Xbox One

[JediJman]

I thought these would be all over the place after the holidays.  I was super lucky to snag one at Lake Street Target a few days before Christmas.  They organized it so you bought online, then picked up in store, and even offered to escort me to my car for safety.  What a weird world we live in.  I would contact your closest Target electronics manager and/or walmart manager and ask them for the scoop.  They might be able to give you some idea of when more are coming or the best way to secure them.  Those guys will definitely get a lot more stock than anybody else.  You could also try Facebook Marketplace - maybe the scalpers have come down in price after the holiday craze.

[Rob]

That’s a good idea.  Maybe I can just find a sympathetic employee to help me get one at the store.  Facebook market place is a no go for me, I deleted my account about 3 years ago and never looked back. 

Thanks for the idea!

[Dave]

I was super lucky to snag one at Lake Street Target a few days before Christmas.  They organized it so you bought online, then picked up in store, and even offered to escort me to my car for safety.  What a weird world we live in.

You do realize that you picked the local Target in probably the worst neighborhood, and the one that was looted and nearly burned down in the riots? 

I'd probably want an escort to my car after buying hot dogs much less a $500 gaming console that could be flipped for $1000.

[JediJman]

You do realize that you picked the local Target in probably the worst neighborhood, and the one that was looted and nearly burned down in the riots? 

I'd probably want an escort to my car after buying hot dogs much less a $500 gaming console that could be flipped for $1000.

It wasn't really a choice - the one time I found an opportunity to get one in stock it was only available at Lake Street.  That store is completely rebuilt after the riots and is actually really nice now.  It's a huge footprint - they actually have the store pickup section way down at the furthest entrance and several aisles of basic needs stuff as a buffer at the front of the store in a permanent secondary location (water, bath tissue, etc.).  It also feels much safer around 11AM than other times of the day. 

[Rob]

I asked in a Reddit thread for tips and someone suggested the Hot Stock app.... it sends you alerts when things go in stock, and if you pay $5 a month you get alerts ahead of the rest of the users.

So I tried it, and every time I got an alert, I STILL couldn't get to the sites fast enough to get one through checkout.  Until yesterday when I managed to buy one at Walmart.com.

Then this morning, the order got canceled.  I chatted with their customer service to ask why and they said that it was a duplicate order.  So I checked and I didn't have to orders.  They said it was because someone else at my address bought one. 

Turns out, their algorithm isn't smart enough to recognize apartment numbers, and one of my neighbors in the other apartments in this building bought one.

They said I could re-order... which is nearly impossible, and if I did it would just get canceled again.

A half hour after all this, I got another alert, this time CostCo, and I was able to get an order in through their app.

Fingers crossed that it actually ships.

[Matt_Fury]

Good luck Rob.  I'm willing to be patient and wait until the craziness dies down.

[JediJman]

Sweet Christmas - I can't believe these are still backlogged 3 months after the holidays.  Hope this one goes through for you.

[Rob]

So far so good... I trust CostCo's customer service 100x more than Walmart's.

[Rob]

Expected delivery tomorrow.... it's finally happening.

That Hot Stock app did work for me, if anyone's looking for another way to get one of these bought.  The app isn't just Xbox's, it's all kinds of stuff.

[Matt]

So I didn't realize that the June BC releases were going to be the last ones... That program has been incredible and I love everything about it, but I'm bummed that it's ending.  I was this many games away from being able to get rid of the old Xbox and 360...

360:
[  ] Medal of Honor
[  ] Medal of Honor:  Warfighter
[  ] Silent Hill: Homecoming
[/] Skyrim - I could live without this one because of the re-release, but my old saved game is on the 360 version...
[  ] Blazing Angels 2

XBOX:
[  ] Call of Duty:  Finest Hour
[  ] Heroes of the Pacific
[  ] Medal of Honor:  European Assault
[  ] Medal of Honor:  Frontline
[  ] Medal of Honor:  Rising Sun
[  ] Secret Weapons Over Normandy
[  ] Silent Hill 4:  The Room
[  ] Star Wars:  Jedi Knight 2 - Jedi Outcast
[  ] Thing (The)
[  ] Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4

I hope that once Project Scarlett is done, that they'll relaunch the program.

Well, looks like you just got one more game to get rid of in the final final BC update.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/15/22782746/microsoft-xbox-backward-compatibility-76-new-games

[Rob]

Woo hoo! I'm glad to see the BC program back.

That said, 76 new titles and only ONE is on my list?  I'll take it, but that's a bit of a bummer in terms of the ratio.

EDIT:  It's two!  Secret Weapons Over Normandy, and Jedi Outcast 2. 

360:
[  ] Medal of Honor
[  ] Medal of Honor:  Warfighter
[  ] Silent Hill: Homecoming
[/] Skyrim - I could live without this one because of the re-release, but my old saved game is on the 360 version...
[  ] Blazing Angels 2

XBOX:
[  ] Call of Duty:  Finest Hour
[  ] Heroes of the Pacific
[  ] Medal of Honor:  European Assault
[  ] Medal of Honor:  Frontline
[  ] Medal of Honor:  Rising Sun
[X] Secret Weapons Over Normandy
[  ] Silent Hill 4:  The Room
[X] Star Wars:  Jedi Knight 2 - Jedi Outcast
[  ] Thing (The)
[  ] Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4

[Rob]

The article says this is the last batch and that they’ve now reached the limit of what they can bring to the BC catalogue.  Very disappointing.   

[Ryan]

I finally saw my first ever Series X in the wild last night at the new Mini-Target near my house. I stopped in on a whim just looking for SW figures, and as I was turning around to walk out, I noticed one lonely Series X sitting in the case. I picked it up, it's crazy that it took more than a year to get one of these. I was pretty stoked to finally get my hands one on.

NGL there was a very small part of me that considered putting it on eBay and trying to find another one later, people are still getting $700+ on them it looks like. But then I felt shame, and I wanted to keep it anyways.

[JediJman]

I finally saw my first ever Series X in the wild last night at the new Mini-Target near my house. I stopped in on a whim just looking for SW figures, and as I was turning around to walk out, I noticed one lonely Series X sitting in the case. I picked it up, it's crazy that it took more than a year to get one of these. I was pretty stoked to finally get my hands one on.

NGL there was a very small part of me that considered putting it on eBay and trying to find another one later, people are still getting $700+ on them it looks like. But then I felt shame, and I wanted to keep it anyways.

Congrats, and thanks for doing the right thing by not flipping it. 

[Rob]

I stopped looking once I found one, but I still haven't seen one in the wild, over a year later.  It's crazy.

It's also an incredible machine.