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As many of you know, the X-Box's price has recently droped. Everybody has different views on; both bad and good.
There's just a few things i'd like to say on the matter. Obviously, it's a good thing for X-Box fans, who haven't yet got an X-Box. It means that they're getting a better deal and the rest of their money can go towards games. £199 is a reasonable price for a console. But with the X-Box's price going down, will the PS2's to be competetive and then even the GameCube? There's a huge possability that this may happen. This might mean that GameCube prices will drop before launch.
It's obvious why Microsoft put the price down, and that was poor sales. Only about 4000 consoles have been shifted in Japan. They obviously thought that their console would be more popular and made the launch price high, but because of the failure they've had to bring it down. This won't make me buy an X-Box, i might have if the price was less at launch, but it shows how un-popular they are.
But this opinion might just be my bias Ninty side shining through without me knowing. But it's what i think. So what do you think of this price drop? Good and bad points.
RiCkOsS
There's just a few things i'd like to say on the matter. Obviously, it's a good thing for X-Box fans, who haven't yet got an X-Box. It means that they're getting a better deal and the rest of their money can go towards games. £199 is a reasonable price for a console. But with the X-Box's price going down, will the PS2's to be competetive and then even the GameCube? There's a huge possability that this may happen. This might mean that GameCube prices will drop before launch.
It's obvious why Microsoft put the price down, and that was poor sales. Only about 4000 consoles have been shifted in Japan. They obviously thought that their console would be more popular and made the launch price high, but because of the failure they've had to bring it down. This won't make me buy an X-Box, i might have if the price was less at launch, but it shows how un-popular they are.
But this opinion might just be my bias Ninty side shining through without me knowing. But it's what i think. So what do you think of this price drop? Good and bad points.
RiCkOsS
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As many of you know, the X-Box's price has recently droped. Everybody has different views on; both bad and good.
There's just a few things i'd like to say on the matter. Obviously, it's a good thing for X-Box fans, who haven't yet got an X-Box. It means that they're getting a better deal and the rest of their money can go towards games. £199 is a reasonable price for a console. But with the X-Box's price going down, will the PS2's to be competetive and then even the GameCube? There's a huge possability that this may happen. This might mean that GameCube prices will drop before launch.
It's obvious why Microsoft put the price down, and that was poor sales. Only about 4000 consoles have been shifted in Japan. They obviously thought that their console would be more popular and made the launch price high, but because of the failure they've had to bring it down. This won't make me buy an X-Box, i might have if the price was less at launch, but it shows how un-popular they are.
But this opinion might just be my bias Ninty side shining through without me knowing. But it's what i think. So what do you think of this price drop? Good and bad points.
RiCkOsS
There's just a few things i'd like to say on the matter. Obviously, it's a good thing for X-Box fans, who haven't yet got an X-Box. It means that they're getting a better deal and the rest of their money can go towards games. £199 is a reasonable price for a console. But with the X-Box's price going down, will the PS2's to be competetive and then even the GameCube? There's a huge possability that this may happen. This might mean that GameCube prices will drop before launch.
It's obvious why Microsoft put the price down, and that was poor sales. Only about 4000 consoles have been shifted in Japan. They obviously thought that their console would be more popular and made the launch price high, but because of the failure they've had to bring it down. This won't make me buy an X-Box, i might have if the price was less at launch, but it shows how un-popular they are.
But this opinion might just be my bias Ninty side shining through without me knowing. But it's what i think. So what do you think of this price drop? Good and bad points.
RiCkOsS
Okay, i read somewhere it was 4000. But it's sold a considerable amount less than both the GameCube and the PS2.
i think it's a good idea for the price drop so other people can try a diffrent consol for the same price as a old one good one microsoft :D
( i have ideas off getting one now )
( i have ideas off getting one now )
It's certainly good news for those who were thinking of getting an X-Box, but even though the price has dropped so much, I'm still not bothered about getting one. The X-Box has poor developer support in Japan, which is where the best games come from, so I'm still not interested.
£200 pound is still a lot of money.
Are Microsoft gonna compensate all the mans who bought it for £300 just a month ago?
Are Microsoft gonna compensate all the mans who bought it for £300 just a month ago?
OrÝega wrote:
> £200 pound is still a lot of money.
>
> Are Microsoft gonna compensate all the mans who bought it for
> £300 just a month ago?
I think they get 2 free games and a controller worth $115 in total, not bad eh?
> £200 pound is still a lot of money.
>
> Are Microsoft gonna compensate all the mans who bought it for
> £300 just a month ago?
I think they get 2 free games and a controller worth $115 in total, not bad eh?
Well Sega, Konami and Capcom are making games for X-Box. Hardly the worst companies around.
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