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360 Core replacement surfaces

The Core SKU has been rumored to be nearing the end of its lifespan, and recent developments have added even more fuel to the fire. It looks like it’s replacement will be released before the end of the month.

The new Arcade SKU can be seen on Amazon and is available for pre-order before its release on the 23rd of this month. For the same price as the Core, buyers will now get a 256Mb memory card as well as 5 arcade games in addition to the console. Although the Core may be falling to the wayside, at least it’s being replaced by a new and improved version of itself. Look for an official announcement in the coming weeks.

Via: TeamXbox

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Comment by rockaholica on 2007-10-03 19:52:32 | Reply

but is it still going to be 179?

Comment by rockaholica on 2007-10-03 19:53:06 | Reply

*279*

shit…need and edit button

Comment by KultiVator on 2007-10-04 10:52:54 | Reply

This little piggy went to market
(live marketplace)
This little piggy stayed home
(with his shiny 360)
This little piggy had roast beef
(shed-loads of great 360 games)
THAT little piggy had none
(Oops he got a PoS3)
While the cheap-ass piggies went Wii Wii Wii all the way home
(then got bored after a couple of hours).

Yeah… KultiVation’s what you need!

Comment by Megatron on 2007-10-03 19:53:17 | Reply

yes

Comment by Megatron on 2007-10-03 19:54:11 | Reply

the core is 179

Comment by McGrude on 2007-10-03 19:59:57 | Reply

Typo,

“…replaced be a new…”

“…replaced BY a new…”

Just trying to be helpful.

Nice catch.

Comment by Number13 on 2007-10-03 20:15:41 | Reply

Seems a bit pointless. Why not just phase it out altogether in favour for an entry-level machine with a hard disk included?

Comment by McGrude on 2007-10-03 20:20:48 | Reply

Because the hard disk drive, regardless of capacity, is a fixed cost. Microsoft essentially has no ability to reduce this cost, while they have nearly complete control over lowering the cost of every other component in the machine over time. The original Xbox had a minimum price largely due to the hard disk drive. With the “Core”, now “Arcade” unit they can continue to lower the price over time, making the unit more attractive to those on a tight budget.

Comment by Thryon on 2007-10-03 20:31:10 | Reply

I like this package. The main turn-off for the core package was the wired controller. Friends that came over loved the wireless controller and did not want a packaged that included a wired controller.

I will not get it, as I already have enough Xbox 360 consoles.

Comment by inty2525 on 2007-10-03 20:53:10 | Reply

i think it also comes with a wireless controller… how about hdmi + cable? that would be nice package…

Comment by Thryon on 2007-10-03 21:14:51 | Reply

Yes it does come with a wireless controller an HDMI port, but no HDMI cables.

Comment by Thryon on 2007-10-03 21:40:08 | Reply

I may have spoken too soon. I guess HDMI has not been confirmed yet…but my sources say it will be (no you cannot have my sources).

Comment by AugustusBot on 2007-10-03 20:55:13 | Reply

“So they should be commended for this should they?

You really are a fucking cock.”
- The_Glovner, in response to Sony releasing a slimmed down, affordable version of the PS3.

Shouldn’t he be pissed about Microsoft too? They said no more core model, yet here is the POS core model once again, in all its glory.

Comment by Lone Goat on 2007-10-03 21:13:13 | Reply

you and the govner just need to hug… not in the gay way.. then again u do sleep with your ps3…

Comment by AugustusBot on 2007-10-03 21:42:58 | Reply

i like the glovner. i also like calling him out ;).

Comment by The_Glovner on 2007-10-03 23:34:37 | Reply

Well I wouldn’t buy one and haven’t bought one and don’t see the fucking point in one.

Comment by Kate loire on 2007-10-04 00:53:35 | Reply

What I don’t understand, is why everyone has a snap at the glovner all the time, like he’s committed a mortal sin :|

Comment by Veritas on 2007-10-04 02:00:54 | Reply

SHUT UP, YOU

Comment by The King on 2007-10-04 10:07:23 | Reply

NO YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP

Comment by The_Glovner on 2007-10-04 11:17:39 | Reply

I can only think it is because someone puts out shite, I call them up on it based on the available facts, they fail to be able to argue their point and get pissed off and throw a tantrum like a child.

