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The PS3 is shipping in quantity - IMHO |
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skelet0r
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hopefully soon, so I can get one for christmas  |
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Chiyo
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| Right before xmas
C'mon MS will drop the price in the next 3 weeks OR early in January after Christmas honestly I think the PS3 hype is dead now, I think the wii has the upper hand in everything compared to the PS3.
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TKJunkMail
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4 edits |  Price in story is in pounds, and NOT dollars
That price quoted in the story is for £199.99, not dollars.
»www.computerandvideogames.com/ar···d=149898
Microsoft has knocked ten quid off the price of the Xbox 360 Core System in the UK....
stating the price of the console as "from £199.99 RRP".
£199.99 equals $387.45 at current exchange rates.
The core system is currently selling at $299.95 in US today. So the US is already selling the core system for less than what the UK price is after the price drop. »froogle.google.com/froogle?q=xbo···+Froogle
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supsup43
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I just ordered one from Sears!  wait if they do that with in 30 days can't I just return my 360 to sears or get them to credit my CC?  |
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Boomerang86
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Xbox 360 is a mature console. Manufacturing costs are probably low enough now for M$ to drop the retail price.
They'd be smart to bundle a free game with it too; would make bad memories of non-available PS3s fade faster IMHO.
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N3OGH
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Re: Right before xmas
I'm hearing a lot of buzz on the street about the Wii. People are intrigued by the new controller, and the lower price.
Nintendo may have a hit on it's hands...
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MysticGogeta
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Re: Price in story is in pounds, and NOT dollars
"That $100 price cut would make the bare bones Xbox 360 $199 and the fully loaded 360 $299"
Wrong there is no mention ANYWHERE about the UK or pounds.
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TKJunkMail
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| said by MysticGogeta  :"That $100 price cut would make the bare bones Xbox 360 $199 and the fully loaded 360 $299" Wrong there is no mention ANYWHERE about the UK or pounds. Read the links in the story. The BBR news item got it wrong.
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JohnnyG101
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Re: Right before xmas
The whole controller thing with the wii is a fad. If I wanted to work out I'd go to the gym.
the Wii will fizzle.
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C0deZer0
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Re: Price in story is in pounds, and NOT dollars
Still, Microsoft more or less translated the price directly to £ due to covering the cost of import duties and stuff to the country.
So more or less... if they're going to start seeing Xbox 360 (core)s for £199.99 in the UK, that is going to mean that we'll be seeing them for $199.99 sooner or later.
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MysticGogeta
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I don't like in the article saying they are redesigning chips thats what worries me.
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| Wii is the only one that...
worth considering as a next-gen console. Its completely newly invented control system speaks for itself - 360 and PS3 is nothing but a nice upgrade of the old, boring console phenomenon. Higher-res graphics (boohoo, PC games had so-called "HD games" ever since), integrated movie player, faster, nicer etc and pretty much that's it. Nothing to be amused by - as a reviewer put it last week the Wii offers at least twice the fun for half the price. |
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shoan
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Re: Right before xmas
They said teh nintendo DS was a fad also with thier new style gaming (dual screens and touch screen) and it is still selling like gang busters. I seriously doubt the wii is a fad. and selling 1 million consoles in the first day and remaining sold it is no way a fad. The n-gage was a fad wii is not a fad. |
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Mrq5
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Re: Why not?
said by Boomerang86 :Xbox 360 is a mature console. Manufacturing costs are probably low enough now for M$ to drop the retail price. They'd be smart to bundle a free game with it too; would make bad memories of non-available PS3s fade faster IMHO. I agree with the free game. Someone at M$ Marketing should realize that a free game is a win-win, especially for parents. Even if they have to up the price by $25. It is a pain to buy a game separately after kicking out $300+ just on the console. It doesnt have to be a M$ Gold tier game like Halo, but maybe a mid-tier game title. Anything that can be played asap when opening the box. |
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Re: Price in story is in pounds, and NOT dollars
'So more or less... if they're going to start seeing Xbox 360 (core)s for £199.99 in the UK, that is going to mean that we'll be seeing them for $199.99 sooner or later.'
Does not follow. The dollar and the pound are not on par with each other. If they were on sale here for 200$ and on sale in London for £200 a person could become rich overnight through the grey market. |
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juilinsandar
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Re: Why not?
A "Gears of War" holiday bundle would be nice especially at the $299.00 pricepoint, but I doubt that that would happen.
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Raleigh, NC | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: Price in story is in pounds, and NOT dollars
I'm looking at the link to the Tech Kills article right now and it says dollars, not pounds. The computerandvideogames.com site says pounds, not dollars. Which one is correct? |
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