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[Emiru]

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/08/07/target-ditching-the-360-core-system-too/

About time.

 

[FrankT]

Was wondering why I didn't see any cores at a newly opened target near my home. Had Elites and Premiums, that's it and the way it should be.

 

[heavy liquid]

Good. MS should take the hint.

 

[methane47]

uh oh.

 

[xS1TH L0RDx]

definatley a fantastic move. gah, core is so retarded.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

There is a god.

 

[X26]

HDD required games to follow, I hope.

 

[Imperial Hot]

Why are these shots always fuzzy like this? Just take the time to let the camera focus, sheesh.

 

[Proelite]

Good. MS should take the hint.

:lol :lol :lol

You got that backwards.

 

[Razoric]

bye bye core, don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

 

[arias]

I love how Core users are going to feel :lol

 

[TJ Spyke]

HDD required games to follow, I hope.

There are already a few: Football Manager 2006 (soccer-football, not football-football), Football Managaer 2007, Final Fantasy XI: Online.

 

[Cheesemeister]

Core dump. :lol

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

Good, I can't see anyone buying that damn console. :lol

 

[Dai Kaiju]

It begins.

 

[Sharp]

Core dump. :lol

:lol

 

[RBH]

Good.

 

[a Master Ninja]

HDD required games to follow, I hope.

I think I've asked this before, but are we bastards for wanting Core owners to get forced into spending another $100?

 

[Emiru]

I love how Core users are going to feel :lol

I doubt there are a lot of core owners that didnt get a hdd, Most core owners I know only bought it because the prems were sold out.

 

[Darji]

First HDVD now the core. Whats next?^^

 

[Sean]

The core is a smart SKU to have, but Microsoft has been handling it pretty crappy.

It should have been dropped to $250 w/ 64mb memory card bundled. Instead they did a pathetic $20 price drop and only made it even more retarded. There's now only a $70 difference between the core and premium instead of the $100 it was before (and when you add the $29.99 memory unit it's only a $40 difference).

 

[Barry Lightning]

can i take illegible blurry pictures of things and cry wolf too?

 

[Wario64]

So it's really a price increase, not a price drop

 

[Vyse The Legend]

I think I've asked this before, but are we bastards for wanting Core owners to get forced into spending another $100?

notmyproblem.gif

They'll do it happily with the right incentive from a game they want, like GTA4.

 

[Kittonwy]

So it's really a price increase, not a price drop

:lol

 

[DuckRacer]

First Best Buy (allegedly), now Target. About time.

 

[GhaleonEB]

So it's really a price increase, not a price drop

At Target.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

I'd be amazed if Microsoft did not have some involvement in this though.

 

[Mrbob]

New core model coming methinks.

 

[X26]

I think I've asked this before, but are we bastards for wanting Core owners to get forced into spending another $100?

Nah, it's for the greater good afterall

 

[Dimmuxx]

Elgiganten(large nordic store) are dropping the core too finally.

 

[koam]

Drop the price and discountinue the SKU! MS copying Sony confirmed.

 

[Suikoguy]

So it's really a price increase, not a price drop

You have an amazing ability to state the obvious in a hilarious way :lol

 

[disappeared]

I'll be buying a Core 360 after Microsoft begins shipping them with the 65nm chips. Keep my Premium HDD, sell my barebones Premium, problem solved.

 

[Psychotext]

New core model coming methinks.

Sadly I think you're 100% right.

 

[Baker]

First HDVD now the core. Whats next?^^

The HDDVD turned out not be true.

Engadget

 

[arias]

I doubt there are a lot of core owners that didnt get a hdd, Most core owners I know only bought it because the prems were sold out.

Oh? And most core owners that I know bought it because they wanted it.

OH NOES WE HAS TWO CONFLICTS STORIES!!

So it's really a price increase, not a price drop

:lol :lol

 

[joshcryer]

So it's really a price increase, not a price drop

:lol :lol :lol

 

[soul creator]

I'm not sure what's the big deal with wanting to get rid of the core...the damage has already been done (can't have a mass amount of HDD required games, no matter how small the core userbase is) so they might as well stick with it.

I don't see any huge benefits for 360 hard drive owners that would be gained from canceling the Core system almost 2 years after release.

 

[Emiru]

MS should drop the Premium to 250, it would sell like crazy.

 

[Emiru]

Oh? And most core owners that I know bought it because they wanted it.

OH NOES WE HAS TWO CONFLICTS STORIES!!




:lol :lol

well they are still a small minority, and all they have to do is upgrade.

 

[arias]

well they are still a small minority, and all they have to do is upgrade.

Well personally, I think Microsoft are genius. Their intensive microtransaction policy is reaping them millions and bringing them ahead of Sony. Sony should've dropped their PS3 price to $399 and charged $50/year for their PSN service, or ship their PS3 with locked in harddrives that you can only purchase from Sony. Would've made that money back in two years anyways.

 

[Crisis]

So it's really a price increase, not a price drop

I confess. I laughed at this one.

 

[Mar]

So it's really a price increase, not a price drop

Funny, and unfortunately technicaly true.

It needed to be done. But I can see meltdowns, cataclysms, cats and dogs living together over this if it turns out to be true.