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Microsoft Readies Cheaper 360
Officially Microsoft is putting on a brave face, saying they won't drop the 360's price even in the console's weakest market: Japan. Just the same (probably in anticipation of Sony's PS3 price drop), the San Jose Mercury news says the company is secretly working on preparing a lower cost Xbox 360 SKU. Called 'Falcon', it's a cost-reduced system using 65nm chips instead of the at-launch 90nm electronics. This ties right into Michael Pachter's expectation of such a cut; it should be noted he doesn't see the DS or Wii prices moving any time soon. Related to all of this, Newsweek's LevelUp blog has two great interviews today: a Peter Moore discussion harkening back to last week's warranty announcement, and a chat with Jack Tretton about the price cut and the 360's hardware issues.
Only "consumers" stupid enough to buy a 360 or PS3 have been screwed. Everybody else is just fine, thankyouverymuch!
"[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz
Well you have to buy two 360's so when the first one bricks you can use the other one while you wait for MS to refurbish the first one.
I assume this is what he meant by half the price?