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  • - Hey guys, this is Austin,

  • and we just bought every console from GameStop.

  • And it only cost us...

  • (crinkling receipt)

  • $1,283.

  • (cash register dings)

  • Dude, what do they pack these things with?

  • So shall we begin with the oldest,

  • which was our DSi, and it cost us 49.99.

  • I didn't realize it was going to be pink,

  • but that's fine.

  • - [Ken] I'm okay with that.

  • - Next, we have our 3DS XL,

  • which was a pretty hefty $100.

  • Ehh, okay, the screens are a little dirty,

  • I think we could clean that up.

  • Now the Switch was actually

  • probably the worst deal we got here.

  • This was $280.

  • Well technically, the MSRP on all Switches is still $300,

  • however, of course you've got the Switch Lite at 200 bucks,

  • and the fact that the red box Switch,

  • which we did do a full video on,

  • has got so much more battery life for, again, $300,

  • means that there's zero, zero chance

  • that this is going to be worth it,

  • even if it's completely perfect.

  • You know what, this Switch has a screen protector.

  • Moving back a few years, we have our Wii U,

  • which is $110.

  • That's not in great shape,

  • there's a lot of scratches on that screen.

  • Eh, okay.

  • I mean, that's,

  • (chuckling) that's not good.

  • Moving on, we have the OG Wii,

  • which is a cool $70.

  • So this is the later model Wii

  • that does not support the GameCube.

  • We should have checked for that,

  • that kinda sucks.

  • I mean, that was one of my favorite parts of the Wii

  • is that you actually could

  • so easily play those GameCube games.

  • Welp, so much for our super-cool Wii.

  • Next up, we have our $100 PlayStation 3.

  • Now I believe that this is the 80 gig slim model.

  • Oh!

  • (clears throat) Nevermind.

  • This is the fat PS3.

  • Next up, we have the PS4,

  • which costs a whopping $220.

  • (blowing on console)

  • We have (laughing) easy access to the hard drive, still.

  • Next, let's get into some Xboxes, shall we?

  • So apparently, we bought a four gig Xbox 360 Slim,

  • for 69.99.

  • So as you can very clearly see,

  • no hard drive.

  • I actually wonder, how much do you think

  • a 360 hard drive would cost these days?

  • Probably not that bad, huh?

  • At $160, we have the original Xbox One.

  • We've got a day one controller here.

  • That's pretty cool! - Ooh!

  • - So this is a launch launch Xbox One.

  • The first thing I'll say about this,

  • and I don't know what's goin' on here,

  • this is all matte.

  • Like, the entire console.

  • There's no glossy plastic right here,

  • there's no glossy plastic here.

  • Is this a dbrand?

  • So let's put these consoles to the test.

  • And starting out with, we have the Xbox 360.

  • Now like I mentioned earlier,

  • you do have to keep in mind that with a four gig console,

  • some games won't work.

  • However, Rise of the Tomb Raider

  • shouldn't require any kind of install.

  • (dramatic video game music)

  • - [Lara] Thanks.

  • - There we go.

  • All right, I mean, seems fine to me.

  • All right, so, the real question here,

  • is did we get a good deal?

  • I am almost positive that is not the case.

  • So this was $70, I believe, right?

  • Now if we jump on eBay here,

  • $35, buy it now, free shipping.

  • Or $40, with a 250 gig hard drive.

  • Yeah, we got ripped.

  • Next up, let's give our day one Xbox One a try.

  • So I'm gonna throw a disc in here,

  • this is Titanfall 2,

  • because it's the only Xbox One disc I have.

  • (disc reader grinding)

  • Aw, did you hear that noise?

  • Wait, this disc drive works, right?

  • It's not showing any games.

  • Okay, (laughing) well, um,

  • not looking too hot for the Xbox One!

  • How much did we pay for this thing?

  • $160!

  • What's this gonna run on eBay?

  • 134 for a S model, which is much nicer than this.

  • We can get an original for 120.

  • - [Ken] Thumbs down.

  • - Hard thumbs down on the Xbox One, yikes.

  • I can't believe the disc drive doesn't work.

  • Now it's time to take a look at our PlayStations,

  • and first up is our fat PS3.

  • Now these are not the most reliable consoles in the world,

  • but if you're able to get one in decent condition,

  • and especially considering

  • that this does have the backwards compatibility,

  • I mean, yeah, you gotta hope you get lucky.

  • (robotic sound effects playing)

  • (PS3 beeps)

  • Whoa, what?

  • - [Both] Oh!

  • - [Austin] It just died!

