Xbox 360 Arcade Has Landed
The Xbox 360 Arcade is officially available today, at a price of $279.99:
REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 22, 2007 — Just in time for holiday, Microsoft Corp. today released a new Xbox 360® console that delivers games and content to everyone in the family for an incredible value of $279.99 (U.S. estimated retail price)*. Available in stores beginning today, Xbox 360 Arcade console is the first Xbox 360 console to include five family-friendly games, a wireless controller, a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) connection to enable high-definition output if desired and 256 MB of memory useful for storing games and entertainment content. At $279.99, the Xbox 360 Arcade console will include five best-selling games: “PAC-MAN Championship Edition†(NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.), “Uno†(Carbonated Games), “Luxor 2†(MumboJumbo), “Boom Boom Rocket†(Electronic Arts Inc.) and “Feeding Frenzy†(Sprout Games).
Read the entire press release here.
It’s a sweet system at an awesome price — but will anyone actually be able to buy one for $279.99? Or will retailers play the bundle game, as they have with the Wii and other versions of the Xbox?
