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Originally posted by ChromeMud:

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If they drop the price,so will Microsoft and that's the problem.
Can Sony really afford to go toe-to-toe with Microsoft?
If anything,Microsoft will drop the price first pushing Sony to
compete and not the other way round.

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It does not seem to me MS is interested in dropping prices at all. Case in point: the "elite" price of $479! That's the "upgraded" console which brings it up to speed with what it should have been from the beginning, i.e. HDMI capable, etc. That does not make me want to go out and buy another 360 any more than buying a $600 PS3. And MS is finally making money on the console! They can afford to drop the price quite a bit to sell more of them but they don't. IMO there's no excuse for these prices.

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hers the "trick" MS is not compelled to lower it they are now just turning a "profit" the Wii is roughly 100 from the premium 360 price MS is basically waiting on sony to kick the ball so MS can counter.


They all are putting off lowering the price I have a feeling Nin will drop 100 int he next year or so regardless of what MS/Sony dose.

good thing i got my PS3 for only $450 from ToysRUs w/ 25% amex wishlist coupon.

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A "new" 360 or a 400$ PS3? :P

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I mean the ps3 price drop. :P

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[quote]A "new" 360 or a 400$ PS3? :P

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I mean the ps3 price drop. :P[/quote]
I dunno 400 is a fair price for the PS3.

but because I am a mouse fan for aiming and theres no kb/mouse adapter for it yet I'd rather wait and get it cheaper :P

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I dunno 400 is a fair price for the PS3.

but because I am a mouse fan for aiming and theres no kb/mouse adapter for it yet I'd rather wait and get it cheaper :P

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I never said $400 is cheap. I am just saying im glad its going down. For me ill be happy when it hits $A199 :)

Originally posted by scott2k7:

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u americans get it cheap dude its £425 over here work it out

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i know. We get the sh!t end off all the deals. :@

but remeber, we earn more than them, our AVG wage is £19,000....

(thats about $36,000)

and our minimum wage is £16,000 ($32,000 aprox)


so in the end it works out.

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Originally posted by scott2k7:

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u americans get it cheap dude its £425 over here work it out

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i know. We get the sh!t end off all the deals. :@

but remeber, we earn more than them, our AVG wage is £19,000....

(thats about $36,000)

and our minimum wage is £16,000 ($32,000 aprox)


so in the end it works out.

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It only works out if you believe their price and wage fixing :X

Average wage of £19,000 and minimum wage £16,000 HA! What part of the UK do you live in because down here in Cornwall in the UK you'd be lucky to scratch £13,500!!

The UK is RIP-OFF BRITAIN, little Switzerland as we are now dubbed by most of the world. Sorry but the average wage is just total Bulls**t. The actual average wage the government states is £27,000 for the UK. I WISH!!!

It's about time this country had a revolution and put these moronic politicians and corporations in their place. The politicians are supposed to be employed FOR US, not to dictate and overprice everything and falsify the figures of average earnings and unemployment etc. If we put them in power they should work to give us the best income they can, the lowest taxes, lowest prices, best services etc. They now take it that they can do whatever they want and no-one can do anything about it.

The new freedom of information act and the politicians relegating themselves from it so we can't see what their personal expenses are says it all! They are taking our money, taxes etc and don't want us to know what they are spending it on. Plasma TV's, ipods, cars, houses, executive apartments, holidays etc. It takes the fuxxxking pxxs and we just sit back and let them do it.

Microsoft have moved according to this report today here - HULIQ, NC - 52 minutes ago; http://www.huliq.com/24134/microsoft-cuts-xbox-360-price .

XBox 360 now $199.

So, it's over to Sony to respond now
(and I bet their bankers, financiers, shareholders, accountancy/financial dept are weeping blood right now).

Originally posted by hughjars:

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Microsoft have moved according to this report today here - HULIQ, NC - 52 minutes ago; http://www.huliq.com/24134/microsoft-cuts-xbox-360-price .

XBox 360 now $199.

So, it's over to Sony to respond now
(and I bet their bankers, financiers, shareholders, accountancy/financial dept are weeping blood right now).

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thats GBP right?
I cant find anything that says its USD 0-o

Zippy man wipe the sleep from your eyes. ;)

It's a US site and it says right at the top

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Microsoft surprised video console gamers with the new price for Xbox 360 – now it costs only $199.

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$199

That's slightly over £100 GBP.

If only they would be as aggressive as that with their pricing here I might buy one......once the 2nd gen 65nm versions appear.

But as for Sony and non-committal comments about them shifting prices?
I think we'll see some movement from them next week.

.....well, well, well, eh?
Who'd a thought this a couple of years back huh?
Sony forced into responding to the new-comer.
How the wheel turns eh?

Originally posted by gamelover:

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Average wage of £19,000 and minimum wage £16,000 HA! What part of the UK do you live in because down here in Cornwall in the UK you'd be lucky to scratch £13,500!!

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AHH, well i live in london....

