Today's least unexpected news - it turns out that sales of the Xbox 360 Elite jumped 43% over the bank holiday. Microsoft dropped the price of its top-of-the-range console iteration to £199 on Friday prompting a rush of interest; however as Gamesindustry.biz pointed out:
Although a GBP 50 difference looks impressive on store shelves, Microsoft has stopped including a HDMI cable as standard in the package. The company also raised the price of its Arcade unit from GBP 129 to 159, and is phasing out the GBP 179 Premium SKU.
It's a good day for Xbox stats - the XBLA shooter Shadow Complex has just broken Arcade sales figures, attracting over 200,000 downloads in its first week of availability. Developed by Chair Entertainment Group, the studio bought last year by Epic Games on the strength of its debut download, Undertow, it's a cunning cross between Castlevania and Super Metroid. It's also further proof that, at least as far as downloadable games go, 2D is alive and well. In your face James Cameron!