Comment by Lone Goat on 2007-10-04 18:08:15 | Reply

DAMN THATS FUNNY WHEN THAT HAPPENS

Comment by Lone Goat on 2007-10-04 18:08:58 | Reply

oops cap lock
my bad

Comment by Veritas on 2007-10-03 22:32:33 | Reply

I can actually agree with you, I find the Core model (in all its incarnations) a POS.

Doesn’t the 5 arcade games take up most of the space on the memory card?

Comment by McGrude on 2007-10-03 21:18:37 | Reply

I would guess that the arcade games are on a disc, but what the heck do I know.

Comment by Woot on 2007-10-03 21:04:47 | Reply

The_Glovner is a cock though, he always has been

Comment by The_Glovner on 2007-10-03 23:36:03 | Reply

Right, nice flame yah spastic prick.

Always have been? sorry do you know me?

Comment by Woot on 2007-10-04 00:23:45 | Reply

no your just a cock is all

Comment by Woot on 2007-10-04 00:26:27 | Reply

look at your reply, you get one insult and you kick off whereas any normal person would ask why before giving off like you do, cock muncher, and for the record i love men and i love you glovner but now i dont after you called me a spastic for no reason.

Comment by The_Glovner on 2007-10-06 00:47:07 | Reply

Love that, “called you a spastic for no reason”.

You are the same person that opened this section of the thread with:

“The_Glovner is a cock though, he always has been”

Comment by mu on 2007-10-03 23:41:03 | Reply

the glovner brings almost all the intelligent conversation into the comment pages here, and y’all would appreciate somebody with some common sense, taking the time to share it, if you had any fucking class.

Comment by Woot on 2007-10-04 00:27:17 | Reply

your probably just the glovner using another name you sad bastard

Comment by Veritas on 2007-10-04 02:02:06 | Reply

No British person would ever say “ya’ll”. They’s be too self-conscious of their own language. =P

Comment by MoD Gunslinger on 2007-10-04 07:31:06 | Reply

Would make sense, both always need to be right, and would go to the end of the world and back to do so. Along the way they both insult you as well.

One and the same.

Comment by The_Glovner on 2007-10-04 11:31:25 | Reply

Right here we go again then.

I don’t always have to be right by any stretch of the imagination. What I do need that if someone tells me I am wrong (being that my opinion is based on the available facts) is them to back up their point of view with the corresponding facts. Is that really a lot to ask?

As for the insults, most are done in a light hearted way, I don’t really hold grudges and I don’t even hate Mr Bot which some may think (but meh, don’t suppose everyone gets the Scottish Banter, you should here how my mates speak to one another, one of my best friends is regularly termed as an ugly ginger cunt with mutant ginger genes, its just how we get a laugh as we can dish it as well as take it).

And as for posting under a different name, ain’t me, I don’t like it when someone posts under mine so wouldn’t spend my time trying to hide behind another name.

For anyone that would rather actually speak to me and have a game my tag is exactly the same without the _, come along jump in, you may realise I ain’t a bad guy and surprise yourself, and at the very least you would realise how we speak to each other all the time and the insults on here really mean very little.

Comment by woot on 2007-10-05 02:50:00 | Reply

you may say that but your still a fucking wanker

Comment by The_Glovner on 2007-10-05 04:32:29 | Reply

fair point, entitled to your opinion, even if you do act like a fucking child with it.

Comment by Defiantly on 2007-10-03 22:11:29 | Reply

This’ll probably sound odd, but I’m actually considering getting one of these as a backup to my older Premium system. I’d be able to use it while the Premie’s in for a month long repair. …and to rent out to freinds when thier’s die.

Comment by AugustusBot on 2007-10-03 22:22:15 | Reply

i’m considering buying one to use as a foot rest while i play PS3.

Comment by Arian on 2007-10-03 22:31:09 | Reply

I’d use your face for my foot rest, with a mouth for my third leg too.

Comment by MoD Gunslinger on 2007-10-04 07:33:29 | Reply

Have fun playing the PS3’s hit game… Uh….

Hmmmm….?

I can’t finish it, sorry. The blank is yet to be filled.

Comment by Worms on 2007-10-03 23:33:15 | Reply

So is this what Amazon will sell for $99 on Thanksgiving? I may need to try and get lucky enough to grab one.

Comment by Megatron on 2007-10-04 00:24:21 | Reply

it seems like a decent enough system

Comment by RapidRunn3r on 2007-10-04 01:11:31 | Reply

Wow, what a great value for casual gamers. I know relatives that might be interested in this.

