Maintaining a solid lead among hardcore gamers in its competition with Sony, Microsoft has seemingly decided to train its sights on Nintendo and the threat posed by the Wii. On Monday Microsoft announced the immediate availability of the Xbox 360 Arcade, a bare-bones system that includes the Xbox 360 console as well as five best-selling arcade games, a package that appears to target the Wii in both price and content. The new model retails for US$279 and comes bundled with “Pac-Man Championship Edition,” “Uno, Luxor 2,” “Boom Boom Rocket” and “Feeding Frenzy.”
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Xbox Elbows In on Wii Crowd With Arcade Package
Posted by: Walaika Haskins October 23, 2007 01:56 PMMaintaining a solid lead among hardcore gamers in its competition with Sony, Microsoft has seemingly decided to train its sights on Nintendo and the threat posed by the Wii. On Monday Microsoft announced the immediate availability of the Xbox 360 Arcade, a bare-bones system that includes the Xbox 360 console as well as five best-selling arcade games, a package that appears to target the Wii in both price and content. The new model retails for US$279 and comes bundled with “Pac-Man Championship Edition,” “Uno, Luxor 2,” “Boom Boom Rocket” and “Feeding Frenzy.”