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In a fairly recent Xbox update, you are now allowed to use USB storage devices instead of the expensive memory cards. Not only are the standard memory cards expensive, they won’t store more than 512mb. Whereas you could buy a USB pen drive to hold a few gb worth of data!!!

To be fair on Microsoft, they listened to the users and answered their prayers on this one.

So don’t waste your hard earned cash on the Xbox Memory units, use your USB pen drives instead!!

Note, you must have the latest Microsoft Xbox 360 dashboard update to take advantage of this.. so if you’re an offline user (somebody who doesn’t connect to Xbox Live over the Internet) you’ll need to connect to Xbox Live to download the latest update. Maybe take your xbox to your friends house, hook it up to the internet and download the latest update.

Hey there gamers! Just checking in with a quick tip here. Like a lot of us out there, I was quite shocked when I received my phone bill last month…. so I thought I’d attempt an experiment. As most of my real life friends have an xbox live account, we thought that we would use xbox live private chat instead of making phone calls. Usually I speak with my friends over the phone every day, but instead of paying for the phone call, we all decided to use Xbox Live Chat. Not only is it FREE to talk via private chat, it’s portable like a phone…. even more so with the wireless headset! After comparing my phone bills to that of previous months when I was still using the phone, it looks like I’ve saved myself £40 just for the month! I’m not suggesting that you totally replace your phone with Xbox Live Chat, but if your friend is online, start a private chat instead of a phone call. Do it often enough and you could save yourself a packet!

Obviously this works with the PS3 equivalent!

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Are you a gamer who is thinking of buying a blu-ray player? The PS3 comes with a blu-ray player built in, so for a little extra you could have a PS3 and a blu-ray player in one! I’d certainly suggest investing here. The price of blu-ray players will eventually decrease rapidly like DVD players did…. so if you ask me, you are protecting your investment by purchasing a PS3. A blu-ray player will set you back between 100 to 200 GBP. At the time of this writing, you can pick up a PS3 from between 200 to 250 GBP. The blu-ray PS3 player is a good quality one, and seems to be very stable. It’s a little annoying not having a remote for it, but you can still use your wireless PS3 controller as a remote. As long as you don’t mind such a cumbersome remote control, then I’d go for it!

So does it save you money buying a PS3 instead of a blu-ray player? In the long run, yes I believe so… especially if you are a gamer!

Yes that’s right folks, the sales are indeed coming to the UK. What does this mean for gaming consoles? Well, time will tell. We are sharply searching for great deals every single day. Trust us, whether it’s in store or online, as soon as any decent deals start popping up we’ll post info on this site straight away. Happy deal hunting!

We hope you all got what you wanted this Christmas! Enjoy time with yourselves and your families. Obviously Christmas wouldn’t be the same without a bit of gaming

Hopefully we were able to save you a bit of money this year, and we will try harder to do the same next year.

Have a good one all,

- BudgetConsoles.co.uk

Morning all!

Time is running out for this Christmas orders!! Amazon have announced their Christmas Cutoff dates, if you’re still wanting to order from Amazon it’s worth checking the following out:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ChristmasCutoff

So you’ve heard stories about Xbox gamers playing retro classics like Space Invaders, Curse of Monkey Island & Speedball 2, but you can’t find these titles in the shops! What’s going on?

First thing is not to worry, you won’t find these titles in the shops because they are purchased as downloadable content over Microsoft’s Xbox Live. And it doesn’t stop there.. from titles like Doom to the new Age Of Booty, there are loads of games available new and old via Xbox Live.

XBL Arcade games cost anything from £3, and if you want my opinion, are well worth it. Relive old memories with some retro classics, or try a new game for days of entertainment without having to get up off your couch (except for getting another beer of course)!

For a list of Xbox Live Arcade hits, you might wanna check out this link

Just a quick one here, we’ve received a few emails from you guys asking if we think it will be cheaper to buy games after Christmas, or before.

The truth is, we don’t really know! However, judging from previous years it would seem that there are always massive reductions right before Christmas because all of the retailers are competing with eachother for the Xmas rush! There have been some great gaming software bargains this year, for e.g. Batman Arkham Asylum was reduced to £17.99 across some merchants, but is now back up to £24.99 and will probably remain that price right through January.

Personally, I’d say wait for the pre-Xmas bargains, rather than waiting for the famous January Sales. Play.com have some great pre-Xmas sales. Even now it’s worth checking them out. The new re-branded Zavvi and TheHut have done really well this Christmas too. It’s worth checking out www.gamepricehunter.co.uk for software comparison, saves you time too.

Play.com have thankfully given us some discount codes for all BudgetConsoles.co.uk viewers! To save yourself a further £5 off your console from Play.com, use discount codes: PLANW09 or PLARBS09 during the checkout process. HUGE thanks to Play.com for this!!!!

This Offer ends 6/12/2009 so get in there quick!

Enjoy!