Microsoft is planning to cut the retail price of its Xbox 360 Pro System from US$399 currently to US$299 in an attempt to compete with the PlayStation 3 (PS3), which will be launched by Sony in November of this year, according to Taiwan-based OEM component makers.
Microsoft Taiwan denied the report, asserting that it is misinformation.
Microsoft, to prepare for the price cut, has negotiated reduced production costs for the Xbox 360 with Taiwan-based manufacturing partners, stated the sources. The manufacturers estimate that the total production cost can be reduced by 15-20% due to diminishing costs for most components along with increasing production scales and decreasing defect rates, the sources pointed out.
Considering Sony will sell a 20GB HDD (hard disk drive) and 60GB HDD PS3, each with a built-in blue-laser Blu-ray Disc drive, for US$499 and US$599, respectively, Microsoft plans to maximize the price competitiveness of its Xbox 360 Pro System by dropping prices so that the model can be equipped with an external HD-DVD drive in the future for under US$399, the sources indicated.
Ouin mais la leur principal objectif c de planter le launch de la ps3...et c'est sur qui diront pas "oui oui on va la baisser de 100$ en novembre" paske là ya pu un flute a bec de cave qui va en acheter d'ici novembre...
Un geek c'est quelqu'un qui pense que dans 1km il y a 1024m!
Ouin mais habituellment microsoft va repondre ce qui suit : We do not comment on rumors and speculations... quand y disent ca c'est qu'il a ben des chances qu'il baisse. Mais a 500 pour le 360 Canadien et l'autre va etre entre 700 et 750 ( je parle des tops modele ) . Il devrait avoir Halo 3 et bcp de jeu de plus que le ps3..anyway on va voir.. moi je dit que non il vont pas baisser.. Habituellemetn c'est toujorus dans les alentours de Mai (E3) qu'il baissent les prix
