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Xbox Price Drop To $149 Now Official
bpitzer writes "It's official - Microsoft is cutting the price on the Xbox to $149, effective tomorrow, according to CNET News. Now, will Sony follow suit on the PS2? And how long until the next price drop? Maybe at this year's E3, making three in a row?" We previously reported on rumors to this effect, and other readers point to the official Microsoft press release, sporting a quote from noted tech analyst P.Diddy: "[I] believe that the system's cultural
influence as a social entertainment brand has only just begun."
can it run Linux(TM)?
...it starts trumpeting quotes from rappers as news.
"[I] believe that the system's cultural influence as a social entertainment brand has only just begun."
This just in: rampant usage of the xbox has increased usage of the word owned!
...thanks guys.
Thank goodness my old Amiga 2000 still works :-)
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
They were already selling them at a loss! Let's all go out and buy one of these, that will be striking a great blow for open source!!
Silly M$, this is an exploit for their business, not just Windoze.
Is it a significant milestone when a console becomes cheaper than the modchip for that console?
Saying "jumped the shark" has sooo jumped the shark.
-- Fighting mediocrity one bad post at a time.
What other company would sell a device for $149 when it costs $400 to manufacture? Only Microsoft would. Linus sure as hell wouldn't.
Zealots are sure in a quandry here. If Microsoft raises the price to above it's manufacturing cost, they scream that Bill is being a robber baron. But yet if they make the price more palatable as the Zealots want, it's labeled as dumping. The Zealots can't pick one stance.
But Microsoft does. It's stance is 'quality products, at a fair price'.
..when they're giving the Xbox away in a box of Lucky Charms.
Cruising the internet on my TI-99/4A @ a whopping 300 baud!
No. That will cost you an extra $699.
The Xbox controller will never fit!
It's called a sugar mama... all you need to do is get one. I did and it changed my world. She busys me toys to keep me entertained. Sometimes I feel like a dog just playing with the toys my owner bought. But then I play with my cool toys and don't care.
Evolution or ID?
When you have no design skills yourself, you simply sample from someone who does.
50 x $150 = $7500
This gives me 35000MHz of processor power and 3200MB of RAM. That'd be a pretty nice setup.
other readers point to the official Microsoft press release, sporting a quote from noted tech analyst P.Diddy: "[I] believe that the system's cultural influence as a social entertainment brand has only just begun."
Or for those of you who know Diddy-speak:
"yeah, uh huh, uh, thats right, c'mon now"
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
i've been waiting for this price drop! i'm going to go out tomorrow and pick one up! it'll sit right next to my PS2 which has been idle for the last 8 months due to Lack of Playing Time(tm). But at least i can say i have one!
The major contribution of the Xbox to our culture so far has been corpse humping in first person shooters. Not really something to be proud of...
I hate to be a spelling nazi, but you misspelled pwned.
Vote for global prefs bug
I'm holding out for the Xbox bundle that comes with safety goggles and a sledgehammer.
Well, if you listened to the original single version, you'd note that all that P. Diddy did was take a tape recording of "I, Cringely" complaining about MS and say, "uh huh, unh HUNNNHH" over the top of it.
+5:offtopic,but anti-American
Wow. Stop the presses.
You JUST figured this out?
This is my sig. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
1) Deal a financial blow to Microsoft that will make the EU fines pale in comparason and
2) Raise up our army of giant tux-the-penguins for the last battle against the Evil Empire (Microsoft.)
Hmm maybe I should lay off the cough syrup...
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
After you buy from a sidewalk vendor, you notice that you bought something with slightly name, like "X-Boks". Still, I'm pretty happy with my Roleks watch.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Rumor has it you'll still be able to use your Xbox even after the Xbox2 is released, so worrying about backwards compatibility is a non-issue....
sin(6cos(r)+5A)
Microsoft just sampled the press relesase of a more talented game console company.
I didn't even know P.Diddy knew such a large word as "entertainment", let alone it's meaning.
Putting the romance back into necromancer.
Meanwhile at Sony headquarters, execs are releasing PS2 with a new slogan
"Live in Microsoft world, but play in ours".
Because my cousin bill gates just got a login recently.
Ah no, they don't. That's why they rap, to tell the whole world how great they are, when in their deluded little ghetto thug minds they are forced to attempt reconciliation of the paradox of believing they are great while being treated like yesterday's turd by all around them.
/. also!
The real tragedy is, lots of people are stupid enough to believe them... i.e. Sony Music.
Don't believe me? Name one rapper who doesn't do a piece about how fucking awesome they are, and everyone better watch out. It's like pre-pubescent pencilnecks playing Unreal Tournament. You can say what you like when those you are saying it to are on the end of a CD player, or a DSL line. A phenomenon you'll see here on
Don't forget "man humping". I know it's not an offering of the games themselves, but the console does tend to attract a "certain type" of male.
Think about it - when you see people looking through XBox titles, do you more often see a single guy on his own, or TWO guys, smiling at each other and looking like they want to hold hands? "It's good to play together" indeed.
A kid asked me if I knew which games were best for the XBox. I said "Sorry, I'm into chicks".