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This £99 price has been mentioned from two different and reasonably reliable sources (Game is one of them).
It's not supposed to be common knowledge - more of an Xbox party spoiler which does make an awful lot of sense.
Don't take this as fact - it's strictly a rumour but it's been backed up with some reasonable information.
Let the speculation begin......
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what makes u think this?
in a year or so.
> FM's crazy prediction, which may just prove true:
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> All the next gen consoles will be free anyway with your first game
> purchase. The reasoning behind this is the software sales are now
> right up there with cinema box office figures. And you don't buy the
> cinema first before you watch your first film.
true but they keep the cinema afterwards, with consoles we get to keep them!
> i dont think it will be £99 because it has already gone down
> £100!
indeed
All the next gen consoles will be free anyway with your first game purchase. The reasoning behind this is the software sales are now right up there with cinema box office figures. And you don't buy the cinema first before you watch your first film.
> £99 seems way too cheap. However, if they did that then X-Box
> will have to lower their price again which could be good as I am
> thinking of getting one but bad if Microsoft decide not to enter the
> console market again with a new console if they are effectively priced
> out by Sony and Nintendo. My bettings on Sony analysing sales of the
> PS2 after Gamecube is launched and seeing how much of a dent in sales
> that the new consoles put on PS2's. Only if the drop in PS2 sales is
> significant will they drop the price, probably between the prices of
> X-Box and GC, aroung £150.
y on earth do u want an xbox
it will be gd for about 1 yearm then fail like dc
That could be a potential source of rumours.
I don't think Sony will go that low, personally - but who knows!