However, there's a fair few items you'll need to buy separately as well, and not everyone may approve of this bit. The remote control shown off at E3 (designed so that consumers can use the X360 as a media centre as well as a console) is to be sold separately, along with the wireless network adapter that plugs into the console's USB port, thus allowing access to 802.11a, b or c networks in the vicinity. A 'Play and Charge Unit' will also be available, allowing players to charge their wireless controller while using it, which is rather handy.
Those who wish to take advantage of the console's HD capabilities will find themselves coughing up for VGA or component audio-visual cables separately as well, though a more traditional S-Video cable will also be available.
As you'd expect, extras such as wired game pads, Memory Units, extra faceplates (a tad pointless if you ask us), additional rechargeable battery packs for wireless controllers and additional hard disks will also be sold separately, though Microsoft refused to elaborate on how much any of this would cost, and also avoided confirming a price for the console itself, with $300 the figure that everybody seems to be bandying about.
Microsoft refused to comment on rumours that the box would also come crammed with useless promotional pamphlets, awkwardly-shaped cardboard inner packaging that you'll never get back into it's original shape once you remove it, and that the box would be near-impossible to open, like the packaging for those DAMN XBOX S-CONTROLLERS (Enough - Ed).
No DVI.
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