I bought "like new" consoles from Walmart...

[@1mlb704]

Yeah I'd stick with eBay for something like a used video game console. At least there, any legitimate listing will have real photos of the actual device and accessories you're buying

[@CPUjunkie]

Yup and if they use stock photos I skip the listing

[@damascus6480]

Agreed I have 5 ps2 slims, 2 sliver that have never been opened and they are all immaculate on the inside with no dust, very clean exterior too. Edit: by unopened I meant the console itself, the warranty seal on the console was never removed, unfortunately some don’t have the box with it. No dust was inside any of the consoles either.

[@SAINT.PAUL.]

@@damascus6480 u selling?

[@lukeQ22204]

Its all a scam bro

[@TheBlackSpartan103]

@@damascus6480 if I had all my ps2 games I'd buy one instantly

[@philtkaswahl2124]

"Your son was about to be born, and you were playing _Pokemon?"_ That was my favorite line in this video.

[@LivingWithFareed]

Are we just gonna skip passed the part that he has a son now

[@theisaacpigg27_32]

@@LivingWithFareed We've known about that for awhile

[@Ghost____Rider]

@THEIsaacPigg27 _ I didn't. Has he mentioned it elsewhere before?

[@Bobbybobcicle]

Fax

[@theisaacpigg27_32]

@@Ghost____Rider It's been mentioned a number of times by several different people and several different videos. Plus he posted about it when it happened

[@SonicManEXE]

It's amazing how expensive retro gaming has become. I remember being able to walk into my local retro game store and buy a Dreamcast for $50 and its games were the same price as when they were new or less. Now the console by itself is double that. You can't even find a Game Boy Advance for less than the price of new modern games unless you look really hard. Aside from other personal reasons, I haven't gotten many retro games in the past few years because it's just become so expensive.

[@deadcodmchannel8150]

In Japan it's still cheap

[@tangowango828]

@@deadcodmchannel8150 it’s really not

[@SonicManEXE]

@@deadcodmchannel8150 It kind of is, but how do you get it out of Japan? I’ve used Sendico and I’ll continue to use it, but you have to buy a bunch of things at once to justify the huge shipping cost.

[@1kld5mnb]

i bought my dreamcast for $20 in like....2003 or 2004. EB games was trying to dump their stock. games were dirt cheap too. i wish i had bought like every game they had but i was a kid at the time, i barely had enough for the console and a couple games.

[@KaldDodeGitarist]

Just emulate

[@TheMajorLeagueGinger]

Yeah that's a reshell. I own the blue DS and firstly, the color of blue on a genuine one is darker and almost sparkly, and then the bottom and insides are matte black. Not to mention you can see the poor quality of the shell when the light hits it, so most definitely a reshell, but not the worst since atleast the buttons arent off center and printed at 1800s quality

[@alexandercatterson223]

If anything 1800s quality would be vastly better but I get that you are only saying that as an analogy

[@John514s]

About the japanese labels on these consoles, I noticed a lot of 3rd party replacements for these stickers, especially for Nintendo consoles, have a Japanese option. Maybe thats what these are, the original sticker faded and they bought 3rd party replacements.

[@fluffybunnybadass]

So fun fact, I bought a n3ds a few years ago off the walmart marketplace, and it said used or something that didn't insinuate newness, and it was the pokemon usum black model, and usually limited edition systems don't stay new for long I got a brand new, unopened n3ds, complete in box, everything packed like you'd expect from buying a brand new system.

[@KillmiteStudios]

Try the PS2 while it is laying down. My old PS2 like that no longer reads discs while it is in the upright position but works just fine while laying down.

[@jacobperez8921]

As soon as I read Walmart, I knew their claims were bs and I was right. It’s not Walmart’s fault though, third party sellers from places like Walmart are terrible and a serious hit or miss situation.

[@DankMilkGamerz]

But it is walmarts fault though. They should have some control on who sells what on their website. Anyone found selling bad items should have their account removed and ban any bank account linked to their initial account to be linked again!

