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Microsoft announced today that from Friday 27th August the Xbox will retail at an estimated street price of €149.99 or £99.99.
"With this new pricing, even more European gamers, casual and otherwise, will be able to enjoy Xbox this Christmas," said Eduardo Rosini, regional vice president for Xbox EMEA. "We have some fantastic games on the way - the innovative Fable, the debut of Electronic Arts' games on Xbox Live, and of course the hottest game this Christmas on any platform, Halo 2. With the strongest Christmas games portfolio of any console, Xbox is now also the best value console on the market. It's a winning combination for gamers this Christmas, and even more people in Europe will discover why it's good to play together with Xbox."
Micosoft's console continues to go from strength to strength, with cumulative worldwide shipments of 15.5 million consoles since launch and a worldwide shipment goal of more than 20 million units by the end of June 2005. Xbox Live now has a membership surpassing the one million member mark and is expected to expand to an excess of 1.5 million members by the end of June 2005, representing 50%+ growth.
Xbox has a number of hot titles coming out this Christmas and beyond including such first party games as Halo 2, Forza Motorsports and Fable, and third party games such as Xbox exclusives Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 from Activision, Outrun 2 from Sega, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory from UbiSoft, and Doom 3 from Activision, not to mention the premiere of FIFA Football 2005 from Electronic Arts on Xbox Live.
More as we get it.
John Grothier
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