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Console Price Cuts Bringing Consumers Back to Gaming

The PlayStation 3 is cheaper and slimmer than it was at the beginning of the year. The Xbox 360 Elite also got a price cut to match that of the Sony home console. Even Nintendo lowered the price of the Wii to less than 200 dollars in order to attract new customers and stop the decline in sales it has been facing thro...

2 October 2009
03:58 GMT

PS3 and Xbox 360 Price Cuts of Limited Importance

The PlayStation 3 is now Slim and costs just 299 dollars. The Xbox 360 Elite recently went down to the same price. The Nintendo Wii is widely expected to be priced at 199 dollars beginning with October. Will these significant changes, executed in a short time frame, influence the market in the long term or will they ...

22 September 2009
04:38 GMT

Microsoft Ready to Release a New, Wireless Adapter

Microsoft is really working hard on spicing up the Xbox 360 line of products ahead of the Christmas shopping season, when most of the console makers are set to make most of the profits for the year. The company has announced that it plans to make the Xbox 360 Elite, which is now 100 dollars cheaper, the mainstream of...

17 September 2009
03:09 GMT

Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 Bundle Officially Announced

Microsoft has announced that it will be launching a Modern Warfare 2 bundle when the game is released in about two months. The price of the package will be set at 400 dollars and players will likely queue up to get it when it is out.The bundle that gamers will be able to pick up on November 10 will include a Modern W...

16 September 2009
05:29 GMT

Xbox 360 Elite at Just $299.99 and Xbox 360 Pro for $249.99

Come August 28th, 2009, Xbox 360 Elite units will be offered with a price tag of just $299.99, Microsoft confirmed officially. But the discounts for Microsoft’s consoles don’t’ stop at Elite. In fact, the Redmond company is also dropping prices for the Xbox 360 Pro. While the former will be sold for...

27 August 2009
05:00 GMT

Rumor Mill: Xbox 360 Elite Price Cut to $299 Confirmed

The video game industry is a big business where new things and marketing strategies are being thought of every day. That is why the companies involved try to keep their big announcements and surprises a secret until they are ready to reveal them to the world. But leaks happen all the time and moles carry out preciou...

13 August 2009
16:41 GMT

Rumor Mill: Xbox 360 Elite Might Disappear

Microsoft is a pretty happy company these days, as its Xbox 360 console is very popular and, thanks to its low price tag and multitude of online features, it has been dominating its arch rival, Sony's PlayStation 3 in a lot of territories that were previously loyal to the Japanese console. The number of Xbox 36...

11 March 2009
17:51 GMT

4 Xbox 360s, 4 LCDs, One VRX MACH 4

No need for any fancy introduction, just click on the image to the left and take a look at what is probably the best home-entertainment race simulator ever created - the VRX MACH 4. Not only is it powered by 4 Xbox 360s (Elite) linked together outputting 4 Teraflops of raw processing power, but it also sports 3 Sharp...

4 January 2008
06:45 GMT

Two Holiday Xbox 360 Bundles Revealed. Both Include 2 FREE Games

Following numerous rumors of a cheaper Xbox 360 bundle due out in time for Christmas, the official announcement has finally arrived, revealing not one, but two such bundles, packed with free games and becoming available by the end of the month. You're probably wondering what the two bundles include. Read on and ...

9 October 2007
04:13 GMT

Goozex to Give Away Xbox 360 Elite Consoles in October

Goozex (online video game trading site) has revealed to the press today that it will be giving away limited edition Halo 3 Xbox 360 Elite consoles to four lucky Facebook members, in light of the company's just launched Video Game Community Facebook application. Hm... Xbox 360 Elite console? Halo 3 themed too? No...

1 October 2007
09:01 GMT

The Catch with the Circuit City Flyer - 3200 MS Points for $20

A Circuit City flyer popped up on gaming sites yesterday, apparently showing that 360 gamers had the chance to "save $20 on the purchase of two Xbox Live accessories $19.99 and up," as I found via 1UP.com today. Basically, this meant that if you got yourself two Xbox Live 1600 MS point cards at their respective $19.9...

