Xbox 360 Natal Bundle for $400?

Blaze929 - 115 days 12 hours ago

Halo Reach...hmm was that confirmed for 2010? If so, i can definitely see that happening.

Anyway, I could see a $400 Natal bundle.

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JasonXE - 115 days 12 hours ago

Nothing moves Xbox 360s like another Halo...

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JeffGUNZ - 115 days 12 hours ago

I think early fall or september of 2010

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Tony Scarboni - 115 days 11 hours ago

Bundle w/ Halo Reach? I highly doubt that - they'll probably bundle it with their version of Wii sports(which they are doing). That's the crowd they are going after.

Its obvious they are trying to market the 360 as a party console, in the vein of the Wii. Its not gonna be for hardcore gaming, its for casual games. I think Natal will probably retail at 150.00 if you want to buy it seperatley.

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Megan Fox - 115 days 11 hours ago

$400 is too much for a console right now.

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KnaveX - 115 days 11 hours ago

it isnt if ur buying a good console ie: PS3, 360 elite

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Once Upon a Fable - 115 days 10 hours ago

I have a feeling it will be around 299$ if not even less with a newly designed 360.

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phosphor112 - 115 days 10 hours ago

I'm not looking forward to any of this motion crap. Wii is already bad enough, let alone "natal" *sigh* -_-

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JeffGUNZ - 115 days 10 hours ago

Microsoft already stated on several occasions that they are ideally trying to implement a hybrid of natal/controller. Imagine playing a game like COD MW2 and standing next to a side of the building and having the OPTION to lean your head and your character follows, only exposing minimal part of your character instead of having to move your whole body out to see whats around the corner. I think Natal will be successful with hardcore gamers if it had a hybrid, and that's what Microsoft is aiming to do. It is attempting to grab some of the casual market, they want to be seen as the main piece of electronics in the living room, so they are attempting to reach EVERYONE, but the whole system is not going to be casual, you will still have your FPS and halo's and gears type of games.

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indyman77 - 115 days 4 hours ago

Why not bundle it with a game like Wii did with wii sports? Get a easy access copy cat strategy like Nintendo did and ensure mass penetration. It is not like the 3.99 billion dollars they made last quarter is going to get used soon anyway. Just thrown in the money pile they have.

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Goomba12 - 114 days 15 hours ago

They will bundle it with a game that more suites the audience for Natal. That is if they have learned anything from what Nintendo did with Wii Sports.

Halo reach wont come bundle seeing as it is the next big step in the Halo series, which I'm guessing will not incorporate Natal. Then again I could be wrong.

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iChaos Amongus - 115 days 11 hours ago

Yea I don't see them releasing a 399$ SKU either, I would bet on a 299$ or even less Xbox 360 Slim release. One of the main things I remember MS kept saying was they wanted it to be affordable next year. 399$ is too much.

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IdleLeeSiuLung - 115 days 10 hours ago

Considering price drop on Elite will be $50, MS still got plenty of profit left to drop the price on the 360 and push Natal.

A $300 bundle with Natal and maybe even an upgraded hard drive is likely considering 120GB HD probably will start increasing in price as laptop hard drives move to larger capacity.

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Covenant - 115 days 11 hours ago

The appeal of the Elite lies not in the cruddy HDMI cable (which I replaced with a far superior Rocketfish cable), but in the expanded HD (great for game installations)...

...and that oh-so-sexy matte black finish. Smoooooooth. :)

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player911 - 114 days 13 hours ago

There are no such things as a cruddy HDMI cable. It either works or it doesn't (all or none). The signal is sent digitally in HDMI verse analog which older standards use. So you gain nothing buy spending more for the cable. Anything more then $3.50 for an HDMI cable is simply throwing your money away.

As far as the Elite goes... at one time you had to choose between a 20gb Pro or a 120gb Elite. Both were the same with the exception of the HDD, HDMI, and color.

Now the 60gb Pro's closed the gap there isn't much difference except an extra 60gb's and color.

I bought the Elite because it was the better choice (cheapest). I got the holiday bundle with 2 games of my choosing for $399. I also got a 3rd game plus a 13month XBL card for like $490 total.

Math:
Pro = $299 + $180 in games + $30 XBL = $510
Elite = $399 w/ 100gb+HDD and 2 games + $60 game + $30 XBL = $490

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baodeus - 115 days 4 hours ago

@blacksand1

before you spend more money, go buy yourself a wii, cause seriously, i haven't heard anything about wii breaking down while 360 (RROD, E74?) and PS3 (YLOD, Disc Read Error, HIGH PRICE TAG)

Here are my thoughts:

People buying console based on the PRICE and personnel taste:

Wii = low price + casual (everyone can play = even your grandma can play) + more family oriented games or party games = selling very well

x360 = decent price + live + largest library games with lots of variety = selling well (between casual and hardcore)

PS3 = blue ray + wifi + good library of games (hardcore) = decent sell

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commodore64 - 115 days 11 hours ago

a slim 3rd place is still third place, just less hot air...

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darkride66 - 115 days 10 hours ago

"A slim 3rd place, hot air blah blah blah."
What is that even supposed to mean?

At any rate, that sound you hear regarding this article is the sound of gamers everywhere not caring. Seriously, are you prepared to duck behind your couch to take cover in the next Gears? Pretend to throw a grenade to throw a grenade in Halo? Neither am I. Just like the Wii, replacing a button press with a waggle of the controller isn't innovation. When I come home from work at the end of the day and want to play some Gears, I'm not going to do it leaping around my living room like a hyper active child. Natal is designed to appeal to the non-gamers snapping up the Wii. I have yet to see anything that makes me think it'll do a damn thing for the average game player.

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KionicWarlord222 - 115 days 10 hours ago

Let`s wait and see what devs can do darkrider..

They always surprise gamers .

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commodore64 - 114 days 23 hours ago

Darkride66!
You are too much fun!

Quick... write a blogpost about that nasty commodore64 on n4g...
or.. better yet.. report me to the mods.

Dang.
I have an even better idea.

why not write a blogpost about how you reported that nasty sociopath 'commodore64' to the n4g mods, and the mods did NOTHING, and all you could do was gnash your little interwebz fanboy teeth again...?

Don't forget to submit said blog to n4g and pass it off as industry news, you hear, boy?

oh wait.
you already did something like that.
my bad.

;)

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