Many of you over your gaming lifetime will destroy your video games, it doesn’t matter how careful you are or how well you look after your games because simply and sadly it happens to all of us, once lapse in concentration and you guessed it our game is destroyed and we find our self with a choice. Do you either forget about your game and simply stop playing it, or do you go out and purchase the same game again to complete it? I know what I do. I often used to find myself replacing many of my video games which cost a huge amount, however what if there was a third choice.

Copy Xbox 360 games

If the above sounds like you, wasting lots of money on replacing your games then I would highly recommend you making copies of your Xbox 360 games. To create copied Xbox 360 games you will need; a computer, game copying software, blank disks and the original video game you would like to copy, when you have all of the above you can begin copying.

Once you have everything you need you can begin, if you don’t have game copying software then you can get this online. First of all install this new software that you have purchased on your computer. Then run the program and when told to do so insert the game you want to copy, after a couple of minutes the computer will ask you to insert a blank disk. You will then be asked to wait a few more minutes until your Xbox 360 game is copied.

The whole process takes less than 10 minutes, and will result in you having a perfect Xbox 360 game backup. I would highly recommend you copying your console games to save you a lot of money in the not so distant future.

In the past, gaming consoles were only of interest to avid video gamers. But nowadays, there are video games that appeal to all age and interest groups. For those new to video gaming and others that want to purchase a gaming console as a gift for a loved one, it can be hard to determine which gaming console is the best one to buy. If you are an experienced gamer that has been using one gaming console for many years, you may be hesitant to switch brands, but you might also be feeling the push or desire to do so. The most popular gaming consoles out there are PlayStations 2 and 3, X Box 360 and X Box, Wii, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance and PSP. So which one do you choose?

Each gaming console offers its own innovative features to the realm of video game entertainment. With so many options it is hard to determine what will provide you or the person you are buying the gaming console for with variety, challenge and fun all at the same time. In fact we have currently lived through seven generations of video game consoles. If you’ve had a system for a long time, it is now a very good time to upgrade to a newer system. All the new systems support the newer disc formats like Blue Ray and HD DVD, whereas older gaming consoles don’t support these things at all. There are even some disc formats you might not have heard of yet that are supported as well like IR tracking and motion as input. You will be very glad that you chose a console that is compatible with these disc formats 5 years down the line.

Another feature that is standard in newer gaming consoles is wireless handheld controlling. This is much easier for manipulation than wired control. Two of the most popular consoles right now are the XBox and the XBox 360. You can connect these consoles to the internet using XBox live. In addition you can also use the standard ethernet port that comes built in. There are three XBox 360 versions: Elite, Premium and Arcade. The hard drive is the different for all three of these version. The Elite has a 120 GB hard drive, the Premium has a 20 or 60 GB hard drive. So you’re going to want to choose a hard drive based on the desired storage space and the game playing ability you want.

The PlayStation3 has a hard drive and is most well-known for its Blu-Ray capabilities when it comes to movies and games. In fact, the PlayStation 3 was the first game system to allow the use of HDMI and 1080p. There are five PlayStations 3′s. They are the 20, 40, 60, 80 and 160 GB versions. All versions offer HDD. Also, if you desire, you can switch out the HDD for a 2.5″ sata drive. PlayStation 3 also offers support for standard Memory Sticks, Memory Stick Duo’s, Memory Stick Pros, SD’s, MiniSD’s and SD’s.

The Nintendo Wii is the final most popular gaming system. It doesn’t have an internal hard drive system but is supported with a 512 MB internal Flash memory. It also offers SD card storage that is removable. There is no output for HD graphics and a maximum resolution output of 480p. The Wii remote is much like a television remote. One of the most interesting and fun features of the Wii system is that the controllers have infrared cameras and respond to sensor bars. These features have new customers to video gaming who were never fans before. The Wii seems to provide more of a simulated reality, which is exciting for most.

The Wii is also low in price, so it is affordable for many more people than other gaming systems. It is also compatible with the games from all previous Nintendo gaming systems.

