Xbox 360 Arcade console landing on October 23rd?

C'mon, surely you've coped with the fact that Microsoft's Xbox 360 Core system will likely be replaced with the impending Arcade console, right? If not, now would be a great time for some serious soul-searching, because both Amazon and Toys 'R' Us are listing the system on their respective websites as having an October 23rd ship date. Of course, we're still not sure exactly what ports / extras the Arcade flavor will arrive with, but it's safe to say it'll run you $279.99 when it (probably) ships in three weeks.

Read - Amazon's listing
Read - Toys 'R' Us' listing

[Ryan @ Oct 2nd 2007 10:15PM]

hmmmm do I get this or the rumored $399 PS3 supposedly coming on 10.12?????

[Garst @ Oct 2nd 2007 10:29PM]

You'll proably want this, because you'll probably won't be able to find the rumored PS3 anywhere except on eBay for $500. And then Sony will discontinue it. Maybe start sell a 60GB system for $400, and you'll end up with the same problem.

[Phil @ Oct 3rd 2007 2:38AM]

PS3 will do for me if the 40gig is $399!

Jeez, FFXIII, MGS4, GT5, Killzone and LittleBigPlanet?!

It can't come soon enough in my opinion.

[greg @ Oct 2nd 2007 10:18PM]

This is a nice addition to the xbox basic or shall i say arcade. I don't think it will change people's mind about buying an xbox but it will make the buyers more happy.

[John M @ Oct 3rd 2007 1:29PM]

Maybe this x-box wont break like all 4 of my 360's have thus far...ps3 since launch day and ZERO problems so far...I think that the 360 is garbage but it has a much better title selection currently than the ps3...however, based upon both systems titles at year 1 I would say they are pretty much equal

[Steven @ Oct 2nd 2007 10:39PM]

I don't get it.

Does this mean that all 360 consoles from now...err then on will come with hard drives?

Or is it just a 360 with that Arcade compilation DVD as a pack-in?

I'm hoping it's the former.

*Shrug.*

[Ryan @ Oct 2nd 2007 10:40PM]

no hard drive on the arcade version, just extra games AND the HDMI port (which is a big selling port for a lot of people)

[Tony @ Oct 2nd 2007 10:40PM]

Googling for the UPC that is listed on TRU's site brings up another etailer I haven't heard of, but lists this as the contents:
"Includes X360 Core unit with HDMI output, a wireless controller, a 256mg memory module and 5 games on 1 disc" (maybe the Arcade Unplugged disk, or something like it).

[Ray-- @ Oct 3rd 2007 11:23AM]

wow if thats right this thing may be worth buying... nice!

[Shira @ Oct 11th 2007 5:45PM]

So it's ready to play out of the box, unlike the Core in which you would have to buy a memory card or a hard drive. It would have been nice to have it out in time for Halo, but I'm glad I waited.

[Bostonbomber @ Oct 23rd 2007 12:49PM]

so my q is, what exactly i the diff between the core and the arcade??? is it just the hard drive factor??? someone give me answers, please!

BB

[msalkeld @ Oct 28th 2007 4:15PM]

I was just told at Best Buy, you cannot play Halo 3 without a hard drive. Is this true? He said that even the 512Mg Ram chip is not big enough.

[Gavin @ Nov 1st 2007 2:44AM]

And I do mean HALO 3. In fact, you absolutely CANNOT play HALO CE or HALO 2 without a harddrive

[Gavin @ Nov 1st 2007 2:41AM]

You were lied to. My xbox broke in August but I already had Halo reserved. Ever since the night it came out I have been playing over at a buddy's house with a 64mb memory card. When you play online, Live downloads updates to the game, but the updates must be able to fit on a 64mb card along with my gamertag which is 5mb or 10mb alone because I have played about 200 sessions since sept 25th. It would be much better if you had a hard drive though because saved games are about 5mb in size so you would probably be devoting that entire memory card to HALO.

Short story -you can play HALO from a memory card.

[stuart @ Dec 2nd 2007 2:20PM]

hey, im am gettin the xbox 360 arcade for my chrismas, an it comes with halo 3 for free = ), anyway. im not quite sure- does this pack incluse a internet conection cable plz email me back or w.e with a A's ty all

[DreadK @ Dec 2nd 2007 11:35PM]

Has the red ring problem been solved on this model?

[mervyn @ Dec 9th 2007 5:53PM]

is the xbox360arcade interactive