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Xbox360 Pricing, 2 Models at Launch

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the just-gimme-my-doa dept.

Tom writes "According to news in the LA Times, Microsoft will release two Xbox 360 packages when the console is launched later this year. The basic package will retail for $299 and will not include a hard disk, nor will it include a wireless controller, instead shipping with a wired pad. The second package will retail for $399 and will include a 20 Gb hard disk, wireless controller, wireless headset, Ethernet cable and remote control. No release date has been revealed, but a mid to late November date is expected."

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  1. Not a bad deal by fewnorms · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So, a 100 dollars will get you a 20 Gb hard disk, wireless controller, wireless headset, Ethernet cable and remote control? Not a bad deal. I do wonder how many people would actually get the "no hard disk" version.
    On the other hand, it's still an expensive piece of kit, and odds are the version without a hard disk will still have the connectors on the inside, happily protected by "warranty void when opened".

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  2. failure by skatephat420 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What better way to make no one want to buy your system than to release two different systems off the bat. If they were smart they would hold off because there just isn't a market for a new system right now. I think I'll wait and get the final version, you know, when they are ready.

    Expectations are the mother of all sorrow

  3. Re:Halo by Gulthek · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You might want better info.

    I own an XBox, but not either of the Halos.

    It has never crashed.

    Many people I know own an XBox for XBox Media Center.

    I own it for the games. (Splinter Cell and Ninja Gaiden especially.) Most of which use the system's true 5.1 surround sound support.

  4. Re:well, that will probably be bad by Dinny · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Oh but Halo sells system. I think they might try to use Halo to sell more harddrives. It's certainly going to have downloadable content and push the 360 to limits. Why not go that extra step and require a hard drive. It would sell a lot of hard drives.

  5. Re:UK buyers screwed again? by dhovis · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As far as I understand it, European prices usually include VAT, whereas American prices do not include sales tax (the closest equivelent we have to VAT).

    So to do a direct comparison, you need to factor in that most Americans will pay additional sales tax (6-8% is typical), though sales taxes are all at the state or local level in the US, and some states have no sales tax.

    You also need to account for the fact that most of these items are made in China or Taiwan and are shipped by sea. The shipping distance is greater to Europe than to the US, and that adds to the cost.

    So don't just convert currency and say you're getting ripped off, I'd be willing to bet that it evens out.

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  6. Actually, the best analogy is by jbellis · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "just like the PS2 HDD"

    nobody developed for it because nobody had it, and nobody bought it because nobody developped for it.

    it's possible that 360+HDD will be worth developing for if MS can get enough people to buy it early enough... good luck.