XBox offers HD-DVD, Whereas the PS3 supports Blu-Ray. But if you damage the PS3 Blu-Ray by playing too many movies, then you have to buy a whole new system. You cannot simply replace the Blu-Ray. With the XBox 360, you can replace its HD-DVD quite easily. The Wii is competitive in price and popular appeal. The other systems listed–Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance and PSP–are all portables. So when it comes to the television home gaming system of your choice, you want one that is going to provide you with the features you need, that your desired features are going to last you a fair amount of time with regular use, and one that is going to be affordable to you.

With the state of today’s economy and with industries collapsing left and right causing job security to be a very big concern, one question that should be of profound interest for people who wish to find another source of income is this: can one make money repairing game consoles?

Consider these facts:

- The video gaming market is a $40 billion per year industry.
- Almost 40% of US households own at least one video gaming console.
- Almost 200 video games, at the average, are released per month, spread throughout several platforms.
- Video gaming consoles have been in existence for close to 4 decades now. Video gaming companies have been impact players in the home entertainment industry for almost 30 years.
- With the rising price of gas, more people will find ways of entertaining themselves at home, and video gaming would be a very attractive option.

The numbers enumerated above will immediately tell us that you can indeed make money repairing game consoles – lots of money in fact. The base market is there. What should be determined is the demand.

How often do game consoles break down?

The current generation of video game consoles isn’t as sturdy as previous versions of the same. The primary example that would illustrate this fact is, without a doubt, Microsoft’s Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 is plagued by a persistent problem signified by 3 red lights – infamously labeled as the 3RL or the 3RLOD (3 red lights of death) – on the front of the console itself. These 3 red lights indicate general hardware failure, the details of which Microsoft refuses to discuss in public. The 3RL problem is rather prevalent. Microsoft pegs it at 16%, but observers believe that it can go as high as 60%.

Now, the 3RL problem, which was once thought of as hopeless, has been dissected by home-based enthusiasts and some cures have been formulated. Microsoft refuses to acknowledge these cures. However, these cures do work, and often, these cures permanently solve the 3RL problem.

Here’s where it gets pretty interesting if you want to make money repairing game consoles: cures for 3RL problems for the Xbox 360 are easy to implement. By merely studying the procedures involved, you’d be able to get a unit up and running in no time. You don’t need thorough knowledge of electronics. You don’t need experience in repairs. You don’t need to read complicated schematics. Just follow some YouTube videos and you’re good to go.

But not every console owner would be willing to learn these things.

Hence, the demand for game console repairs.

People who make money repairing game consoles either repair the consoles themselves or publish information products, such as eBooks and special reports, detailing steps on how to fix these video game units. One such entrepreneur who sells an information product on how to fix the dreaded 3RL problem for the Xbox 360 earn more than $1,000 per day by merely advertising his product over at a popular Xbox 360 forum.

The Internet was first developed as a means of mass communication, but it has become something much more than that: it has become the world’s biggest marketplace. The Internet is often the first place shoppers turn to for what they are looking for. That is one of the most important reasons anyone looking to sell video games should strongly consider selling them online. You will have a much better chance of selling or trading your video games with customers within the entire United States than you will at your local game trader store or pawn shop.

There are some important points to consider when looking for a website to sell your games on – there are many places you can sell your used video games. They range from an auction type of setting (eBay) to an individual sale store front, or to an online retailer. The fastest way to get needed cash for your used games is to sell the games to an online or brick-and-mortar retailer. Typically, online stores can afford to pay for your games and systems since they don’t incur the overhead that retail stores do.

Another popular method is a combination of the store front combined with active communication abilities so sellers can talk with their potential buyers. Some sites allow selling but not trading so if you are interested in exchanging video games rather than selling them this is an important aspect to check for.

When considering what to sell, the most popular used video game systems are the Xbox 360, Wii, Playstation 3, and Playstation 2. Older game versions such as the NES, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, and Sega Master System sell well to those that love the thrill of collecting what they hope may become collector’s items, and of course, to the those people that still operate those classic consoles, but most pawn shops and retail stores will not take the older systems, as they do not sell well to their (somewhat limited) customer base. Local pawn shops, or retail stores that allow resale will have limited sales of older units, but if you are selling older game styles you have a much better chance online where your potential customer base is millions of times larger than any possible customer base locally.