[@drueckglueck9918]

Okay Boomer

[@mrsynapse]

@@DankMilkGamerz Okay boomer its just like Amazon,Ebay,etc, Grow up because no one will be able to help you go cry to the BBB and see what they do.

[@Geneolgia]

What's funny is that the third party Wiimote seems to be pretty good because the speaker is just as bad as the official one and the cursor flicking on screen also happens with official Wiimotes if the sensor bar isn't placed appropriately.

[@aesthet1kal]

even if you have the sensor set up correctly it still does that lmao

[@faayyyy]

Austin when he puts the box on the table .Easy EaSy eaSy eAsy!!

[@AnimeKing2018]

I like how you say return to phisical stores that's not the case for items that are not shipped and sold by Walmart. Items not shipped and sold by Walmart can't be returned at a physical Walmart store and has to be returned back to the third party seller. I work for Walmart and i have to deal with that.

[@garrett_bright]

You can return them to the physical store, in a vast majority of cases. But, they have to be shipped back to the the company who shipped and sold the product. We just slap a shipping label on it and ship it back. Down side is the third party is in charge of the refund, not Walmart.

[@Echo3-1317]

4:25 Austin almost had a heart attack after that😂

[@nickchamp]

Never knew about the Wii mini. Actually looked pretty cool. Nice aesthetic

[@nickchamp]

@TokyoFool the fact I never knew it existed probably says a lot about it lol

[@MSUHitman]

It had no way to connect to the internet, even before the Wii online was shut down. So no Virtual Console/connected apps/Netflix. Also no Gamecube support.

[@burningfarts]

@@MSUHitman yes, and no. Those parts were modular, so if you had an original WiFi connector and Gamecube controller board you could open the Wii mini, and plug them into the motherboard restoring those features.

[@SakuraAvalon]

@@burningfarts Why would you do that when you could just as easily get a regular Wii?

[@3spanishfreaks970]

Austin, the reason people are buying more Xbox 360s is because the modding is awesome. There are so many games that aren't backwards compatible on X1 or newer consoles and they can essentially all be run on a modded 360. Potentially also could be run on a modded XB1 but for many that's still a primary console and the modding can cause bans fairly easily on the newer consoles.

[@HearMeLearn]

the modding? isn't modding a 360 like one of the hardest consoles to mod? No thank you, I'd rather just make a small form factor gaming pc and make it a couch gaming machine

[@zach2beat]

@@HearMeLearn not anymore actually. its pretty easy now actually. not as easy as something like the wii mind you, but still easy.

[@ConwayLitty]

@@HearMeLearn its easy now

[@HearMeLearn]

@@ConwayLitty can you link me to a tutorial? Is it soft modding easy, or do you still need to mod chip and solder wires and shit

[@Cyorg13]

@@zach2beat can you softmod one?

[@MSUHitman]

7:19 Infamously the Wii mini had no way to connect to the internet so there was nothing to fill those empty spaces as the other channels couldn’t be accessed & digital games couldn’t be installed to the system. These were Walmart exclusive in the US, but people would come into my GS all the time & complain b/c these systems couldn’t run Netflix.

[@BB0647]

@3:32 you can see it is actually sold by Marie’s Market. Which is NOT Walmart, it is 3rd party. Also again @3:36 the nintendo DSi Lite was also sold by Marie’s Market. - The wii @6:58, The Atari 2600 @10:39, The Nintendo 64 @12:31, The xbox 360 @14:07, and The PS2 @15:34 were all sold by Itembazaar (A 3rd party seller) And not walmart directly

[@liamlyda2116]

They explicitly said that they were buying from third party sellers and not from Walmart directly. Even mentioning how Walmart has never touched these consoles, but they were sold through Walmarts site. I'm really failing to see your point here.

[@ethangunderson7861]

@0:38 "Walmart didn't actually touch any of these items"

[@donuteh2461]

I remember playing the Atari 2600 before the NES was popular. Even now, it's a fun system to dig out when you have some friends over.