Comment by augustusbot on 2007-10-04 07:33:58 | Reply

ya i think i may have convinced a lady at work to get this for her 13 year old son instead of a wii. “it’s only 20$ more…”

Comment by inty2525 on 2007-10-04 14:19:42 | Reply

one more for the gates!!!! ur a good man *bot!

Comment by AugustusBot on 2007-10-04 18:29:32 | Reply

Well, i mean deep down i know i’m steering her in the wrong overall direction, as the ps3 is the best machine (i have my boss convinced on a ps3.), but for her 13 yr old, a 360′ll do just fine.

it’s better than a wii at least.

Comment by Redeyes on 2007-10-04 11:15:10 | Reply

I don’t know about the EU, but in the US there is a market for this. I have a few friends that live in the middle of nowhere, no DL content or Live, for them this makes sense.

Comment by The_Glovner on 2007-10-04 11:21:18 | Reply

If I get called a cock, for no reason that I am aware of, and reply in the same tone how is that out of order?

Meh. So you don’t like me anymore because I replied in the same tone you treated me too, well I don’t hold any grudges so if you want to actually forget about it fair enough but if you want to start shit at least have the decency to admit your blame in anything that comes of it.

Comment by The_Glovner on 2007-10-04 11:22:43 | Reply

Don’t know why that post jumped down there. Anyway it was @ woot.

Comment by Scorn on 2007-10-04 15:57:55 | Reply

Does this one work for more than a week ?

Comment by KultiVator on 2007-10-04 16:44:34 | Reply

Scorn - all I can is re-iterate and embellish the simple truth…

This little piggy went to market
(that’ll be the MS live marketplace)
This little piggy stayed at home
(with his shiny 360 and large games collection)
This little piggy had roast beef
(shed-loads of roasting great 360 games)
*THAT* little piggy had none
(Oops he got a PoS3)
While all the cheap-ass little piggies went Wii Wii Wii all the way home!
(then got bored after a couple of hours of flapping their arms around in the direction of the low-definition graphics their Wii boxes output - but at least they had a great more fun than the PoS3 owners).

Moral of the story… shut the fur cup ;-]

Comment by KultiVator on 2007-10-04 16:46:58 | Reply

Ooops - bad typos…

“all I can is” = “all I can do is”

“had a great more fun” = “had a great deal more fun”

“Shut the fur cup” - no correction needed - it’s phonetic!

Comment by Elias Dargakis on 2007-10-04 17:40:02 | Reply

does the xbox without the harddrive make less noise?

Comment by Elias Dargakis on 2007-10-04 19:16:04 | Reply

my ps2 makes more noise when i attach the hdd, that is why i asked (L)

Comment by AugustusBot on 2007-10-04 19:24:59 | Reply

Xbox 360 Arcade: 279.99
Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter: 99.99
Xbox 360 20 gb hard drive: 59.99 (gamestop, used/refurbished.)

$439.97 for a 360.
$619.96 for a 360 + next gen DVD player
(and you don’t necesarily have HDMI - who knows?)

PS3 is superior in price after their 40gb model is released.

If you get the 360 Elite?
$549.98 (449.99 + 99.99 for wireless network adapter)
$729.97 for an elite 360 + next gen DVD player

PS3?
399.99 for the 40gb model coming out, including integrated Wifi, hard drive, next gen dvd format, controller plug and charge kit + battery pack (which i didn’t even include in the 360s already overpriced figures)…

PS3 is a cheaper purchase, and an overall better console.

Comment by Veritas on 2007-10-04 22:37:44 | Reply

Lmao. So useless.

Comment by AugustusBot on 2007-10-04 22:46:29 | Reply

i disagree. the 360 is not useless. it will save me on my heating bill this winter. whenever i play ps3 in the living room i’ll flip on my personal heater (360) as well.

Comment by The_Glovner on 2007-10-04 23:55:01 | Reply

And i ask once more.

Where’s the games to play on the game console?

Comment by augustusbot on 2007-10-05 00:08:08 | Reply

WARHAWK RULES MOFO!
Resistance was one of the best single player FPS stories i’ve played in a long while.
Ratchet and Clank is out this month.

Comment by The_Glovner on 2007-10-05 04:40:47 | Reply

Once again, you can masterbate over warhawk all you want it doesn’t make it the system seller you seem to think it is.

Resistance was medicore at best (probably suffered the same problem for a lot of people as Halo 3 that it was overhyped).

