My curious luck, part two: Wherein I am presented with an Xbox 360 Elite
My 360 Elite that I previously won arrived today.
I had a bit of a time getting it set up. It initially gave me one red light and an error message, after that it would power on and my TV would just flash indefinitely. It would have been working had it occurred to me that not only did I need to reseat the video and power cables, but the hard drive as well.
I was pretty fucking pissed off about it initially, thinking that the Xbox I had got was one of the zillion or so broken ones out there, but after a bit of thinking it seems to be working OK. I’m still a touch annoyed that a faulty hard drive can hang a system like that, but I suppose that’s consumer electronics crap for you.
It came with Bioshock and Rock Band. With no instruments. Seems like this is how they get you to buy a whole bunch more bullshit for it. It might be working. Rock Band is really, really, really fun, but I don’t think it would be nearly as much fun alone, and I’m not exactly the throw-a-party-every-weekend type. Besides, if I do that, I have my Wii.
I am, however, thinking about keeping it. If Microsoft had announced availability of a Blu-Ray drive I would definitely be keeping it, but they have not. It is still rumor, and bad rumor at that.
So I’m now debating selling it. Xbox 360 Elite + Bioshock + Rock Band + the spare (blue) controller and Xbox 360 media remote I had laying around. (Don’t ask.) I’m thinking $425 for the whole damn thing, which is the price of the Elite alone on Amazon. If you’re interested, call or text me.