[@Lugia21]

I used to play the Atari in the only TV we had which was black and white when I was a kid. Tanks was my favorite although Pong and Pacman were still on top.

[@EcksGamer]

Phat PS2's in Canada usually tend to sell for like 50$ with an original controller but the good thing i like about the Phat model is you can slap in a hard drive and softmod it to play games directly off of the hard drive.

[@EcksGamer]

Also, Austin i could always send you a free mcboot memory card as well lol.

[@percfiend69206]

I did that to one of my PS2s, I have about 50 games on it and I love it, but I was high af and I accidentally deleted uLaunchElf so now I can't boot codebreaker and play my games with cheats :_( but I got a PS3 last week and jailbroke it with rebug 4.84 and I've been liking that

[@TristerTwister69]

So we’re just not gonna talk about Austin playing DS in the middle of his wife in labor 😂

[@crosenblum]

The hat gimmick was really funny, and yes I am still playing on my Xbox 360, very hard to find controllers or their battery packs.

[@loustandards2827]

I love to see a new Austin video! Fun and informative, with a few surprises along the way. Truly happy with this cast as well. Just these people and no more. A+++

[@TlhOnYT]

what about Matt and the filipino guy?

[@RetroZero64]

Region modding a GameCube involves soldering a single jumper wire so if I had to guess, those GameCubes we're bought in bulk from Japan for very cheap, quickly region modded, then sold for 130 on Walmart

[@8bitnation419]

The fake accessories and the high price tag makes this off putting. Most if not all of these came with fake controllers, psu’s etc. The discs drives in the PS2’s are a joke, they’re just not as well built as the ones in other consoles. Disc Read Error. Best thing to do is to clean that laser with a qtip dipped in isopropyl alcohol. And then just switch to using a harddrive with OPL.

[@aurorablaize]

"Almost everything you can do on the 360 you can do on the X1 and XSX" "Almost" being the key word there because there are still a good bit of games that they didn't add to the latter systems' back compatability catalogue. Not to mention the modding scene.

[@LaDeXi]

Yep. Need for Speed series, Forza, Medal of Honor, FlatOut etc.

[@JSTheAnonymousOne]

I've having the same issue with the PS2 that I grew up using, sometimes it reads and sometimes it doesn't. Noisy either way. I ended up buying a PS2 for the living room and modding the previous one to play games from a hard drive in my room

[@DSBOY33]

Yeah the PS2 drive on this one is probably starting to go out and might need to be replaced same thing happened to my PS3

[@DarkNeon27]

Keep that 360 as long as you can. It has the Jasper motherboard which was much more reliable, and after they fixed the RROD issue eith the OG Xboxes. The PS2 has a worn out laser. Easy to fix if you are willing to tear it apart and swap it out with a replacement part.

[@jolteon345]

It's also possible that the PS2 was only tested in the horizontal position, causing the appearance of a fully functioning, like-new console. I've had fat PS2s that I had to rotate depending on the time of year to account for humidity and hot/cold weather.

[@kenzieuchiha1191]

​@ApplejackSepticEye Yeah, I had a phat PS2 that I had to literally flip it upside down in or for it read discs. It worked for a few more years until it eventually just stopped turning on and my parents broke down and bought me a new PS2 slim.

[@theprophet9428]

I bought a refurbished ps4 pro from GameStop. They didn’t even bother to clean it. I booted it up and jet engines. Brought it to a pc repair store. They cleaned it and replaced the thermal paste for me in 3 hours it was finally refurbished lol.

[@EvilTurkeySlices]

Thankfully laser replacements in the fat ps2 are insanely easy, but you shouldn’t have to for one labeled like new.

[@BB0647]

@3:32 you can see it is actually sold by Marie’s Market. Which is NOT Walmart, it is 3rd party. Also again @3:36 the nintendo DSi Lite was also sold by Marie’s Market

[@thedevil7305]

I remember finding my dad's old atari 2600 and trying it. I love that console so much

[@PowerGlove79]

I remember the commercials for it. God, I’m old lol

[@lonemaus562]

@@PowerGlove79holy shit lmao hey you lived through some cool times tho

[@theon__]

13:12 Loving Halo 3 ODST is posible ? xD When shold i start the therapy lesson for you guys ?

