Current Xbox 360 Arcade Discontinued

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The grapevine whispers plenty of interesting tidbits when E3 is around, and this one's not terribly huge news but an important step that we're glad to see the Xbox 360 finally take.

The arcade console will no longer come with a memory card. Instead, the new unit will have 512MB of on-board memory. This means gamers that purchase a new arcade console will be able to install the NXE (New Xbox Experience dashboard) and play games that require a hard drive.

The only downside of the new model of Arcade is that it will no longer have the free arcade games. Isn't it ironic? Don't ya think?

Reader Comments:

Posted by G-Train 05/06/2009 1:13am

So....it's basically a pro with bugger all HD space and no hdmi port?

Posted by Master Chief 05/06/2009 9:42am

All Xbox 360's have HDMI these days. Has been since about Sept/Oct last year.