive, and it sucks having to delete stuff all the time. I just thought of something though: I do have a 1 TB external drive for my computer, can I just plug that into the USB and save stuff on there?

 

No can do. Only Microsoft (TM) drives will do.

 

Of course. Dammit.

 

That's weird, cause a PS3 can use an external drive for anything, you just need it to be formatted right. I'm thinking about adding a TB drive to my rig. I can already move game files to flash drives so moving it to an external drive would just work.

Actually, this can be done with a regular external hard drive for a XBox.
Sadly, you can only put media on the drive from a computer. You can't move stuff from the XBox to the drive. That kinda beats the purpose I know.
Here's a site on how to set stuff up anyway.
http://intothemindd.blogspot.com/2007/06/how-to-use-your-own-hard-drive-on-xbox.html