Ratchet and Clank is a fucking platform game, end of. You may put it forward as the saviour of the PS3 all you want but at the end of the day if you are going to start pinning a companies quality against a platform game then there really is no point discussing this with you any longer.

You are like some sort of mindless bible bashing fundamentalist christian with your endless rhetoric, some how time and time again you can manage to completely ignore all the massive facts that prove your point of view to be shit and just keep spouting your PS3 pish and back it up with no more than blind faith and an ability to ignore all the factual evidence staring you in the face.

Had enough, you can fight yourself as you ain’t worth arguing with.

Comment by augustusbot on 2007-10-05 08:48:03 | Reply

you keep touting the same argument also.

me: ps3 is superior machine, lacks games.
you: ps3 lacks games, who cares if its superior machine.

enjoy work tomorrow, eurotrash.

Comment by The_Glovner on 2007-10-05 11:20:04 | Reply

As I have said, can’t be bothered with you any more, I have already went through it all on Playstatic but then again you just stuck your fingers in your ears and said nothing.

You are full of shit bot and have not once said anything to suggest otherwise, argue with yourself for a change.

Comment by KultiVator on 2007-10-05 16:12:52 | Reply

I have nothing against the PS3 myself… I own a PS2 and still fire it up for a bit of “God Of War” once in a while… but Augustusbutt I do have to wonder why someone would waste so much time evangelising about the PS3 on a 360 site? Suspect you just like annoying people.

Why not stick to the PS3 forums and share your opinions where they’re appreciated by like-minded folks who have nothing better to do with their time.

BTW Rachet and Clank is out in demo form on the 360 week - nothing to get excited about unless you have a mental age of 8 years… then again if the cap fits?

Comment by KultiVator on 2007-10-05 16:17:14 | Reply

Oooops…

“360 week” should read “360 this week”.

Maybe I’ll buy a PS3 one day, but if I do, it’ll be because someone has actually launched a good number of cutting-edge titles I’m interested in.

If that day arrives, I wont come back here antagonising the 360 owners - and my 360 wont suddenly be on the scrap heap.

Both deserve consideration - but I buy a console primarily for games and whichever way you dice the chicken, the Sony curry recipe is all sauce and no meat right now.

Comment by KultiVator on 2007-10-05 16:25:41 | Reply

AugustusSuxButt wrote:-

> “eurotrash”

I urge xboxic’s admin to count this remark as rascism of the worst kind and treat it in the manner any decent human being would… by banning this small-minded heckler from these forums.

It’s one thing for AugustusButt to be controversial and annoy users - it’s another thing entirely to insult them based on their national identity.

Comment by AugustusBot on 2007-10-05 16:29:54 | Reply

lol. yet posts like ‘augustus is gay’ are acceptable?

hilarious.

Comment by KultiVator on 2007-10-05 20:15:32 | Reply

Nobody said you were gay - just annoying - like wasps in autumn.

Last I checked - women had butts too… so a comment like AugustusSuxButt is hardly homophobic.

Hell, I like gay men - they leave more women free for the red-blooded amongst us.

Comment by AugustusBot on 2007-10-05 20:45:24 | Reply

it was said in the halo thread, to which i didnt reply, because crying about namecalling on an internet forum is… retarded. (oh no i said retard!)

Comment by The_Glovner on 2007-10-06 00:13:32 | Reply

It’s only pollitically incorrect to use the word retard if you are not one.

Comment by KultiVator on 2007-10-06 15:16:24 | Reply

Retarded = when an otherwise intelligent person trolls on a forum aimed at a console that competes with the one for which said person is a hardcore fan-boy.

i.e. I don’t get why you waste your time here - go discuss the PS3 scene with your buddies and leave us to do the same here!

Bot you are garbage. You want to talk about retarded? How about spending significant amounts of time on a website aimed at owners of a console that you clearly don’t own. Have you even played Halo 3? Once? Get your crap out of here. You ruin every good thread with PS3 BS. Games sell consoles. You want to talk about graphic superiority? Why not just tout your PC as the best? Good PCs have better graphics then your PS3/sexual fantasy. Message me when the PS3 has a game with enough REPLAY VALUE to justify me spending any dough on it. Not single player. FPSs are about multiplayer (See:Shadowrun, TC:R6V and freaking 007:Golden Eye).

Comment by Megatron on 2007-10-05 02:49:01 | Reply

i want to bone bill gates i think

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