Originally Posted by YBX87 LOl, i got a few from gamestop, when i bought some of their used games without cover art or manual. and some from bestbuy pre-owned games i bought now thinking about it, i probably have about almost 20 extra ps3 cases,Lmao

I bought like 400-500+ from Hollywood Video when they went out of biz around here. I cleaned out the one store of them. I figured I could sell em to folks who didn't get the original cases from GS when they buy games. But I think if I've sold about 20-30 out of that lot it's a miracle.

Then I got a free rolling rack/gondola from the one yard down the line that originally would cost $400-500. It was sitting in knee high weeds in someone's side yard. The family used to use it when they'd have a yard sale they said, but hadn't used it in years. So at least I have somewhere to store all the cases that's nice and organized as opposed to having to dig through the HWV bags to find cases.

Originally Posted by IAmTheCheapestGamer Not everybody has extra cases lying around though. I don't know. I just know that some games provide extra content or bug fixes in the GH versions. Mafia II was one of the ones that provided extra content for the GH version versus the normal version.

Ok. Thanks. For $4.50, I'll imagine the rest!

yeah i traded all my games in that i got through psn+. i figure i have a year or so psn+ and if i want it ill get more. if i want those games back they will be cheaper in a year or so and i could pick them up if i really wanted them. so yeah

Originally Posted by Velo214 yeah i traded all my games in that i got through psn+. i figure i have a year or so psn+ and if i want it ill get more. if i want those games back they will be cheaper in a year or so and i could pick them up if i really wanted them. so yeah

You should play some Just Cause 2 and start uploading videos to YouTube from in game. Some CAG's who bought it during the sale a week or two ago and my friends on PSN have been having a blast making videos in the game.

Most of mine are only 30 seconds in length usually. I've had some nutty stuff occur in game since I started making videos.

I love just cause 2, and grabbed it a month or so after release. Last year I got back into it and my buddy and I were making some funny ass stunt videos. I remember this one where I had like a garbage truck thing and tethered a crotch rocket to it, then went to town on the high rise highways. The bike was bouncing off everything and did some crazy physics breaking crap. Never had more fun in a video game... Beer+goofing off in JC2 with a good buddy = the best

is just cause 2 like a sand box style game like gta? cuz that is how it looks like to me from the youtube videos i seen

Originally Posted by TheLounge I love just cause 2, and grabbed it a month or so after release. Last year I got back into it and my buddy and I were making some funny ass stunt videos. I remember this one where I had like a garbage truck thing and tethered a crotch rocket to it, then went to town on the high rise highways. The bike was bouncing off everything and did some crazy physics breaking crap. Never had more fun in a video game... Beer+goofing off in JC2 with a good buddy = the best

I tethered the one sports car from the one airport to a jetliner last night with disastrous results. About 20 seconds after taking off the car slammed into the body of the plane causing it to blow up midair.

The body of the plane kept aloft though and was dragging the car with it. it finally came down on an island about 2-3 miles from where we took off from. I was about to upload a video of it to YouTube, but that portion of the game messed up(never brought up the YT sign in page and got stuck on the screen saying 'uploading to YouTube').

But I did make a video about a week or two ago of me jumping from scooter to scooter on one of the raised highways. I had three of them rolling along on their own at one point.

Originally Posted by YBX87 is just cause 2 like a sand box style game like gta? cuz that is how it looks like to me from the youtube videos i seen

Yeah. It a sandbox style game. There's a ton of little settlements that you can take over by finding hidden packages(which aren't so hidden, they kinda have a sheen to them that you can see from a decent distance away) and eliminating enemy items like gas pumps, propaganda trailers and water towers from them.

Or you could just roam around the countryside just carjacking people and never do a single mission.

Best part is if you run across some really nutty stuff in the game, you can make a video of it and upload it to YouTube.

Traded in 7 games for $92.40. I needed a new monitor, so all is good.

great success trading at BB today! Got $88 for 4 games, walked out with the Skyrim CE, Halo 3, and the Halo 4 preorder litho for nothing out of pocket with another $13 in BB credit left. The guy taking my trade was a fellow Skyrim fan so just talked Dawnguard with him during the whole trade process and he said he had done the same thing I had with upgrading to the CE.

Traded in:

-Skyrim ($17, $34 after bonus). Upgraded to CE
-NHL 12 ($14, $28 after bonus). Considering how sports games tank in value and the fact that I got this for $40 last October, $28 was a great deal for a game I wasnt intending to play much.
-NHL 11 ($7, $14 after bonus). This one was scratched up but the guy took it anyway so win there.
-NFS Hot Pursuit ($6, $12 after bonus). I waited for a long time to get this game and finally did during an EA daily deal last year for $9.99, but I just couldnt enjoy this as much as I loved Hot Pursuit 2 on Gamecube. I'll probably rebuy at somepoint but $12 was a better deal than having it gather dust for months.

