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Core to disappear? Not really.

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

A lot of people have been speculating that the 360 Core SKU was on the way out. In some ways, people could still say that it is.

Teamxbox reported today that they have found a listing for a new 360 SKU on both Amazon and ToysRUs’ website. The SKU, while not called by the same name, is still a 360 without a hard drive. It is still 279$, but now will come with some arcade games — and possibly an HDMI port. We also suspect that the system will come with a memory card, possibly of the 256 MB variety.

Personally I don’t think that the SKU is going to make a damn bit of difference for the sales of the console. It just seems like too high of a price for a system that hasn’t been promoted enough as a casual system. Aegies, on the other hand, feels that the lower price and bundle will help sales come this holiday season, especially if it is promoted with Scene It. We both feel that ultimately the 279$ price tag is going to hold back most of the casual audience.

What do you guys think, does a 279$ xbox appeal to anyone besides those whose console has red-ringed and are seeking a cheap replacement?

Chufmoney

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New PS3s and 360 Premiums In the Wild, More Changes Coming Soon?

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

The new PS3 SKUs have just hit stores! Now for 599$ you can be the proud owner of Motorstorm and an Emotionless PS3. For more money than the recently discounted 60gb PS3 model, you can have a system that has no hardware based backwards compatibility.

Also found in the wild are the new Premium 360 SKUs with HDMI. And, even with the new features, these systems are still sold at the new price of 349$. It’s even looking like some retailers are going to include Top Spin 2 with the system if purchased soon.

It sucks that the price cut that hit the PS3 really was just an excuse for them to reintroduce a 600$ SKU. Granted it does come with Motorstorm, but it no longer has 100% backwards compatibility. But, on the other hand, it does now have the ability to upscale the older Playstaition and PS2 titles it plays. And, most importantly, neither plays Guitar Hero games.

Let’s be fair and criticize the 360 while we’re at it. The 360 might be adding an HDMI port, and might be priced at 349$, but it still has a flaw in the manufacturing process that means the system could die unexpectedly.

Or will that change soon? Opposable Thumbs has run a rumor that alleges that there will be new 360s by the end of September that have both the 65nm chips and quieter DVD drives. This means that the systems will run much cooler, potentially keeping the systems for red-ringing.

Chufmoney

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