ebgames.com has xbox 360 bundle

[tigstah]

700 bones for the premium package.
600 for the core.
does bill gates realize not everyone has shares in m$.xbox 360

[spartan015]

oh did u kno that the since if u want backward compadibitily u have to get the more expensive one, u need the hard drive? heres an article about it.

A marketing brochure released by Microsoft appears to be putting an end to the debate about backwards compatibility for its next-generation, XBox 360 console.

The marketing material released attempts to describe the features of the two versions of the console that will become available on its launch in November, 2005. The brochure includes various diagrams and tables describing the console and one of them (image to your right) explains that backwards compatibility with original XBox games will only be available to those X360 owners who also have a hard drive.

Although details of the level of backwards compatibility of XBox 360 have been scarce, it was always assumed that some sort of extra requirement would be imposed on the console's owners. Microsoft had already mentioned that paying the relevant rights to publishers and developers might be an issue but support for past XBox games also had to depend on previous requirements for those games. There has been a suggestion that MS may be adding a fee to the hard drive that will take care of any charges which may become involved.

It would also seem likely that since games like Halo and Halo 2 require a hard drive on the original console, they would do the same for the new console. Some experts also claim that the hard drive may be necessary in order for certain game-specific files to be downloaded from Microsoft so that original XBox games can be played on the new console but the fact that the brochure does not mention that XBox Live is a requirement for backwards compatibility makes this possibility unlikely.

So gamers who wish to carry their current XBox library over to the new console may have to come to terms with the possibility that backwards compatibility comes at a price.

end... from Megagames.com

[Yuanji]

considering that a charger for the controller and a pack and an extra controller runs about 50 dollars and so does the controller you have about 400 + around 200+ for the 4 games, I'm assuming that the price of games by X360 might move up to 55 or 60 per game. Throw in an extra controller and it's around the same price as buying all the games and the console seperately. You don't HAVE to buy the bundle. Just go get the 360 seperately.

[Jaggannath]

It's gonna hurt the bank balance no matter what you do

[spartan015]

gaming has become a pricy hobby... *sigh... what happened to the good old days with SNES and mario kart? or n64 mario kart cuz thats fun too...

[nocturnx]

EB games has several xbox 360 launch titles listed at $49.95 with a release date of November 15th. Only Perfect Dark LE is listed at $59.95.

I hope the game prices stay right where their at......