The 360 thread!

[PVB]

Full press release including new 'Arcade' console (with 4GB flash memory) is here:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/micro ... nect-price

[disciple]

"We've done a number of pricing studies on a global scale across a whole variety of audience segments. We've found that when we talked to consumers about the different types of experiences you get with Kinect, the sensor with the full game at £129.99 does quite well.

Seems a bit pricey to me, almost the same price as a Wii.

[Jamesac]

They figure it's going to bomb anyway, so they might as well get what they can. Sad, but Kinect is looking more and more like MS's 32X.

James

[The Captain]

I'd get another Wii before plumping for Kinect. Or put the money towards a PS3 with Move to follow. It's pretty futile in my opinion, and I'm a bit of a whore for new games tech.

[venusian]

like MS's 32X.

Indeed. They're charging a premium price for a me-too piece of kit with no killer app. Unless they have something amazing to show by Christmas, it's toast.

[chub]

It seems we're wrong, according to Microsoft. Kinect is not expensive compared to the competition.

Here are some charts:





Bargain alert!

[Deckard]

How much is a 3DS gonna cost ? Which would I rather have ? Ummm let me think about that for 2 seconds. Sorry MS EPIC FAIL I think. Has any bolted on hardware ever worked ?

[merman]

A little unfair to include the Wii Fit board and software WITHOUT including the Kinect equivalent (which is software only)

For me, £99 and under was the point where Kinect became a must-buy.

[chub]

A little unfair to include the Wii Fit board and software WITHOUT including the Kinect equivalent (which is software only)

If they took out the Balance Board then the figures wouldn't work in their favour.

[Ratsoap]

You wouldn't get FULL BODY PLAY without it though.

[PVB]

A little unfair to include the Wii Fit board and software WITHOUT including the Kinect equivalent (which is software only)

If they took out the Balance Board then the figures wouldn't work in their favour.

The new 360 doesn't come with two controllers (AFAIK), so adding another set to the competition is also bad form.

[disciple]

You wouldn't get FULL BODY PLAY without it though.

lol it does actually say that!

[disciple]

Gonna get me some of that Kinect FULL BODY PLAY!

[fog]

Surely Microsoft could have made the figures look even more appealing if they had shown the cost for simultaneous 4-player gaming? Oh wait...

[Phineasfool]

A couple of free avatar awards for Destination Arcade.

http://www.xboxresource.com/viewavatars.php?t=3663

I got the dragon by going to the Magic The Gathering icon.