MS Confirms £199 UK Xbox 360 Arcade - October 26th

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MS Confirms £199 UK Xbox 360 Arcade - October 26th

PRESS RELEASE: Microsoft® Lauches New Xbox 360TM Console For Families

Just in time for the festive season, Microsoft today released a new Xbox 360 console that delivers games and content to everyone in the family for an estimated retail price of £199.99. Available in stores in the United Kingdom from Friday 26th October 2007, Xbox 360 ‘Arcade’ is the first Xbox 360 console to include five family-friendly games. Xbox 360 Arcade also includes a wireless controller, an HDMI connection to enable high-definition output if desired and 256MB of memory--useful for storing games and other entertainment content. At an estimated retail price of just £199.99, the Xbox 360 Arcade console will include the full versions of the five best-selling games from the Xbox LIVE® Arcade including “PAC-MAN Championship Edition,” (NAMCO BANDAI Games), “Uno,” “Luxor 2,” “Boom Boom Rocket™” (Electronic Arts), and “Feeding Frenzy.”

“As European families gather together this Christmas, it’s the perfect time to launch a family orientated Xbox 360 package that plays games, video and music for everyone to enjoy,” said Stephen McGill, Head of Gaming and Entertainment for Microsoft UK. “In addition to offering an incredible all-in-one package for families to get right into the fun, the Xbox 360 Arcade system features the industry leading family settings that allow parents to control what their kids are watching and playing, and we know how important that control is to families around the world.”

The news of Xbox 360 Arcade comes as part of a broader initiative by Microsoft to bring the Xbox 360 experience to families everywhere. Microsoft also announced today that “SHREK-N-ROLL™” (Activision) will be coming exclusively to Xbox LIVE Arcade, the place to download games for Xbox 360 over Xbox LIVE, adding more fun for everyone in the family.

Microsoft’s commitment to family entertainment is complimented by the largest library of more than 200 family-friendly games available at retailers in the United Kingdom this Christmas, including “BEE MOVIE™ GAME” (Activision), “Guitar Hero III®: Legends of Rock” (Activision), “Naruto: Rise of a Ninja” (UbiSoft) , “Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action” and “Viva Piñata: Party Animals.”
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things hotting up for xmas nicely,

and

MS: This holiday we'll have at least seven 360 titles that sell 1 million each

Xbox product group manager Aaron Greenberg has roared that this holiday season the Xbox 360 will have at least seven titles that will sell over a million units each, insisting that no other platform will come close to that estimated figure. Greenberg also expects the Xbox 360 widen its lead over the PS3 and is confident that in terms of total sales, it will continue to lead the way.



“It’s the games that sell the systems and we feel pretty confident in our games lineup,” he says. “Just this one holiday we anticipate that we’ll have at least seven titles that will each sell over a million units each. I don’t think any other platform will even come close to that, so having the big blockbuster games will definitely continue to help drive system sales for us.

“I think that we will continue to expand our lead over Playstation 3 and I think that we will continue to be very competitive relative to the Wii and I have no doubt that for total software sales, we’ll continue to lead the market overall.”

News Source: next-gen.biz
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along with some PS3 news

Weekly European sales charts estimates suggest PS3 outsold 360 by 2:1

According to weekly sales estimates by VG Chartz, the PS3 outsold the Xbox 360 by a ratio of approximately 2:1 for the week ending October 21st. They claim that the PS3 sold 64,087 units in comparison o the Xbox 360's weekly sales total of 37,303. Their figures also put the PS3 within touching distance of the Wii at 70,322 weekly units.

VG Chartz European / Others Charts for Week Ending 21st October 2007

DS 171,260 17,454,212
Wii 70,322 3,594,122
PS3 64,087 1,758,644
PS2 57,152 43,208,915
PSP 54,449 8,589,452
360 37,303 3,791,899
GBA 2,286 19,536,528
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seems MS has done the right thing and released the arcade edition just at the right time
 
Interesting move...

ie... could I buy an Arcade pack, move my hdd etc across and benefit from HDMI rather than buying an elite.
 
McManicMan said:
MS Confirms £199 UK Xbox 360 Arcade - October 26th




things hotting up for xmas nicely,

and

MS: This holiday we'll have at least seven 360 titles that sell 1 million each



along with some PS3 news

Weekly European sales charts estimates suggest PS3 outsold 360 by 2:1



seems MS has done the right thing and released the arcade edition just at the right time
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At last they finally announce this officially (has been seen on shops shelves even before their announcement!!).

Only thing that I find weird is they claim the 5 freebie games they give are the highest selling on XBLA. I guess they are good family games (This Arcade package seems squarley aimed at people who planned on buying a Wii for xmas for the family), but I think most would agree there are better games on XBLA (and better selling, although only MS have those figures).

Does the new 256mb memory card let you play on live? (ie store your live profile on it). If so it is a much better deal than the Core unit (ignoring the arcade games you get free) as you can get on Live straightaway without buying extra stuff.


rp200
 
You only need the HDD for Xbox 1 backwards compatibility really. You could get away with just a memory card - there's only that Final Fantasy game that requires the HDD.
 
I read somewhere that analysts reckon the PS3 had sales surge in the EU because everyone is buying up the better console before the hobbled cheap one comes out.

Of course, that's completely opinion.
 
Pug said:
so, who's gonna be the first to flame MS for introducing yet ANOTHER SKU?
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Not a flame but I am quickly loosing track of the the xbox360 types that seem to floating around these days, i can see it becoming confusing for some people who just want and xbox360 if you see what i mean
 
The difference is that with the PS3, each new SKU has been a new hardware version too, leaving people confused as to what to buy. The 360s are the same hardware under the hood (or improved, not hobbled and downgraded) so whatever you get you can be sure you have not limited yourself.
 
Good question. As I understand it new consoles have those bigger/extra heatsinks now to negate the problems of the three red lights. Of course there are about a thousand other ways you can break it though!
 
it'll have the new heatsink if thats what you mean, lol

20gig ps3 cancelled
40gig ps3 downgraded hardware
60gig ps3 discontinued
80gig ps3 only in america
160 gig ps3 in japan - rumoured
 
Don't forget the ceramic white models too! They should be classified as different SKUs, I think. The Xbox 360 also has the Halo 3 SKU.
 
Hmm getting a bit confused here. In fact the 360 has a tonne of SKUs (GoW bundle, Halo bundle etc) but only a few models. The PS3 also has a tonne of SKUs including different colours, which I can handle, but a large number of models.
 
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