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Xbox 360 20 GB Price Cut "While Supplies Last"

Posted by kdawson on from the fire-sale dept.

Erik J sends word that the rumored price cut on the 20-GB Xbox 360 is true, sort of. The Seattle PI's coverage says: "But the reduction isn't exactly what it might have appeared. In reality, it's more like a clearance sale, designed to empty the shelves for a new Xbox 360 with three times the digital storage, at the same price as before... As widely reported in advance, Microsoft is dropping the price of the 20-gigabyte Xbox 360 to $299.99. The unexpected twist: Sales of that model will end when current supplies run out."

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  1. WTB Link by D'Sphitz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hard to RTFA without a link to TFA...

    1. Re:WTB Link by D'Sphitz · · Score: 5, Informative

      Link: http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/

  2. Ya know.. by d_jedi · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ideally, MS should get out of this ridiculous business of charging insanely inflated prices for storage and just open it up to use 2.5" hdd's like Sony has (not that I'm a Sony fan - but in this case, they're clearly superior).

    I don't see digital purchases of movies/games/etc. for the 360 really taking off when people are limited to 20GB..

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    1. Re:Ya know.. by renegadesx · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Hard drives have come down in the past few years massivly, yes quality ones too. Microsoft is just overcharging because they are the only supplier of 360 hard drives rather than making them more open like Sony do. I am sure if the actual drive makers (Segate, Maxtor, Western Digital) were able to, they would be releasing 500Gb Drives for $75. This is a case of corporate greed an nothing more.

      Oh and if Microsoft seriously did rigorous quality testing and cared about up front quality we wouldn't have had the RRoD plauging every 360 owner I know.

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