30 July 2007
05:03 GMT

Xbox 360 Elite Dated for European Release

It seems that although Sony and Microsoft banked on the US and Japan for big-time sales with their systems, Europe proved this year to be a worthy "customer" in terms of games and consoles. Both manufacturers have now turned their heads towards Europe with their high end (so to speak) versions of Xbox 360 and PS3. Ac...

12 July 2007
05:15 GMT

Xbox 360 Elite to Hit Europe on August 24?

According to a rather small Spanish website, Microsoft's Xbox 360 Elite will be launching in Spain on the 24th of August for the price of €449.95, bringing it to 302 in Pounds, as I've picked up on this story via 360Gamer. Now, leaving aside that Microsoft wouldn't, under any circumstances, leak vital ...

26 June 2007
10:00 GMT

Microsoft Finally Talks Rumors - Xbox 360 Elite

During a segment on Gamerscore Blog's latest podcast, Microsoft's Games for Windows' PR manager, Michael Wolf talks about why rumors such as those related to the recently announced Xbox 360 Elite, are extremely harmful for the game consumer, as they don't have access to the full context of the iss...

6 April 2007
04:42 GMT

Microsoft: Wii Gamers Will Move to Xbox Once They Grow Up

Is Microsoft dealing with a feeling of frustration because it's lagging behind Nintendo as far as console sales are concerned, or is it just me? Recently Peter Moore, corporate vice president for the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft has taken a swing at Nintendo. Only that the swing is not directe...

30 March 2007
10:30 GMT

PS3 or Xbox 360 Elite - Which Is More Cost Efficient?

You've surely asked yourself at least once, whether getting yourself a PS3 is more profitable than getting the new Elite system from Microsoft, or vice versa. Well, 1UP thought you might and made up a graph with everything you get with the PS3 and the Xbox 360 Elite. One may have certain features that the other ...

29 March 2007
10:13 GMT

Microsoft Confirms the Xbox 360 Elite

It's official boys and girls, Microsoft finally announces their new, black, mysterious and elusive Xbox 360 Elite. For those who haven't caught up with the details and the specs, here they are so you know what Microsoft is preparing to throw hungry gamers.-120 gig hard drive (external/accessory for the Xbo...

28 March 2007
04:17 GMT

360 Elite Production Shots Leaked

Seen fake pictures of Xbox 360 Elite packaging, seen some real ones of the 120 gig hard drive it comes equipped with but never any genuine Elite shots. You know, the console itself. After all, the Elite is what's driving everyone into starting rumors and all kinds of shenanigans, isn't it? Well, it was abou...

27 March 2007
05:36 GMT

Gamestop Getting Ready to Sell Elite's 120 Gig HDD

Xbox 360 Fanboy reader Ralph, sends this picture to the gaming site claiming it is a Gamestop promotional poster for the much rumored 120GB hard drive. And it is, no doubt about it, but this small picture (which he claims he got via his Blackberry) doesn't confirm in any way the existence of Microsoft's upc...

27 March 2007
03:10 GMT

Xbox 360 Elite - 2 More Features

Don't close the page just yet because there are a couple more details about the black Xbox 360 Elite that weren't previously known. Up until now, there were a lot of rumors and speculations saying all sorts of things about Microsoft's new machine, some of them true and some of them not so true. The bot...

26 March 2007
08:53 GMT

Data Transfer Cable in Xbox 360 Elite Package

You might have heard by now that Microsoft's new black Xbox 360 Elite is true. You also might have asked yourself the question: "How the hell am I going to transfer everything to it from my old Xbox 360?" You can't open it up and switch hard drives, that's for sure, and you certainly can't write d...

23 March 2007
12:00 GMT

Mugged Black Xbox Elite Shots

Click to enlarge and look at the picture. What do you see? I'll tell you what you see: a not very realistic photo manipulation. What am I saying here? It's not even a manipulation, but an invention coming from someone dying to get the credit for unveiling the first "leaked" (so to speak) photos of the new X...

23 March 2007
08:27 GMT


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