Xbox 360 $100 (total) price cut in August
 

Source: Max Console

Would be great news if true, due to the massive list of A-list games set to drop in August through the end of the year.

Sounds like I've just found perfect excuse to get a 360 to play all those games I always wanted to play.

As usual, I'm a bit skeptical about the validity of this at this point in time. But if come August 1st, this turns out to be true, I'll be getting a 360 by September for sure.

Haha, way to piss off Sony ;)

This is actually good, because this way, Sony wouldn't even have to think anymore, because even the most retarded management would come to the conclusion that a heavy price cut is the only answer

It won't happen anyway. I'll try to scrounge up a link, but when asked about a price cut retort to the "price cut" (clearance sale?) of the PS3 they said they wouldn't be making one. It's still cheaper anyway, it doesn't need one and they are finally breaking even with console manufacturing costs so I don't see why they'd want to dig themselves back into a position where console sold = money lost when people are still gobbling them up even at the current price.

If it turns out to be true, then great for people who don't already own one I suppose but I severely doubt it will happen at any rate.

I hope this is true! of course, if it is.. itll be hard to find, like the wii is now.

It'll be sold out everwhere at that price!

Im not really a xbox fan, but games like blue dragon/lost odeyss/eternal sonata.. its tempting to get one.. heh

By the time this goes into effect, the console will be nearing the two year mark of its life, so it isn't exactly surprising that a price decrease is coming, and was probably in the works for a while. The PS2, which you could favorably compare the 360 to, in terms of popularity in its generation peers, enjoyed a similar $100 price decrease prior to its two year mark in the US.

I'm sure this will be true, if not August then definitely sometime around the end of the year. I was going to get a 360 Elite anyway so this just makes it more tantalizing.

I can't see a one-hundred dollar drop, not after the warranty boost they just gave out.

Not only that, but NDP has already reported that MS has lost 1.92 Billion on the Z-box 360 already due to failures and warrenty extensions that a price cut at this point will send them further into the whole. So it's kind of a double edged sword.

-Price cut = higher sales, and further $$ losses
-NO price cut = lower losses and more ground lost to Sony & Nintendo, but brings them closer to making a profit after 1.5 years

So it's hard to pprove or disprove this information with the current state Xbox Xorp is currently in.

I know the core unit doesnt come with a hard drive.. can you do the downloadable content from games.. just by the memory module.. or do you need the HD for that?

I really dont care about xbox live, or watching movies/tv shows thru the xbox.. i have a pc for that :P

The only thing you can do with the memory unit is with your save data. No Xbox LIVE or Marketplace functionality supported.

blah, oh well.

can you add an HD to the core unit pretty easily? if i wanted to get that down the road.. or do you have to open the console for that?

Yes you can and it's as easy as it could be. Simply undo the side panel and clip on your HDD, done.

Snaps on right here ->

wow, pretty easy. Thanks for the pic!

QFT.

Now as long as I can get my hands on the cash, I think I'll do just that. Or maybe I could ask for cash for my birthday, which is mid-August... Either way, this is pretty cool. I never picked one up before because they were too expensive, but if this comes into play... then woohoo!

Here's an even better one for yeah (might not need it). I was hoping to have this one edited before you saw my last post. Oh well.

http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/07d740033e.jpg

is 20gig the smallest? id prob go with the smallest one.. i dont need like an 80g one or anything


also, how does the quaility of the graphics look on a standard 27" nonHDTV, from the cables it comes with?

Ps2ish?

Sony isn't Microsoft's competition nor are they the motivation here (assuming this rumor is true). It's all about competing with Nintendo at this point.

I don't see the billions in hardware repairs pairing with a price cut. Also, my local EB didn't know about it. They'd have posters or something in advance to advertise it.

Assuming this is true, they could be using this to do the same thing Sony's doing, which is to move the old hardware out, while making room for the new 65 nm chipsets and the consoles that will contain three heatsinks. Those would, theoretically, red ring less and maybe save them a bit of cash in the long run.

I'm no analyst, but it's just a thought.

Hmm... I may just end up getting a 360 if it becomes that cheap.

This would be a good reason to get a 360... Even though the Core system looks like a steal at this point, I'd probably still go for the Premium system.

@Guru
Nintendo is on a whole nother planet with the Wii. Anyone who's looking for a PS3/360 experiance is NOT going to buy a Wii, and visa-versa. Their audiences for the most part are very different and therefore not in direct competition. Therefore making the 360 & PS3 in competition for the more hardcore markets. (This applies to only thoes who buys 1 system)


@Lukage
The two things will be related if a price cut makes a sales increase which then in 4 months makes the repairs increase. MS will probably then be around the -2 Billion mark come November.

MS sure has the NA market brainwashed with something, because if any other company had a 30% failure rate, people everywhere would be screaming bloody murder, and then sales would be in the whole. However the only way for MS to start making any headway in the $$ department is to make the shoeboxes start working. Otherwise we're going to have a company in the leader spot with negatice profits, wouldn't that be a riot, lol.

What do you mean "Sony isn't Microsoft's competition"?? Do you have any idea how hyper-nervous they will get at Microsoft once those Sony faggots are clever enough to finally lower the price and throw some good games on the market?