XBOX 360 Price Cut Coming

Easy Rhino · Jul 11, 2007

Vice President of Microsoft Game Studios, Shane Kim, said in an interview that the company needs to lower the $299 - $479 price tag to increase sales among those who are not typically interested in traditional combat and racing video games. No word on how much the price will be cut or when it will happen but Mr. Kim's comments come a day after Sony cut the price on it's Playstation 3. Microsoft has sold 5.5 million XBOX 360 units in the United States and 11.6 million worldwide.

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Wile E · Jul 11, 2007

If they cut it by $100, I'm selling, or trading in my Premium for an Elite.

Easy Rhino · Jul 11, 2007

Wile E said:
If they cut it by $100, I'm selling, or trading in my Premium for an Elite.

a $100 price cut would be amazing but i doubt it. i bet they slash prices 15%-20% just so there is a nice gap between them and the ps3. i know they said in the article that this is to compete with the wii but the wii and the xbox appeal to totally different groups of people. now the ps3 however...

D3aDl0cK · Jul 11, 2007

the hartware.net news says that there wont be a $-cut,
there will only be a Halo Special Edition...
with same specs as elite but 20gb instead of 120gb
http://www.hartware.de/news_42511.html

Easy Rhino · Jul 11, 2007

D3aDl0cK said:
the hartware.net news says that there wont be a $-cut,
there will only be a Halo Special Edition...
with same specs as elite but 20gb instead of 120gb
http://www.hartware.de/news_42511.html

hrm, well that is from 4 days ago. the VP was interviewed yesterday and said their would be. perhaps just a cut in the US for now and in europe later.

russianboy · Jul 11, 2007

$299?

If they do infact slash it that low that will give them an enormous sales boost.

Hmm, new warrenty, new heatsink design, cheaper price, I think the Xbox 360 may be doing good for itself!

kwchang007 · Jul 11, 2007

russianboy said:
$299?

If they do infact slash it that low that will give them an enormous sales boost.

Hmm, new warrenty, new heatsink design, cheaper price, I think the Xbox 360 may be doing good for itself!

that's the price it is right now

WarEagleAU · Jul 11, 2007

Hopefully, they will resolve the 1 in 3 failure rate, regardless of the longer warranty.

ktr · Jul 11, 2007

WarEagleAU said:
Hopefully, they will resolve the 1 in 3 failure rate, regardless of the longer warranty.

from what i hear, newer units comes with a new heat sink design, reducing the over heating issue. Also, a 65nm is planned around fall. 65nm cpus are cheaper to make, chances are when they implement these, the prices will drop quite a bit.

Chances are the the 360 will drop a lot. I have a feeling that the core might drop to $200-$250 to compete with the wii.

PrudentPrincess · Jul 11, 2007

DS has sold more than Wii, Xbox360, and PS3. FYI. :laugh:

Benpi · Jul 12, 2007

Sony only cut their price to $500 dollars (the original price for the 20 gigger), so they can release their 80GB model for $600.

i think.

demonbrawn · Jul 12, 2007

Yay, maybe now I'll actually get a 360

ktr · Jul 12, 2007

demonbrawn said:
Yay, maybe now I'll actually get a 360

http://www.xboxsolution.com/2007/07/12/no-price-drop-for-the-xbox-360-e3-07-news/

no price drop...:shadedshu

zekrahminator · Jul 12, 2007

Imagine, a $199 Xbox360...the thing would outsell the Wii in a month!

demonbrawn · Jul 13, 2007

http://www.xboxsolution.com/2007/07/...60-e3-07-news/

no price drop...

Wile E · Jul 13, 2007

ktr said:
http://www.xboxsolution.com/2007/07/12/no-price-drop-for-the-xbox-360-e3-07-news/

no price drop...:shadedshu

I'd take it with a grain of salt, personally. Sony said the same thing, then announced their cut a few days later. MS is just waiting to see what comes of the PS3 cuts. If the PS3 starts cutting into their sales, a drop will follow.

Easy Rhino · Jul 13, 2007

ktr said:
http://www.xboxsolution.com/2007/07/12/no-price-drop-for-the-xbox-360-e3-07-news/

no price drop...:shadedshu

that article doesnt make any sense because in an interview he said right before E3 that they need to cut the price to compete and he made it sound like in other statements like it was inevitable. he said he wouldnt make the announcement during e3 but plans on making it sometime soon. im not sure where xboxsolution.com got their information...

ktr · Jul 13, 2007

Easy Rhino said:
that article doesnt make any sense because in an interview he said right before E3 that they need to cut the price to compete and he made it sound like in other statements like it was inevitable.

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=360+price&btnG=Search+News

so much mixed news, some says yes, some says MS has no intent. :pimp:

Easy Rhino · Jul 13, 2007

ktr said:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=360+price&btnG=Search+News

so much mixed news, some says yes, some says MS has no intent.

haha maybe he wasnt supposed to say there was a cut coming yet! or he just likes screwing with the media.

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