Xbox 360 Fanboy

I'm sure Sony will drop the price of the PS2 by $10.00 just to compensate for Microsoft's price drop.
"Sure, the 360 might be newer and has more features, but the PS2 still has the most games on any system! And you can get them cheap!"

LOL...Sony.

Am I the only non-360 fanboy here? Never mind, this site is called 360 fanboy...just noticed it.

Agree'd If they were shipping with them they would have a big point in the AD

EXCELLENT point. The motion controller rumor is punk, at least in regards to the new lower priced Arcade SKU

Check the return policy at the store you bought it.

I know Circuit City and Best Buy will give you up to 2 months to return the item sometimes.

The Arcade doesn't include a high definition video cable.

The Pro includes a component HD video cable.

The Elite includes a component HD video cable and an HDMI cable and the optical audio output dongle.

I hate to tell you that the Arcade bundle doesn't come with a MIC. I know that the mics go for 19.99 but you have to be more specific when you shout out false information. lol Not to mention the ugly white DVD draw cover. There is no chrome on the Arcade madel as well. I need my chrome. Hehehe...Oh wait I have an Elite.

@Shape: My friend, I understand there are those differences.

But lets be honest. HDMI and Optical cables should be shipped with every console.

HDMI cables are cheap, 5-15 bucks.
Optical out??? come on !!! that's probably worth 2 dollars at most !!

The true difference in pricing is the HDD. MS is being too stingy about this. Those HDD are WAY too overpriced.

(Do not buy Monster cables people !!)

I think that the essence of the thing is that the hard drives are key differentiators between the different products. And the lack of a hard drive is why they can price the Arcade so LOW relative to the price of the Pro and Elite.

The Arcade is a value leader in the marketplace at $199. And I wouldn't be surprised at all if they are losing money on every Arcade sold at $199. But they hope to make some of that up later on with hard drive sales.

If you could just go and plug any old newegg hard drive into the thing, they wouldn't be able to price the Pro and the Elite at levels that will generate them profit.

You can complain all you want about the price difference of the 3 consoles and the price of the accessories, but the 360 is still the cheapest current gen console on the market at these new prices. And that is bound to generate some great sales.

if you know someone at futureshop you can get monster cables for like 12 bucks

@shape
last i checked when i went with a friend for his arcade he got rca/component cable in the box and it has a hdmi port.

hdmi is 5-15$ and most people already have one.

and a hdd only costs about $50 for a 20GB which i wouldnt mind putting on a arcade.

the only other diff is the chrome drive which i personally think chrome is ugly. and a headset i saw for 10$

and i believe to make a 360 only costs microsoft 130-150$ but thats just a guess.