X360 price announced.

I like how his head reflects stuff like a mirror. ^_^

" And that\'s what they want as well. So we\'re saying, "Don\'t bank on it, but use the crap out of it, because there\'s gonna be a ton of machines with hard drives no matter what happens in the future."

What makes them so sure about it?

Originally posted by Unicron!
What makes them so sure about it?

I\'m pretty sure anyone who\'s planning on getting an x360 is gonna want Xbox Live and the HD.

Only idiots will get the core system.

You never know.

1)We dont know how the consumer will act exactly on the price

2)we dont know how many will pull back from the more expensive version since they might want to invest on PS3 too

3)We dont know if the new consumer who has never experienced Live knows how important is the HD.

4)We dont know if the new consumer or the old consumer (who didnt have Live previously) sees online play important enough to purchase the more expensive version

5)we dont know how game prices will affect the buyer\'s choice between the 2 versions

Number one is trite. PS3 will probably cost more.

Realistically speaking, if you are even considering to get a fully loaded x360 with 2 games at launch, saving up enough money for a PS3 in a year or more should not be a problem.

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Just when I think MS is on a roll, they turn around and do something so stupid.

Full Backward Compatability?!?
08.17.2005 11:49 | ZeroTolerance | Xbox 360

Xbox360News.com

With all the noise being made about the price and package options someone must have missed this tidbit of information. Apparently according to a translation of the French site Jeux-France MS also announced that all previous XBox games would be backward compatible with the new hardware. Of course you will need the HDD, but who actually planned on purchasing the Core system anyways??

Here is the rough translation:

- Microsoft presents their stand at Games Convention 2005 and their partnership with the living room. The figures of sales are revealed.

- 2 million users in Xbox Live, the list of the g on Xbox is approached, Microsoft announces that all the games on Xbox are compatible with Xbox 360

- the characteristics of Xbox 360 are evoked. The console is finished and in commercial version.

- an American representative of Microsoft exposes the various possibilities of connections of the console and the use of Xbox Live. The interface is shown in detail on Xbox 360.

- Ipod and a PSP are connected to Xbox 360, the representative shows the musical interface and of transfer of the console.

- Microsoft announces that all the editors work on Xbox 360 and with compatibilities online of the console. A representative of Electronic Arts arrives on the scene to speak about the console on which all the licences of the American firm will be present.

- Call of Duty 2 is announced of exclusiveness on Xbox 360, a video of Project Gotham Racing 3 is shown.

- Presentation of Final Fantasy XI and very beautiful Kameo: Elements of Power.

- Microsoft comes from advertisement that there will be two packs different at the time of the exit from the console. Both will contain the console, a remote control, an account Xbox Live Silver and a lever, the second pack will have as for him a disk hard moreover.

Full Story At Jeux-France

The only way I see MS not screwing this is that the availability of 2 versions will be temporary releasing in the future only one version that will have an HD when cost falls.

Btw about the compatibility
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?section_name=dev&aid=8996
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=9591

Originally posted by Unicron!
The only way I see MS not screwing this is that the availability of 2 versions will be temporary releasing in the future only one version that will have an HD when cost falls.

Btw about the compatibility
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?section_name=dev&aid=8996
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=9591

Yea, that\'s the thing. Old article, new article.

If this is true, that barely makes up for the idiocy of having two versions. They should just outright release it at $400 and be done with.

I\'m probably going to get one regardless.

Its important to sell as well as possible during launch.So it would be a good idea to pull some hesitating buyers and get better userbase numbers.

Releasing a cheaper version after a period of time (like 8 months) that includes a HD wont hurt as much.Games good enough or exploiting fully XBOX Live will be available later like months after launch anyways.

While a slightly different situation, I can\'t help but think of the PSP value-pak.  It seems there are several million people out there who didn\'t mind getting all the extras, and for an already expensive machine.

Anyone who thinks this is the end for Microsoft is being stupid.

IMO, I think it\'s a bad idea.  The HD should be standard.

I don\'t get it ps3 won\'t have an Hdd and everyone said so what. Xbox had and hdd and it was useless. How can developers be mad that the hdd is sold in a different version of the xbox when not many xbox games even fully utilized the hdd. I can\'t think of one that took full advantage of it.

And the 400 dollar 360 comes with a shit load of accessories.

I thought the HD was one of the important things that helped XBOX Live.

Originally posted by Unicron!
I thought the HD was one of the important things that helped XBOX Live.

I don\'t have a live a account I played on it like twice. Downloaded some ninja gaiden content.


Why don\'t they just add an Hdd to the core system  and add an extra controller and pd0  to premium version.

I cant tell you how this will effect sales but I can tell you there won\'t be 2 versions of the next xbox for long.