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Posted by MBrant July 14, 2008 2:44 AM with 2 comment(s)
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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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GP007 said:

Well, finally heh.     This should help things, and I figure once the 20GB SKU's are all sold out MS should probably be ready to turn around a drop the 60GB and 120GB SKU prices yet again.

July 14, 2008 3:49 PM
 

MBrant said:

GP007, I would expect another price drop this fall. This august or september will bring a new Xbox360 hardware revision with not only 65nm CPU but also a 65nm GPU. This will cut costs. In the past MS lowered the price when costs went down.

July 14, 2008 4:16 PM

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