MR BLACKMAGIK
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laughing at all the fake bids.
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Durango/XBox720 devkit on eBay by DAE
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vikingvessel
Member
That would most likely be the only way the listing goes full-term in hopes of monitoring where payment is received, regardless of any potential seller disinfo. (not accusing anyone of anything). Assuming Microsoft is a VeRO (Verified Rights Owner) account holder, the listing would quickly disappear simply because they submitted a request. At that point the seller is notified and has a chance to confront their accuser outside of ebay.
ArisenDragon
Member
It's over 20 thousand dollars now.
The auction has ended!!!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221100568971#ht_500wt_1107
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221100568971#ht_500wt_1107
Someone bought it?, for that guy's sake hopefully it's legit lol.
Alebrije
Member
Something tells me this is not the end of the story
Bill Squabber
Member
Only 20k....
What I don't understand about this is who would buy it? MS is never going approve some random developer seeking release approval who obtained a dev kit in this manner. Any major developer would be able to get the kits from MS for a lot cheaper too. Seems like a waste of money.
If legit, probably either a media/gaming site, or... a collector? I really doubt anyone is buying it with the hopes to be a launch game or whatever.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
Member
dude probably bought it himself with an alternate account lmao.
Sony!
Diablohead
Member
you most likely will not hear about this thing ever again now, lost in the void of is it real or not.
They can't afford it.
MikeE21286
Member
That would be so amazing to see an eBay user with the the name "Sony" win :lol
Probably a major gaming publication trying to get an exclusive scoop. Gizmodo paid like $10,000 for the stolen iPhone 4 prototype I believe.
A dev kit doesn't really seem worth it though in terms of information. The specs usually aren't the same, you can't get an idea of the final design of the console, etc..
StalkerUKCG
Banned
They are not buying it to develop games with. If you buy a devkit like this you are doing it to get a early "taste" of next gen (if it has any playabled content with it or because its a rare item to own
Xbox 360 Dev kits currently seel for $400 to $800 depending on what comes with them. This is such an exceptional situation that even 20,000 seems a steal.
1 of 3 types of people bought this
Collector, These people dont show off ANYTHING they keep it all hidden and safe until they die
Media Outlet, Tech Blog site mainly they get a few "experts" to knock up a few renders of good looking graphics and say "this is what next gen looks like" they detail all the specs and the "limits" of the consoles and glean any and all info from it.
Rich member of the hacking "undeground". Its going to be used for testing purposes but nothing big will come from it really.
Its a nice piece to own i suppose but really pointless for the vast majority. Its not like a 360 Devkit for example which people can use to get prerelease content from partnerNet and for active hacking purposes.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Not sure how it even got out there, but the kit will be shut down because it'll need to be connected online and activated.
Won't stop someone shady from doing crazy things to it if it is real.
Won't stop someone shady from doing crazy things to it if it is real.
Mackenzie 92
Member
Seemed pretty shady. No actual pics or descriptions. And no feedback?
StalkerUKCG
Banned
What do you mean "shut down". Its obviously not going to be connection to ANY type of network its not a network kit its just a plain old alpha kit for development purposes it has at least 1 Directx11 Game on its HDD and a 50GB bluray drive. Its strictly a offline unit.
Psychotext
Member
Microsoft are by far the most likely to buy it, just so they can stamp on some faces when they work out who it originally belonged to.
StalkerUKCG
Banned
I think it was someone who has since left MS. The guy seems like he could of been part of the Durango Network development team. They must already know who the guy is. That team cant be giant and a devkit is missing from some department and someone is now no longer employed. 2+2 is usually how it goes in this type of situation.
Unless it was physically stolen by someone who didnt work at MS.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
I'm surprised MS didn't stop this.
Publishers have had dev kits for ages, there must be thousands of these things. It could be from anywhere couldn't it?
StalkerUKCG
Banned
You can't see when the winner's account was created or any real info on winners. You're probably talking about the seller. The actual winner has 377 feedback.
Source: I've sold stuff on ebay
MikeE21286
Member
That's the seller
Winner has 377
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI....eName=PageBidderProfileViewBids_None_ViewLink
Why would he do this when he ends up losing a huge cut of the sale to eBay? It would've been a complete waste of money.
Mackenzie 92
Member
Paypal is gonna lock the dudes account and freeze his funds until the buyer gives the OK that everything is copacetic, so I guess the buyer isn't that crazy. Still seems shady as hell tho. I would have demanded actual pics of it working and everything.
megamerican
Member
Don't know if its been posted but the seller just said on his Twitter account that it has a Blu Ray drive. So I guess there's that.
Sony won.
If it is indeed real, I hope whoever bought it reveals a lot more stuff about it :-D
If someone had this from Microsoft, all they would have to do is make a deal with a friend, give it to him, then call the police and report it stolen.
The original owner then would have no ties to the thing and MS would know someone out there has it.
It's not that hard to imagine.
The original owner then would have no ties to the thing and MS would know someone out there has it.
It's not that hard to imagine.
snoopeasystreet
Member
Would this thing be able to access PartnerNet?
The bid is over?
Hmmm........
Is that a troll face seen from the side?
Ravensmash
Member
Man, if legit then this guy is going to be in a lot of trouble.
Goodbye money from auction, hello court.
It would be funner if in all the bids it was "Nintendo" than "Sony" and so on fighting over it lol.
Well, technically no. The alpha dev kits were Power Mac G5s. They weren't calle Mac Pro until Apple switched from Power PC to Intel.
*nerdalert*