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Xbox 360 Elite coming April 29th.

Microsoft just made it official. First, just the facts man:

Microsoft just made it official.

First just the facts, man:

In U.S. stores on April 29, 2007.

$479.99 (U.S.)

Includes:

120GB hard drive

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller (black)

Xbox 360 headset (black)

Xbox 360 HDMI cable (color not announced, we're hoping for paisely in pastels)

one-month subscription to Xbox LIVE Gold

The other stuff that'll also be available includes the 120GB hard drive for $179.99 (for those oldtime Xboxers), the black Xbox 360 Wireless Controller, Xbox 360 Play & Charge kit and the Xbox 360 rechargeable battery.

Comments:

Priced well below Sony's 60GB PS3 ($599.99 on Amazon), it looks like Microsoft is positioning itself well to grab more of the console market. Minus the areas that the Wii is snapping up left and right. Hey, is it just me or shouldn't these boneheads be putting wireless network cards in these things? Oh wait, that's where the extra $100 comes from. Forget it.