Xbox Console Archive

  • CrunchDeals: Xbox 360, Modern Warfare 2, 12 months of Xbox Live for $249

    CrunchDeals: Xbox 360, Modern Warfare 2, 12 months of Xbox Live for $249

    It's probably not a huge stretch to think that some people may very well be purchasing an Xbox 360 just to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Wal-Mart knows this and, as such, is offering a pretty enticing deal: Xbox 360 Arcade console, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and 12 months of Xbox Live Gold service for just $249.

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  • Please observe the ‘Xbox 1080′ handheld console prototype

    Please observe the ‘Xbox 1080′ handheld console prototype

    xbox 1080Not-actually-real portable Xbox 360 anyone? Here's the "Xbox 1080" prototype from Carl Archambeault, an impossibly portable console with a slide-out LCD screen. Where do the optical discs go? Who knows? And what's the battery life? Let's say 100 hours!

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  • Microsoft *finally* confirms Xbox 360 price cut: Elite is $299, Arcade is still $199

    Microsoft *finally* confirms Xbox 360 price cut: Elite is $299, Arcade is still $199

    Thank the Lord! Microsoft just confirmed that Xbox 360 price drop we've been bleating about for entirely too many days now. Yes, the Xbox 360 Elite goes down by $100 to $299; the Pro goes from $299 to $249 while supplies (which means it's being phased out entirely); and the Arcade stays at $199.

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  • Pay for your Xbox Live addiction with Paypal

    Pay for your Xbox Live addiction with Paypal

    Good evening, readers- If you’re an Xbox Live subscriber in the US then Major Nelson has some news for you. Microsoft has rolled out Paypal as a method of payment for MS points, Xbox Live accounts and such, but it’s not what you think. You can’t actually do anything from your console and all transactions take [...]

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  • Rumor Quashed: No new Xbox 360 in 2010

    Rumor Quashed: No new Xbox 360 in 2010

    natalThe rumor that Microsoft would be shipping a bumped-up Xbox 360 console with Natal integrated in 2010 has turned out to be false according to director of product management, Aaron Greenberg.

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  • Natal to launch with new Xbox 360 console?

    Natal to launch with new Xbox 360 console?

    NatalStart up the rumor engine, ladies and gentlemen. 1UP.com is reporting that Microsoft's Project Natal may actually be shipping integrated into a new console next fall. From the sounds of it, though, the console won't be new as in different but new as in improved slightly. That is, new games would apparently work on both the current Xbox 360 console and "Xbox Natal" as it's being unofficially called.

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