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CardJoe · 7th Aug 2007, 11:11

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/08...box_360_line/1

Microsoft drops the price of the entire Xbox 360 line in North America as the European release date for the Xbox Elite gets closer and closer.

jezmck · 7th Aug 2007, 11:31

An average drop of less than 10% is clearly just a cynical attempt at appeasing buyers.
Probably less than the reduced costs to them due to the fact that so much time has passed since launching the products.

mikeuk2004 · 7th Aug 2007, 12:02

But are MS going to fix the manufacturing problem????? Nope, why when we keeping buying it anyway.

mmorgue · 7th Aug 2007, 12:31

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Originally Posted by mikeuk2004

But are MS going to fix the manufacturing problem????? Nope, why when we keeping buying it anyway.

Exactly. However, given the option between the PS3 and 360, if game X was available for both, I'd go PS3.

woodshop · 7th Aug 2007, 13:02

$20....... right.... i bet they spend $20,000,000 advertising the drop though.

Firehed · 7th Aug 2007, 13:07

Hm... Elite still costs too much imho, but this might just be enough to tempt me into getting a premium. Depends on the Costco price since they do a good package deal and apparently pretty much give everything in the store a lifetime warranty. The drop on the core system is a joke - they should have cut it down to about $199.

DXR_13KE · 7th Aug 2007, 14:31

drop the price here + fix the damn cooling = i buy one

fwalm · 7th Aug 2007, 15:02

The price drop really is a joke and since alot of people want the elite now if their going to buy one.

LeMaltor · 7th Aug 2007, 15:04

Seems things are really hotting up on the Xbox front.

themax · 7th Aug 2007, 16:26

Pricedrop was pointless. The $20 on the Core is an insult. If they had gone $50 across the board they would have positioned themselves somewhat inline with the Wii on the core system, but the core being what it is (not very popular due to the expensive addons required to meet the Pro standards) it won't help it much in the long run anway. $50 off the Pro is nice, $30 off the elite was stupid. Of course, any discount off the console is a good thing, but some discounts are good, while others don't really make a huge difference I.E. $100 off the PS3 was great, $20, $50, and $30 off 3 SKU's is hardly impressive, ontop of nearly most units being considered defective (the extended warranty).

Bungle · 7th Aug 2007, 16:54

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Originally Posted by DXR_13KE

drop the price here + fix the damn cooling = i buy one

I think I'd actually take a price increase if they sorted out the hardare temperatures problem = I buy one

devdevil85 · 7th Aug 2007, 18:04

/\ Yeah they needed to just address the problem rather than just giving us a pricedrop....

Hazardous · 9th Aug 2007, 08:33

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Originally Posted by LeMaltor

Seems things are really hotting up on the Xbox front.

... if you'll pardon the pun

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woodshop UnSeenly Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: The Depths Of Hades Posts: 1,381	$20....... right.... i bet they spend $20,000,000 advertising the drop though.

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fwalm Supermodder Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 340	The price drop really is a joke and since alot of people want the elite now if their going to buy one.

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themax Hypermodder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 925	Pricedrop was pointless. The $20 on the Core is an insult. If they had gone $50 across the board they would have positioned themselves somewhat inline with the Wii on the core system, but the core being what it is (not very popular due to the expensive addons required to meet the Pro standards) it won't help it much in the long run anway. $50 off the Pro is nice, $30 off the elite was stupid. Of course, any discount off the console is a good thing, but some discounts are good, while others don't really make a huge difference I.E. $100 off the PS3 was great, $20, $50, and $30 off 3 SKU's is hardly impressive, ontop of nearly most units being considered defective (the extended warranty).

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devdevil85 Hypermodder Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: US of A Posts: 884	/\ Yeah they needed to just address the problem rather than just giving us a pricedrop....