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Few values from today 11/16

DS
Kirby Mass Attack 9$

3DS
Kingdom Hearts DDD 10$

Wii
Epic Mickey 6$

If I go to trade in a PS3 and put the old HDD back in will they accept it if I have not gone and reinstalled the firmware as long as it boots into the "Plug PS3 Controller in" screen?

Has it taken longer for anyone else for poweruprewards to post recent card activities on your account? I wanted to see how many points I have after buying stuff earlier this week. Somehow, I always lowball my estimate of how many points I think I will get which I guess is a good thing lol.

Got Blackops2 digital and still haven't seen the points show up or the activity.

Originally Posted by kraken613 If I go to trade in a PS3 and put the old HDD back in will they accept it if I have not gone and reinstalled the firmware as long as it boots into the "Plug PS3 Controller in" screen?

I asked this question earlier in the thread and then did some research of my own. It seems like the answer is NO, that any drive put into a system will prompt you to format it. I assume it has to write specific system data to the drive to read it. If you want to transfer your data from your old console to the new one, you can connect them via an Ethernet cable and use the Data Transfer Utility.

I have a 640GB drive in an 80GB fat system that i want to trade into GS for the double TIV. The double value is available Friday-Sunday, so that gives you some time if you get your system before then. Since the $200 super-slim bundle has a 250GB drive, i deleted a lot of my game installs and demos off my current drive and plan to use the Data Transfer Utility to transfer my other stuff over, then use the Backup Utility to switch the 250GB drive back to my 640GB drive.

Originally Posted by mewman13 I have a 640GB drive in an 80GB fat system that i want to trade into GS for the double TIV. The double value is available Friday-Sunday, so that gives you some time if you get your system before then. Since the $200 super-slim bundle has a 250GB drive, i deleted a lot of my game installs and demos off my current drive and plan to use the Data Transfer Utility to transfer my other stuff over, then use the Backup Utility to switch the 250GB drive back to my 640GB drive.

Wow, I just saw that double trade-in credit thing. So, if they're giving $125 for a PS3 currently, we should get $250, correct? Assuming the TIV doesn't change sometime in the next few days. Jeez, I'd just started considering trading in my PS3 sometime in the future. Might have to make some quick decisions now.

Originally Posted by Bankotsu Has it taken longer for anyone else for poweruprewards to post recent card activities on your account? I wanted to see how many points I have after buying stuff earlier this week. Somehow, I always lowball my estimate of how many points I think I will get which I guess is a good thing lol.

I had purchases from Monday not show up until Thursday night.

Originally Posted by Donut2922 somebody posted about getting that as an email offer. Was there a coupon to scan or was it automatic? Because the website shows 30% TIV bonus for Black Ops 2 purchases...

I got the email as well since I haven't picked up my preorder yet but when I got to the store they had it posted in front of the registers. It seem to be automatic, I didn't see him scan anything.

Originally Posted by mewman13 I asked this question earlier in the thread and then did some research of my own. It seems like the answer is NO, that any drive put into a system will prompt you to format it. I assume it has to write specific system data to the drive to read it. If you want to transfer your data from your old console to the new one, you can connect them via an Ethernet cable and use the Data Transfer Utility. I have a 640GB drive in an 80GB fat system that i want to trade into GS for the double TIV. The double value is available Friday-Sunday, so that gives you some time if you get your system before then. Since the $200 super-slim bundle has a 250GB drive, i deleted a lot of my game installs and demos off my current drive and plan to use the Data Transfer Utility to transfer my other stuff over, then use the Backup Utility to switch the 250GB drive back to my 640GB drive.

I have everything backed up. I had a 500gb drive and would only trade it in with the 160gb drive it came with. So if that 160gb drive is installed but the firmware (4.xx) is not they won't accept it?

Originally Posted by jr1016 I got the email as well since I haven't picked up my preorder yet but when I got to the store they had it posted in front of the registers. It seem to be automatic, I didn't see him scan anything.

awesome thanks jr

Originally Posted by kraken613 I have everything backed up. I had a 500gb drive and would only trade it in with the 160gb drive it came with. So if that 160gb drive is installed but the firmware (4.xx) is not they won't accept it?

I'm sorry, I must have misread your question. I have never traded in a console before, so I can't answer your question. I thought you were asking if you took out your old 500GB and put it straight into a new superslim, would it work? To which the answer is as I gave it, no.

It shouldn't be too difficult to do the extra steps to get the system to boot up with your original 160GB drive and let it install the firmware on its own.

TIV from today (11/16)

Medal of Honor: Warfighter - $16
White Knight Chronicles II - $5
Mafia II - $5
3rd Party Controller (listed as PS3 Cont Wireless Dong REQ) - $5.80
Fallout 3 GOTY - $8
Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga - $6
Mass Effect - $6
Mass Effect 2 - $2.50
Mass Effect 3 - $8
3rd Party Controller (listed as XB360 Controller - Wired <Other) - $8.50

The 2 3rd party controllers I traded in were Call of Duty Black Ops Precision Aim controllers (I think made by Mad Catz).

Traded in
DS Mario Kart ($10 base) - $16
DS New Super Marion Bros. ($12 base) - $19.20

bought COD BO2 in same transaction for a 50% automatic bump (plus my powerup 10% in addition...)

20GB PS3 is still $85 as of tonight if you wish to update its date.

Originally Posted by hobbie8046 20GB PS3 is still $85 as of tonight if you wish to update its date.

Throw that backwards compatible up on craigs for $175 cash (write a complete description), you might just be surprised... and still have until next Friday to possibly trade it...

So gamestop doesn't take Journey collectors edition. I was told its not in their system, and there is only the regular journey which is Downloadable.

Originally Posted by TPerryoo7 So gamestop doesn't take Journey collectors edition. I was told its not in their system, and there is only the regular journey which is Downloadable.

It's not in Best Buy's system either. Strange.

NBA 2k11 Ps3: $1
NBA 2k12 Ps3: $3

I hate to be that guy but is there any way to tell if they will extend this $10 for 3 promo? It would be perfect if I could go Monday.

I hate to be that guy but whats the Holiday Return policy for gamestop again? I checked the website and I couldn't find it.