GameStop Informants: Xbox 360 Core Discontinued, New Low-End Unit Posted by XanTium | September 28 15:09 EST | News Category: Xbox360

From kotaku.com: [QUOTE] Apparently an email has come down informing [GameStop] store managers to pull down any signage regarding the Xbox 360 core system, because once their current stock is gone there isn't going to be anymore. Seems like stores are preparing for the rumored new Core system, that comes with the 256MB memory card and wireless controllers. There are rumors upon rumors, but this one rings true. [/QUOTE] Full Story: kotaku.com

Nice typo on the topic
Maybe it's "Xbox 360 Core Discontinued"?

Good news anyhow, hopefully it'll hit Europe sometime this year too.

Essentially its the same thing but what are they going to call it now?

The Premium Deluxe Core Xbox 360?

My money is on "Xbox 360 Core". Don't see any reason why they would have to change the name, since eg. HDMI was introduced without any namechange to the premium system.

core is discontinued... so? the new ones come out at the same price of the core w/ hdmi and xbla and wireless controller. basically an upgrade for no price increase

"Xbox 360 Family Pack"

it's taking on the Wii.

if true, at least its not a massive freaking ripoff like teh core was, though still a ripoff compared to the premium

I second that

Very happy to see they have included wireless controller(s?) and a 256MB memory card, about fricken time. If only they would drop the price off the HDD so it isn't as expensive for core users to upgrade over time.

Oh nice, now I'll have the "RARE, HARD TO FIND" white bezel on my XBox 360. But not quite. Damn.

Ah well, my friends all still envy my Top Loader NES that I got in 94.

360 Lite

Too many models!! They should have just ran the Premium as the Xbox 360. So the game developers wouldn't be handicapped by the HD/no-HD crowd.

I agree, it's way too confusing for typical consumers, especially the casual "family" gamers they are targeting.

For a company that prides itself on making things easy and user friendly they certainly have made odd choices in marketing recently with the 360, much like the 32 flavors of Vista.

The original idea was fine, a simple lower cost console and a loaded console, all they had to do was fix the hardware issues, make the Premium the new Core, and the Elite the new Premium.

I was almost sure I read on here advanced ads calling it the "Arcade".

Microsoft should have done this a long time ago, or better they should not have ever lauched a console with wired controllers... Thats horrible.

I own 6 wireless controllers, and I use my one wired controller as my workhorse. Buying and changing batteries is a pain in the ass. It all depends on where the 360 is placed in reference to the player and screen.

Its called rechargeable batteries or the "play and charge kit" ... who uses regular AA?

"play and charge" is a godsend, but after 1.5 years, the batteries are spent.

But how much have you saved?! I go through a set of rechargables every 1 to 2 weeks. Cost me £10 for a set of 4. So worth it.

I think a core with memory card and wired controller is a much better starter system than one with wireless. Tons of parents don't want to be bugged every few days to replace/recharge batteries for their kids. And if a kid is used to saving to a memory card, no parent intervention is needed to copy games off the hard drive/onto a memory card when little billy wants to take his saves to little johns to play for the weekend, since they are already on the memory card.