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First to release will be the Xbox Live Vision camera. Available on September 19, the accessory will come in two configurations. The cheaper of the two will run $40 and include the camera, a one-month subscription to Xbox Live Gold, an Xbox 360 headset, and two Xbox Live Arcade games that support the camera--Uno and TotemBall. An $80 bundle will add in a full-year subscription to Xbox Live Gold, a third Xbox Live Arcade game (Robotron: 2084), and 200 Marketplace points. Microsoft also revealed that a few previously released Xbox Live Arcade games--card and board games, mostly--will be updated to work with the camera.
November will see two more eagerly anticipated accessories hit store shelves. The Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel will be available for $150 and will include a new version of Project Gotham Racing 3 reworked to offer force-feedback support. Also out that month will be the Xbox 360 Wireless Headset. The perfect companion to the system's wireless controller will be available for $60.
Finally, in December, a $20 receiver will be available to connect your Xbox 360 Wireless Controller to your PC. Wait--just the receiver? Shouldn't Microsoft be bundling something else with it that folks already have? By my own count, if I buy everything listed here but the more-expensive camera bundle, I'll have three headsets as well as two copies each of Uno and Project Gotham Racing 3. Keep your eyes peeled for reviews of these products--extraneous items and all--when they drop throughout the holiday season.
Source: GameSpot
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PGR3 Bundled w/ the Wheel is RIDICULOUS!!!
I'm with you on the headset thing too. I already have 2 of them. Enough!
I have refrained from buying XBLA games for fear that the one I buy will be duplicated in a bundle. Now it looks like that was the right move, as 2 of them will come with the $80 camera bundle that I'll get. MS is shooting themselves in the foot all over the place with these strategies.
It would figure that the only accessory I really cared about, the HD-DVD drive, didn't even get a release date or price. Angry.
MS has been doing a good job with the 360 so far, but their Marketing folks need to intervene here and stop the "bundle" mentality that is bound to force people into owning duplicate products. There is no value in that.
by PhillyBoy919 (See profile) - August 24, 2006 10:57 AM PDT