[@MKRN98]

Wow, 360 for 150? I paid like 25 bucks in Goodwill for one with two controller in 2019 and grabbed a lot of games at the same time for not much more. I guess I'm already earning money on my console collection

[@HavenKnight93]

7:19 This is because the Wii Shop and most of the original apps has been taken down. They have stopped supporting Wii few years ago.

[@NewEvolutionTime]

The ds lite was definitely a reshell bc I had the exact same one from childhood and the bottom is black instead of all blue.

[@WantBadtime]

Yes, U.S. DS lites come only glossy white, glossy pink, Crimson Red and Cobalt blue top shell with matte black base.

[@x-Abraham-x2]

Yeah I noticed that too

[@jonmatute5372]

Let’s go bro! Pumped every time I see a new upload !

[@noneed4me2n7]

The best part of the 360 is all the Xbox live arcade games that either got delisted or aren’t supported on the newer systems. Love my modded 360. Backed up all my discs and now it also does some emulators.

[@xX-Logic-]

16:15 this is giving me ptsd from when I was a kid and my ps2 stopped reading disks… I think we ended up taking it apart and cleaning the lens for the disk reader and it fixed it but I was like 10 so I’m not 100% sure.

[@lordcorgi6481]

I watched this video while playing FFX on my original PS2 I stood in line for 16 hours at Toys R Us at launch 🤣

[@matthewbartke4424]

12:27 Doom 64 is indeed impossibly dark, but I believe you can turn up the brightness in the settings of the game.

[@instantfire2627]

Love your videos ❤ keep up the good work ❤

[@lewisgrant7622]

The Wii mini would be great as a budget console but a couple major problems. The sd card slot has been removed, GameCube support has been stripped, online has been stripped, wi-fi has been stripped pretty much leaving the console to the bare minimum

[@123RADIOactive]

For the record the PS2 lens was probably dirty. It’s a very common issue for the fat ones. The process of taking it apart and cleaning it is very easy. Also, the console with 1 controller + 1 memory card should only cost about $20~$25 at most.

[@monrod6253]

I still got my original ps2 slim and I have a similar problem with the discs not working. PS2 lasers can be a bit temperamental and sometimes it's how the disc is loaded in. I have to physically pick up my ps2 and hold it in a magic angle for it to start reading the disc properly. This might be the issue with this one!!

[@MrWaththage]

I can see the scratches from 9300 miles away.

[@YoungMrBlue]

3:07 ohhh that blue on the ds lite looks so pretty

[@waulkingwithdinos4564]

Always take the scuffed real version vs the new 3rd party controllers

[@VoidSkelly]

I've bought the one x myself. Have had it for two years now, and I gotta say, Walmart did good. It even came with 2 aa batteries for the controller, and you usually don't see that with a lot of electronics

[@FooFightersBootlegs]

I paid £70 (I'm not sure what that is in dollars) for the 2010 250GB 360 Slim. Walmart insane

[@rmf99fr]

like a 3DS from CeX is £70 and that's considered expensive, but in the US they pay like $400 for a 3DS from AMAZON 💀💀💀

[@FooFightersBootlegs]

@@rmf99fr hahahahaha yeah it's weird. I think I bought the 360 I have from eBay so I know it's not as reputable as Walmart but it came literally looking brand new

[@thazsar]

OMG! I just remembered that the Atari used to use two prongs to connect to the antenna for a signal on the back of the TV. Memory lane

[@thethirdrail8397]

The stickers on most NINTENDO's said the same thing on all US systems. And The PS2, well you could have tried running it sitting down and not on the Side of the PS2. I think, Half of every PS2 had an Issue being able to load correctly, when the PS2 had been Set up to run on the Side of the ps2. also, those Unnamed Controllers and etc., may have just been over cleaned where parts and the name had been completely removed. sometimes, when something is just really dirt and grime filled, you have to do what you have to do! all lot of the problems could be from over cleaning. but, some of the items may, be fake.. or maybe I am wrong and they are all fake.

