Xbox 360 Launch Line-up Unlikely – PDZ Re-named?

US retailer Electronics Boutique, lovingly referred to as ‘work’ by most Internet games pundits, has published a list of Xbox 360 launch window titles.

Offering what is the most concise set of titles for any next-generation console, EB claims Microsoft and affiliates are prepping 27 launch window games, 21 for day one, slated as November 2, 2005, and six more on November 16.

The list reads:



EB claims, or rather expects, the core Xbox 360 system to cost $299, though it makes no mention of the elusive hard drive.

SPOnG however, believes this list to be bogus, with Microsoft representatives offering launch estimates somewhat below EB’s leaked roster figures. Indeed, speaking exclusively to SPOnG, Xbox’s Peter Moore said, “…my experience tells me that it will be somewhere between...well, as little as 10 and many as 15 or 16 seems to be where it's at. The key is to make a strategic decision - do you have the genres covered? Sports games, fighting games, racing games - do you have them all covered? The three we should talk about, and that we are focusing on from a first-party point of view are Kameo and Perfect Dark from Rare, and Project Gotham Racing 3 from Bizarre. But it's difficult to say. Even now as we continue to evolve and see stuff every day, these are the launch titles and this is how many there'll be and this is when we'll be ready in the US and then Europe and then Japan.”

Read the full interview right here.