Once again, microsoft does stupid moves with their SKUS.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/rumor/new-360-core-coming-to-us-this-holiday-291506.php

How many SKUS do they have now? Elite, halo 360, premium, core, XBOX arcade, the ones with HDMI, the ones with the falcon chips........(some boxes have "HDMI" and "falcon chip" on the box, so they DO count as differen SKUS). This is really stupid, you have 7 different SKUS, 2 of which have features which should be standard in all, 1 of which has pointless arcade games on it, 1 of which is a stupid premium with a paint job, 1 which is just a piece of crap with no hard drive, and then 2 which actually have some use.

For the wii you have ONE SKU, which has everything you need ( a controller, a charger, a game, cables...).

For the PS3, you have 2 SKUS (soon to be 1 again). The 80gb SKU with the game is sort of pointless, but you can just buy the game and update your hard drive whenever you need to (using any 2.5" Serial ATA HDD!).

This is just freaking rediculous.

Microsoft gives you options!!!1!!11!!1

More is better!

Lol, it replaces the core, includes the large memory card, 5 free arcade titles, wireless controller and hdmi, for the same price as the current core.

Zomg! what horrible horrible news for gamers! MS should be ashamed of themselves.

Lol, it replaces the core, includes the large memory card, wireless controller and hdmi, for the same price as the current core.

Zomg! what horrible horrible news for gamers! MS should be ashamed of themselves.

Riverwolf007

It's good for people getting thier first 360, cause they can pick what package they want depending on their comitment to gaming. But to the guy who got his console at launch (a.k.a Me) it's a frigging piss off.

[QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

Lol, it replaces the core, includes the large memory card, wireless controller and hdmi, for the same price as the current core.

Zomg! what horrible horrible news for gamers! MS should be ashamed of themselves.

LastSamurai14

Man.. Im probably picking up one of those cores if my 360 breaks again. I want the HDMI, and the new falcon chipsets will help out too.asdasd

GM should only have one type of car.

Multiple SKUs is bad, evil, devilish stuff.

One brand of beer too. Call it beer. Sell it in a plain brown box...stamped BEER.

Yep, I am a one SKU man and I'm off to the rodeo....

atleast the arcade 360 is better then the core at the same price. the arcade is basically just a replacement for the core. xbox360isgr8t

Exactly , and its not a ******* tard pack anymore

God forbid we have manufacturing improvements!!!!!

What will they think of next? Substituting 60 GB drives for 20s!!! Then 80s for 60s. OMG it is a disaster.

As nice as it may sound, this having options isn't always good. The average consumer would be confused as to which one to get since they aren't likely to understand the differences between these SKUs. But this is really getting to be too many.Kekira

It's bitter sweet. The Arcade is better than the Core, but at the same time, why not just give it a 10 gig HDD.Sir-Marwin105

Just in case anyone didn't see what a great deal the core is now check out the guys link. You get a falcon chipset, hdmi, wireless controller with 5 arcade titles and a 256k memory card for $270, talk about sweet deal for fence sitters and this proves yet again late adopters own us all.

Nice find TC! All future MS fans owe you one for finding this.

It's good for people getting thier first 360, cause they can pick what package they want depending on their comitment to gaming. But to the guy who got his console at launch (a.k.a Me) it's a frigging piss off.

Private_Vegas

Honestly who cares I have a launch one too. I wouldn't have missed gears over a silly HDMI output. I'll just get another one some day.

AGAIN!

Microsoft: Making things better and better for the people who waited

xbox 360: alright here's a bunch of options, choose the one that best suits you

ps3: here's a ****load of crap in one package, you might not and probably will not use all of them all the time or even once, but take it. pay money on things you dont need

Lol, it replaces the core, includes the large memory card, 5 free arcade titles, wireless controller and hdmi, for the same price as the current core.

Zomg! what horrible horrible news for gamers! MS should be ashamed of themselves.

