XBOX 360 Arcade confirmed!

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#1 ryank285
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it goes on sale today...

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/7415/confirmed-xbox-360-arcade-goes-on-sale

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#2 obsolete2k1
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wasn't this confirmed weeks ago?
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#3 ryank285
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wasn't this confirmed weeks ago?obsolete2k1

nope, it was just a rumor and it was never officially confirmed till today.

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#4 outovalo
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And it's been on sale in some places for a while now?
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#5 jeffrow925
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it was officallyconfirmed last week by microsoft, todayit offically came out in stores.
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#6 Eddie5vs1
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i thought that it went on sale a while ago because I saw it at my local Wal-Mart a week or two ago.
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#7 shiram
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its been out and selling, but its not officially out and selling till today
some merchant broke the release date basically
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#8 c0mplex
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lol... does anyone really care (no offense to the TC).

the premium is still the go-to system. this updated Core system is still a ripoff.

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#9 FvaFshX
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How many games can the 256MB card store? Not arcade games but actual games. Im thinking of picking up an arcade just because i only plan on owning 3-4 360 games initially
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#10 killerfist
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How many games can the 256MB card store? Not arcade games but actual games. Im thinking of picking up an arcade just because i only plan on owning 3-4 360 games initiallyFvaFshX

any game takes about 4-8mb from your storage device. that depends ofcourse on the game. like for instance Oblivion has alot of downloadable content 256mb isnt enough. with halo3 you can take pictures/save films and mapsin thegame.

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#11 epstylo
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can i purchase a seperate harddrive later on and attach it?
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#12 c0mplex
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can i purchase a seperate harddrive later on and attach it?epstylo

yes... but the 20GB HDD is $100, which is a complete ripoff.

if you plan to eventually get the HDD... you might as well save up for the Premium 360 as your initial purchase.

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#13 shiram
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yes, but they are quite expensive, so its better to buy a premium instead of a core/arcade
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#14 FvaFshX
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Doesnt sound like a bad deal. I just want a 360 to play games not for downloading or xbl (i didnt use either on the first xbox). And i only want to pick up Halo 3, Eternal Sonata, and Gears of War at first so it will save 70 bucks off that total which is like getting one of those games for free.
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#15 Big_Boss465
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What are you missing out on if you get the arcade then, just demos and backwards compatibility correct? I can find a hardrive for $15 (my friend has an extra for no reason) so I might pick this up and save myself $50. Is there any other difference between the premium and arcade that I didn't mention?

Also...do the arcade systems have the falcon chip? Anyone know? I'm probably going to pick one up relatively soon if they do.

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#16 epstylo
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but are only official microsoft hd drives compatible?

can i buy a 160gb nonmicrosoft one

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#17 Big_Boss465
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I'm pretty sure you can only get the MS ones, at least those are the only ones I've heard of. I was just saying I could get an MS one from a friend relatively cheap and put it on an Arcade 360.