TAG | Pricey PS3 to plummet over precipice as Xbox 360 cuts bite? |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Thursday, 03 July 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 3 After all, Sony’s PS3 movie download service is already operational in South Korea, and has a TV tuner recording add-on coming later this year too. It’s only a matter of time before it launches a movie download service in more countries. Featured Whitepaper
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Thus Microsoft has slashed prices across its entire Xbox 360 line of consoles, although in typical marketing speak, Microsoft characterises this not as a “price cut” but as “enhanced value”. Microsoft’s cheapest console will be the Xbox 360 arcade edition, the one with no hard drive but a 256Mb memory unit, 5 ‘arcade games’ including PacMan and Uno to get started, and this will now cost AUD $349. Microsoft’s mid-range model is the Xbox 360 Pro, with a 20GB hard drive, a wireless controller, an Xbox 360 headset “and more”, with this model now slashed to AUD $499. The top-of-the-line model is the Xbox 360 Elite, and it gives you 120GB of hard disk space, a black casing, an Xbox 360 headset, HDMI connector and cable for your big screen plasma or LCD TV, wireless controller “and more”, as Microsoft says, for AUD $649. Microsoft has wasted no time in lining up its gaming cred by listing some titles it thinks will be winners this year, and has probably kept some up its sleeve to launch closer to Christmas as a surprise. These titles include Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Viva Piñata 2, Too Human and Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. Although as I just said, I’d be surprised if there are more to come that Microsoft wants to surprise not only Xbox 360 users with, but Sony and Nintendo, too. Continued on page 3. |
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