Saw this article over on Gamespot about official pricing for the XBox 360. Theres two versions, the XBox 360 Core System which will cost $299 US and the full XBox 360 which will cost $399 US. The two bundles are:

Xbox 360 Core System - $299 (299 Euros, 209 GBP)
•Xbox 360 console
•Wired controller
•Detachable faceplate
•Xbox Live Silver membership
•Standard AV cables

Xbox 360 - $399 (399 Euros, 279 GBP)
•Xbox 360 console
•20GB detachable hard drive
•Wireless controller
•Wireless Xbox Live headset
•High-definition AV cables
•Ethernet cable
•Xbox 360 Media Remote Control (limited time)
•Detachable faceplate
•Xbox Live Silver membership

Theres also a range of accessories that will be available including wireless networking kits, extra wireless controllers, different faceplates and 64mb memory cards.

Still no solid release date (just "this holiday season"), and its anyones guess when we'll get it here and how much it'll cost (I'm betting at least $650 - $700 for the full system).

Penny-Arcade also have had their always-funny say on the pricing issue too.

Way to segregate the console market Microsoft, you douchebags

Sega did this, look where they are now

I want PS3

I hope this xbox 360 goes down the toilet, never been a big fan.

I hope this xbox 360 goes down the toilet, never been a big fan.

Wouldn't its success help competition and drive down the price of another console that you like? :)

I hope it rocks, otherwise whats the alternative? Wait till 2007 for a PS3?

According to that article, apparently Microsoft has been telling developers to code games that will work with or without the hard drive. But then, if they do that, you have to wonder what the point of having a 20 gig removeable hard drive even is.

I'd heard from a couple of sources (aka stores who'd been told by distributors) that the Australian release date wasn't going to be until March next year? Which if true, sucks for anyone wanting to get a piece of the 360 action at the same time everyone else will be getting it...

^^ man i hope not, might as well wait for ps2 then :(

i think ill buy both consoles...hehe sinft be a console junky. :P

I hope it rocks, otherwise whats the alternative?

Go outside?

To meet other geeks like yourself ?

/bait.

Anyways if Project Gotham, burnout and Def Jam make a return then i'm sold... after a 75% price drop.

last edited by Booyah at 14:48:30 20/Aug/05

Go outside?

Nah, the glare on the screen gets too bad when you're outside.

But yeah, I heard the March 2006 date thrown around for XBox 360 here as well, that made me sad :( I'd so be importing one if I had any money, maybe I can convince my brother to do that :P

^^ man i hope not, might as well wait for ps2 then :(
i think ill buy both consoles...hehe sinft be a console junky. :P

Not really, 2007 is the rumoured date for PS3 now, and then you'll prolly still need to wait for it to filter down to here anyway. Agreed on your second point though, even though I reserve the right to give plenty of s*** to Sony and their George Foreman PS3, I'm sure I'll end up buying one when they come out anyway.

last edited by Khel at 14:50:44 20/Aug/05

2007 is the rumoured date for PS3

no its not. plz provide a source.

I still like the Rumour that Microsoft/Bungie are going to release Halo3 on the same day the PS3 hardware is released!!

I hope it rocks, otherwise whats the alternative? Wait till 2007 for a PS3?

Oh I dont know... Revolutions? OH NO BUT REVOLTIONS IS ONLY LIKE 2/3 TIMES MORE POWERFUL THAN THE GAYCUBE!111

Yes, when has that stopped Nintendo making great games?

The Xbox is like what Goastcx is to the internet, a huge abyss of evil.

Edit: Yeah... I am a Nintendo Fanboy.

last edited by Greazy at 15:32:34 20/Aug/05

George Foreman PS3

That still makes me rotfl every time i hear it :P

Just hope that every one gives sony enuff s*** about it looking like a foreman grill that they will change the case to something more stylish. :)

remeber what kutaragi said about ps3: It wont be affordable for households. Lol

If it keeps the tech that sony is spouting they reckon theyll have in it, it will be launching with at least a 500 USD price point.

In revo news, nintendo is set to announce new stuff in the next week :D

ravn0s - I think he means 2007 for Australia.

no its not. plz provide a source.

Here

I did say it was just rumoured, but it still doesn't bode well. Either way, even if the date doesn't slip, end of 2006 in America still probably means halfway through 2007 here.

it will be hard for the new xbox to be better than the old xbox, coz the old xbox is god

Revolution+PS3 for life, probably. The PS2 and the Gamecube are imo the best two consoles to get if you want to enjoy this generation, so I'm guessing it'll be the same for the next.

coz the old xbox is god

http://www.tin-ear.net/blog/archives/graphics/halo2/halo2.jpg
Even they laugh at this

just buy a pc... can do more with them

I already have a PC, dont need another one.

hashy, i'm not trying to get you riled up here, but how can technically inferior pieces of equipment with worse control systems (esp. gamecube) be better consoles?
if you wouldn't mind, please list you reasons.

id like to see a ps2 or a game cube serve me up my media like my xbox is

be better consoles?

The gamecube, for instance, is not a better console.

It just has a f***ing fantastic 1st/2nd and exclusive 3rd-party software lineup.

id like to see a ps2 or a game cube serve me up my media like my xbox is

A modded PS2 actually CAN stream media from a network device and with an added hard-drive, it can play it from it too. I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if the gamecube wasn't also capable of this, as it can play games from a network device.

last edited by Hashy at 22:39:04 20/Aug/05

Yeah, I'd heard the Nov 5th and 24th dates, but that article mentions a simultaneous release for North America, Europe and Japan, so who knows what to believe.

When you say "we" who do you mean exactly? Do you work for Microsoft?

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Terry?

Nothing will ever beat the old school snes controllers. :-)

Hey man !
Hows things? Haven't spoken to you in years!

Fetal you used to play Kingpin?