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Xbox 360 Price Cut Dismissed
Next Generation is reporting that, despite comments from director of Xbox product management David Hufford saying that a console's 'sweet spot' is $199, Microsoft has no plans to drop the price any time soon. His comments came from a Bloomberg article we discussed last week. "Some are getting really spun up about the Bloomberg story and inaccurately reading tea leaves that don't exist. I spoke to Bloomberg nearly two months ago and we were talking about NPD data that had just been released, and chatting generally about price points of consoles in the market. The comment, which is accurately reported, unfortunately has now been taken way out of context and being reported as if I am signaling a price drop ... With Xbox 360s selling well at their current price point, Elites selling out at $479, and an insanely great portfolio of games in the market, there's no reason to announce any kind of price drop anytime soon."
As an owner of both consoles, I will tell you this:
If you think you got a good deal with your Wii for 250 for the system, you will DEFINATELY feel you get a good deal with the 360 for 400. There are MANY MANY fantastic games out for it, and many of those games can be finished within 6-14 hours...because of this, even if you are only able to game 1-2 hours a day, you could feasibly rent many of the games for the system (and thus not have to spend 60 bucks on a game you will fly through) Granted, many of the games out there for the 360 are worth keeping or will take longer than 6-14 hours, but still...the big ones (Gears of War, Lost Planet, etc.) can usually be finished in under 15 hours your first time through.
Go buy one. You won't regret it.
Living With a Nerd
My launch PS2 just got the disc read error problem last month. I played it nearly everyday for at least 2 years. It was a good run. I must have been one of the "lucky ones".
~Vexed and loving it!