Microsoft betrayed early adopters.

Roughstack · Mar 5, 2015

GIVE US AN AMBASSADOR PROGRAM LIKE NINTENDO DID FOR THE 3DS!

Hell, I will settle for a re-commitment to Kinect. Some neat uses in games would be enough compensation for me

and Refurbished is still like new with a guarantee to work. It isn't some banged up piece of crap being sold on eBay by a 1 star seller; it's groupon. I bought a "refurbished" 3DS from them and it's like new. Refurbushed is usually open box returns there
is usually nothing wrong with them. And even if they weren't, are you telling me that you're willing to spend $499 instead of $315 (and free game) just because you think the refurb isn't good enough? After tax, that's over $200 in savings. I think I can live
with an open box console if it means It will basically pay for a pair of Astro A50's. Only the most anal retentive collector would pay $200 more just for the privilege of breaking the plastic seal themselves.

And even without this bundle, $349 for an Xbox and two games is ridiculous compared to the $499 I paid.

Roughstack · Mar 5, 2015

You didn't even read the post. I bought it from GameStop. Why would I not include the tax in the final cost? Does that ~$50 just magically not matter? So yes it was $600 AFTER TAX I am sorry if you can't read or do Math. I paid the same as everyone else
at launch.

Goatsnatcher · Mar 5, 2015

I'm sorry but I'd always buy new over a refurbished product. Refurbished generally means it's had a problem and been fixed, or its second hand and it's had all the crap cleaned off from the previous owner.

Blitz23 NZ · Mar 5, 2015

Umm I fail to see how MS is betraying anyone with this? Groupon deal for a refurbished console... smh

Do you rage on car websites over being able to get used cars for half the price of a new one?

Goatsnatcher · Mar 5, 2015

www.gamespot.com/.../1100-6389498

Have a read about Gamestops refurb process.

Glu10Free · Mar 5, 2015

Lmao, it's life get used to it. I bought a brand new car last year and now you can get them for a few grand cheaper OR you can buy the new 2015 model with more features for the same price I paid. Do I feel ripped off? NO, that's just how it works. You decided
to buy it day one and of course the price will come down eventually or have some amazing sale, especially in the technology world.

Doc Holliday x · Mar 5, 2015

Sorry you feel that way i love my x1 got countless hours of enjoyment since its launch couldnt be more satisfied

BizarroMantis · Mar 5, 2015

I stay away from refurbished stuff. I don't like knowing other people grubby fingers were on my things.

J.R.G. · Mar 5, 2015

I don't like knowing other people grubby fingers were on my things.
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What if they washed their hands first? ;-)

I'm with BizarroMantis and others that do not like refurbished.

Peace, J.R.

N7 Gh0stz · Mar 5, 2015

I payed £800 for my xbox one and games day one do i feel ripped off? No am i mad? No. get over it no one forced you into buying it day one

smileskybird · Oct 31, 2018

Prices do come down over time but day 1 xbox 1 peps have had benefits too. Autographed controller, sticker, and we got in first. If you make a big deal about prices maybe you should choose a cheaper hobby. My parents wouldnt pay for it i got it day 1 because
i was saving and you dont see me complaining about the price.

N7 Gh0stz

I payed £800 for my xbox one and games day one do i feel ripped off? No am i mad? No. get over it no one forced you into buying it day one

Glu10Free

Lmao, it's life get used to it. I bought a brand new car last year and now you can get them for a few grand cheaper OR you can buy the new 2015 model with more features for the same price I paid. Do I feel ripped off? NO, that's just how it works. You decided
to buy it day one and of course the price will come down eventually or have some amazing sale, especially in the technology world.

Goatsnatcher

I'm sorry but I'd always buy new over a refurbished product. Refurbished generally means it's had a problem and been fixed, or its second hand and it's had all the crap cleaned off from the previous owner.

Zero Divided

little over dramatic there, this bundle is a refurbished console(which means it was broken or defective) and a now $30 game, on Groupon.

but if you paid over $600 for a $500 console and a $60 game (so $560), i might be mad as well, but for different reasons.

and i wouldn't say that Xbox has "lost" this generation yet, most people would have said the same thing about the PS3, but still ended up neck and neck with the 360.

Roughstack

You would be mad too if you paid about $600 for something that had it's priced slashed Almost in half BARELY a year later. Early adopters were literally robbed and no amount of "well I had fun with mine" will make it right. You had fun with what? Using Kinect
to say Xbox record that? We were sold the idea that Kinect would be a cornerstone of the Xbox one vision. We were promised new motion gaming experiences where the game would read our heart rate or something dumb like that. But it was all lies. Kinect doesn't
matter, that $200 you wasted doesn't matter. Fanboys are going to tear me a new one, but everything I saw is true. Early adopters DID get ***. Where is our ambassador program?

Microsoft betrayed early adopters.