Should you choose to go the more difficult route of selling the games to consumers yourself, something to look for when deciding on a site to sell a video game on or to is how much traffic the site receives. There are several online sources where you can check a website’s ranking for free. It is best to use a rank checker that gives the rank of a variety of sources, not a dedicated rank checker than only gives one sites rank for the site. Rank is given to a website between 1 and 10 and the higher the number the better. This indicates that a website has a large volume of traffic as well as incoming links. That is important to you because it indicates a large potential customer base. Many online video game sales sites will boast their rank or traffic right on their pages because it is a way to attract sellers.

Perhaps even more important than a website’s traffic is how easy and comfortable it feels for you to use. Spend a little time looking around each sales site and learning the methods they use to sell video games as well as how you can communicate with buyers. Pick the website that you feel most comfortable with. You will also need to check each website’s TOS (Terms of Service) to check for any problematic demands they might make, and to compare the prices they charge with the prices of other websites you are considering. Most TOS policies are standard but always check them because there may be a website that makes an attempt to sneak things by sellers who do not read the ‘fine print’.

Selling online is easy and fun when you take the precautions you need to feel good about the site you are dealing with. If you are looking to get the best possible prices for your used video games and systems in the shortest amount of time, doing some research first will insure you get the best possible prices for your games and consoles.

Learn from my mistakes and boost your Xbox 360 gamer score the quick and easy way with using an array of cheats.

If you’re reading this, chances are you’re looking for some short cuts. I went out and rented/bought a ton of games and devoted every ounce of free time I didn’t have. It was taking me three days to get through Burnout Revenge and by the end I’d only unlocked 4 of its 36 achievements. My gamer score was creeping up while my friend played all day and widened the gap. I went online and started buying and reading everything I could get my hands on that had “inside secrets”. Before long I realized that the forums, so-called “Achievement Sites”, have TONS OF ERRORS!

Have you done that?, wound up wasting even more time trying to track down all the short cuts/cheats etc and wasted ‘another’ evening.

Unlike my friends, I have a good job and make decent coin. So, I paid a ‘local’ anorak to do the ‘leg’ work and straighten this out for me. He scraped together every scrap of information they found on and offline, bought everything I hadn’t already, tested it, and ‘hey presto’. In a matter of days I had completely destroyed my friend’s gamer score! You have no idea how good that felt! And, thanks to the ‘anorak’ there’s no way he’s catching up any time soon…

Stop Wasting Your Time
I don’t know you. Maybe you have all the time in the world to sit around figuring this stuff out. If that’s the case, I’m sorry to hear that you don’t have a life.

Maybe You Know More Than Me…Let’s Find Out…

Here’s a tiny example of what we found, how much of it do you know?

Super character

This trick requires access to Arcane University, a Chameleon spell, two rings, a necklace/amulet, any two pieces of armor (preferably a helmet and shield; you could use any armor for this, but you may want to enchant them with defensive magic later), five Grand Soul Gems with Grand Souls in them, and 8,000 gold. Go to the Chironasium (enchanting section) in Arcane University. Go to an enchanting stand and enchant the necklace, rings, and armor with a Chameleon spell using the Grand Soul Gems. Each enchantment gives you 20% Chameleon effect, so all five enchantments will make you 100% Chameleon, which is not only invisible but also allows you to attack, steal, open, and pick-up without being revealed. You can now steal from a shop without the shopkeepers doing anything. Your enemies will also just stand still unable to attack, allowing you to go into Sneak mode and attack for 4x to 6x damage, and pickpocket without consequence (except on guards who can catch you if you fail, but still cannot attack you if you resist arrest). -From: andre.morgan

Duplicate items

Equip a bow and any set of arrows, then draw your bow back. While it is drawn back, press B to go to the inventory screen. Select the arrows that you are using, then go to the item to be duplicated. Press X to drop the item, then leave the equipment screen and resume the game. The item that you dropped will be duplicated. You can pick up all the duplicates and use or sell them. The amount of copies of an item you make depends on how many arrows you have equipped. For example, 10 arrows allows 10 copies. This works with most, but not all, items and weapons. Note: Do not try to duplicate more than 250 copies of an item or the game may freeze.

