Elite Won't Replace Premium or Core Skus

As the day has progressed, more information about the 'Elite' has become available. GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that the other two 360 skus will still be available. The Elite is not replacing either of them. Interestingly, there's no word on a price drop for them either. Major Nelson's most recent podcast has several interviews and details about the new offering, which you may find informative. There's more analysis available, if you find that interesting: CVG wonders aloud who is going to buy this thing, while a Wedbush Morgan analyst mentioned to GamesIndustry.biz that he thinks this validates the PS3 strategy. "'It appears to me that Microsoft sees the writing on the wall - Blu-ray is going to win the format wars ... Ultimately, Microsoft will likely offer a Blu-ray drive with the 360 Elite, and I think consumers will be able to select based solely upon other drivers.' Pachter also believes that although the Xbox 360 Elite will register with early adopters of hi-def content, the current 20GB model will still be sufficient for many consumers."

Comments

What the fuck is with the article altogether?

[caitsith01]

Like one or two of the readers of this site, I'm not an X-box fanboy, and I had NFI what this article was about from the headline or first line of the summary:

Elite Won't Replace Premium or Core Skus

and

As the day has progressed, more information about the 'Elite' has become available.

Assumptions:

- everyone knows what a "sku" is (an open-source implementation of a ski? a pygmy skunk?)

- everyone knows that the word "Elite" refers only to a particular version of a particular game console released by Microsoft

- everyone knows that Microsoft's other current marketing cliches for its X-Box 360 console are "Premium" and "Core"

- everyone is sitting with baited breath with all the details of what is going on, just waiting for this vital piece of information ("As the day has progressed...")

Zonk, you've done it again. Acronyms, lack of context, assumed knowledge. Slashdot: news for people who already know what we're reporting about.