Xbox General discussion **No Order Chat Here**

AH92

Just a quick question lads what number did you guys use to call microsoft support? Can't seem to find it.

DARK-KNIGHT

Was talking to a guy I know does work for argos he said the people who went online today and took all the preorders were as bad as scalpers ****ed up the rotation of stock for everyone... with all due respect stop that ****

Birneybau

Installed Dead Space 2, to finish it off, and the difference between playing it last night on Xbox One and tonight... It looks better straight off, and it's an Xbox 360 game!

A2LUE42

Probes wrote: »

Anyone waiting on Harvey Norman, I just got an email notification from them that mines dispatched. So looks like it is happening for us after all!

Haven't heard from them at all.. ☹️

PsychoPete

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

Was talking to a guy I know does work for argos he said the people who went online today and took all the preorders were as bad as scalpers ****ed up the rotation of stock for everyone... with all due respect stop that ****

Argos had them available to reserve, you hardly expect people not to buy them. Argos got paid so I'm sure they aren't too worried

Fiftyfilthy

PsychoPete wrote: »

Argos had them available to reserve, you hardly expect people not to buy them. Argos got paid so I'm sure they aren't too worried

Yes, don’t understand the problem

If you advertise them , people shouldn’t reserve online ?

george67

You can't walk in to Argos without a reservation , Covid rules

Hurrache

PsychoPete wrote: »

Argos had them available to reserve, you hardly expect people not to buy them. Argos got paid so I'm sure they aren't too worried

I think the issue is not that people are reserving to buy them but reserving them from anywhere in order to trade.

DM_2092

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

Was talking to a guy I know does work for argos he said the people who went online today and took all the preorders were as bad as scalpers ****ed up the rotation of stock for everyone... with all due respect stop that ****

That's like a TicketMaster employee or the act itself getting annoyed because a fan bought a ticket to the event. I don't know how someone claiming a preorder is doing something wrong?

DARK-KNIGHT

DM_2092 wrote: »

That's like a TicketMaster employee or the act itself getting annoyed because a fan bought a ticket to the event. I don't know how someone claiming a preorder is doing something wrong?

people from cork preordering in naas????? thats not wrong?

ElBarco

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

Was talking to a guy I know does work for argos he said the people who went online today and took all the preorders were as bad as scalpers ****ed up the rotation of stock for everyone... with all due respect stop that ****

Someone on here pointed me to a store taking reservations, I reserved and picked it up. Did argos do some sort of preorder too?

PsychoPete

DM_2092 wrote: »

That's like a TicketMaster employee or the act itself getting annoyed because a fan bought a ticket to the event. I don't know how someone claiming a preorder is doing something wrong?

It sounds like someone thats bitter over not getting one

Kimbot

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

people from cork preordering in naas????? thats not wrong?

Well it's not wrong if they can/could collect it in naas

johnf26

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

people from cork preordering in naas????? thats not wrong?

well in fairness to that im in KK and id would pre order country wide if im travelling with work to them areas and they dont have what im looking for in my local

Probes

A2LUE42 wrote: »

Haven't heard from them at all.. ☹️

Well to be honest I'm not entirely sure about my order still. They sent me an email saying it's been dispatched, but when I look at the tracking it simply says that DPD received the order in September, but it doesn't say anywhere that they've collected the goods.

Agent Avenger

I’m due to collect mine tomorrow morning from the UPS depot but on MS’s order history it says delivery failed - processing refund. Refund will be issued in 4-7 days

AnniePowwa

If you've a series s which version of cold War should you get?

DARK-KNIGHT

PsychoPete wrote: »

It sounds like someone thats bitter over not getting one

not at all mine will be delivered tomorrow from gamestop

Grumpypants

I don't think he means those people who just reserved and collected their console, but rather those that just booked up the reservation numbers without wanting or needing them. So anyone that genuinely wanted a console couldn't get one.

Kimbot

Grumpypants wrote: »

I don't think he means those people who just reserved and collected their console, but rather those that just booked up the reservation numbers without wanting or needing them. So anyone that genuinely wanted a console couldn't get one.

They will go back into the system on Thursday if they aren't collected so people can still get some

Grumpypants

Kimbot wrote: »

They will go back into the system on Thursday if they aren't collected so people can still get some

Thursday is a long wait in not having a new console hours

Calhoun

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

Was talking to a guy I know does work for argos he said the people who went online today and took all the preorders were as bad as scalpers ****ed up the rotation of stock for everyone... with all due respect stop that ****

People will exploit a system to their advantage if it allows it, all you need is a phone number and email. The system itself doesn't recognize if you have an order registered elsewhere.

There also doesn't seem to be a way to cancel a reservation as far as i can tell.

Indestructable

The quick resume is the best thing ever. Jumping between F12019 and Assassin's Creed is just deadly.

Tipsy McSwagger

Has anyone seen my Series X?

DM_2092

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

people from cork preordering in naas????? thats not wrong?

Hmm.. That is wrong.

I thought it was implying the issue was surrounding people being there on the button at 5am because they were lucky enough to be awake, but more importantly smart enough to be in a Boards Thread!

DARK-KNIGHT

Mr.S wrote: »

Holy moly. Just loaded up Battlefield 5 campaign and it looks glorious on the Series X.

did you have a one x to compare?

murpho999

I've been enjoying playing Gears 5 tonight. It looks great.

Been checking temperature of box regularly and at no stage does it every get too hot to touch. I really don't know where these stories of them getting hot have come from.

Not a sound from it either which is brilliant.

This is going to a be a great gaming generation, especially when more games built for it are released.

Josey Wales

I collected my Series S today and I think the hardware looks great. Nice and small.

It's the first Xbox I've played since the 360 and I wasn't prepared for how awful the UI is. Then I had to try to set up a profile for my son and that was a nightmare. It wouldn't let me approve his account in the MS site, kept getting 404 errors.

In the end had to create a new email address and account. Then I had to link his Epic account and it took a while to stop it trying to link to his previous MS email address.

To be fair, it did retrieve my 360 profile as if by magic.

DM_2092

Welp, I guess I'll try again tomorrow to get one!

murpho999

Josey Wales wrote: »

I collected my Series S today and I think the hardware looks great. Nice and small.

It's the first Xbox I've played since the 360 and I wasn't prepared for how awful the UI is. Then I had to try to set up a profile for my son and that was a nightmare. It wouldn't let me approve his account in the MS site, kept getting 404 errors.

In the end had to create a new email address and account. Then I had to link his Epic account and it took a while to stop it trying to link to his previous MS email address.

To be fair, it did retrieve my 360 profile as if by magic.

I think the 404 errors are due to problems with Xbox servers as the world installs their Xboxes, Game Pass etc.
So I'd give that time.

A lot of people complain about the UI but I don't get it to be honest, but I suppose I'm just used to it as I'm with Xbox so long.

You'll get used to it. I never have trouble finding what I need.