I have $300 this paycheck to spend on gaming, what to get?

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#1 GodzillaGT-R
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Xbox 4gb w/ Kinect bundle or Get a red Wii w/ Goldeneye & Metroid: Other M? I am not interested in the PS3 at all besides GT5, and I hate it's controller.
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#2 General_X
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New powersupply and graphics card :D
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#3 OreoMilkshake
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The Wii out of those 2.
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#4 HavocV3
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hotpockets, and lots of 'em.

don't you already have a system though? if you have a PC....games, games and moar games, nothing wrong with that. I'd rather have 10-15, maybe even 20 PC games than to buy a System and 1 game at best.

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#5 Travis_Odell
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New powersupply and graphics card :DGeneral_X
And it would take every cent of that 300$ is the sad part.

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#6 markinthedark
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kinect bundle...

but i dont know how long playing kinect adventures is going to hold you over... hopefully you get some more dough to spend on some other titles in the near future.

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#7 soulitane
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[QUOTE="General_X"]New powersupply and graphics card :DTravis_Odell

And it would take every cent of that 300$ is the sad part.

Is experiencing Godliness sad?
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#8 Travis_Odell
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[QUOTE="soulitane"][QUOTE="Travis_Odell"]

New powersupply and graphics card :DGeneral_X
And it would take every cent of that 300$ is the sad part.

Is experiencing Godliness sad?

If thats what you call godliness then go for it.
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#9 GodzillaGT-R
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kinect bundle...

but i dont know how long playing kinect adventures is going to hold you over... hopefully you get some more dough to spend on some other titles in the near future.

markinthedark
I get another paycheck on Friday...
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#10 slipknot0129
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Get the kinect 4gb bundle. If your playing halo reach you can only play multiplayer and single player. You can buy a hard drive later on ebay for under $100,so either way your gonna be paying the same. 360 has a ton of 3rd party support and most games look better on it.

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#11 VendettaRed07
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A sega saturn with Radiant Silvergun

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#12 soulitane
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[QUOTE="soulitane"][QUOTE="Travis_Odell"] And it would take every cent of that 300$ is the sad part.

Travis_Odell

Is experiencing Godliness sad?

If thats what you call godliness then go for it.

It was a joke :P

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#13 mD-
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Buy 2 get 1 free sale going on at amazon.com

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=2334659

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#14 coolkid93
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Since you said you're not interested in the ps3, go with the 360.
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#15 General_X
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[QUOTE="General_X"]New powersupply and graphics card :DTravis_Odell

And it would take every cent of that 300$ is the sad part.

Yeah, the new graphics card would only be several orders of magnitude more powerful than the ones in the 360 or PS3 :( But I'm sure 720p is fine for everyone.
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#16 Travis_Odell
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Yeah true man, by looking at sales and playability 720p is just fine. It's not all about teh graphics. cheers
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#17 tomarlyn
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Get Kinect and Panasonic's Jungle, its the winners choice!
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#18 Micropixel
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Tough choice between those two. I have both systems and enjoy them both equally. But a limited edition RED Wii bundled with New Super Mario Bros, Wii Sports Resort and a Wii Mote Plus controller is a very nice option. And if you're planning to get Metroid: Other M and GoldenEye also, I'd say go for the Wii.
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#19 tutt3r
Member since 2005 • 2865 Posts

Do you has no gaming console? I say 360 250 gb slim

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#20 laus_basic
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imo, Kinect would be a waste of money right now, unless you really like those kind of games. I don't see anything on launch day that would be worth spending $150 on. If you get a 360, you might aswell get 2-3 quality games instead of that.

ex:

Xbox 4gb w/ Vanquish + Lords of Shadows + Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (or any other games you want) >>>>>>>> Xbox 4gb w/ Kinect bundle

same with Wii:

red Wii (with NSMB) w/ GoldenEye 007 + Donkey Kong Country Returns + Other M...etc >>>>>>>> Xbox 4gb w/ Kinect bundle

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#21 erglesmergle
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Might as well donate that paycheck than to buy either of those two.

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#22 dovberg
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I have no clue what you really want so I can't recommend either but in general I don't think I could recommend Metroid Other M to anyone unless someone asks advice on how to find the worst metroid game. I don't know what consoles you currently have either. Let us know these kinds of things and you can get better advice.

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#23 arto1223
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New powersupply and graphics card :DGeneral_X

This. Get a GTX 460. If you get the 768mb version, I 'm sure you could get a nice deal on it and be able to get two...

