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 Member 22583 Level 14.69 May 2007 
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Xbox 360 European retail price cut to 199€ (for Arcade). Cheaper than AIDS!
Eurogamer reports that the retail price for the 360 Arcade goes down to 199€ on March 14, while Premium will be priced at around 269€.
Interesting. I was about to say that this was a "rather quick fall" but, considering the last generation that might not be true necessarily. I remember having bought my PS2 in 03 for 180€, the console being out on the market for about 3 years, so the price point is sort of approaching a similar level for the 360. One of the interesting questions now is, how the rest of the big players will react to this. Will we see a corresponding move by Sony (which I'd sure wish for, not having a PS3 yet)? Probably the Wii will now also see a drop, but I guess that depends on how the sales develop... I'm not up to date, what's the price of the 360 (and the others) in the US right now? Jam it back in, in the dark.  These are the Books of Harrow They are our doom and our salvation Learn from them, or we will all perish |
Member 22583 Level 14.69 May 2007
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Elite will drop to 369€, or 259GBP.
Dammit. Now consoles have begun the trend of PC parts: Regret that you've bought it 3 months ago and not NOW. When I bought my 360Premium, it cost me MORE than the Elite would cost me now.  There's nowhere I can't reach. These are the Books of Harrow They are our doom and our salvation Learn from them, or we will all perish |
Member 22583 Level 14.69 May 2007
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I don't complain. I've been in PC gaming for too long to start complaining about such a trend now.
 And yes, given that I've barely played anything BUT the 360 since I've got it speaks for itself. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. These are the Books of Harrow They are our doom and our salvation Learn from them, or we will all perish |
Member 22583 Level 14.69 May 2007
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To effectively get rid of the RROD they'd probably have to completely redesign the whole console architecture, which would probably cost them more than dealing with the warranty cases... Really, there's not really another way I could explain this.
People still buy the console, and buy games, so it has to be still profitable even with this failure / warranty rate, so that a total overhaul of the hardware wouldn't be financially feasable. I mean, the RROD certainly is a really huge pile of bad reputation, even if the X360 is a mighty good console apart from that (and some other minor flaws which I won't mention here and now). I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? These are the Books of Harrow They are our doom and our salvation Learn from them, or we will all perish |
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