Clean your consoles before selling

[Demon_Skeith]

Both externally and internally:


Earlier this week, I brought you the story of a good friend who gave me his original Xbox without wiping its contents. From the data, I was able to piece together a sentimental portrait of my friend as he and his wife started their new lives together.

If there was an irony there, it's that only in my hands could such information become personally revealing. A stranger buying the Xbox off Craigslist or inheriting the data as a used GameStop purchase would not understand the significance behind of any of the gamesaves.

However, it doesn't take a New Yorker profile writer to understand the significance of a picture of someone taking a ripping bong hit, left on a used 3DS. This chuckleworthy tale from the U.K. should reinforce the modern necessity of wiping all gaming devices of their data before you give them up for sale. And if you buy a used device from a retail outlet and come across this sort of thing, definitely complain about it. It's supposedly store policy to wipe the devices, and if they don't, they'll usually give you store credit or a partial refund.

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I suggest reading the comments on that source link, makes you think somethings.

 

[Shortie]

Wow! Some people really do not think do they. I am someone who if I am selling a console I will always make sure everything is cleared and deleted whether I am selling it to my local game store or whether I am selling it to a friend. I know the game store I use does wipe everything when you sell it to them as they do it whilst you are in the store to ensure also that the console is in full working order before you leave with the cash.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

I only sell my systems if I upgrade, or I never use it. Like ever.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

hopefully you leave nothing left on them.

 

[froggyboy604]

I will just remove my hard drive from my Xbox 360, and sell my Xbox 360 as an Arcade Core System without a hard drive. I heard if you take apart the 360 hard drive from the hard drive case, you can use it in a laptop computer, or use it in a computer which accepts small hard drive.