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Xbox Price Drops For Australia And Europe

Posted by timothy on from the wottaboggin dept.

wallitron writes: "Due to slow sales in Australia, Microsoft is looking to drop the price of it's XBox to $399 (around $200US). With a fast CPU, wizzy graphics card, ethernet, DVD and TV out, it would be a handy thing in the living room if it ran a real OS. At that price it seems good value. Check out the article on the price drop." There are price drops in Europe, too.

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  1. What next, 5,000 yen? by 90XDoubleSide · · Score: 5, Informative
    If they're willing to go that low in Australia, I wonder what they have in store for Japan, where they have yet to institute a preice drop and where the XBox is being outsold by the PS1!

    Week 4/8-4/14, Japan Hardware Sales

    * PS2: 55,000 units (total this year: 1,323,000)
    * GBA: 31,000 units (total this year: 969,000)
    * GameCube: 10,000 units (total this year: 510,000)
    * PS1: 3,000 units (total this year: 74,000)
    * WonderSwan: 2,000 units (total this year: 11,330)
    * Xbox: 1,800 units (total this year: 169,000)
    * Dreamcast: 1,500 units (total this year: 12,000)

    (from IGN)

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    "Reality is just a convenient measure of complexity" -Alvy Ray Smith
  2. No Brainer... by SJ · · Score: 5, Informative

    I can tell you exactly why MS has dropped the price of the XBox here in OZ.

    They are shit-scared of the Nintendo GameCube. Nintendo has been running a HUGE marketing campaign here in OZ. There about about 4 or 5 commercials for the GameCube every night on all three major TV stations. Not to mention Print and Radio. I have seen a total of ONE TV commercial for the XBox. The GC isn't even due til May 17th!.

    Guess how much the GC is going to be when it is released. Yep... AUS$399. Funny that.

    (This is also completely ignoring the fact that the XBox is so damn big, and the controller is just wrong.)

    To be perfectly honest, I would love to see Sony and Nintendo drop their prices to AUS$199. This would basically wipe the XBox off the face of the planet.