The sheet, according to our source, shows the description of the Xbox 360 Core hardware and underneath it is the word "deleted, meaning it is being taken out of the system." The out of stock date reads 7-29-07 and the larger image (found after the break) shows the pref code "y." According to the source, "This means replenishment of this item is not expected."
In a statement from July 16, when we originally heard rumblings that the Xbox 360 Core was over, a Microsoft spokesperson told us in regards to it being discontinued, "No. Xbox 360 Core remains an important member of the Xbox 360 family." Well, if the Best Buy papers end up being true, an important part of the family is about to swim with the fishes. Like Fredo from The Godfather, it breaks our hearts. We've contacted Microsoft to see if they'd like to revise their "important member" statement.
[Thanks Anonymous]
Update: We heard back from a Microsoft representative who said, "Nothing's changed since last week."
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Kill the core, reduce the confusion to the average consumer, and lower the price. While you're at it, just give the Xbox 360 hdmi and a bigger hard drive and kill the elite, also.
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And, if MS doesnt flip the bill to clear the Core inventory (with price reductions).. retailers will be stuck with depreciating stock with no hopes of clearing it without a heavy loss.
Anyways, they are going to have to do something about the cost of the Elite as well. Its more expensive and less functional than the 60gb PS3 with WiFi and an HD optical format.
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Please Provide a link of PGR4 being to bog for DVD?
Ohhh there is none, I thought so.
Blu-Ray & Hd are NOT Needed for this Gen. Everything will fit onto DVD. Just because 'sony claims' that that you will need BR, **You WONT**
That is called Brainwashing the Dumb & Uninformed. The only reason sony would really need it if there console actually went strong for 10 yrs+. Which Obviously it isn't.
How do you like getting something shoved down your throat?
Anyway, Ask Any Devs & they will tell you DVD is Fine for this Gen!!
Also, "Mass Effect" barely fit on to a single DVD. It was apparently very close to needing a second disk.
There are more examples around here, so search a bit and get your facts straight.
"Please Provide a link of PGR4 being to bog for DVD?"
Sure thing! At the following link you can read where the devs said tracks will only be in night or day but not both. They were not able to include night and day textures for each track due to disc size limitations:
http://www.bizarrecreations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=14802&p=
Btw, on a scale of 1-10 how stupid do you feel for posting that rant and then reading Bizarre themselves admit DVD size was a limiting factor?
I'm curious.
TRUTH - you're an idiot. Seeing as I don't have a PS3, and often complain about Sony non-stop, you calling me a PS3 fanboy just because I'm stating a known and accepted fact is beyond twatish. There are plenty of known cases where developers have complained the DVD is not big enough to fit everything in. 360 games are restricted - get used to it. As long as they're fun it doesn't matter, but it IS the case. Didn't you know Blue Dragon is on three freaking disks? It's only 40 hours long and it needs 3 disks... Problem is not every game can be cut into seperate parts, so stuff gets cut out.
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It's the downfall of the Core and Premium model - by the time you've geared up to pay $300, $100 more for a better controller and a hard drive, among other things, isn't that much. The scale of value ramps up too dramatically for the lower-cost model to be worth it.
By bringing the cost of the Premium closer to the Core model, even if the Core model drops in price, it's simply drawing more attention away from the Core model.
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August announcement
- Core removed
- Premium cut to $349
- Elite cut to $429
December announcement
- Premium cut to $299
- Elite cut to $349
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It'll just open it up for more veteran gamers who don't have it yet - Ideally, I'd like to see the premium @ 300.. then I'll probably pick it up... until then, I'm content waiting.
I don't think the Wii will be hurting because it plays to a different, though overlapping, market. I have both and play completely different games on them. I think we'll see the 360 sell extremely well this fall-winter, the same with Wii. I could see Wii nearly tieing the 360 by the end of the year and passing it by March 2008 at the latest. The PS3 is my only real question mark this fall-winter; I expect it to pick up in sales but not to be able to keep up pace with Wii and 360.
Who's going to be broke this fall?........I AM!
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However, the consequences aren't as severe for the runner-up consoles. The gaming pie is now large enough to accommodate different offerings. And that gives companies like Sony and Microsoft time to correct their oversight.
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Even later, manufacturing costs drop, making the original high-cost item low-cost, leaving room for a "better" pacakaging option.
Blame E-bay.
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Also $100 is not a "bit more money". It's a lot more money. Especially considering most new games for that system are $10 more expensive for no reason whatsoever.
$100 on top of just the console price is not cheap, sure. That was not my point. The point was that you're saying why get the HD over the memory card and I was giving a reason. I have no control over these prices, but we're stuck with them.
The HD is $100.
They memory card's smallest version is 256MB at $30, the largest is 512MBs at $50.
If you want to save your games, you need one or the other. The HD is 20 GBs at $100. If you wanted the bigger memory card (and if you downloaded any XBLA games, you'd need it pretty fast) the extra $50 is I would say "a bit more" due to the FAR better value.
I'm not really sure what else you could be asking for when you seemed to think the memory card was worthwhile while the HD was not. I would think most people would be interested in paying $50 more for 40 times the space.
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Set the wholesale and MRSP so close that retailers get twice the markup on the higher end model than the lower end model. That will discourage retailers from ordering the lower end model. Then they can claim there was no demand for the low end model.
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Microsoft is almost certainly clearing out the core for a new bundle, maybe a new console with the die shrunk processor and a memory card / game pack-in.
You add that to a $50 price cut, and suddenly you have a $250 360 / game / mem card bundle that's ready to go head to head with Wii. Particularly if they bundle it with the larger MU.
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Basically, m$ wanted all games to run on all platforms, which would mean they'd have to be dumbed down for the Core if that philosophy continues. It's possible it's different now, but if they turn their back on the Core and make them buy a HD to run most games, expect a ridiculing from the competition as everyone knew it was a bad idea, and they'd be shafting anybody who bought it. Imagine if some games started requiring the HD-DVD addon...
Anyways, I agree with most of you.. MS should've never released a SKU without HDD!
PS3 fanboy:
I want to play on a PS3
Everything looks better in HD
Watch some BluRay on a PS3
No ring of death on a PS3!
(PS3) Its processor is used in space labs
(360) Or shows giant enemy crabs
Fabulous graphics in HD!
...If you can afford plasma TV
I want to own my own PS3
Better WiFi than a stupid Wii
Nothing is 1337er than PS3
Got waggle too on a PS3
I play Motorstorm ever-yday
No other games out you could play
This console cost me the mad bills!!!
You paid 600 for a damn grill?
I want to play on a PS3
No other console is as shiny
I want to get my own PS3
Folding@home on a PS3
360 man jumps in:
I've got 10 mil on gamerscore
Congrats you friggin Gamefly whore
I can use voicechat in Halo
And teabag too.. are you gay, bro?
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