It’s inevitable that whenever a price cut for a console comes through — like Microsoft’s announced $50 cut to its Xbox 360 with Kinect bundles yesterday — that the major retailers will snip a little bit more again off the edges. Big W’s gone one further; it’s selling the 4GB 360 for $288.[Big W]
Worried you didn’t get your 3DS registered before the cut-off date for the verification program? Nintendo’s got an app for that. Worried about punching your credit card (if you have one) into your 3DS to buy virtual console games? Prepaid cards are coming soon.
Fanboy. There’s perhaps no franchise more immediately connected with our mental conception of a fanboy than Star Wars. Then there’s Xbox. A whole ‘nother world of chest-thumping, battle cries, and utter devotion. Those two worlds just smashed into each other at lightspeed. Meet the Star Wars Xbox 360.
Microsoft has trouble making hardware. Sony has trouble running online services. What if the next Xbox and the next PlayStation are one and the same?
