Xbox 360 Arcade + $50 gift card + 2 games - $150 at Walmart/Amazon/Target

[Pheran]

I'm surprise no one has posted this yet. Walmart has a deal where you can purchase an Xbox 360 Arcade bundle (comes with Viva Pinata and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts) for $149 and you get a $50 Wal-Mart gift card. Assuming you want to spend any money at Walmart, this is like getting the 360 Arcade for $100. I think this may be online only, not sure about that.

Walmart Xbox 360 Arcade Deal

EDIT: Amazon is now matching this deal, except the $50 is an Amazon video game credit.

Xbox 360 Arcade Deal @ Amazon

EDIT: Target has now raised their gift card to $50 as well.

 

[gorcorps]

Nice. Not the greatest games, but for free I can't complain too much. If you get this you'd probably want to find an external drive sooner rather than later, as I believe with the new Slim model 360 they will stop making these old external ones all together.

 

[vshah]

i just upgraded my current one to a 250g drive...so i have my old 20 lying around..this is tempting.

 

[Kabob]

I believe with the new Slim model 360 they will stop making these old external ones all together.

I HIGHLY doubt they'll stop making the old HDD's. Just because there's a new format doesn't change the fact that more than likely for the rest of the 360's existance the "old" style 360's will outnumber the newer style 10:1 at least.

They didn't phase out DVD's when BluRay came around.

 

[vshah]

I HIGHLY doubt they'll stop making the old HDD's. Just because there's a new format doesn't change the fact that more than likely for the rest of the 360's existance the "old" style 360's will outnumber the newer style 10:1 at least.

They didn't phase out DVD's when BluRay came around.

they'll stop making them when people stop buying them. I'd guess that a few months after the old 360s sell out, everyone who wants an HDD will have bought one.

 

[CU]

Can the Xbox 360 Arcade play streaming netflix without Xbox Live? I assume streaming from a PC is easy to do correct. Just thinking about using it for a htpc front end. Wish it played Blue-Ray.

 

[CU]

Looks like it requires Live Gold. :-(

 

[Kabob]

they'll stop making them when people stop buying them. I'd guess that a few months after the old 360s sell out, everyone who wants an HDD will have bought one.

But when are they going to stop making them? Right now they're making a new smaller 250GB model, I thought they were going to continue to manufacture the original Arcade model as well...maybe that'll change soon though.

 

[gorcorps]

But when are they going to stop making them? Right now they're making a new smaller 250GB model, I thought they were going to continue to manufacture the original Arcade model as well...maybe that'll change soon though.

I figured they'd make an arcade out of the slim and just not pop the HD in there. Guess they never said they would, that was just my guess.

 

[Kabob]

It wouldn't surprise me if they did but I don't think it's going to be for a little while. I've heard it mentioned that they'd sell the Arcade model and the new 250 GB slim model and phase out the 120GB Elite, I've heard nothing of them axing the original designed Arcade in favor of a slim.

 

[TheMadScot]

Just FYI, the Walmart store ad from Sunday had the Arcade for $199 with a $50 gift card. As of today, the price has been lowered to $149 and you still get the gift card.

When I first had mine scanned, it was still ringing up $199, but I checked with a manager who confirmed that the price had dropped but they hadn't put it in the system yet. She changed it on the spot, and away I went.

 

[Gillbot]

all I get is this:

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[magomago]

so this is B&M-able?

 

[Kabob]

all I get is this:

Still pulls up just fine for me.

 

[gorcorps]

so this is B&M-able?

If you read 2 posts above you it answers your question

 

[magomago]

If you read 2 posts above you it answers your question

I did read it But sometimes flukes happen ya know.

Anyways I'll forgive ya <3 Avs as well.

 

[Pheran]

OK, Amazon now has this deal as well, except the $50 is an Amazon video game credit.

Xbox 360 Arcade deal @ Amazon

I updated the OP.

 

[ESQ]

I've got an original Halo 3 xbox that died (two leds). Does this arcade have the hdmi out so I could just swap guts and away I go? Any thoughts? This is better than having the Halo model fixed.

 

[Pheran]

I've got an original Halo 3 xbox that died (two leds). Does this arcade have the hdmi out so I could just swap guts and away I go? Any thoughts? This is better than having the Halo model fixed.

Yup, it has HDMI. You should just be able to pop your hard drive on and go. Don't forget to do a license migration though.

 

[RichardBrittain]

Yep, this is an awesome deal. I've already exploited it on Amazon USA.

 

[SoulAssassin]

Say I don't want the games I purchased to get damaged and wished to back them up as a precautionary measure. Are there any clear guides for enabling the ability to play these backup games? So far I've figured out mine is the BenQ drive. Some of the stuff I've read is a couple years old and some of them seem to vary on the method so I guess I'm looking for the most recent/best way.

 

[gorcorps]

Say I don't want the games I purchased to get damaged and wished to back them up as a precautionary measure. Are there any clear guides for enabling the ability to play these backup games? So far I've figured out mine is the BenQ drive. Some of the stuff I've read is a couple years old and some of them seem to vary on the method so I guess I'm looking for the most recent/best way.

Don't even begin to talk about that stuff. Thread will get locked and you'll probably get a warning/infraction if not a temp ban. Whatever reasoning you want to use to make YOU think is legal is now how the law sees it, so that's how the forum treats it as well. Best to find another forum for that discussion.

 

[toyota]

that may sound cheap up front but in the long run just getting the new slimmer XBOX 360 makes much more sense if you do a lot of gaming. it runs cooler and quieter, has a 250gb hd and some games require hd, and has built in wifi so no overpriced adapter

 

[Kabob]

Say I don't want the games I purchased to get damaged and wished to back them up as a precautionary measure. Are there any clear guides for enabling the ability to play these backup games? So far I've figured out mine is the BenQ drive. Some of the stuff I've read is a couple years old and some of them seem to vary on the method so I guess I'm looking for the most recent/best way.

Don't even begin to talk about that stuff. Thread will get locked and you'll probably get a warning/infraction if not a temp ban. Whatever reasoning you want to use to make YOU think is legal is now how the law sees it, so that's how the forum treats it as well. Best to find another forum for that discussion.

+1, I don't care how honorable your intentions are, that's a one way ticket to an infraction. If you want to keep your discs safe install them to the HDD so they're not spinning and handle them with care.

And on top of that you've got to mod your console to do it which won't let you use Xbox Live, that's the bread and butter of the console.

that may sound cheap up front but in the long run just getting the new slimmer XBOX 360 makes much more sense if you do a lot of gaming. it runs cooler and quieter, has a 250gb hd and some games require hd, and has built in wifi so no overpriced adapter

Not really. My Jasper Arcade unit is nearly silent when the game is installed to the HDD and runs quite cool. I don't really want WiFi for gaming and I have no clue how you'd fill up a 250 GB HDD. I got my 60GB for around $50 a year and a half ago and it has five 360 games (Including both Forza discs, that's over 10 gigs), 10+ XBLA games (including Shadow Complex which is huge), and tons of add ons installed and I still have nearly 10 gigs left. I guess if you wanted to installed every game you owned it's possible.

If you do want to run WiFi or plan on installing TONS of stuff I guess it would make it cheaper in the long run but I don't think that it's much better of a deal that what is essentially a $100 arcade unit.

 

[tydas]

Also, isn't it rumored that Msft will enable USB storage in a future firmware update?