Xbox 360 Pricing Announced
by Maarten Goldstein, Aug 17, 2005 7:06am PDTMicrosoft today officially confirmed Xbox 360 pricing, and after all the rumors it's not surprising to see that Microsoft is indeed going with a HDD-less 360. You'll be able to pick that one up for $299 (it comes with one controller), while an Xbox 360 with a 20 GB hard drive, a wireless controller, a headset and a remote will cost $399. Microsoft also announced the HDD comes preloaded with music, gaming videos and other media, though it didn't specify any of this content. As for the release date? That's still just "Holiday 2005".
Microsoft also announced the price points for over a dozen Xbox 360 accessories, including stand-alone wireless controllers ($50), detachable 20 GB hard drives ($100), headsets ($20) and Xbox 360 faceplates ($20), which allow users to customize their machine. Those hoping to take advantage of the Xbox 360's oft-touted high definition graphics will either need to purchase the $400 bundle or buy separate component cables (which will sell for $40) along with the basic system. The lower-end package will ship with standard AV cables.According to EuroGamer's article about the announcement the UK versions will be £209.99 and £279.99 while the rest of Europe is paying a premium with a direct USD to EURO conversion (€299.99 and €399.99)
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Also does this mean the main unit comes with a wired controller? What the fuck? I didn't even know it had support for wireless controllers.
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Having it seperate won't mean that games won't use it. You use games to sell the hard drive addon. If Halo 3 requires a hard drive, you can bet that every Xbox will end up with a hard drive in it.
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$300USD = €245EUR = £166GBP
$400USD = €326EUR = £222GBP
£210GBP = $380USD = €309EUR
£280GBP = $506USD = €412EUR
€300EUR = £203GBP = $368USD
€400EUR = £272GBP = $491USD
So, us Brits get the raw deal, paying £44/£58 premium on US prices, and £7/£8 premium on EU prices for the $300 and $400 configs respectively.
But... it could have been worse.
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1) The $400 price tag of the deluxe system and related costs
2) With the Hard Drive not being standard, it will be ignored by developers.
3) Microsoft broke its "promises"
4) Lack of games that justify the crazy scheme
(fyi for me its 2 followed closely by 4)
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HD = high definition
HDD = hard disk drive
mmm k?
If that's the case, I'm holding off for a year to see what comes down. I have a top of the line rig anyway. I can hold off to play console specific games if a $400 system will cost me $200-250 then.
Or just play a wait and see with what MS has planned for the next three versions. C'mon PC enabled 360!
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Who needs games. (Of course I had GTA3, Metroid Prime, and Morrowind, respectively.)
I think $50 for the 360 wireless controller is justified. Do I wish it was cheaper, yes, hell give it to me for free. That won't happen as we live in a real world.
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I'll end up plunking down the cash for one of these. I don't play nearly as much XBox as I used to, but my girls will play a lot. When I'm not playing Oblivion, that is.
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So, MSFT did their standard pricing model, which is based off of how auto dealers sell packages for cars. It doesn't make sense, from MSFT's perspective anyway, to sell the base with the HDD for something like $329/$349. Instead, throw in tons of extras and bump the price up to $399. This way MSFT doesn't leave any money on the table. People who won't spend more than $299 will buy it, and people who would pay $349 are generally willing to spend $399.
MSFT has been really really really successful (duh) with this type of pricing model. They are the kings of not leaving money on the table, but will it translate to the console realm?
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http://www.xbox.com/en-US/e32005/20050516-pressbriefing-news.htm
Powering Xbox 360 Games and Entertainment
Xbox 360 is designed with a singular platform vision that fuses high-performance hardware with intelligent software and services, so the player is always in power. Offering the greatest value in entertainment today, Microsoft detailed more key platform experiences that come standard with every Xbox 360 system:
<snip some cpu / graphics stuff>
* Detachable and expandable 20GB hard drive to download demos and trailers along with new game levels, maps, weapons, vehicles, skins, community-created content, and more to rip music for playback and to listen to custom playlists in every game.
I don't see the word optional there.
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Oh well I'm still going to buy the system the day it comes out because even $300-$400 over the course of 5 years is really no big deal. MS has virtually every big 3rd party software maker on board along with good 1st party support so it'll have fun games over those years to warrant the purchase. Same reason why i'm going to buy the PS3 & Revo when they come out also.
I like fun video games
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$399 and $499?
Direct conversion leads to around $359 and $479
Lately the conversion hasn't been so bad on systems and games.
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Just how much faster is this new DVD-ROM to the old one?
The random seek / track to track / full stroke times on the laser head? - DVD's are notoriously piss poor at this. :(
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$300 "Core System"
http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/6730/xbox360pack29if.jpg
Notice the wired controller and plain 'ol white DVD tray/bezel color. Weird.
$400 Xbox 360
http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/9933/xbox360pack15mk.jpg
Wireless controller, HDD, ect...and a chrome DVD tray. Chrome! :O
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Or don't, save your money, and Maybe one day you'll be able to get a Geforce 7800 GT or GTX for that, once it isn't top of the line
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Anyway, Oblivion is the game I'm most looking forward to. My computer is very GFX bottlenecked, and in order to get one of the newer ones, I'd have to upgrade my motherboard as well. So comparing $500 for new computer parts to $400 for an Xbox 360, my choice is made.
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So far I'm pretty happy. Looking forward to November :D
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PDZ, Oblivion, Gears of War and Quake 4 would be nice.
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Does anyone know if you MUST have a hard drive, (i.e., if I buy the basic package I still have to buy the HDD separately) or will all caching, etc. be done in RAM now?
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Really great to see consoles taking a step back instead of forward. I guess I should start waiting for next next generation now so when I am 30 years old consoles might sart actually shipping with and using the HDD.
So pathetic.
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