Dick Smith Selling Xbox 360 Kinect Bundle For Under $200

32 responses to “Dick Smith Selling Xbox 360 Kinect Bundle For Under $200”

1. 

   Dire Wolf

   June 14, 2012 at 1:39 pm

   Just like Mark I’m still rocking an old school 360 so I’m tempted by this. Would I be able to use my original 360 hard-drive with this or what? 4 gigs isn’t a lot of memory.

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   1. 

      PiratePete

      June 14, 2012 at 1:53 pm

      You can use the hard drive in it, but not in the case. If you pull it out of its original casing you can slide the bare drive into the 360 slim however it would just sit loose inside.

      Otherwise you can buy a 360 slim caddy for the drive for like 4 bucks on ebay.

      Unless you have a big drive you are probably better off buying a new 250gb for 69 bucks from Ozgameshop/Ebay

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         Gus

         June 14, 2012 at 1:56 pm

         Yep, a friend of mine has done this, no issues with it at all, it’s been about 6 months.

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            PiratePete

            June 14, 2012 at 2:05 pm

            I swapped my dads drive from his old 360 last year and we just stuffed the gap with cardboard to hold it steady 😀

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   2. 

      Andy

      June 14, 2012 at 1:53 pm

      No, but you can transfer the data across.

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      Shane

      June 14, 2012 at 1:54 pm

      No. They’re not compatible, as I understand it. Even transferring the data will be a matter of buying an expensive cable.

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      1. 

         Blackhawks

         June 14, 2012 at 2:10 pm

         Not true. I was able to transfer over my data to my new Xbox 2 years ago with no drama. Granted mine does have 250gb storage but still. Also the data transfer cable I bought, funnily enough, at dick Smith was around $30 if I can remember correctly.

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         1. 

            Blackhawks

            June 14, 2012 at 2:12 pm

            Dammit, nvm, I misread Shane’s post 😛

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         2. 

            losturtle

            June 14, 2012 at 8:01 pm

            “Expensive” cable? Even EB has it for like $23…

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2. 

   Effluvium Boy

   June 14, 2012 at 1:40 pm

   Maybe it’s time to get a box…

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3. 

   MDolley

   June 14, 2012 at 1:43 pm

   I am not sure if I should consider this or wait for the toy sales….

   I already have a Kinect that isn’t being used. Can you off-load a bundled Kinect at all (trade at EB for example)?

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4. 

   Sean

   June 14, 2012 at 1:45 pm

   The old drive is not compatible… honestly you’re better off just getting 250gb Slim bundle, I recently got one from EB for $348 came with Halo Reach & Fable 3, no Kinect since I allready had one. I had to buy a data transfer cable as well to bring over all my data from my old Elite machine but it was worth it. The 4gb model is pretty handicapped especially if you want to enjoy allot of the XBLA titles.

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   1. 

      Gus

      June 14, 2012 at 1:53 pm

      You can crack open the old drive’s case, take out the actual HDD and it plugs straight into the new xbox. It does move around a bit because it isn’t in the new xbox’s HDD holder. but it works fine. You can also buy the new xbox HDD holders for a few bucks on ebay, so you can chuck them in the new ones if you wanna put in a little effort. A friend of mine did this recently and has had no issues.

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5. 

   Mikka

   June 14, 2012 at 1:45 pm

   I’m tempted to buy it because it comes with Kinect too, which is worth what, $200?

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6. 

   MuseDragon

   June 14, 2012 at 1:48 pm

   I have a 320gb 2.5inch Sata that I used in my PS3 before it broke and I bought a 250gb slim. Will I be able to install it in the Xbox or does it take a different sized HD?

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   1. 

      A-Train

      June 14, 2012 at 1:51 pm

      already out of stock.

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      1. 

         Gus

         June 14, 2012 at 1:54 pm

         Yep, that was quick! I wonder if a DSE employee bought the only one available….. 😉

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      2. 

         Bagmup

         June 14, 2012 at 1:57 pm

         Yeah that’s not suspicious at all… Oh dicky, you’ve done it again.

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      3. 

         Mikka

         June 14, 2012 at 1:59 pm

         Oh wow? I just processed my order about 5 minutes ago. Here’s hoping I don’t get COTD’d and get an email saying “heres your refund cos we ran out and got your hopes up for no reason”

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   2. 

