Arcade meaning... no hard drive?

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6197073.html?...newstop;title;5

i think this is not rumor rite? lol....
ask a stupid question, i plan to ask my fren buy a x360 from japan for me,
it is can play the asia/us game?

It's official! Microsoft announces North American Xbox 360 price cuts, $199 Arcade

Posted Sep 3rd 2008 5:15PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News

After months and months of rumors, speculation, leaked adscans and insider whispers, Microsoft just announced that the Xbox 360 price cut rumors are, in fact, true. Beginning this Friday, September 5th the retail pricing for Xbox 360 consoles in the US will drop to all time lows. The new console pricing puts the Xbox 360 Arcade at $199 (cheaper than the Wii!), the 60GB Xbox 360 Pro at $299 and the Xbox 360 Elite at $399. Remember though, this is only for the US as any other territories (Europe, Australia, etc.) have yet to announce any console price cuts. We can now also pretty much debunk that motion controlled Arcade bundle rumor. Happy shopping!

Rumor: New $199 360 SKU with motion controller

Posted Aug 22nd 2008 10:30AM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News, Rumors

Take it for what it's worth, but we've received a tip from a source close to Microsoft's marketing department who has shed some light on the Xbox 360 price cuts that are rumored to be going down in a few weeks time. More specifically, the $199 Xbox 360 Arcade bundle.

According to the source, Microsoft will be positioning the Arcade bundle to be in direct competition with the Wii, meaning that the marketing push behind it will focus on family friendly entertainment. With family oriented games on the packaging, the Arcade console will come packaged with the traditional Arcade goodies (512MB memory card, etc.), the new Fall update pre-loaded as well as a motion controller and a few motion controlled mini games developed by Rare. That's right, a motion controller! Supposedly, the motion controller will work with all 360 consoles and will even be sold separately, bundled with an even more expansive list of mini motion controlled games. This new $199 Xbox 360 Arcade bundle is said to release Holiday 2008.

File this all under rumors'ville for now, but don't totally discredit the information. $199 Arcade's are sounding very likely and, with Microsoft's push to undercut the Wii, matching the Wii's motion controls sounds like a total possibility. We'll just have to wait and see.

from the gamespot news, its said japan arcade set only usd183 (19800yen),
is damn cheap man,
so i m consider to get from japan since my fren will go there

erm.. does the arcade come with hdmi output? hahaha im aware that it is a budget console.. no harm asking i guess.. anyone here using an arcade set?

Cheers

what does arcade version differ from the normal version?