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."

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Not the same...

[thatguywhoiam]

For a long time I wanted to play GTA3. I pondered buying a $199 PS2 and then said "Naah, I'll wait for the price to go down". That was a year and a half ago, and they are still $179. Last year I bought GTA3 for my PC and a game controller very similar to the PS2 controller. Together the pair cost me maybe $65 and the graphics blow away the PS2.

That's because you 'just had' a PC around, and you're not adding the cost to that.

Do the calculation for the lifetime of a console (about 4 years), figure in video card upgrades and Windows licenses, etc., add any downtime and screwing around due to drivers, viruses, etc. and then come talk to me about which is cheaper. Hell man, your video card alone costs the same as a console.