PM alert! - Jon - I've not seen better Xbone deals, but I really haven't been looking for them - bought a white PS4 a year ago and haven't opened it (!). Guess I'm a PC gamer. I have been looking at a lot of BF stuff, and the GOW + Fallout 4 + extra controller for $300 does look like a reasonably sweet bundle. A game as old as Fallout 3 is likely to be a pittance at Gamestop, or other online used game sources (Gamefly, Greenman Gaming (PC only? not sure.) I doubt that the 360 Kinect would work with Xbone, given that MSFT monetizes everything it possible can. (I *did* see an Xbone the other day with a Kinect for $340 - can't recall where but googling or looking back over Dealnews might bring that up.)

If you want to be a semi-scummy pirate, go to the post office and ask for a change of address pack (or you can do that online, I do believe.) It usually has a 10% off coupon for Best Buy that can be stacked I believe. Of course I have no personal knowledge of such sleazy illicit dealing.

I'm sure you know that if 500GB won't do it for you, you can always install your own size preference drive. But I'd suspect Microsoft is using the 1GB as a free promo to not go PS4, esp. given that PS4 is also likely headed to 1TB.

What you won't get (and this is true) is a Yoda Legendary Star Wars Lightsaber action figure, which talks, moves, etc. for $129.99 (Target has it on BF special for $84.99) Man, whoever manufactures that better wish the movie isn't as bad as peripheral signs say  as it may be.

(I realized this should've been a PM, but it's too late now, given that I can't copy and paste.)

Jon... Jon... I'm very disappointed... XB1 instead of PS4? Multi-plats often run better on PS4 with higher resolution and higher frame rate, because it's the most powerful console. IMO, MS' exclusives are all old and tired too, the same games they've been annualizing for the last 5 years. The PS4 user interface is also much faster, games install to HDD much faster, etc. The PS4 Uncharted bundle is $300 for Black Friday.

I highly recommend at least 1TB for either console. I don't know how the XB1 handles drive upgrades. On PS4 it's trivial to swap out the hard drive, and this doesn't affect the warranty. A lot of people, myself included, have bought the Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB, which has been on sale this week as cheap as $55 I think. Usually you can get it for around $80. What you do is pop the Seagate drive out of its case, swap with the drive in the PS4 (slide flap to open PS4, 5 screws total, and you're done), then put the old PS4 drive into the Backup Plus case and now you have a spare 500GB portable too.

Here's a great spreadsheet someone at CAG put together showing all the best game deals.

docs.google.com/sp...#gid=0

I don't know that I am thrilled with either console's exclusives. My son has played both and does not like the PS4 controller. I like that there is now some backwards compatability to the 360. is the PS4 interface and system really that much faster that I would notice a difference?

Thanks for all the thoughts!