      PiratePete

      June 14, 2012 at 1:55 pm

      You can only put in drives with a special firmware from Microsoft so unless you bought it from Microsoft you wont be able to use it.

      You can use other drives but they have to be the same size as a current Microsoft one and you have to flash the firmware to it yourself which can be a pain in the ass.

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      1. 

         buckE182

         June 14, 2012 at 2:28 pm

         Thats not correct. My mate bought a 4gb slim 360 and i got a caddy for him and a 250gb laptop sized hdd and fitted it for him no issues. I then used a 360 transfer cable and transferred his data over from his original 20gb console. If u dont have much to transfer u can grab (most) save files and content from an old xbox and transfer via usb stick.

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         1. 

            PiratePete

            June 14, 2012 at 2:55 pm

            There are only 2 ways this can occur.

            1. The drive was a western digital that had already been flashed to use the correct hdss.bin

            2. Your friend had bought a JTAG Xbox which can take any old drive with no modification.

            Even as of 2012 people are still posting hdss.bin files with tutorials and I cant see why they would do that if you could chuck any old drive into your 360.

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      2. 

         buckE182

         June 14, 2012 at 2:28 pm

         Thats not correct. My mate bought a 4gb slim 360 and i got a caddy for him and a 250gb laptop sized hdd and fitted it for him no issues. I then used a 360 transfer cable and transferred his data over from his original 20gb console. If u dont have much to transfer u can grab (most) save files and content from an old xbox and transfer via usb stick.

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7. 

   doh

   June 14, 2012 at 1:51 pm

   thats a great deal
   but nothing will tear me away from PC gaming
   why they dont make controllers native for PC is the big question
   i have resisted buying an xbox for like 5 years despite WANTING TO PLAY HALO 3 SO BADLY

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8. 

   Justin

   June 14, 2012 at 2:47 pm

   I managed to grab one about 11:50am! 😀
   Aparently there were 500 in stock

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9. 

   Link

   June 14, 2012 at 5:10 pm

   WHAT A LOAD. only 500 in stock. Wish they would tell us that. This is why i hate dick smith they never say how much stuff they will have and never have enough.

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10. 

    OzHuski

    June 14, 2012 at 5:17 pm

    What fucking BS… Already sold out. DSE is fucking usless for this shit. Even on normal sales half the time I have to try different stores if they have something I want.

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11. 

    JellyArrow

    June 14, 2012 at 6:04 pm

    Rawr! DSE doesn’t have an infinite amount of stock! They suck! Rawr!

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    1. 

       Link

       June 15, 2012 at 12:50 pm

       to be honest its a really stupid strategy to only have such a limited amount. They will always sell quickly and people will miss out and therefore will be angry that they missed out. That means that when they think of DSE they think of the anger and won’t shop there. Humans are very simple creatures.

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       1. 

          JellyArrow

          June 15, 2012 at 1:11 pm

          Hurry, while stocks last. A sales strategy as old as the existence of merchants.

          What amount would you consider to be adequate? Then ask the next person who adds 1. Then the next guy who missed out says “yeah, if only they have 1 more I would have got one!”

          You can’t get all butthurt because you missed out on a sale. Sometimes you come across a bargain and are pleased with your purchase. Sometimes, you miss out. I personally don’t like DSE because I think they generally are overpriced and have staff who aren’t really knowledgeable. But I can’t give them a hard time because they have a sale, with a finite amount of products, and I miss out.

          To those who scored a bargain, enjoy! Perhaps next time around, I’ll be able to score a bargain.

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12. 

    Jordaan Mylonas

    June 15, 2012 at 8:38 am

    DSE’s buyers group are disgustingly bad. We’re a technology specialty shop, yet Big W (also owned by Woolworths) always get the same items as DSE at lower cost. It’s ridiculous.

    Stock levels for everything are also horrendously low. When DSE first started selling iPhones, they received 5 for the entire state of QLD, and didn’t get the second batch for months.

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13. 

    matt

    June 16, 2012 at 8:28 pm

    just checked there site … a bit late, but they now want $400 for a 4gig kinect pack with only one game or… $429 for the 250 gig ???? WTF

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    Jillian

    November 27, 2012 at 5:31 pm

    I’ve not really played any things like this since being a kid with a super nintendo. My mum & I want to buy something to play sports & dancing games. I doubt we’d really care about the size of the memory. I assume that’s for saving stuff? So would this be a good idea?

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