E3 2007: Xbox 360 Elite Lands August 24 - And Other Bits July 12, 2007
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Xbox 360 Elite
OK, it’s official: the Xbox 360 Elite console arrives on August 24 in the UK, Ireland, France and Germany first, with other countries to follow. There’s no price yet but I predict under – if only just – the £300 mark since Play.com recently slashed the price of the Xbox 360 Premium from £280 to £230. Apart from the shiny new black skin and controllers, you’ll get a 120GB hard disk drive, headset and a HDMI port.
Xbox Live Video Marketplace
Next up is confirmation that video downloads – Xbox Live Video Marketplace - are coming to Europe later this year. No exact date but confirmed for Europe and Canada. In the US, Microsoft said Xboxers have spent $125m (£62m) on Video Marketplace content. There’s currently over 2,000 hours of content, from 28 different studios.
Disney Joins Xbox Live
Lastly, Walt Disney Studios has just signed up to the Xbox Live Video Marketplace allowing Xbox [US] owners to rent movies from all of its studios online as soon as they come. This will include flicks from Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures and Miramax Films.
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"E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) was scaled-down this year from the usually chaotic, massive tradeshow to a more exclusive series of press events..."
E3 2007: Media & Business Sumit
Looks like you guys finally got it. To much dismay it appears, but it's still a good time.
YNWA