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Before posting this i checked 360 and wii categorys for someone posting this, I also checked the portal. I know this probably belongs in xbox section, But i just found it funny and wii related
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source:http://www.huliq.com/24134/microsoft-cuts-xbox-360-price

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

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii are hot rival and each are trying to win the market attracting more and more new customers. Currently Wii is ahead of Xbox, so Microsoft is moving on with marketing to win the battle.

Currently the situation in the video game console market is the following Wii costs $250, Xbox 360 costs $299 at Amazon.com and the same console with a 20-GB hard drive costs $399, Sony's PlayStation 3 costs $599 and is equipped with a 60-GB drive.

Market analysis shows monthly sales of each video game console for May in the Untied States: Wii sold 360000 units, Xbox 360 sold 174000 units, PlayStation sold 82000 units.

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.

Nintendo's Wii has expanded its market including those, who are not hard gamers, but want to relax and enjoy for a short while. Besides the price, Nintendo also released a few games especially for dilettante gamers, and it won a large market with this strategy.

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has a ‘sweet spot’ for gamers, as said David Hufford, a director of Xbox product management. It has cut the price for the video game console.

"If we don't make that move, make it early, and expand our demographic," Peter Moore, the head of Microsoft's interactive entertainment business division, told Bloomberg, "we will wind up in the same place as with Xbox 1, a solid business with 25 million people. What I need is a solid business with 90 million people."

The next step of Microsoft is going to be enlarging the market. Xbox 360 aims to involve women, who are not hard gamers at all. But the new marketing strategy will have interesting offering for attracting women. For HULIQ.COM

I actually found this yesterday.But didnt have time to post it ..good read.

Lol there is also a typo in the title

Couldn't you have edited it down a bit?

YES! Now Im a little bit closer to getting the console I want.

If your talking about the 360 price drop..then im also very happy,since im going to be getting one by the end of the year

Hmmmm Christmas Present? ^^

Im hoping to get the money before.But since I already own a Wii i buy games often. I may have to wait till christmas

I am happy about this too. I always have to play 360 at my friends house. I might think about it for Christmas.

Im imbarrased to say this but ive never actually played a 360..Apart from at my local GAME store.But my friend is getting one in 2 weeks so hey

Things are gonna get really interesting around some forums.

Microsoft is responding to slowing sales of their 360 and the continuing excitement of the Wii. They're making a bold move, but will it steal Nintendo's thunder?

Only time will tell.

Depends, Halo's upcoming release is gonna move the 360 hype train along alot. A price drop would help it further.

Damn, this is actually pretty good for Microsoft, with the upcoming release of Halo 3, this ought to boost it by a lot, since everyone knows that Halo 1 and 2 were mainly the high points of the original Xbox.

Now i can get a 360 too! ! i'm not sure if they specified the prices for each type of system, Core,premium ect.. or whatever.. But i was hellacited about this when i saw it, Lol...


And im sizing it down now sorry

reads like it's just the core system though...

still not worth buying if it's just the core IMO...then again I don't own one to start with and the Wii is my first console system since the original Playstation

So are they dropping the 360 w/o the hard drive to $200 to clear them out? I heard they weren't going to make them...

You mean the only good games for it.

Pretty good for those who want to get another system. I think it will help them sell more systems, even if it is to parents shopping for a Wii and not being able to find it and seeing this cheaper than the Wii and not understanding how the core version is different or even caring.

This is great but if I were going to put my money into another system I would at least want to get a Premium if not an Elite.

I soo could have got an elite like THAT for my bday :\ but i stayed for wii and i regret it cause i yet too have gotten a wii...

well if the premium or elite packages go down in price too then I will have one by years end. If not, i'll keep waiting.