Although I still don’t have the Halo3 game yet I do have the Halo3 console. It all happened this past weekend it went to my local Best Buy store to exchange my current / original xbox 360 because mine was messing up. But, when I get there the person behind the counter says that they were out of the original xbox 360’s. So I was like WTF??? you’re kidding me right..?? I asked if I could pay the difference and get the elite or the Halo 3 version and she said yeah I could pay $50 more and get the elite or just pay nothing and get the Halo3 version… I was like “I’ll gladly take the Halo 3 version” So pretty much needless to say all I had to do was renew my service plan for 2yrs ($59.99) and the Halo 3 console is mine… That made my weekend! 
that is pretty cool! congrats on the new gear
I’ve been thinking of getting a xbox 360 because I’m tired of messing up with pc and a lot of great cames are coming only on xbox Halo 3, Mass Effect and so on. I asked about that Halo 3 version at the shop one time and found out that it doesn’t have the actual game! I mean why don’t the sell the game along with the console (even higher price would be justifies here).
And do you think that 360 is any use with a regular tv or a computer screen because I don’t really fancy spending hundreds of dollars to get flat tv that I don’t even really need. So little money, so much to buy…
Best regards
Antti
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