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Xbox Live product unit manager Jerry Johnson has told Eurogamer that Microsoft is prepared to do another New Xbox Experience in 2-3 years if there's demand.
"If our customers want it, and the market wants it, we can do it again. There's no date set on it though," Johnson said in an interview published this evening.
He's also confident that despite the damaging downtime Xbox Live went through last Christmas, the 19th November launch won't cripple the servers.
"I can tell you that when Robbie Bach is on the phone on Christmas Day calling people asking what the hell is going on, and that's coming down from Steve Ballmer... that's the kind of attention it got last holiday.
"Many things have changed since then, and we realised the kind of growth trajectory we were on and had to prepare for it," he said.
Elsewhere in the interview, we asked Johnson whether he knew of any changes to the Xbox 360 Arcade SKU, which goes for GBP 129.99 over here but only includes a 256MB memory unit. NXE would eat up half of that, leaving little room to manoeuvre.
"I think the clear message is that if you want to get on Live then you should go out and buy a hard drive to actually enjoy that entire experience," he said.
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MonkeyMagik
01/11/08 @ 07:21
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because not everyone wants live - its called choice...not too hard to understand really
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MonkeyMagik
01/11/08 @ 07:21
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because not everyone wants live - its called choice...not too hard to understand really
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squarejawhero
01/11/08 @ 08:16
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because not everyone wants live - its called choice...not too hard to understand really
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Kill_Crazy
01/11/08 @ 12:20
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@Pirotic
I always thought the Xbox advert that says about the movie downloads was a bit off because at the end it says from £129.99 but you've got nowhere to store them. |
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mcmonkeyplc
01/11/08 @ 12:57
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Errrm should they include the NXE out of the box for all new systems?
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Penguinzoot
01/11/08 @ 15:38
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No, it's not called choice! It's called marketing!
It would be easy to think so, wouldn't it? Funnily enough, much to my own surprise, the old Core and newer Arcade packs actually sell very well on their own merits. You can be fairly certain that if the Core/Acrade didn't sell, the SKU would have been withdrawn a long time ago. Edit: Just noticed Xerx3s basically said the same thing.
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Bollocks.
The movie ads state: 'HARD DRIVE REQUIRED' The Arcade works great on XBL The 360 has an HDD-less version, precisely in order that the price can be reduced to where it is now. While there's an HDD in the PS3, it'll never sell for £100 or less without Sony being punished with further debt. |
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convercide
01/11/08 @ 22:44
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because not everyone wants live - its called choice...not too hard to understand really
Sorry I'm late to the party. Someone already said that? Oh bugger. I'll get my coat. |
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curtlikesmeat
02/11/08 @ 11:13
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There's a spammer sneaking about in the bushes!!
GETTTT HIMMMMMMMMM! *throws tomato* |
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WinterSnowblind
02/11/08 @ 11:13
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"No, it's not called choice! It's called marketing!"
Same thing. When the marketing guys at Sony decide to make a £200 Playstation 3, I'll get one. Until then.. |
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"We can do it again"
But if it was any good in the first place you shouldn't have to. ------ True. That said, I distinctly recall being impressed by the dash when I bought a 360 at launch. Point being, it may be great for a few years, but these thing things age, badly in the case of the original 360 dash. Then again, we'll have the Xbox 720 before this is past it's sell by date anyway. I can't wait for the ability to install to hdd, just to kill off the constant grinding of the optical drive more than anything else. The rest I can take or leave tbh.
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GamesConnoisseur
02/11/08 @ 12:40
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Peter Moore said they had to withdrew Xbox 1 earlier as every successful sale hurt them more 'COS of the HDD being included from day 1. So apparently its why they took the route to offer different SKU this gen. HDD-less Core/Arcade SKU is selling quite well as others said and thus still being offered.
Cant help but still feel that with only using bog standard DVD against HD optical space having HDD included for all SKU would have levelled the playing field more for X360 owners. Still X360 hold its own more than enough, NXE makes for a more quieter gaming experience, and now anyone complaining of the 'Aircraft noises' etc can have no longer a vaid excuse!! Aircraft noises =DVD spinning solved RROD = hardware revision/warranty extension solved Hatred of all thing MS = Brand loyalty to Sony impossible to solve, require severe reprogramming of the mindset!
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I'd complain about this forcing people to have HDD if they want to go on live, but I have a Elite Xbox with 120gb HDD, so I'm alright.
Seriously though, I borught a Core to begin with (consoole shortage at launch) and I seriously cannot see how anyone could be happy without an hardrive really, for game saves and profiles alone. |
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Marshall2008
02/11/08 @ 19:31
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They have launched a LIVE upgrade kit for £59.99 which includes a 60GB HDD, 3 month gold subscription. Available in the UK from 19th November.
So if you did buy a core/arcade sku their is an upgrade pack for you. Or pickup a preowned HDD from game/gamestation. |
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because not everyone wants live - its called choice...not too hard to understand really
because some people are stupid enough to buy the gimped version of the console... or like me...they want a backup for when the inevitable happens. I think MS should launch a 360 without a HD or controller or any leads... you know just the box... for around £70... it would be interesting to see how many people would buy one as backup :-D ... quite a lot I would imagine. |
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