This year, Microsoft has pulled some stops and is now releasing bundles for the holiday season. These new bundles will consist of two full, free games including Forza 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. This should aid in swaying some customers in their direction, however with the Wii still doing some pretty good domination this entire year, it will still be an interesting season to see who comes out on top. The premium console will be priced at $350 and the Elite system will be $450.

As the days continue to roll, the Elite continues to hide from the hands of people. Is Microsoft trying to build up the same momentum that the Wii currently has? Spotty stock options appear at random at times and can not be judged for future release scheduling. When stock does reveal itself; it usually only lasts minutes. Hang in there and sign up for email alerts, be patient, and be ready; you will get yours.

That is right folks. After that spurt the other day, they are now taking preorders again. Get ‘em while they last because I am not sure how long they will stick around!

Speak of the devil, they are already gone again before I could even finish my post. Hope all of you who wanted one got one. From what I can tell, I think Amazon is already shipping them too. So you might even get it before Sunday, the official release!

While I was working on the site last night around 11:30 PM, I was reviewing my work on the CC pages trying to tweak them for complete accuracy, I noticed they did have preorders available. The only problem is that the preorder was only available for a minute or two. Could this just have been an error? Well I didn’t try to order one, so I don’t know, but it is always worth a shot. The script checking for CC inventory should now be working fully, so sign up for alerts, but just remember you might need to be really quick! ~Justin

It appears that the preorders at Circuit City have ended. I have fixed the checking script and now it no longer says in stock, so we will have to wait and see. I have it set up so that if preorders do come back, an alert will be sent out.

Everyone, the Xbox 360 Elite Tracker is now live! Circuit City is already taking preorders, so if you want in now, click here to grab a preorder ASAP before they are gone!

Make sure to sign up for alerts if you want to be notified of preorders as well as stock when it becomes available later this month, April 29th to be exact. As of right now, I have set up tracking for Amazon, Best Buy, and Circuit City.

As reported from different sources, a new black version of the Xbox 360 is supposedly to rear its head in the near future. The key features to this new model are the addition of a bigger hard drive of 120 GB as well as the addition of an HDMI port.

The big disappointments to me are the lack of built-in wireless connection and the lack of an HD-DVD player. These two features are essential in my eyes, with wireless networking being most important. I currently do not own a 360, but if this model, in the end, includes wireless connectivity I may buy one.

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