Too bad the 199 price point is the arcade and not MS' main model. Jenny was talking about the pro or the elite to be 199 (The main competitors to the Ps3).

Actually, that's only 1 of the top 5... The top 5 are (in order)

Mario

Pokemon

Sims

Final Fantasy

Need for Speed

Gta comes in at no 6

Halo at equal 38th with Castlevania, Frogger, Guitar hero, Harry Potter, Spongebob Squarepants, Spyro, tekken, Tom clancy Rainbow 6,

What for? They are in it for the monye, not much for the competition, even if they end up last they'll have made a dent in Sony's market and also got a profit from it, not to mention "fans" of the franchise.

@graywolf, sadly no, personaly i hate the core/arcade, and think they all should have hds but the arcade is central to ms stratagy so it will go on

I think a lot of people that buy $199 systems don't even know or care if the system comes with a HDD....even if they do care about some sort of storage, it comes with a 256MB memory card.

I guess the potential customers for that price aren't the kind that go looking for HDMI port, HDD, etc....playing games for a cheap price is enough for them.

$199 arcade will affect sales of PS2 more then PS3...

PS3 will be bought by blu-ray fans until blu-ray stand alone plays come down in price significantly below the PS3.

Hmm, so the core and arcade are the same?

Anyways, these consoles are essentially the same as the normal console, but without a HD?

The key difference between all 360 SKUs has simply been the HDD.

That single feature has been the basis for MS price structuring of the 360. $100 for an HDD, $200 for an extra 100GB.

They did, and even now, all I can say is: good luck Microsoft!

haha i am being mean in this so fanboys don't take it personal its just a joke.
even if they did 33% of those would die due RROD