Microsoft makes Xbox360 price drop official, announces 60GB sku
section: microsoft, for your questions: KezNews forum, 14.7.2008
The worst kept secret just before the E3 show, is now official: Microsoft Corp. is giving consumers more gigabytes for their buck.
The company today announced an Xbox 360 console with triple the storage space of the original console, but for the same price of $349 (U.S.) estimated retail price (ERP).
Available in retail stores in the U.S. and Canada starting in early August, the upgraded Xbox 360 will include a 60GB hard drive for storing the growing wealth of digital entertainment available for the console, including music, movies, television shows and game content. In addition, Microsoft today dropped the price of its 20GB Xbox 360 console in the U.S. and Canada to just $299 (U.S.) (ERP) while supplies last, a savings of $50.
“We know consumers need more and more space to store the amazing digital content Xbox 360 offers, and we’re giving it to them at no extra charge,” said Albert Penello, Xbox director of product management at Microsoft. “No one device offers the depth and breadth of entertainment that Xbox 360 can deliver, and now you’ll have three times the storage to manage all that great content.”
Xbox 360 is just one of three Xbox 360 gaming and entertainment systems Microsoft offers. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Arcade, which comes with a 256MB memory unit and five Xbox LIVE Arcade games, is a value for the whole family for $279 (U.S.) (ERP), and the premium Xbox 360 Elite console is available with a 120GB hard drive for $449 (U.S.) (ERP).
Basically the 20GB sku (Premium/Pro) is $299 to clear out stock. Soon you'll see the 60GB sku for the old price: $349.
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ps3 80 gigs ~ $500
xbox 60gigs + bd player = $350 + $175 ~ $525
that might be so but when it comes to gaming power the 360 stomps all over the ps3!
i'd rather have a 360 and pioneer bd player.
don't be cheep. buy both of them....i use the 360 to play most of my games and the ps3
for blu-rays and for when socom confrontation comes out. i have pro's and con's about
both.the both make up for the other.
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PS3 plays bluedisk and quitely, X360's so noisy and play DVD
By Mao on 15.07.2008 - 00:07