Couldnt get rid of anything else since my collection is pretty small and I wanted to keep my games (I only have 20ish 360 games). The other games I thought about getting rid of had pretty low TIV's compared to what it would cost to rebuy them down the road when I get the itch to play them again (GTA IV, MW1, MW2). All in all though, a great day!

Traded in a bunch of games. Unlocked didn't apply, so had him ring me up again and apply it then. Went from $98 to $111.....10% definitely isn't $13. Looked at receipt and it was right, so appararently he didn't even scan a game the first time around.

Originally Posted by IAmTheCheapestGamer You should play some Just Cause 2 and start uploading videos to YouTube from in game. Some CAG's who bought it during the sale a week or two ago and my friends on PSN have been having a blast making videos in the game. Most of mine are only 30 seconds in length usually. I've had some nutty stuff occur in game since I started making videos.

Didn't know Just Cause 2 had that feature. Very cool. More games need to start incorporating stuff like that.

Did any of you guys notice the Vault cases they had for $25? They had the MLG and BF3 for xbox only. They were located by the gaming counter at the store I go to.

Originally Posted by krashhole Did any of you guys notice the Vault cases they had for $25? They had the MLG and BF3 for xbox only. They were located by the gaming counter at the store I go to.

I noticed, they were at the far back near the PS Vita for me. I thought they were pretty slick, but I honestly had no idea what it was for and didn't need an extra box taking up space.

The one I found resembled this one: http://www.evilcontrollers.com/catal.../515/image/30/

Now that you mentioned it though, going to YouTube it and see what it's all about

Edit: Damn, I just noticed this one. Looks absolutely sick. Kinda wish I had a GoW 360 right about now.
http://manatank.com/wp-content/uploa...8-768x1024.jpg

Some of them look pretty sweet. I just don't care for the bulky look you get from the cases.

Originally Posted by BudzMcGee Didn't know Just Cause 2 had that feature. Very cool. More games need to start incorporating stuff like that.

Yeah. I'm kinda hoping that GTA V has something like that as well.

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Originally Posted by krashhole Some of them look pretty sweet. I just don't care for the bulky look you get from the cases.

I agree, I also found them pretty bulky and honestly ugly. But after seeing that GoW one, I kinda want one haha. Looks pretty cool, just wonder how it handles heat.

Originally Posted by ChunLiBarbie I forgot about those vaults. I had been thinking about getting the PS3 BF3 vault if I can find 1. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olstempl...ode=searchmode

So is this a price cut for all the vaults, or just specific ones? The only ones I found were those Helghast looking helmets. Didn't see any others around, going to ask tomorrow and see what's up.

Honestly after seeing that Gears vault, I kinda want one. Would look absolutely sick on my future 360 lol.

How often do Best Buy prices change? I just went through and jotted down values on everything, and I plan on popping in Thursday or Friday to make my trades--wanna make one last play of each title for old time's sake.

Originally Posted by eXiON So is this a price cut for all the vaults, or just specific ones? The only ones I found were those Helghast looking helmets. Didn't see any others around, going to ask tomorrow and see what's up. Honestly after seeing that Gears vault, I kinda want one. Would look absolutely sick on my future 360 lol.

Saw MLG Vault at two different BB and one was priced $24.99 and its in the clearance section(same store has the BF3 vault for $24.99), while the other store only had MLG and was priced $69.99 so I guess its YMMV.

Originally Posted by maximumzero How often do Best Buy prices change? I just went through and jotted down values on everything, and I plan on popping in Thursday or Friday to make my trades--wanna make one last play of each title for old time's sake.

Pretty often, I know people regret waiting even 1 day to make trades..

Anyway my latest trade to BBY last Saturday was a very pleasant one getting someone who was good at their job, 11 games turned into $180 credit. Bought Gamer Club unlocked in the same transaction and pretty much paid for itself and I just checked my RZ account and Gamer Club unlocked was applied today, my trades also showed up today in there which is a surprise since I didn't know you get RZ points for them.

Originally Posted by FlipSide Pretty often, I know people regret waiting even 1 day to make trades.

Oh, well, damn. Now I'll wonder for the rest of the day how much they've changed in the last week.

MW3 is $17 base today. Is that up or down? I'm pretty sure that's changed, but I can't remember if it was higher or lower recently.