360 Core Not Quite Dead Yet?

Published: August 21, 2007, 10:54 pm

Tags: microsoft, hardware, game consoles, game platforms, game companies, 360, core, core system, hdmi, just play, microsoft source, xbox, xbox 360, xbox arcade, xbox live

Yet another Xbox rumor floating about. It seems the low-end Xbox 360 core system may get a re-dub instead of a snub. If holding true, the Xbox 360 Core will be known as Xbox 360 Arcade. The information itself comes from an alleged Belgium Microsoft source (grain of salt… yadda yadda): “The embargo just lifted on some news I got earlier. At an as of yet unknown date, the Core will be completely phased out and repackaged as the ‘Xbox Arcade: Just Play’ pack. It will come with 5 games (I assume Uno and Pac-Man are two since I believe I saw them on the box art shown), a 256 mb memory card, and will be priced at 279. I’m not 100% sure about this part, but my notes say it will have an HDMI exit, but no cable in the box.” The whole presentation of Pac-Man and Uno inclusive makes this sounds like a joke (and I hope that’s just what it is). Almost as much a joke as the pathetic photoshop job to the right. As a core owner myself, I feel I must share my

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