Permanent enchantment

Use the following trick for duplication or a permanent enchantment. You can duplicate a drop-able item, and if that item is equipable with constant effect enchantments you can make them permanent. However, the item once made permanent cannot be re-equipped, but each enchanted item is different. You can use the “Duplicate items” trick to make as many as desired, then sell them. Use the “Duplicate items” trick with a bow an arrows to duplicate the items to make permanent. Equip one of the items you want to make permanent. There must be an unequipped version still in your inventory for this to work. Use the “Duplicate items” trick again; however, drop the unequipped version of the item you have equipped and want to make permanent. The equipped one and the others will drop and you will never be able to equip that item again, but if you check your stats the items bonuses will be permanent. You can duplicate anything that can be dropped, including Grand Soul Gems with Grand Souls captured.

This trick only works with wearable items. Take any wearable item with a magical enchantment that you wish to make permanent and use the “Duplicate items” trick to duplicate it twice so that you have two of that item. Pick up the item and equip one. While you are wearing that item, duplicate the one you are not wearing by at least four. Note: The number of arrows used determines how many copies are made. Both items will drop on the ground in stacks of two. You will now no longer be wearing that item, but will still have its effects. Note: These effects are permanent. Do not attempt this with any item with an effect you may want to remove later, such as Water Walking, Night Eye, etc.

Infinite health

Use the “Duplicate items” trick on a potion of strong health. Repeat the duplication to get the desired amount of potions. Open the inventory screen and go to the strong potion of health. Hold Y and quick link it to one of the Analog-stick directions. When you are low on health, just tap the hotkey direction to use a potion. When running low on health potions, repeat the duplication process.

Infinate recharge

Use the “Duplicate items” trick on a Soul Gem. Pick them all up. When an item is on low charge you can recharge it back to full without wasting money on Soul Gems or having to bother with soul trapping.

Infinite gold

Go to the Talos Plaza District of Imperial City and find a house owned by a man named Dorian (Dorian’s House) in the southeast section of the district. Break into his house and find him. When he tells you to leave, kill him. Do not press X to loot him and take all. Instead, take each item individually, finishing with the gold, which will not run out once it hits 8 pieces. Just keep selecting the gold he is carrying and keep pressing A as usual. Do this repeatedly, and the number of gold pieces remaining will freeze when it gets down to 8 gold pieces. It will not go any lower, but will just keep giving you as much gold as desired. Note: After you break in and he tells you to get out, talk to him. Go to “Persuade” and bribe him a lot. After that, kill him. He will now have more money to loot, which makes it easier to get more faster.

The Xbox 360 has built up a pretty impressive list of games over the past few years. Finding these Xbox 360 games cheap can save you lots of money and allow you to build the Xbox 360 game collection of your dreams.

So, where the best place to purchase your games from? Well, there’s no one answer to that question. Stores and dealers will always change their prices, but knowing where to look and what to expect will give you a step ahead of the rest.

Everyone knows you can find games at retail stores, such as Circuit City, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Etc. These are probably some of the most common stores that gamers purchase their games from. If you check out their sales ads in the paper you could possibly find good deals on some games, especially the new releases. While it may not be much of a discount, it is still some. Is this the best method? Probably Not, but it can be more convenient than ordering it online.

Stores that buy your used video games are a great place for finding cheap Xbox 360 games. The Xbox 360 console has been out for a while now and people are now selling their games to shops like GameStop. I often visit these stores and find great deals on used games. The prices on the newer games may still be a bit high, but the real value is finding the cheap, used games.

Amazon.com is a great source for finding Xbox 360 games. You can find low prices on new and used games.

My personal favorite source for finding amazing deals on Xbox 360 games is eBay. You can find almost any game you want, and more than likely it will end (the auction) at a price considerably lower than you can find elsewhere. I know I have saved hundreds of dollars over the year from buying my games there. Here’s a tip when buying on eBay: Look for auctions that end on weekdays. The weekends are busier and more people will compete with your bids.

There’s plenty of places to purchase your Xbox 360 games, but you are almost guaranteed to find the best deals on eBay.