  • - [Ken] Whoa!

  • - What? - Wow.

  • - I got into the game for two seconds!

  • - [Ken] Wow.

  • - What does the blinking red light mean, it just--

  • - [Ken] Overheating.

  • - Oh, dude!

  • Are you serious?

  • "The system will restart, check the file system,

  • "and restore it if it is corrupted.

  • "If the file system is corrupted,

  • "it will take two to three hours to complete."

  • This is not a great (chuckling) first experience.

  • (robotic sound effects playing)

  • There we go. - Ahh.

  • Oh! (PS3 beeps)

  • Oh, dude, it, no.

  • Okay, that's not gonna work at all.

  • I literally...

  • That was even less time than last time!

  • (chuckles) Great.

  • So, theoretically, I can open this thing up

  • and find out what's going on,

  • but realistically, if someone buys this,

  • I mean, you're not gonna be happy.

  • You spent, how much did we buy this thing for again?

  • $100.

  • On eBay, I'm seeing it for 100, $125,

  • there are a few that are bid up to 140, $150.

  • This actually is a pretty good deal.

  • This is the weird one,

  • because if we're able to get this fixed,

  • if we're able to keep it from overheating,

  • we actually saved money by buying it at GameStop.

  • But this is a huge risk.

  • I mean, I don't know if you remember,

  • but they said that we were getting a slim,

  • and they gave us a fat.

  • So, I don't even know if we were necessarily supposed

  • to get this specific model.

  • - [GameStop Rep] PS3s, we have

  • 80 gigs, 160, 320, 250 gigs.

  • - [Austin] Okay, and those are all the slim models, right?

  • - [GameStop Rep] Yes.

  • - Let's see how the PS4 goes.

  • - [Ken] The odds right now are that this PS4

  • is probably broken too.

  • - No, it's fine.

  • I'm sure it's fine.

  • (disc reader grinding)

  • I can't even put the game in it now.

  • - [Ken] Shove it in.

  • (disc reader grinding)

  • (Ken laughs)

  • - What is wrong with these?

  • I don't even care if this works right now,

  • I think it just ate my disc!

  • We have a disc light, though.

  • Oh! (laughs) - Oh, boy, okay.

  • - These are all the consoles, exactly the way they come.

  • We haven't done anything to these.

  • What is going on?

  • I don't actually know if this disc is gonna work anymore.

  • (disc reader grinding)

  • (Ken laughs)

  • - [Ken] Just help it.

  • Take it out of its misery. - Okay.

  • Verdict, what do you think?

  • - [Ken] Mmm, it could be scratched.

  • Oh, what's that look?

  • Ooh, what?

  • - Let me try to clean this up and get it back in.

  • Oh, it immediately works.

  • The disc wasn't that dirty before.

  • It definitely was not that dirty.

  • - [Ken] It's doing something.

  • - Especially, come take a look.

  • Do you see, now that I look at it a little closer,

  • do you see that little white speck here?

  • There's actually some dirt, or some grime, or whatever,

  • on the side of the little, the loading bay.

  • I bet that the actual disc drive,

  • there's just a little bit of dirt or something on there,

  • and as it's pulling the disc in,

  • it was rubbing that dirt across the disc,

  • and spinning it, and it smeared it all over the bottom.

  • That's why I was able to wipe it off and it worked.

  • - [Ken] Great.

  • (Austin laughs)

  • Whatever's on the front is now all over the inside.

  • - Oh, you're right!

  • All that just got pulled in.

  • (Ken laughs)

  • All right, next up, we have the Nintendo Switch.

  • Now we've already been over, this is a poor value.

  • At only $30 less than a brand new, red box Switch,

  • there's no way this makes sense,

  • although, what does the original Switch go for?

  • Eh, we're looking at probably

  • about 240, 250, generally speaking.

  • That's not bad.

  • 'Kay, so I mean, touch screen seems fine.

  • Do you think, wait,

  • doesn't the newer Pokemon games have some censoring

  • so you can't name your rival certain words?

  • Oh, it was d*****g! (laughs)

  • Excellent.

  • Look, I'm still six, okay?

  • It's fine.

  • Next up, we've got the Wii U.

  • Now, hopefully this is just paired.

  • I haven't used a Wii U in a--

  • (GamePad clatters to table)

  • - [Ken] Well, we can't blame GameStop

  • on that, now can we?

  • - It's fine.

  • Here's the test, is this disc drive functional?

  • Oh, look at that.

  • Smooth, simple, clean.

  • 720p!

  • - [Ken] Still no nipples.

