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Microsoft to Cut XBox Price to $149?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the craaazy-savings dept.

BjB writes "According to a Dow Jones Newswire article, Microsoft plans on lowering the price of the XBox to $149 (from $179) at the beginning of April. This is to compete with the PlayStation 2, which currently remains at $179."

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  1. Re:To compete with PS2? by roche · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Cube has been $99 for a while now, not $150.

    http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid =0 20179

    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0 00 06IJJI/qid=1079712384/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/104-03879 69-5067127?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846

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    roche
    Bah Humbug!
  2. Re:To compete with PS2? by m_chan · · Score: 3, Informative
    I thought this was to compete with Nintendo's Gamecube, which as been at $150 for a while now
    They will have to be a little more aggressive if the want to compete on price; the GameCube has been just below $100 for some time now.

    Like here, for example
  3. Re:And Sony will comply... by Torgo's+Pizza · · Score: 2, Informative

    Playstation 3 this Christmas? Hardly. 4Q 2005 at the earliest according to Sony.

  4. Fool me once, shame on me by M3wThr33 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Why are we to believe a scanned Wal-Mart ad for the Xbox price drop when the one for Target and the $99 PS2 one never came true?

  5. Re:$50 to go! by The+Other+White+Boy · · Score: 2, Informative

    he meant his NES, physical box, is about to die. hence wanting to emulate them and hence the comment about keeping the games pretty. not the company.

    heh, 'interesting.' =)