Well, none of this will come as a big surprise here, but it's always nice to hear it straight from an official source. Microsoft has confirmed that the retail price of the new Xbox 360 is, in fact $199 -- just as we suspected given the numerous retail outlets pricing it as such.
This looks like a great way to play.
Rocksmith+, the award winning music-learning app that teaches you guitar and piano with thousands of hit songs, is coming to PlayStation and Steam on June 6, and is available to wishlist now on both platforms.
"The sudden closure of several video-game studios at Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox division was the result of a widespread cost-cutting initiative that still isn’t finished.
This week, Xbox began offering voluntary severance agreements to producers, quality assurance testers and other staff at ZeniMax, which it purchased in 2020 for $7.5 billion, according to people familiar with the company’s plans. Others across the Xbox organization have been told that more cuts are on the way.
Speaking about the closures more broadly, Booty said that the company’s studios had been spread too thin — like “peanut butter on bread” — and that leaders across the division had felt understaffed. They decided to close these studios to free up resources elsewhere, he said.
Game Pass has not seen the massive growth that Xbox boss Phil Spencer may have been hoping for."
"Speaking about the closures more broadly, Booty said that the company’s studios had been spread too thin — like “peanut butter on bread” — and that leaders across the division had felt understaffed. They decided to close these studios to free up resources elsewhere, he said"
So what you're saying is...you bought all these studios and you guys can't run them.
Jesus.
Reports are suggesting that Game Pass will be getting a price hike soon and that Call of Duty may not be added to the day one offering. I honestly have a hard time believing this but it does beg the question why exactly did GP fail? I think the answer is that it just didn't get the growth that it anticipated. Jim was right but I wish he wasn't because at the end of the day, its gamers, devs and other front-line workers who have to absorb the blow for Spencer and team's miscalculations.
For all the armchair executives who were calling for Sony to release its big-budget AAA games on PS+, the same exact thing would have happened at PlayStation. Game Pass has killed Xbox. Congrats.
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$199 might make it a tough buy for the casual gamer.
FAIL. There is no way that is not FAIL.
EDIT: At first reading, I thought Kinect was $200. A $199 360 is nothing new.
... We will probably be looking at £150 to £199! MS may suffer for that (New buyers will need to buy the Xbox too.. and £350 - £400 for an Xmas present is very steep!)
EDIT!! I'll still be picking it up though!!
so a new arcade is coming, but no price drop. Are they including wifi in it as well?? and a hard drive this time???
Even a tiny one. If it does, then that's good news. If it doesn't, MS really have learnt nothing this gen.