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[kuato1968]

Hello all, recently moved English teacher to Daejeon. I'm wondering if there are any places anyone knows of that sells a good deal of Xbox360 games. I'm looking for Left 4 Dead, Halo 3 and Resident Evil 5 and that's pretty much it.

I've already checked out Home Plus and unfortunately there wasn't much in the way of my kind of games. Any other places like Emart carry a decent amount of games? How about Costco, I know that back in the states they carry a decent number of electronics.

[air76]

I have bought the majority of my games at HomePlus, you can get quite a few games for 15,000 or 20,000 if they are just a year or two old. But the selection really varies from store to store...some stores will carry 50-60+ titles and other ones will literally have 10 games.

You can also buy games from other teachers on here.

If you don't care about spending a little extra money try www.playasia.com they will definitely have any games that you're looking for. Or you can buy games on www.gmarket.com but you might need a coworker to help you order.

[Knucklehead]

Or you can go to the games market at the Yongsan Electronics market. It's in the basement of the second building from the station. They will have all those games. In English, too.

Of course it's in Seoul and not in Daejeon.

[thrylos]

What about downloading and burning them? You are in Korea, after all!

[Gaber]

Gmarket

[kevinkyle]

near yongsan station there a lot of games sometimes they sell 50% off

[dharma bum]

this is off-topic, but is there any downside to getting an xbox 360 modded and then using burned games like a previous poster mentioned?

[Gaber]

Getting banned from xbox live and not having M$ honor your warrenty if id RRODs.

[QbertP]

play-asia.com

I've used them a few times.

[kuato1968]

thanks a bunch folks. I think I'm going to make a trip up to Seoul this evening. I don't think I'll have too much trouble finding the electronic market, but one thing I'm curious about, do they sell xboxes as well? I want to buy a 360 but I'm wondering if I'll be able to get a decent deal on it there. Is haggling an option? If not, I'll probably just purchase my games there so I won't have to lug the 360 all the way back home with me.

Also, can someone give a second opinion, is there a decent guaruntee that they'll have at LEAST one of the three games I mentioned (RE5, Halo3, Left 4 Dead)? If they don't have all three it's fine, I'd be satisfied to make the trip for one or two. It's been way too long since I've just chilled at home and played some xbox and I'm hankering for it this weekend. Darn sixth graders eat up all my energy.

[Milkman Dan]

[dharma bum]

[kuato1968]

thanks guys i picked up all of the games for a decent price, especially compared to back in the states.

[Blueberry]

Any issues buying a new XBox in Korea, not knowing the Korean language, and using XBox Live?

[kuato1968]