Riverwolf007

As nice as it may sound, this having options isn't always good. The average consumer would be confused as to which one to get since they aren't likely to understand the differences between these SKUs. But this is really getting to be too many.Kekira

Most consumers see the console and like that it has 3 different price points, and now that the core is about priced with a WII, I'm sure a whole lot more johny's will be getting 360's this year.

People that say choice is a bad thing are mistaken... Most kids would like the HDD of the premium, but they can always ask for that at a later date if it's needed. Not like their aint birthdays, easter, chores... To bad you can't by a PS3 without the bluRay player or the HDD. I'm sure they would be pushing more units if they Sony had the PS3 core they could have dropped to 399.99.

dang i was hoping they would kill the core. not add stuff to it.

but i hope they do mark boxes so we know what we are getting.

im not very lucky so i could wait untill the new chips are out and end up buying a 3 month old system. then me missing out on bio shock halo3 mass effect will be for not.im ready to jump in im just waiting for the red rings to clear

um they have 3 skus...Elite, Premium, And Core, They will phase out core, and release Arcade so only 3.
the Falcon boards are not sku's they will replace the current line of boards.

AS for that No more then the mistakes of SONY.

First they say Microsoft is stupid for having 2 sku's says they will never have 2.

ends up haveing 2 skus, Lowers the price of em in japan, Then pretty much phases out the first sku, then they lower the price of the current one so to bolster user base so more companies dont go multiplatform, then they phase that one out infavor of the 80 gig, and now they are rumored to have a 40 gig so as to better compete with 360...

Would have been nice if M$ got things right in one go. In that sense choice is bad. Falcon chipset? It's great they are doing something about their failure rates. I hope they replace any broken x360's with the new version as they should.
Btw i really wouldn't like to have to look for specs when playing console. I hope they won't take things that far with their Vista conquest.

Anyway like i said, it is great they are finally at least doing something about it.

As nice as it may sound, this having options isn't always good. The average consumer would be confused as to which one to get since they aren't likely to understand the differences between these SKUs. But this is really getting to be too many.Kekira

Exactly. Not to mention the "Core" was just a stupid move from the start, because it limits all Xbox games to what the Core comes with. They can't design games with an HDD in mind because oops, there's that Core system to think about.

All of them need to stop with this madness and just release ONE version of every console. If you can't afford it, too bad. Gaming has never been a poor man's hobby. Go and get one of those Ball-in-a-Cup things.

[QUOTE="Kekira"]As nice as it may sound, this having options isn't always good. The average consumer would be confused as to which one to get since they aren't likely to understand the differences between these SKUs. But this is really getting to be too many.XYZVector

Most consumers see the console and like that it has 3 different price points, and now that the core is about priced with a WII, I'm sure a whole lot more johny's will be getting 360's this year.

People that say choice is a bad thing are mistaken... Most kids would like the HDD of the premium, but they can always ask for that at a later date if it's needed. Not like their aint birthdays, easter, chores... To bad you can't by a PS3 without the bluRay player or the HDD. I'm sure they would be pushing more units if they Sony had the PS3 core they could have dropped to 399.99.

How hard is it to understand that the BLU RAY DRIVE IS WHAT PLAYS OUR GAMES TOO? If you took out the BD drive it would be a non-functioning block of plastic and metal. Without an HDD, what are you going to do, buy 50 dollar memory cards at 2 GB a pop? Without an HDD and a BD drive it would be half a console. Who cares if more people own it if it's crap. Owning a Core 360 isn't something I would be proud of.

Next, who is going to receive a Core for Christmas and get an Elite for their birthday?

At least the people who don't want a hard drive could pick up this one.blizzvalve

But everybody should have a harddrive.. Core should never have existed.. that way, when developers make games, they can implement the use of hard disk storage.

[QUOTE="Kekira"]As nice as it may sound, this having options isn't always good. The average consumer would be confused as to which one to get since they aren't likely to understand the differences between these SKUs. But this is really getting to be too many.XYZVector

Most consumers see the console and like that it has 3 different price points, and now that the core is about priced with a WII, I'm sure a whole lot more johny's will be getting 360's this year.

