Xbox 360 Arcade Edition Unboxed

It’s not that often that we see an unboxing of a product that hasn’t even been announced yet, but Engadget has just that thanks to the help of a reader. As expected, the Xbox 360 Arcade Edition is designed for those who want an Xbox 360 for the primary purpose of taking advantage of Xbox Live Arcade and includes -no- hard-drive, 256MB memory card and composite cables.

On top of all that, the console includes a disc that’s preloaded with five games: Boom Boom Rocket, Feeding Frenzy, Luxor 2, Pack-Man Championship Demo and Uno. It even includes an HDMI port, but no cable of course. Overall, not a bad bundle for $279, but the lack of a hard-drive is bound to “drive” people nuts after a while. Ok, that was bad.

Thanks to Emanuel, an intrepid tipster who went above and beyond the call of duty, we managed to get a full unboxing of the Xbox 360 Arcade before Microsoft has even been able to send out a press release about the thing. Whenever the console officially lands, you can expect to pick up the hard drive free console for $279.99.

Source: Engadget