Analyst Says Two 360 Versions At Launch

An analyst with Piper Jaffray believes that there will be two Xbox 360 skus at launch, reports GameDailyBiz. From the article: "Microsoft knows $299 is important...They know that historically that's been the launch sweet spot, but they also don't want to take such large hardware losses this time. Of the 1 million units Microsoft is expected to have available at launch, I expect 80% of them will probably be the more expensive SKU, because that's what early adopters are going to want."

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Re:...as much as it takes.

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Once they get a significant enough market share they can strongarm developers into exclusives...

Which is why I don't understand Slashdotters buying XBoxes. Why help MS do the same thing to video game consoles that they did to browsers? What are you thinking?

I not only boycotted the XBox entirely, I go out of my way to diss it whenever possible. Sure, it may be a powerful console, and it may even have a couple of fun games - but the cost of allowing MS into the market is too steep. If you want to play XBox games then contribute to the development of an emulator.

Seriously.