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#24 Tessellation
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Save your money for something else.
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#25 DethSkematik
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Save that money for the 3DS 8).
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#26 fueled-system
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If you live in the states just wait for black friday to get your deals

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#27 Senor_Kami
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If those two are your only options, then I'd go with the Wii one since you'll get a bunch of games (Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort and the games you listed) compared to getting the Kinect bundle and all you have is Wii Sports.

Personally though, I'd do what someone else said and try and hold off for Black Friday. If I couldn't, I'd buy a 360 4gb and some games if I didn't have any current gen consoles at all. If I already had one hd console, then I'd buy a Wii.

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#28 King_Dodongo
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Save that money for the 3DS 8). DethSkematik
QFT . Or The limited edition Wii.
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#29 alexandros1313
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Keep your money for now and wait fot the Christmas Steam/Digital distribution sales. Buy hundreds of top-quality games and play non-stop until next Christmas. The best value for money by a huge margin.

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#30 monson21502
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kinect bundle, its gonna be really fun not only for you but all your friends who visit

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#31 Zanoh
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The Wii out of those 2.OreoMilkshake
Definitely the Wii out of those two.

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#32 navyguy21
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You should buy Kinect...........for ME :D:P

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#33 MathMattS
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I would hold off on Kinect, unless you're a casual gamer.

As for games...300 bucks, let's see...James Bond 007 Blood Stone, Goldeneye for Wii, Call of Duty Black Ops, Halo Reach, and one of the other Wii games coming out, say, Epic Mickey.

There's nothing that interests me on the PS3, either.

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#34 dovberg
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btw if you buy used systems at gamestop you can buy both those systems with the 300.

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#35 loadedboon
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Xbox 4gb w/ Kinect bundle or Get a red Wii w/ Goldeneye & Metroid: Other M? I am not interested in the PS3 at all besides GT5, and I hate it's controller.GodzillaGT-R

out of those 2 the WII. Unless you want to spent money on an overpriced HD, XBOX Live gold and have the problems of faulty hardware which all come with the xbox360.

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#36 beachbob1
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Get the Kinect Bundle from Kmart and they got a $50 gaming card. www.Cheapassgamer.com Then go buy a paddle and this.....on the way home stop buy Burger King and get WHopper becuase your gonna need you strength for this....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cahuSALfJss&feature=related

and if any of these baby WII peeps talk any smack you let them know YOU GOT THE BOAT!!!!!!!http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/im-on-a-boat-ft-t-pain-album-version/efb1235da05ff762905cefb1235da05ff762905c-289142408274?q=utube%20lonely%20island%20on%20a%20boat&FORM=VIRE1

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#37 nintendoboy16
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Get the Wii. Even though it's a first place system, it's really not a bad system at all.
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#38 marcogamer07
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Get more games for the system you already own. That's what I do. I always focus on the library of my main gaming platform first and foremost.

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#39 moose_knuckler
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Games? With $300? Think of all the ice cream you could buy :P. Really though, I'd recommend trying out Kinect first (if you haven't) before thinking of that bundle. If you have tried Kinect + enjoyed the demo, I'd say get 360 4g console. Then again, it's pretty up to you entirely since...none of us know your feelings towards either library of games.
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#40 nameless12345
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It depends what you want to play. Out of the choices you gave, I'd say go for Wii with Metroid and GoldenEye, because Kinect on it's own will be pretty lame imo. But make sure what other games are out there for both systems and what you'd rather play (I doubt you're buying a console only for two games, no?).

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#41 resevl4rlz
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how about you save that money instead of buying video games, 300 is alot of money and if u save you thank yourself down the road

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#42 right4dead
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your about 4 years too late to the system world, stick to pc

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#43 alextherussian
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Buy whatever has the most games you are interested in. Be that PC, Wii, 360 or PS3. All you are going to get by questioning this board is a bunch of prejudice one way or the other that has little practical value with actually having fun.

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#44 kuraimen
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4 years of Xbox Live or a 360 hard drive oh yes...
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#46 HailCaesarHail
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you should go with that Kinect Bundle.
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#47 right4dead
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Save your money for a pc Consoles are trashTeamDogFortress

consoles rule, pc is boringggg and corny

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#48 GodzillaGT-R
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UPDATE: Picked up the Halo: Reach edition 360, should be here in 2 days.
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#49 Vader993
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buy the ps3,i don't care if your interest or not,stubborn people have to learn too:twisted:

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#50 JohnF111
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New powersupply and graphics card :DGeneral_X
This, get away from the screambox... Atleast with the wii you got less screamers...