It seems that the oldschool Amega community took advantage of a chance discovery and ran with it. The result is a chemical that can dramatically restore the original color of old yellowing/browning plastics. This will be of interest to many collectors out there who are interested in restoring their old plastic-clad consoles to their original luster.
Before Street Fighter IV’s release Capcom made a special training manual available to the press as a forum of advertisement. Today Capcom has made it available as a PDF (download as zip).
This might be of interest to collectors who like to get their hands on extra goodies like this.
Engadget is reporting that the Limited Edition Red “Resident Evil” Xbox 360 has been spotted for sale at a Target Store in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Consider Consider the Street Date for RE5 officially broken.
In this video Xbox Live’s Major Nelson unboxes a Limited Edition Red Xbox 360. While this isn’t anything we haven’t seen from the previously released pictures, it is interesting to note that these consoles will likely have the latest version of the internal hardware, “Jasper”.
Halo Wars comes out today in the UK and Europe, grim_d was kind enough to send us pictures of this SteelBook release.
![Halo Wars Collector's Edition (Xbox 360) [PAL]](http://collectorsedition.org/uploads/2008/06/hw_le_360_pal1-274x300.jpg "Halo Wars Collector's Edition (Xbox 360) [PAL]")
![Halo Wars Collector's Edition (Xbox 360) [PAL]](http://collectorsedition.org/uploads/2008/06/hw_le_360_pal4-272x300.jpg "Halo Wars Collector's Edition (Xbox 360) [PAL]")
In a press release today Microsoft officially announced the rumored Red Xbox 360. It would seem that this new console will in-fact be a limited edition.
In celebration of the landmark “Resident Evil” franchise coming to Xbox 360 for the first time, Microsoft unveiled today an Xbox 360® Resident Evil Limited Edition Console Bundle. Available the same day “Resident Evil 5” ships to store shelves, Friday, March 13, Xbox 360 fans will be able to pick up the bundle featuring an exclusive red Xbox 360.
Fans will enjoy the same premium Xbox 360 Elite experience at an even greater value with a copy of “Resident Evil 5,” matching Limited Edition red Wireless Controller, black Xbox 360 Headset, a 120 GB Hard Drive, exclusive premium “Resident Evil 5” theme (download via Xbox LIVE) and much more all included for the price of $399 (ERP). Supplies are very limited, so “Resident Evil” fans will want to pre-order theirs today.
With the release of “Resident Evil 5” and the special edition red console, the game has found a new home on Xbox 360. The new two-player cooperative experience in “Resident Evil 5” is a perfect fit for Xbox LIVE.* With 17 million members and growing, Xbox LIVE connects “Resident Evil” fans and their new red Xbox 360 consoles to their friends on the couch or across the globe. To further provide a taste of the full entertainment experience available on Xbox LIVE, fans will also receive a bonus card to download the hit Xbox LIVE Arcade title from Capcom, “Super Street Fighter® ll Turbo HD Remix.”
*Xbox LIVE Gold Membership required
For those of you who can’t wait there is also a Pre-Order page on bestbuy.com
Valve’s Gabe Newell gave the keynote address at this year’s Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain (DICE) Summit about the cost of games, the effect of piracy, and how to reach new players. Valve undertook an experiment recently to test how price affected the sales of their popular survival-horror FPS, Left 4 Dead. They Reduced the price by 50% on Steam, which “resulted in a 3000% increase in sales of the game, posting overall sales that beat the title’s original launch performance.” They also tested various other price drops over the holidays, seeing spikes in sales that corresponded well to the size of the discount. This will undoubtedly add to the speculation that game prices have risen too high for the current economic climate. G4TV ran a live blog of Newell’s presentation, providing a few more details.
[Via Slashdot]
Obviously dropping the price dramatically on a new game will make it seem like an overwhelming value compared to other games on the market still priced normally, chances are the “happy medium” for publishers to maximize profit is below the current market pricing but above the low point tested by Valve. How does this factor in with Collector’s Edition games though? Do you think a new game priced at 30 out of the gate would still be worth an extra 10-20 on top of that, or should the extra price for the CE shrink accordingly as well?
Not long ago rumors about a Red Xbox 360 started popping up. Kotaku recently caught a tid-bit where in an announcement to New Zealand retailers Microsoft inadvertently confirmed the console.
The email was to announce a deal whereby anyone buying a 360 console in NZ would, for a limited time, receive a free copy of Halo Wars. Good deal! Except, there’s a catch. You’ll get the game if you buy an Arcade, Pro or Elite model, but “this Halo Wars offer does not apply to the Red Xbox 360 Elite console which is exclusive to EB games.”
It would seem that this new rumored “Limited Edition” Red console will be exclusive to EB Games (now known as “Game” in the UK and “GameStop” in the US). It will be interesting to see if there is anything in particular that will make this console desirable to consumers beyond just the color. I would have to be something that’s worth more than a free copy of Halo Wars at least.
Pictures have been posted for both the PS3 and Xbox 360 NTSC release of Street Fighter IV Collector’s Edition.
![Street Fighter IV Collector's Edition (PS3) [1]](http://collectorsedition.org/uploads/2008/09/sfiv_ce_ps3_brd10.jpg "Street Fighter IV Collector's Edition (PS3) [1]")
![Street Fighter IV Collector's Edition (Xbox 360) [NTSC]](http://collectorsedition.org/uploads/2008/09/sfiv_ce_360_ntsc0.jpg "Street Fighter IV Collector's Edition (Xbox 360) [NTSC]")
![Street Fighter IV Collector's Edition (PS3) [1] Ryu Figurine](http://collectorsedition.org/uploads/2008/09/sfiv_ce_ps3_brd116.jpg "Street Fighter IV Collector's Edition (PS3) [1] Ryu Figurine")
![Street Fighter IV Collector's Edition (Xbox 360) [NTSC] Crimson Viper Figurine](http://collectorsedition.org/uploads/2008/09/sfiv_ce_360_ntsc16.jpg "Street Fighter IV Collector's Edition (Xbox 360) [NTSC] Crimson Viper Figurine")
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