People that say choice is a bad thing are mistaken... Most kids would like the HDD of the premium, but they can always ask for that at a later date if it's needed. Not like their aint birthdays, easter, chores... To bad you can't by a PS3 without the bluRay player or the HDD. I'm sure they would be pushing more units if they Sony had the PS3 core they could have dropped to 399.99.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/rumor/new-360-core-coming-to-us-this-holiday-291506.php

How many SKUS do they have now? Elite, halo 360, premium, core, XBOX arcade, the ones with HDMI, the ones with the falcon chips........(some boxes have "HDMI" and "falcon chip" on the box, so they DO count as differen SKUS). This is really stupid, you have 7 different SKUS, 2 of which have features which should be standard in all, 1 of which has pointless arcade games on it, 1 of which is a stupid premium with a paint job, 1 which is just a piece of crap with no hard drive, and then 2 which actually have some use.

For the wii you have ONE SKU, which has everything you need ( a controller, a charger, a game, cables...).

For the PS3, you have 2 SKUS (soon to be 1 again). The 80gb SKU with the game is sort of pointless, but you can just buy the game and update your hard drive whenever you need to (using any 2.5" Serial ATA HDD!).

This is just freaking rediculous.

LastSamurai14

[QUOTE="XYZVector"]

[QUOTE="Kekira"]As nice as it may sound, this having options isn't always good. The average consumer would be confused as to which one to get since they aren't likely to understand the differences between these SKUs. But this is really getting to be too many.ianuilliam

Most consumers see the console and like that it has 3 different price points, and now that the core is about priced with a WII, I'm sure a whole lot more johny's will be getting 360's this year.

People that say choice is a bad thing are mistaken... Most kids would like the HDD of the premium, but they can always ask for that at a later date if it's needed. Not like their aint birthdays, easter, chores... To bad you can't by a PS3 without the bluRay player or the HDD. I'm sure they would be pushing more units if they Sony had the PS3 core they could have dropped to 399.99.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/rumor/new-360-core-coming-to-us-this-holiday-291506.php

How many SKUS do they have now? Elite, halo 360, premium, core, XBOX arcade, the ones with HDMI, the ones with the falcon chips........(some boxes have "HDMI" and "falcon chip" on the box, so they DO count as differen SKUS). This is really stupid, you have 7 different SKUS, 2 of which have features which should be standard in all, 1 of which has pointless arcade games on it, 1 of which is a stupid premium with a paint job, 1 which is just a piece of crap with no hard drive, and then 2 which actually have some use.

For the wii you have ONE SKU, which has everything you need ( a controller, a charger, a game, cables...).

For the PS3, you have 2 SKUS (soon to be 1 again). The 80gb SKU with the game is sort of pointless, but you can just buy the game and update your hard drive whenever you need to (using any 2.5" Serial ATA HDD!).

This is just freaking rediculous.

LastSamurai14

Just buy the one you want.

Buh... options!

Anyone who thinks MS is being stupid with the multiple SKU's needs to try buying a new car. Options lists, models, trim lines, colours, packages etc. They tend to sell pretty well don't they? And how many people out there know what a 2.4 litre inline 4 DOHC VVTL engine with a CVT transmission is?PBSnipes

buying a console should not be anywhere as compicated as choosing a new car.

Anyone who thinks MS is being stupid with the multiple SKU's needs to try buying a new car. Options lists, models, trim lines, colours, packages etc. They tend to sell pretty well don't they? And how many people out there know what a 2.4 litre inline 4 DOHC VVTL engine with a CVT transmission is?PBSnipes

Buh... options!

[QUOTE="PBSnipes"]Anyone who thinks MS is being stupid with the multiple SKU's needs to try buying a new car. Options lists, models, trim lines, colours, packages etc. They tend to sell pretty well don't they? And how many people out there know what a 2.4 litre inline 4 DOHC VVTL engine with a CVT transmission is?kiruyama

buying a console should not be anywhere as compicated as choosing a new car.