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Crikey, Australia gets the 360 HD-DVD drive

Australian site XboxZone is reporting that they've received official information from the Xbox Australian team about the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive. The HD-DVD drive is going to be released on March 29th, retail for $249 AUD, and come bundled with the universal media remote and King Kong on HD-DVD. The bundle is the same as we have here in the US, so we're sure that the King Kong HD-DVD will only be bundled for a limited time. Any Aussies here ready and willing to jump into the HD-DVD ring? You know, it is the look and sound of perfect ... just saying.

Update: Spelling mistake fixed. The blogger responsible has been forced to wrestle Albert the Fan-gator at Fanboy Zoo (located at Fanboy Towers, 35th floor, kids get in free on Sundays).

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1. First to comment!

Posted at 11:09PM on Feb 1st 2007 by Kayster

2. First to comment!!

Posted at 11:13PM on Feb 1st 2007 by Kayster

3. Yep, I will. Because I'm a sucka.

Posted at 11:24PM on Feb 1st 2007 by Don Carajo

4. isnt it kricky?

Posted at 11:41PM on Feb 1st 2007 by Hurricanes711 [xbl]

5. Actually it is Crikey :)

Posted at 11:49PM on Feb 1st 2007 by Remorhaz

6. As an Australian I can tell you it's "crikey"... but I hate myself for correcting that... Steve Irwin has (had) a lot to answer for :P

Also, hells yes I'll be indulging in the HD-DVD player. Conveniently that launch date is a week or so before my birthday :)

Posted at 11:52PM on Feb 1st 2007 by MrHate

7. I already got mine from play-asia.com, couldn't wait that long for it heh. Waiting for a couple of HD-DVDs to arrive from Amazon so I can revel in the goodness...

Posted at 12:52AM on Feb 2nd 2007 by Adamqlw

8. As an aussie of the greatest part The west i will not be gettin the HD DVD drive in protest as i am sure we deserve HD downloads of movies and TV like the US cmon microsoft I dont wanna buy all my movie on another format thatll get replaced digital media here we come.....

Posted at 2:27AM on Feb 2nd 2007 by Mr Man84

9. first "you're" instead of "your", now "cricky". Does anyone proofread on this blog?

for shame.

Posted at 3:50AM on Feb 2nd 2007 by marksaldana

10. What on earth does "cricky" mean? I'm from the UK, and even I know that Australians say "crikey"...

Posted at 5:08AM on Feb 2nd 2007 by Rees Clissold

11. And why did you change the system to make it easier to comment? The comments here have really gone downhill since then...

Posted at 5:09AM on Feb 2nd 2007 by Rees Clissold

12. Yeah, i saw that "Cricky, Australia gets..."
And I was thinking Cricky was some lone town/city/region in Australia that was like, the last place in Australia to get the drive, because of the "City, Country" kind of notation us English speakers often use, and because I'm unfamiliar with Australia, and unfamiliar with the word "Cricky", it made most sense that it was just some unknown (to me) place. Cricky doesn't even sound like Crikey, the lack of an "e" makes the "i" short, instead of long, which throws off the whole word. It took me a minute to realize that someone was trying to type Crikey, but didn't bother, uh, you know, thinking.
-Taylor

Posted at 6:01AM on Feb 2nd 2007 by Taylor

13. yep definately "crikey!"

Posted at 6:28AM on Feb 2nd 2007 by dan

14. lol Taylor what the hell are you saying?

Posted at 12:12PM on Feb 2nd 2007 by fox619_master

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