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$300 XBox 360 by Thanksgiving

Posted by Zonk on from the goes-well-with-turkey dept.

frikazoyd writes "According to Gamespot, Microsoft corporate vice president J Allard discusses potential pricing and release targets for the XBox 360 in a TheStreet.com interview. From the article: '"It's going to be in the neighborhood [of $300]," he said, apparently dispelling fears of a $399 or even $499 machine, although $350 could still be possible.'"

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  1. I'll Believe it by cainpitt · · Score: 3, Insightful

    when it comes officially from M$. Anything else is just the same old speculation.

  2. Xbox 360 by TheTopher · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The price of $300 should really help 360 sales, especially if the PS3 is coming out at $465 (as rumor says). There's a point where consumers will stop caring about numbers of polygons more than the number of dollars.

    1. Re:Xbox 360 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      You do read gaming news right? Being in /.Games I would assume so. So I guess you may have read that no one said ps3=$465, just as no one has definitively said Xbox360=$300. It's called speculation. No one knows. Hell, even yesterday there were revisions on gaming sites stating the PS3 wouldn't be as expensive as was rumored.

  3. So... how much is microsoft eating on this one? by akira2501 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Anyone familiar with how much console manufacturers usually eat on the cost of new consoles?? According to rumors, the Athlon 64 dual-core will cost over $500 when its introduced later this summer... and the 360 has a three-core processor. Add in a brand new graphics card, and 512 RAM, and it seems like there will be at least $600-700 worth of hardware in there, if they are getting a sweet deal on all of it. Is it really that common to sell consoles for half of what they cost, or does microsoft plan to not make any money on the 360 either?