Final-Fan said:
Final-Fan said:
nightsurge said:
The arcade and the core are exactly the same..... They are simply the regular SKU without a hard drive and maybe a few arcade games included. The original "Core" came with a 512mb memory card, the new Arcades come with 512mb onboard memory. Other than that and regular hardware revisions across all SKU's they are the same so I guess the Arcade should be able to drop to $99. Elite maybe $129 with a $99 price tag after the generation has ended and moved on (like PS2 did recently). |
I don't think it did. (I'll check.)
And again, why should the Core/Arcade be able to drop LOWER than the PS2 when it cost MORE to produce (I'm sure their initial loss-leader cost was more than the PS2 at the same price) and had gigantic hardware design flaws to overcome?
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Wikipedia does not refute my recollection that the 512MB memory card did not at that time exist, and that there was a 64 MB sold separately at $40. That's the reason I told everyone even looking in the general direction of a 360 not to buy the Core. (Core + HDD = Premium with corded controller.)
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Hmmm... maybe this memory card with 512mb capacity did not start till after the rebranding as an "Arcade". It's been too long 
