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Crikey, Australia gets the 360 HD-DVD drive

by Dustin Burg on Feb 1st 2007 11:00PM

Australian site XboxZone is reporting that they've received official information from the Xbox Australian team about the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive. The HD-DVD drive is going to be released on March 29th, retail for $249 AUD, and come bundled with the universal media remote and King Kong on HD-DVD. The bundle is the same as we have here in the US, so we're sure that the King Kong HD-DVD will only be bundled for a limited time. Any Aussies here ready and willing to jump into the HD-DVD ring? You know, it is the look and sound of perfect ... just saying.

Update: Spelling mistake fixed. The blogger responsible has been forced to wrestle Albert the Fan-gator at Fanboy Zoo (located at Fanboy Towers, 35th floor, kids get in free on Sundays).

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Tags: accessory, hd dvd, hd-dvd, HdDvd, player, xbox 360, Xbox360

Reader Comments (14)

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Yep, I will. Because I'm a sucka.

isnt it kricky?

Actually it is Crikey :)

As an Australian I can tell you it's "crikey"... but I hate myself for correcting that... Steve Irwin has (had) a lot to answer for :P

Also, hells yes I'll be indulging in the HD-DVD player. Conveniently that launch date is a week or so before my birthday :)

I already got mine from play-asia.com, couldn't wait that long for it heh. Waiting for a couple of HD-DVDs to arrive from Amazon so I can revel in the goodness...

As an aussie of the greatest part The west i will not be gettin the HD DVD drive in protest as i am sure we deserve HD downloads of movies and TV like the US cmon microsoft I dont wanna buy all my movie on another format thatll get replaced digital media here we come.....

first "you're" instead of "your", now "cricky". Does anyone proofread on this blog?

for shame.

What on earth does "cricky" mean? I'm from the UK, and even I know that Australians say "crikey"...

And why did you change the system to make it easier to comment? The comments here have really gone downhill since then...

Yeah, i saw that "Cricky, Australia gets..."
And I was thinking Cricky was some lone town/city/region in Australia that was like, the last place in Australia to get the drive, because of the "City, Country" kind of notation us English speakers often use, and because I'm unfamiliar with Australia, and unfamiliar with the word "Cricky", it made most sense that it was just some unknown (to me) place. Cricky doesn't even sound like Crikey, the lack of an "e" makes the "i" short, instead of long, which throws off the whole word. It took me a minute to realize that someone was trying to type Crikey, but didn't bother, uh, you know, thinking.
-Taylor

yep definately "crikey!"

lol Taylor what the hell are you saying?

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