Xbox 360 pricing official

Microsoft is officially announcing the xbox 360 prices today.

Core system is $299. $399 gets you a 20 gb hard drive ($100 add on if bought later).

Read more here:

http://www.audioholics.com/news/pressreleases/Xbox360pricingdetails.php

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Here are details on the two packages' contents:

http://www.audioholics.com/news/pressreleases/Xbox360pricingdetails.php

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OMG I'm so gonna get the $399 360 will all of the extra stuff, dont know if I'll like a wireless controller though, thats gotta suck some batteries

It will take alot of batteries. Its worth buying the Rechargeable Battery Pack for the 12 bucks. Here are some more prices..

• Faceplate ($19.99, 19.99 Euros, 14.99 GBP)
• Hard Drive (20 GB) ($99.99, 99.99 Euros, 69.99 GBP)
• Memory Unit (64 MB) ($39.99, 34.99 Euros, 22.99 GBP)
• Wireless Networking Adapter ($99.99, 79.99 Euros, 59.99 GBP)
• Wireless Controller ($49.99, 44.99 Euros, 32.99 GBP)
• Play and Charge Kit ($19.99, 19.99 Euros, 14.99 GBP)
• Rechargeable Battery Pack ($11.99, 14.99 Euros, 9.99 GBP)
• Controller ($39.99, 34.99 Euros, 24.99 GBP)
• Headset ($19.99, 19.99 Euros, 14.99 GBP)
• Universal Media Remote ($29.99, 29.99 Euros, 19.99 GBP)
• Component HD AV Cable ($39.99, 29.99 Euros, 19.99 GBP)
• S-Video AV Cable (US) ($29.99)
• SCART AV Cable (Europe) (24.99 Euros, 17.99 GBP)
• VGA HD AV Cable ($39.99, 29.99 Euros, 19.99 GBP

That just makes me even more excited about it, I thought it was going to be more expensive than that.

I thought it would be more $$ also. I love the remote Ill have to reprogram my Philips remote for that section ))

Oh, didnt even think about that. I have a learning remote with my 1015tx....hmm

ugh.. $50 ea. for wireless remotes.

it's going to cost me $200 to get my xbox setup for some good 4-player games. weak.

i hope 3rd party are cheaper.

they arent any more expensive than whats out there now for good wireless controllers

There was talk that Microsoft has put on firmware that will not allow 3rd party devices. Only those "Certified" by Microsoft will work.
Hey you can always take your remote from home go to the store and have it learn the code

Hummm I found it, it was on engadget.

"This ain’t no wishy-washy Made For iPod program here—Microsoft’s officially playing some classic monopolistic moves with the way companies can make devices for the Xbox 360. You guessed it, only authorized peripherals (i.e. devices made by companies who are giving MS a cut of the scratch) deemed as such by a security mechanism they’ve engineered into the 360 will be able to connect to, control, or be used by the console. Yes, yes, we know many companies have tried to make sure they get a cut of device sales from third party manufacturers, but to the best of our knowledge never before have any actually attempted to prevent reverse engineering of any kind or lock said third parties out—so the $64,000 question is whether or not Microsoft will actually enforce this and try to use the DMCA to overturn the kind of fair reverse engineering that was most popularly noted after AMD’s 1975 Intel 8080 clone. We know what we think, but what do you think?"

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000417054017/

Well it sucks for consumers b/c we'll have to pay a little more, but it makes perfect sense for microsoft, why would they want ppl getting in on their investment if they dont get a cut of the sales.

Absolutly.. its all about $$ at the end of the day but that is what Buisness is about. Its just like the wireless adapter that is more of an antenna then an adapter but why pack it in with the 360 if you can sell it 4 more. I remember when systems came with 2 controlers and at least 1 game but they didnt have anything like the systems that are comming out now HD games rock...

No doubt Microsoft is losing money on the system itself, so they need to make it up somewhere.

Tsunamii said:

Absolutly.. its all about $$ at the end of the day but that is what Buisness is about. Its just like the wireless adapter that is more of an antenna then an adapter but why pack it in with the 360 if you can sell it 4 more. I remember when systems came with 2 controlers and at least 1 game but they didnt have anything like the systems that are comming out now HD games rock...

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I wouldnt doubt they will end up coming in packages like that, but for starters I'm going to have to buy the $399 system and Halo3, plus I love the fact that they all come with some sort of xbox live, even if you dont want to play online games, I wonder if they will have a web browser you can d/l and buy a wireless keyboard/mouse.

I guess I'll wait until the prices come down to something reasonable. $300 for a toy is a lot of money. And it doesn't even come with a harddrive at that point!

And am I still right in assuming none of my current games will play on it? I thought I heard it wasn't backward compatible.

I didn't see it say it came "bundled" with any games either.

So then, not only am I looking at $300 for the Xbox 360, but then probably $50 per game so I can just play the thing.

So then at that point, I'm free to choose between this or the new Playstation. If Xbox can't show me any loyalty, why should I show them any?

Shadow_Ferret said:

I guess I'll wait until the prices come down to something reasonable. $300 for a toy is a lot of money. And it doesn't even come with a harddrive at that point!

And am I still right in assuming none of my current games will play on it? I thought I heard it wasn't backward compatible.

I didn't see it say it came "bundled" with any games either.

So then, not only am I looking at $300 for the Xbox 360, but then probably $50 per game so I can just play the thing.

So then at that point, I'm free to choose between this or the new Playstation. If Xbox can't show me any loyalty, why should I show them any?

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You'll need the hard drive to play xbox (current) games.

That's according to this USA Today article:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/games/2005-08-17-xbox-360-prices_x.htm

$300 for a nextgen system isnt a bad price, IMHO. Most of the systems in the past have been around the same. PS3 sounds like it is going to have some sticker shock with it well beyond the $300.
360 is said to be supporting some games for backwards compat. No list of games that will be has been released, that I know of.
Ill also get the 399 system. I interested to see how they deal with existing Xboxlive paying members and how they port them to there new system. It sounds like there will be a free tier and a pay tier, I am guessing that if you are paying and want to keep it you get ported to that tier. Halo3 is going to be sick... Gaming isnt cheap but there are worse things I could be spending my money on...

alandamp said:

You'll need the hard drive to play xbox (current) games.

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Oh, geez! $400 is waaaaay out of my price range. That's why I still don't have my HT system!

Shadow_Ferret said:

Oh, geez! $400 is waaaaay out of my price range. That's why I still don't have my HT system!

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Guess you're stuck watching Brewers' games for entertainment. Poor guy .

I have 2.4Gig wireless controllers for my PS2 and they don't eat batteries at all. They have lasted a surprisingly long time. 100s of hours of play. I don't think wireless is a problem at all, and once you've started using them, you won't want to go back.

I'll probably go with the all inclusive version too.