Microsoft to drop prices on Xbox 360 consoles?
What analysts don’t take into account, though, is that Microsoft has no idea there are any other consoles on the market and that competition is a sign of weakness.
I kid! Anyway, David Carnoy of CNet guesses that we’d see $50 price cuts for the Elite and Premium versions, bringing them to $399 and $299, respectively, and that the Arcade version would drop from $279 to $249. That seems highly logical. There’s also some talk of a new SKU, meaning that there’d be a new, different version of the console “with added features” — a Blu-ray drive being a possibility. I wouldn’t hold my breath, though. If there’s anything Microsoft hates more than competition, it’s using a technology that beat their own technology into submission. It’ll take those wounds a while to heal.