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Zippy man wipe the sleep from your eyes. ;)

It's a US site and it says right at the top

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If that's a U.S. site they'd better learn how to write and spell proper english. There are several grammatical and spelling errors that suggest to me that at least the author of that column is not american.

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Sony’s PlayStation is mainly oriented on hard gamers, who are willing to pay the price for performance quality and ‘real game’. It has a smaller, but at the same time a strong market.

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What the hell is a "hard gamer" and WTF is "real game"?!

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If that's a U.S. site

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- If you click on the 'about us' link you get an address for 'Hickory; NC (North Carolina).

Now it might be that there's some convoluted fakery going on but I doubt it.
I reckon it's just a US news site.

Any complaints about the standard of their writing really ought to be taken up with them.

I wasn't getting ornery. I just found it comical that this source was quoted as reliable. I don't doubt that this is a U.S. site or even the possibility of a 360 price drop.

ChiknLitl
*uses paint thiner to wipe the sleep from my brain only wiping parts of it from exsistance*

wait I have brain?
LOL

MS has not confirmed it but that would not be to wild for the core to go to 199.

Originally posted by ZIppyDSM:

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MS has not confirmed it but that would not be to wild for the core to go to 199.

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And about time as well!

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Originally posted by ZIppyDSM:

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MS has not confirmed it but that would not be to wild for the core to go to 199.

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And about time as well!

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I'd rather have the premium begin 199 or 250 :P

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Meh I don't really care...

It'll drop by Chistmas if they want to make some money.

And if it doesn't, I'll still get one(just got an iMac so I'm broke lol).

Did I seriously just see someone from America just state the average wage is $32K a year!?! HAHA, I worked at a very "good" job as of last Wednesday at Blue Cross Blue Shield, worked there for almost 2 years, after raises I made $24.4K a year (with very high "world class" ranking).... That is a "Decent" wage if you look at the statistics of employment in many metropolitan areas anymore! I live in NY, 45 mins from NYC/Manhattan. EU prices are indeed hiked up, but the poor sections I have found do indeed even out to the poor sections of America anymore. I feel the world market is finally even, only sadly, it is highly(!!!) deceiving. The only way it is fair at all anymore is if you are upper-class. No difference between middle or lower class anymore, just schmucks pinned against each other with the feeling that everyone else has a better deal. Unfortunately, I don't feel that there will ever be any unity to change the global market, the rich know how to prey on the lower classes, and the lower classes are too ignorant to stand up for the truth. We are simply to afraid that we can't change a thing, or simply apathetic.

Sorry to get preachy, just always get a chuckle at the wage debate; felt I should state something at least. I plan on suckering those around me to buy me the $400 360 model for my 24th in Sept as I have blown enough money on those around me the last year. Couldn't care less anymore about a price drop, just want Gears of War and Halo 3. Don't feel the Wii or the PS3 have enough to offer yet.

bicuspid
thank you for putting into words my general feeling of the world market!

all the best games are on 360 they rule

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Did I seriously just see someone from America just state the average wage is $32K a year!?! HAHA, I worked at a very "good" job as of last Wednesday at Blue Cross Blue Shield, worked there for almost 2 years, after raises I made $24.4K a year (with very high "world class" ranking).... That is a "Decent" wage if you look at the statistics of employment in many metropolitan areas anymore! I live in NY, 45 mins from NYC/Manhattan. EU prices are indeed hiked up, but the poor sections I have found do indeed even out to the poor sections of America anymore. I feel the world market is finally even, only sadly, it is highly(!!!) deceiving. The only way it is fair at all anymore is if you are upper-class. No difference between middle or lower class anymore, just schmucks pinned against each other with the feeling that everyone else has a better deal. Unfortunately, I don't feel that there will ever be any unity to change the global market, the rich know how to prey on the lower classes, and the lower classes are too ignorant to stand up for the truth. We are simply to afraid that we can't change a thing, or simply apathetic.

Sorry to get preachy, just always get a chuckle at the wage debate; felt I should state something at least. I plan on suckering those around me to buy me the $400 360 model for my 24th in Sept as I have blown enough money on those around me the last year. Couldn't care less anymore about a price drop, just want Gears of War and Halo 3. Don't feel the Wii or the PS3 have enough to offer yet.

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if you have read correctly, then you would see that i said that is the minimum wage IN LONDON....so haveing jackup prices int he uk, dont mean jack, overl the uk earns much more than the US, thats why our currecy is half yours.

xe.com says that the current exchange rate is £1=$1.96560

I actually did not read it fully correct. My apologies. I mixed two posts together and mixed up my geography, haha. Read that late last night before I went to bed. And yeah, it all evens out like I was saying too. Just a scheme to pit the masses against each other I feel.

This high price tag was the nail on the coffin for the 3DO and the Neo Geo home console. Sony should study their past and learn from the others mistakes.

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This high price tag was the nail on the coffin for the 3DO and the Neo Geo home console. Sony should study their past and learn from the others mistakes.

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they cant arrogance demands that they sale their console twice as much as others,I hope they get a reality shock theres a 50% chance the PS3 will go back up to 600.......

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