[@goclunker]

You literally don’t know what you are talking about.

[@SparkFN744]

love the mkbhd podcast music 1:55

[@deanspanos8210]

"You know what don't feel great, 40-year-old rubber." - Austin Evans

[@doq]

@7:43 - No, that's just how bad the audio is normally. It really was just that crunchy.

[@GFourGadget]

These are kinda pricey and not in a "perfect" state that they claim. I bet there are tons of sellers out there who have cheaper and better options

[@nik53538games]

7:46 i have been to a friends home when i was a lil boy, they had the wii and that is what the sound litterally was, YES IM NOT EVEN KIDDING

[@justinhethcox5730]

And still better than DK Oldies lol

[@PapaFuzzyGaming]

I don’t know. I had a lot of bad experiences at Walmart. I don’t go to one no more. And I never brought from DK oldies what is the difference between them and how they ship stuff out

[@TripsargeYT]

That’s debatable😅

[@qualityentertainment2026]

Bro that DS segment was driving me nuts, that is definitely re shelled haha

[@silents4ever]

Basically just "lightly used with massive amount is use"

[@AdFrmDa3]

Fr im gay

[@patinthehat4000]

What happened to the NES? Did it not show up?

[@kungfujesus06]

Admittedly the first party wii controllers weren't terribly great at IR tracking for a lot of angles, either. So, I'm not sure that one can be blamed on the third party.

[@Eremon1]

Thumbs up based solely on the proof of time travel since that gamecube is from 2114. Explains the condition it was in. Also can we have a video excursion where Austin goes to New Mexico and tries to unbury a copy of ET to play on his Atari console?

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

The plug on the Atari is not called an "aux" plug. It's a 3.5mm TRS plug. TRS stands for "tip ring sleeve". The tip has negative voltage, and the ring is positive. The sleeve is the ground. You can use them for audio, power, and video signals. Many old camcorders used the TRS plug as a video output. The TRS plug on cameras has been replaced with Micro HDMI bas the new video output. Camera microphones still use the TRS plug however.

[@skylaar]

Walmarts turning into wish

[@unkown34x33]

The Luigi's mansion effect was great! Hahaha Kenzie was spooked

[@mattbuffo9967]

i'm watching austin kill money very sad

[@devilmikey00]

I bought a wii mini about 6 months after they came out for $50 bucks because it was cheaper to do that than buy a new set of joycon/wiimote.

[@PuzzlePhantasm]

Tbh Walmart isint always bad i just bought a Hisense u7g 4K 120hz 55 inch restored tv for $278 on Black Friday and it came in the original box unopened. That tv retails fir $850 or $600 restored when no sale and I couldn’t be happier to finally have a gaming TV for my Xbox series X

[@matthewsmith7802]

I love that even "tech" people don't understand the premise of "3rd party" on walmart and brand it as walmart selling these. Yes they did say "these are third party" BUT continue to brand it as walmart the whole video.

[@digydog205]

Been waiting all saturday for my Austin daddy videos!!

[@emmakorhonen]

The OLED screen wasn't the problem with Atari Pacman, it was always flashy and glitchy and everyone had a very disappointing Christmas the year it came out lol

[@samfarabee2963]

try putting the PS2 horizontally ... mine won't read certain games when its sitting vertically.

[@Commitmentiskey]

I love your vids man keep up the fantastic work

[@staples6]

I don’t understand why retailers and scalpers are still trying to charge a premium on used PS5. They are almost always available at MSRP brand new at PlayStation direct or even other retailers.

[@MrCp209]

The cool thing is that old Atari controller works on the Sega Genesis console. I was able to beat Sonic 3 with it. Since you only need one button

[@lawrencegarza9624]

The n64 controller was top tier. That middle was great to hold while you had to go ham on that joy stick!!

