Hey everyone, I am turning to the forum for some quick help as I'm trying to do my Christmas shopping for my daughter and can't find any answers to my question on google. So I am picking up Kinect for my Xbox One X (Also getting the adapter) and I am looking to get some Just Dance games for her and noticed on Game Stop they have a bunch of them used for cheap. I know there were problems before buying used games and having them being registered by the original owners and not working and definitely don't want any hassle or problems because I bought used. Is it safe to buy these Just Dance games used? Is it safe to buy any games used? I haven't used consoles for a very long time and not sure in the age of online games etc if buying peoples used games is going to still be viable. I'm just afraid of games needing activation codes or something and then they only come with one and the next buyer tries to use them and you cant because someone already registered it or something like that. I appreciate any help on the subject, I really have been searching and cant find anything on the matter.
Any downside to buying used games for Xbox One? (Just Dance)
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Usually any DLC or codes will have already been used.
However, the base game will usually be fine.
Anything which is just a season pass, you should avoid, as these are literally just a code in a box. Lol
I can't imagine any problems with just dance, but be wary of any online games, such a Battlefield, COD, Fallout 76 etc.
If it doesn't work, just return it anyhow.
However, the base game will usually be fine.
Anything which is just a season pass, you should avoid, as these are literally just a code in a box. Lol
I can't imagine any problems with just dance, but be wary of any online games, such a Battlefield, COD, Fallout 76 etc.
If it doesn't work, just return it anyhow.
This is Christmas. Don't go cheap. You have all year to do that. If your daughter is into Xbox gaming then give her a gaming gift certificate and let her choose a new one. If she is not all that into gaming as you may be and more about pleasing you then get her a nice scarf, some diamond earrings, and a nice candlelight dinner treated as a princess. Any gal from age 6 to 99 will always remember this forever. They will forget that game they purchased on Xbox within six months. They will always cherish those earrings thinking about you.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
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As a child who always asked for video games for Christmas, and got far too many, I can safely say, those memories are some of my favourite. Lol
One thing I will say, based on experience, is if your son/daughter/husband/wife/ whatever/dog/cat asked for 26 games for Christmas, only get them 2-3.
1 will inevitably be their favourite, and the other two 'fun for a while', and the rest won't get played, ever. Lol
Shes 7, shes been taking dance lessons for 3 years and she's good. To see a kid that young embracing skill, discipline and imagination to produce art not to mention exercise and social / problem solving skills dance practice offers her blows me away. She's wanted and talked about this game for years now and I am finally in a position to deliver the goods. To be able to take her hobby home and hone and enjoy it outside of the dance studio will be great.
I never get to see her dance practices and it will be a real gift to be able to watch her play, even being able to engage with her and make a total asp out of myself for the sake of laughs and a good time.
After her mother and I split I let the ex take the good tv, my cheap one broke so haven't had a tv for a couple years. A month or two ago I got a new tv and a xbox so we could start playing minecraft together. Spending the past year taking turns on the computer getting stale and one of us feeling like we were sitting out on the fun. I was actually going to buy her a computer so we could do this but she's to young still for her own computer and the cost was to much. The Xbox and tv was the perfect solution as it addressed many things.
Minecraft is amazing. I grew up with D&D 2nd Edition at that age and really learned to use my imagination and creativity to create my own fun. I see this game do that with her and it helps teach and reinforce those notions. In the month we've both been playing split screen she's gone from only messing around in creative mode to being able to hack it and survive in survival, a mode she would never play and was even scared of. We work together in real time and its giving her confidence not to mention some of the most fun we've ever had together.
I appreciate the advice on real gifts and not just video games. This is the first time we've really indulged in games as gifts. As someone who did my best to please a woman for 16 years and spent tens of thousands on jewelry only to watch half of it get lost and culminate in seeing my 9k engagement ring get pawned and turned into a mermaid tattoo I dare say the 800 I spent to get split screen minecraft going and the amount of fun and bonding it has produced in a month is worth more than all the shiney stones in the world.
There will be a time and place for classy gifts. My seven year old can wait a while longer for her 2k diamond studs lol.
I never get to see her dance practices and it will be a real gift to be able to watch her play, even being able to engage with her and make a total asp out of myself for the sake of laughs and a good time.
After her mother and I split I let the ex take the good tv, my cheap one broke so haven't had a tv for a couple years. A month or two ago I got a new tv and a xbox so we could start playing minecraft together. Spending the past year taking turns on the computer getting stale and one of us feeling like we were sitting out on the fun. I was actually going to buy her a computer so we could do this but she's to young still for her own computer and the cost was to much. The Xbox and tv was the perfect solution as it addressed many things.
Minecraft is amazing. I grew up with D&D 2nd Edition at that age and really learned to use my imagination and creativity to create my own fun. I see this game do that with her and it helps teach and reinforce those notions. In the month we've both been playing split screen she's gone from only messing around in creative mode to being able to hack it and survive in survival, a mode she would never play and was even scared of. We work together in real time and its giving her confidence not to mention some of the most fun we've ever had together.
I appreciate the advice on real gifts and not just video games. This is the first time we've really indulged in games as gifts. As someone who did my best to please a woman for 16 years and spent tens of thousands on jewelry only to watch half of it get lost and culminate in seeing my 9k engagement ring get pawned and turned into a mermaid tattoo I dare say the 800 I spent to get split screen minecraft going and the amount of fun and bonding it has produced in a month is worth more than all the shiney stones in the world.
There will be a time and place for classy gifts. My seven year old can wait a while longer for her 2k diamond studs lol.
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+ rep my friend
On my daughter's 12th birthday, my troop were doing a charity HALO jump at Brize Norton for the airshow. I took her up in a C130 Hercules, strapped her into a tandem rig and jumped out of the back. She thought she was just going up for the ride in the aircraft. I think she screamed all the way down without taking a breath, but wanted to do it again as soon as we hit the ground...
She asked my best mate on the ground if I had screamed on my first jump...he said I had screamed more like a little girl than she did
As a career soldier, I had missed a good many of her birthdays as she was growing up, a fact of life as a soldier and family man unfortunately, but something I still regret. Now, at the age of 33, she still says it was the best birthday present she ever had which still makes me smile and feel at least a little contented...she's been an airframe engineer in the RAF for over 10 years.
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That's a great story thanks for sharing Mole, you can carry something like that with you for a lifetime.
On another note I did pick up a couple just dance games (Disney Party 2 and '18). I read that Just Dance 2018 has a kids mode so seemed like a safe bet. Shaved a few dollars off picking them up used which was nice. I appreciate the advice on the used situation also Cosmic, o7.
On another note I did pick up a couple just dance games (Disney Party 2 and '18). I read that Just Dance 2018 has a kids mode so seemed like a safe bet. Shaved a few dollars off picking them up used which was nice. I appreciate the advice on the used situation also Cosmic, o7.