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Gamestop Series X|S drop on June 16th seems to be way bigger than launch

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It's from GameStop selling at stores Wednesday : XboxSeriesX (reddit.com) and apparently a 50k town.


30 units per 3.2k stores is at least 100k units.
This is assuming this store has neither very few or a lot of units.
 
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ZywyPL

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I saw one XSX in a store this Saturday. For 1000$. Not from scalpers, from one of the biggest RTV retailer here in Poland. ONE THOUSAND BUCKS. This is crazy.
 
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Spidey Fan

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So, Microsoft finally fully stocked their needs for upgrading xCloud blades, so they can stock the stores...
It was smart move for them. Let people be hungry for the new console, while you build your data center with these console. Once it's done, you can just continue to ramp up production, since you have now some information about how many people need the console.

Also, they built alot of hype this entire year, compared to the launch of the console. Gamepass is the center hype for it.
 

DeaDPo0L84

Member
I have no need for a XSX (have a PC) but I give major props to Microsoft for pumping these out at a faster rate. Been dealing with Sony's bullshit attempting to get a PS5 and it is absolutely fucking aggravating to the point where I don't even care. Ratchet and Clank can go eat a dick, I'll wait till these things are on store shelves and discounted.
 

Naked Lunch

Member
Dang, im having a tough time getting my Series X.
No luck on this drop.
Im in that Xbox Insiders console reservation thing - maybe thatll come through...
 
Tempting, but I’m still going to wait until there’s something on it that I want to play. I also have to wait because I’m broke.
 

THEAP99

Banned
So I drove to the GameStop near where I was getting my car worked on this morning.. it was at the opening, and there were like 20 people in line. So I said fuck that. So then an hour and a half later on my way to do some errands, I drive by another GameStop and didn't think i'd be able to get one but I did. They said they didn't get much traffic. Here I am

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Now where do I start with gamepass? Any tips or deals?
 

NeonGhost

uses 'M$' - What year is it? Not 2002.
So I drove to the GameStop near where I was getting my car worked on this morning.. it was at the opening, and there were like 20 people in line. So I said fuck that. So then an hour and a half later on my way to do some errands, I drive by another GameStop and didn't think i'd be able to get one but I did. They said they didn't get much traffic. Here I am

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Now where do I start with gamepass? Any tips or deals?
If you want to see a show piece for the graphics I would go with Gears 5 or forza horizon 4
 

elliot5

Member
So I drove to the GameStop near where I was getting my car worked on this morning.. it was at the opening, and there were like 20 people in line. So I said fuck that. So then an hour and a half later on my way to do some errands, I drive by another GameStop and didn't think i'd be able to get one but I did. They said they didn't get much traffic. Here I am

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Now where do I start with gamepass? Any tips or deals?
It doesn't come with a trial. There's a $1 for 3 months deal going on right now though. I would recommend you buy 3 years of Gold (via codes for $60 or go the Brazilian VPN trick to get them for about $40 a pop) and then paying the $1 to get 3 years of GPU for the price of 1 year if you want to commit.
 

ReBurn

Gold Member
I ordered one from Sams the day before yesterday and they charged my card today, so hopefully that means its shipping. Now to find the other console somewhere...
 
It doesn't come with a trial. There's a $1 for 3 months deal going on right now though. I would recommend you buy 3 years of Gold (via codes for $60 or go the Brazilian VPN trick to get them for about $40 a pop) and then paying the $1 to get 3 years of GPU for the price of 1 year if you want to commit.
Is 3 years of Gold the limit it lets you convert over?
 

Antwix

Member
So I drove to the GameStop near where I was getting my car worked on this morning.. it was at the opening, and there were like 20 people in line. So I said fuck that. So then an hour and a half later on my way to do some errands, I drive by another GameStop and didn't think i'd be able to get one but I did. They said they didn't get much traffic. Here I am

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Now where do I start with gamepass? Any tips or deals?
If you want the best deal with gamepass, get 3 years of Xbox Live Gold first. Wherever you want. If you have costco, I believe they sell a 2 year card for $90. Otherwise, I think newegg was selling one year codes for $50 each. Anyway, once you have 3 years of Xbox Live Gold redeemed on your account. Sign up for a one month gamepass ultimate. Should be $1. It will convert all your Xbox Live Gold time to Game Pass Ultimate. At the end of the day, you'll have 3 years of Gamepass Ultimate for about $150.

Just another tip. If you have the patience, sign up and take advantage of microsoft rewards ( https://account.microsoft.com/rewards/ ). It takes me like 2 minutes every day to complete pretty much everything on there and you'll accumulate rewards over time to redeem for various stuff.
 

elliot5

Member
If you want the best deal with gamepass, get 3 years of Xbox Live Gold first. Wherever you want. If you have costco, I believe they sell a 2 year card for $90. Otherwise, I think newegg was selling one year codes for $50 each. Anyway, once you have 3 years of Xbox Live Gold redeemed on your account. Sign up for a one month gamepass ultimate. Should be $1. It will convert all your Xbox Live Gold time to Game Pass Ultimate. At the end of the day, you'll have 3 years of Gamepass Ultimate for about $150.

Just another tip. If you have the patience, sign up and take advantage of microsoft rewards ( https://account.microsoft.com/rewards/ ). It takes me like 2 minutes every day to complete pretty much everything on there and you'll accumulate rewards over time to redeem for various stuff.
I also recommend rewards, Punished Miku Punished Miku . Especially once you have Game Pass. I get somewhere like >20k points a month which is greater than $20 just by doing some quick Bing searches like skipping through Elements, and doing a few game pass quests/daily achievements. Even by just doing bing searches which takes a few seconds each day you'll get enough to infinitely top off your Game Pass Ultimate sub forever. Or, save up for "free" games like Battlefield, even a new console should there be a mid-gen refresh.
 
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