Time to buy an XBOX360? - Page 135

leowyatt · 08-08-2007, 23:10

Hope one of these is still there when we go, will have to get Kitten to take a photo of me with one

Haly · 09-08-2007, 00:01

Cool

Daz · 09-08-2007, 09:31

Premiums are now going to be shipped with HDMI as standard, and are rumoured to have 65nm chips in them. Already started appearing on the shelves in the states.

Robert · 09-08-2007, 12:11

Are those the Falcons?

Daz · 09-08-2007, 12:12

I guess so. Rumour was they might have contained built in wireless, but it was just a rumour. If the 65nm are confirmed then I'd say it's a fair shout.

Mark · 20-08-2007, 11:15

Price cuts...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6954718.stm

I think they might have got their demographics a bit wrong though (or maybe it's just us).

Daz · 20-08-2007, 11:21

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=81644

The core is now the same price as a Wii, which is interesting

Jhadur · 20-08-2007, 19:15

At the prices quoted in the article £300 for the new elite and £250 for the premium, why would anyone buy a premium now?

For an extra £50 you get an extra 100 gig of hard disc space.

Doesn't make sense to me these pricings. Especially as the 120gig drive by itself will be £130.

Or is it just me?

Haly · 20-08-2007, 19:18

I would have thought it means the Premium is a more attractive proposition for more casual gamers who would still like a hard drive rather than a memory card, also for people like families.
Not everyone's going to need 120gb and in the case of a family, the price difference would mean an extra game or two instead when they might not be planning on downloading much.

No doubt the need for more HD space will increase soon enough but not everyone's going to use it. Even I've still got about 5gb spare atm despite having plenty of downloaded content on there.

Similar thing with how I can run out of space on my PC despite having 370gb worth of HDs yet my parents touch 4gb at most on their 60gb HDs.

Daz · 20-08-2007, 19:23

The real kicker is that the 120GB HDD is almost as much as the core. How they justify that I'll never know :/

In other SKU news, some screen shots 'leaked' or fabricated (leaning towards the latter but the idea is sound imo) suggest that the 3 SKU's will evolve into the Elite as it is now, Premium becoming 'Pro' and having HDMI, and the Core becoming 'Arcade' - containing a memory card with 5 arcade games, wireless controller and HDMI (probably just makes sense from a production point of view to stick with 1 mobo). In theory that's great, same price as a Wii, can actually be used for games and appealing to the casual gamer/family gamers. Trouble is the mass market probably dont have a clue what Live Arcade is :/ Could just become a quick, relatively cheap replacement for a dead/out of warranty 360.

We'll see.

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09-08-2007, 09:31	#1343
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	Premiums are now going to be shipped with HDMI as standard, and are rumoured to have 65nm chips in them. Already started appearing on the shelves in the states. __________________ apt-get moo

09-08-2007, 12:12	#1345
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	I guess so. Rumour was they might have contained built in wireless, but it was just a rumour. If the 65nm are confirmed then I'd say it's a fair shout. __________________ apt-get moo

20-08-2007, 11:21	#1347
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=81644 The core is now the same price as a Wii, which is interesting __________________ apt-get moo

09-08-2007, 12:11	#1344
Robert Chump!!! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: North West Posts: 993	Are those the Falcons?

20-08-2007, 11:15	#1346
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Price cuts... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6954718.stm I think they might have got their demographics a bit wrong though (or maybe it's just us).

20-08-2007, 19:15	#1348
Jhadur Peter Pan Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Lost Inside My Head Posts: 1,068	At the prices quoted in the article £300 for the new elite and £250 for the premium, why would anyone buy a premium now? For an extra £50 you get an extra 100 gig of hard disc space. Doesn't make sense to me these pricings. Especially as the 120gig drive by itself will be £130. Or is it just me? __________________ "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it."

20-08-2007, 19:18	#1349
Haly Do you want to hide in my box? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 14,941	I would have thought it means the Premium is a more attractive proposition for more casual gamers who would still like a hard drive rather than a memory card, also for people like families. Not everyone's going to need 120gb and in the case of a family, the price difference would mean an extra game or two instead when they might not be planning on downloading much. No doubt the need for more HD space will increase soon enough but not everyone's going to use it. Even I've still got about 5gb spare atm despite having plenty of downloaded content on there. Similar thing with how I can run out of space on my PC despite having 370gb worth of HDs yet my parents touch 4gb at most on their 60gb HDs. __________________ Halycopter

20-08-2007, 19:23	#1350
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	The real kicker is that the 120GB HDD is almost as much as the core. How they justify that I'll never know :/ In other SKU news, some screen shots 'leaked' or fabricated (leaning towards the latter but the idea is sound imo) suggest that the 3 SKU's will evolve into the Elite as it is now, Premium becoming 'Pro' and having HDMI, and the Core becoming 'Arcade' - containing a memory card with 5 arcade games, wireless controller and HDMI (probably just makes sense from a production point of view to stick with 1 mobo). In theory that's great, same price as a Wii, can actually be used for games and appealing to the casual gamer/family gamers. Trouble is the mass market probably dont have a clue what Live Arcade is :/ Could just become a quick, relatively cheap replacement for a dead/out of warranty 360. We'll see. __________________ apt-get moo