The Financial Times Germany published a story saying that Microsoft will cut the price for the Xbox 360 on Monday across Europe. The Xbox 360 Arcade is supposed to sell for only 199 Euro instead of 280 Euro. A 199 Euro Xbox 360 would be 50 Euro cheaper than a Nintendo Wii.
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"Naturally curious as to why Xbox 360 Elites are so difficult to find, we went straight to the source -- and Microsoft tells us that demand is simply outstripping supply on the 360 Elite right now, and that no model lineup changes are planned at this time -- especially since the Elite is their hot seller. Well, so much for that conspiracy -- guess we're back to reading the PS3 tea leaves."
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So it would make sense to think the added density and tactile feedback would drain batteries with haste, but our lab results proved quite the contrary. The Xbox 360 controller endured an impressive 56 hours and 56 minutes, the most of any wireless controller we tested.
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A Microsoft rep has confirmed a recent rumor of Xbox 360 premiums having HDMI included. You can look for a sticker on the new boxes to know which ones do and do not have the HDMI port. There is not a separate sku or price for these models.
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another confirmation of the new 2nd heatsink/pipe technology we talked about yesterday that Microsoft installs to provide additional cooling for the Xenos GPU.
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Microsoft is increasing its aggressive sales tactics ahead of the Christmas season by bundling recently released games with all three Xbox 360 SKUs at no extra cost. The Premium and Elite models, retailing in the North America for USD 299 and USD 399 respectively, will both come bundled with a copy of Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, and Kung Fu Panda.
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In this months EGM, rumour specialist Quatermann reveals that spies over at the Rare camp are claiming that work is almost certainly underway on a new Killer Instinct title exclusive for the Xbox 360. Apparently, the game is still early in development but is set to feature the previous title's 2-D gameplay set in 3-D arenas, with the original cast of characters intact and perhaps a few new fighters also entering the fray.
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MCV has it on very good authority that Microsoft is planning an Xbox 360 price cut at the end of the month, which will allow its lower-spec Arcade model to compete with Nintendo’s Wii on price. In what is being seen as a significant move to attract the family market, that would mean a dip from Arcade’s current price of £199.99 to something closer to £179.99.
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"According to XboxFamily.com, the Xbox 360 could soon be getting Microsoft-endorsed motion controls. Rumor has it that Microsoft has licensed Gyration to build the peripheral, a company you may know from building a prototype for Nintendo of the now-famous Wiimote."
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Shane Kim, Microsoft's corporate VP in charge of strategy and business for Interactive Entertainment, was unsurprisingly upbeat about his company's performance at E3 this year, and revealed that Microsoft was working on a ten-year lifecycle for the Xbox 360 - vocalising for the first time a similar strategy to Sony's long-held plans"We firmly believe that the Xbox 360 has a life cycle through 2015 (ten years after the launch)," he said..
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