  • - (laughing) Still no nipples!

  • So, we spent $110 on this Wii U,

  • which I think is a pretty decent deal.

  • And yes, it is.

  • So take at eBay, for example,

  • there's a lot of 110 to 120.

  • Now this is actually probably

  • the best console we picked up,

  • if not in the greatest cosmetic shape,

  • but that's actually a completely reasonable price.

  • Okay, we have a functioning Wii.

  • So obviously, this is not the Wii that you want,

  • you will most likely want the one

  • with GameCube compatibility.

  • However, let's see if it can actually play a game.

  • What Wii games do we have?

  • Oh yeah, bought the stupid Star Wars game!

  • - [Ken] Stupid Star Wars. (laughing)

  • - Come on, it's a Star Wars game for the Wii,

  • it's not gonna be good.

  • Yeah! (lightning zapping)

  • Yeah, there we go!

  • This is how you're supposed to use the Wii!

  • Who said the Wii wasn't any fun?

  • (Ken laughs)

  • - [Ken] Aw, this is great!

  • - So, the Wii cost us $69.

  • - [Ken] Nice.

  • - 45 bucks will get us a fully functioning,

  • original Wii, which again, has GameCube compatibility,

  • much better than this one.

  • Shall we get into the portable consoles, now?

  • - [Ken] Yeah.

  • - All right, so let's start with the Nintendo DSi,

  • in this excellent shade of pink.

  • Now, I actually really like the DSi.

  • This was definitely my favorite of the DS consoles,

  • and I happen to have the greatest Pokemon game

  • of all time to try, HeartGold.

  • Sorry, you can play Nintendogs later.

  • - [Ken] Aw.

  • (vocalizing along with game music)

  • - Why do I have a Charmander, what?

  • How do I have a Charmander?

  • So we paid $50 for this DSi,

  • which I think might not be the worst deal in the world.

  • Oh wait, I lied.

  • I just found a $26 pink DSi on eBay.

  • Oh.

  • All right, not that bad of a deal.

  • Let's try the 3DS,

  • 'cause that one was actually properly expensive.

  • Oh yeah.

  • Nah, this is totally fine.

  • Okay, I think it is safe to say that our 3DS works.

  • Now, this was expensive.

  • I think it was actually quite expensive,

  • at a whopping 99.99! (laughing)

  • 70, 80 bucks.

  • I mean, it's definitely not a good deal,

  • but that's actually not totally crazy.

  • So we've learned a lot today,

  • but the last and most important test is still to come.

  • What happens when we bring these consoles

  • back to GameStop and trade them in?

  • Although now that most of them are not working,

  • we're probably not gonna come out

  • particularly well on this one. (laughing)

  • - [Ken] Aw.

  • It's actually kinda funny,

  • because when we first went to GameStop

  • to try to buy all of these consoles,

  • they didn't even wanna sell it to us.

  • I guess they found us suspicious.

  • - [GameStop Rep] So, for a purchase this size,

  • I just found out from my store leader,

  • and we can't do it as of right now,

  • 'cause I need the district leader's approval,

  • and everyone's on conference right now Nashville.

  • - [Austin] I mean, to be fair, we've waited two weeks

  • so that we're outside of the return policy,

  • purely because we're not trying to scam GameStop.

  • - Oh, yeah! - We legitimately want

  • to sell them these consoles.

  • - Yeah, we're basically giving them free money,

  • which they need, because, well,

  • time's tickin', they're not gonna last that long! (laughs)

  • - [Austin] Ken "Savage" Bolido.

  • - Say it, I'm not wrong.

  • (both laugh)

  • - All right, so we have successfully sold

  • all but one of our consoles back to GameStop.

  • So, the only one they didn't take was the PS3,

  • and weirdly enough, it wasn't even

  • for the issue we had.

  • It was because they said that, what,

  • the HDMI port was corroded? - The HDMI was corroded,

  • and I could visibly see it.

  • - So this seems like a lot of money, right?

  • Well shall we see exactly what we were able to get?

  • 341, 342,

  • 343, 344,

  • 345, 346,

  • 347, 348.

  • And our grand total is $349,

  • (cash register dings)

  • after we spend $1,283 purchasing the consoles.

  • (Roblox oof plays)

  • What's the moral of the story for this video?

  • I'm not quite sure,

  • besides we make very poor investment decisions.

  • - [Ken] Yeah, we're not gonna survive either.

  • - GameStop's gonna have to rescue us, next.

  • - [Ken] Not if they're dead.

- Hey guys, this is Austin,

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