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Post by carboncore on Jul 10, 2007 0:49:27 GMT 6
www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=120968A new report released on Monday in addition to several analysts suggest a cheaper Xbox 360 could be announced as early as this week on the heels of Sony's PS3 price reduction to $499.
Xbox 360 dropping to $350 this week? The San Jose Mercury News is reporting today that a lower-cost Xbox 360, code-named Falcon, is already in the works. The new design features a smaller, 65-nanometer processor as opposed to the current 90-nanometer machine. The rumored chip will likely be easier to manufacture, thereby costing less, and it emits less heat likely causing fewer system failures.
"We have a bunch of different projects that cost reduce and improve quality as you find issues," said Xbox president Peter Moore when asked about the Falcon chip. "Once you get millions [of consoles] in the field, you learn about the box under all kinds of different circumstances, you can adjust and tweak what you do accordingly."
Analyst Micheal Pachter said on Monday that Microsoft will, in fact, reduce the price of the Xbox 360 tomorrow at the start of the company's E3 press briefing. He believes the $299 Core will drop to $249; the $399 Premium to drop to $349; and the newly released $479 Elite to drop to $399 in response to lower-than-expected sales of all three systems.
In a related story, Microsoft's VP of Xbox Japan Darren Huston told reporters today that the company has no plans to cut the Japanese price of the Xbox 360 given its competitive pricing in the territory.
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Post by arjun™ on Jul 10, 2007 0:57:59 GMT 6
duz this mean tht the elites prices will also drop??
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Post by HickEnd on Jul 10, 2007 8:24:17 GMT 6
read the article it says it gonna drop to 399$ but these are just rumors
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Post by arjun™ on Jul 10, 2007 9:51:15 GMT 6
^^lol never bothereed reading the whole thing 1st time rnd ... ;D
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Post by HundredProofSam on Jul 10, 2007 11:37:19 GMT 6
the question is, will the price go down here as well?
peace
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Post by markettantrik on Jul 10, 2007 12:41:28 GMT 6
Finally, Indian gamers will now pay the same price for the Xbox 360 which US gamers have been paying BEFORE the price cut.
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Post by brandy23 on Jul 10, 2007 13:51:43 GMT 6
ya man true......but i think deze r rumours.......coz will ms suffer so much cutout after announcin 3yrs warrenty......reduction in prices of games......n now dis!! i doubt....if true....then its awesome
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Post by brandy23 on Jul 10, 2007 13:53:30 GMT 6
well if true den sony will sigh! again........ lolz......dey think dey can match up wid ms pricing!!
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Post by XëÑØ on Jul 10, 2007 22:44:53 GMT 6
oh guddy gud gud!!!! 1st warranty 2nd price it seems like its happenin jus for me
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