Backward Compatibility: Done by the Experts
Thanks to DQ reader and Extreme Sports Fitness Consultant Doug Walsh for letting me know about this.In the Game Critics forums,there's a post with a picture of a display ad at your local Circuit City. They're offering a vital new service: installing backward compatibility on your Xbox 360 for the low, low price of $28.99!
Here's the ad text (that link above actually shows the picture):
Want to play your original Xbox games on your Xbox 360?
Backward compatibility on the Xbox 360 is done through software*
Let Circuit City install it for you for just $28.99
There's more, but it's just a description of the benefits of playing original Xbox games on the 360.
Now if you don't know how backward compatibility works on the 360, it's just a software update that you download from Live, or alternatively, you can get it on a CD.
Stephanie Dubious-Assham, Director of Research, has been working on this story, and she's obtained a copy of an internal Circuit City memo discussing backward compatibility.
DISTRIBUTION: ALL STORES
EFFECTIVE DATE: IMMEDIATELY
If customers want to unbundle the backward compatibility package, here are the prices and item code:
CSI BC360ON Push button to turn on Xbox 360--$2.00.
CSI BC360OPENTRAY Push button to open disc tray--$2.00
CSI BC360CDIN Insert CD into tray--$2.00
CSI BC360CLOSETRAY Push button to close CD tray--$2.0
CSI BC360INSTALL Push "A" button on controller to install software--$12.99
CSI BC360TRAY Push button to open CD tray--$2.00
CSI BC360CDOUT Remove CD from CD tray--$2.00
CSI BC360CLOSETRAY Push button to close CD tray--$2.00
CSI BC360OFF Push button to turn off Xbox 360--$2.00
As part of the new "I Love 99!" initiative, the focus item ends in 99. There's also a $1.00 spiff for every CSI BC360INSTALL invoiced.
Here's the extended warranty information:
CSI BC360INSTALL GUARANTEE ONE-YEAR--$2.99
CSI BC360INSTALL GUARANTEE THREE-YEAR--$4.99
CSI BC360INSTALL GUARANTEE FIVE-YEAR--$5.99
The five-year guarantee would cost almost fifteen dollars at the one-year rate, so it's the best deal for the customer. The five-year guarantee also comes with a $0.75 spiff.
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