New Xbox 360 Console Bundle Revealed

Jockamo - 212 days 19 hours ago

I have several friends that own arcades that don't even have/need hard drives. It really appeals to the most casual of gamer. The prices for these hard drives are going down, I saw a 120 GB HD for $78. And the prices for the wireless adapter is going down as well.

It sounds like a great deal. I'm sure this will move mountains of these things out of the stores, although that tennis game is kinda boring, in my opinion.

But if they can continue this trend then really, there's no stopping em.

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Captain Tuttle - 212 days 19 hours ago

I think that's who MS is going after with the Arcade...casual Wii owners who might want to dip their toe into HD gaming...they pop in Madden (or the EU equivalent) once a month when they have some buddies over.

Edit: Jockamo beat me to it.

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butterfinger - 212 days 19 hours ago

It's sad when you think $78 is a good deal for a 120GB hard drive. I guess as far as Microsoft goes, that IS a good deal. I do have to say that a good majority of my friends that own 360's don't really need the hard drive other than for Rock Band/Guitar Hero songs.

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IdleLeeSiuLung - 212 days 19 hours ago

I recon the Xbox 360 Arcade is a great value compared what I consider it's main competitor, the PS2. It can do everything the PS2 can do just better with an upgrade path at a very attractive and close price point to the PS2. Now the PS2 large game library is unmatched though by any current system though.

People that complain about the hard drive is mistaken about who the 360 Arcade is really competing against. The majority of people that consider an Arcade aren't going to consider PS3 due to the high price point, but rather look at the Wii and the PS2. Neither which have a hard drive, neither which can do HD gaming and neither have any significant online gaming support.

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butterfinger - 212 days 19 hours ago

You honestly think that the 360 arcade is "competing" with the PS2? If so, I have to disagree. Microsoft is probably trying to get consumers that are upgrading from their PS2 that they already own to go the XBOX360 route, but they are definitely trying to compete with the Wii. The PS2 is half the price of 360 arcade, so I would hardly say they are "close" in cost.

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darthv72 - 212 days 17 hours ago

I thought MS opted to surface mount 256mb of memory to accommodate the NXE? It was done in all new arcade systems as far as I recall. This way they didnt have to include a memory unit. You would think that if the same board is used in all three systems that even the new elites and pro's would have an extra 256mb or mem on board for storage.

Ms has a stockpile of 20gb hdd and should just make all arcade sku's come with a 20gb drive. When Ms stopped making the 20gb premium (pro) as well as the individual 20gb packaging, the drive had to go someplace. Logically they should have gone to the arcades.

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kewlkat007 - 212 days 17 hours ago

"I think that's who MS is going after with the Arcade...casual Wii owners who might want to dip their toe into HD gaming..."

I think MS's Strategy is working but it could be doing better given the price advantage.

This might come down to a price-war...

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edgeofblade - 212 days 17 hours ago

Agreed, but the on-board storage (or included memory card in older packages) makes it a logically complete, functional system.

But MS should have done a MUCH better job with hard drives instead of this screwy proprietary scheme. Why can't we save games on USB or use our own drives? It's a little stupid.

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locos85 - 212 days 16 hours ago

Why do they always have to use 3rd party games??? They should just throw in Banjo Kazooi or however you spell it. It's probably better than this crap.

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Einhander - 212 days 16 hours ago

The sad thing is that the Wii launched at $50 more than the Gamecube yet the tech is basically the same and they STILL havent dropped the price. I cant justify paying $250 for something that costs probably half of that to manufacture.

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Elven6 - 212 days 19 hours ago

It might not appeal to everyone but if the Kung Fu Panada/Lego Indy bundles proved anything it was that a bundle no matter what will still sell consoles. And that goes for any system btw.

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Evocation - 212 days 19 hours ago

That came with an extra controller, lest the bundle i got did and worked out being quite cheap for it.

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edgeofblade - 212 days 17 hours ago

Call Microsoft and get a repair. I really don't have a lot of sympathy for whiners after seeing how much money Microsoft spent to back their 3 year warranty.

One BILLION dollars. $1,000,000,000. That's class-action suit-sized cash without the class-action suit!

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darthv72 - 212 days 17 hours ago

Standard AV is the same as composite. I think you mean component. I agree. There is no reason why they cant include the same hd-av cables the pro's have. That cable set will do both composite and component.

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Pootie Tang - 212 days 16 hours ago

yea ur right lol, mainly i just wanted to point out that with arcade bundle you will need cables as well

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