The '360 Arcade' Made Official

The Financial Times (via Gamespot) is reporting that (after having already been in stores for about a week), the Xbox 360 Arcade sku is now official. "The $279 Arcade will include a wireless controller and casual games including Pac-Man [Championship Edition], Uno and Luxor 2. Its launch has been widely rumoured but Mr Bach's comments were the first official confirmation. While Microsoft may hope to steal sales from the Wii with the Arcade, its Premium $349 Xbox 360 faces pressure from the $399 PS3, which has a bigger, 40-gigabyte hard drive, built-in wi-fi and a Blu-ray drive."

An arcade controller?

[tacarat]

I know it's not likely for the price point, but a joystick being included is what would make that "arcade" for me.

... and a spot for my quarters.

Who's Gonna Buy This?

[blueZhift]

I'm not really sure who's going to buy this though. The casual market it may be aimed at would likely still go for a Wii for $30 less and a pack in game that all of their friends are already playing. The hardcore gamers would balk at a system without a hard drive and are probably starting to eye the PS3 a little more now as the price drops. So I'm not sure where this fits in. I can only guess, that like the core system before it, it sits there to give a lower price point on the books in time for Christmas, when you can bet Wii's will be scarce.

Re:Micro$oft

[Toonol]

Who has more editions, Microsoft's 360 or Sony's PS3? And I'm not asking sarcastically, I've really and truly lost track. They both have far too many. Two is probably too many.

Re:Is this a joke?

[Grave]

Ah, of course. Because the fact that it can play 360 games is irrelevant.

Re:Fuck SKU

[Lisandro]

There's no need to mention anything about SKUs. The story title summarized it perfectly.