[@Faisey648]

Love when he says walmart might have ripped me off but my skills won’t! Hahahaha there u go 😂😂😂😂

[@marblesand863]

These consoles were most likely modded to play any region games. Also that shell is obviously not original on the DS lite.

[@SGTVLee]

I think Austin just had a seizure 4:01

[@ThomasWilder-y4d]

Unfortunately a Japan version N64 is region locked if im not mistaken...u have to file down the internal slot partitions

[@mysterybread8]

You were putting the power "brick" in backwards on the n64 with the 3rd party one

[@R.S98]

I don't know why "It's party alright!" made me laugh so hard

[@nolanheistad2526]

That GameCube controller costs about 20 bucks for a set of 4 with a usb adapter for PC. They're pretty good but mine don't have rumble

[@recommended1782]

"Your son was about to be born, and you were playing Pokemon?" "then i put it down" ~this one got me

[@emilyshabang]

The Xbox 360 Elite came out after the OG, so the date would be a bit later than launch ones. Also, the main reason why people (including myself from personal experience) bought the Elite was the fact that it was the first console with HDMI. So it would likely be very common to see completely unused Component cables in refurbished systems.

[@WthaHatchet]

Those PS2 FAT only like to read horizontal if they read at all. Sometimes a cleaning of the laser can help but otherwise a laser or total drive replacement is the only other fix.

[@calebcorenza685]

I actually have a 360 elite that came with forza motorsport 3 and halo 3 odst it came with a hdmi cable and a pair of component cables third party Controller for 189.99 203.00 after tax it had free shipping and it was from Walmart

[@mtmcommunity]

Thank you for doing this, my brother wants a ps5 so bad but I can't buy a full price one. If I can find one at Walmart I'd be pumped, wish me luck peeps

[@simon_969]

My experience with these things: *GameCube aftermarket controller* new$4 I have to desolder the right analog stick of mine and put in a new one since it drifts, stick seems to move too fast (little push moves the cursor a lot, hard to adjust) d pad down keeps pushing down+left *NDSL* salvage$10 working$25 The shell around the hinge seems to break on these common, screen turns yellow and top screen dies are common, both are fixable but cost exceed the console (aftermarket shells are not the best to fit but is decent); also button membrane and hinge are bad now in 2022 need replacing; recommend buying the NDSi for better screens and buttons and SD card capability *Xbox 360 fat* $40 working GPU made prior 2010 will die , don't even bother *Fat ps2* some are failing to boot now, more have dead DVD drive, buy a working one or consider fmcb or mx4sio if DVD drive dies

[@gavinshams4631]

I never realized you guys use a colorsource for your studio lighting control

[@SJB117]

Jared and Joanna have been such good additions

[@vipertt100]

Wii mini did not launch in US. Was launched in Canada in North america

[@TuxPeng]

7:57 Is there another way to take it?

[@tyster911]

are you supposed to have the ps2 on its side like that? Might have trouble reading the disk because of that…

[@yoshi6300]

Japanese gamecubes can be found really cheap and can be swapped to a USA region system by bridging two points on the motherboard, all JP and NA cubes can be swapped very easily

[@Time2WatchUK]

I did not know there was a Wii mini that looked decent great video

[@ComeAtMe]

Walmart stores do not accept returns in stores from 3rd party sellers on the app

[@davidramone3687]

i feel like if you leave the ps2 sitting up , its stressing out the console , but if u let it sit on its side it works fine 90% of the time

[@rangermansgaming7717]

1:03 made me worry with the bad looking box. Come on Walmart the bad customer stuff . Great region, so glad not a thing any more. GameCube a bootleg a bet.

[@Gwizz1027]

That's a Light Sixer 2600, not a bad one! The 4 Switch ones are less favorable

[@autisticgod3338]

if you want a used or refurbished console ebay is infinitely more reliable and they have a pretty good customer service/return system if the item has issues.