Microsoft Says, "No comment" On Price Drop

The Bitbag writes:

"Well, Microsoft finally got back to me today and all they had to say was, "no comment". This means one of three things: it's true and they don't want to talk about it until the release, it's false, or they just don't have the time to discuss rumors. So now all we can do is wait until April and see what happens."

[Iron Man 2]

Microsoft is so desperate and they are in 2nd place,just imagine how desperate Microsoft will be by the end of 2008 when the PS3 PWNS the Xbox 360 completely down to 3rd place;)

[power of Green]

Sony lied about PS3 being 5 times more powerful.

Sony said the PS3 would have launch games that the 360 could never touch.

Sony lied about the launch of PS3 3 times so no one would buy the 360(they knew the PS3 wasn't ready but claimed three times it was comming to steal thunder from MSFT, had millons waiting for PS3 before picking up a next-gen console).

Sony is copying all of the 360's functionality.

Sony dropped the price three times in one year.

You need to edit your post.

Sony's in last place wher the Wii and 360 are taking some of the supposed 120 million casual consumers base of the available console consumer market.

Please edit your post. I see Sony adding what's successful on other platforms, the PS3's core capabilities that appeal to consumers are from the 360. PS3 is made in the 360's image.

E-NUFF said.

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wasn't the ones to have two price drops in six months so I wouldn't call MS desperate.

[360CameFromHell]

So, you want to keep listing your imaginary 360 pros????
I should take some screnshots of your posts and shove everything up your A@#ss by the end of the year when your precious Xbot3FixMe will be history.

Just accept your console is as good as second hand toilet paper and move to the winning side.

[WilliamRLBaker]

so 360 is in 2nd place...yet it means nothing that ps3 is in 3rd place...so its just prudent buisness sense being in 3rd place *laughs hard*

Ps3 60 gig price dropped then discontinued, 40 and 80 gig price droped, they lowered the price in japan at launch and then we have this future price drop which equals 4 price drops.

360 had one price drop and thats the 50 dollars off each system.

[mikeslemonade]

I have a better chance of buying a 360 if online was free at $350 then if the 360 was $250 with online still being $50 a year.

[hades07]

I think everyone would be shocked if there was an even bigger price drop than $50. I live in Canada and im not in the mood to google American prices for all three Xbox SKU's but I think at least in Canada a $100 price drop would be sweet, bring the Arcade down to $199, the Premium $299 and Elite $399. Also if MSFT really wanted to get their $50 million worth from the GTA IV deal, not only decrease the system price, throw GTAIV in there for free instead of Forza2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance.

[Sez]

wow. you think MS is desperate for droping the price after 2 years. when sony drop the price twice in the first year,(unheard of in gaming history)giving away free ps3 with the purchase of a sony HDTV. and you think MS is desperate. hum. whats next for sony. give away a ps3 with the purchase of a walkman from sony. lol

@below.
dude stay in your lane. your fellow sonyfanboy got out of pocket by saying MS is desperate. when it's clear not the case. yes it is time for MS to drop the price of the 360. but they didn't do it in their first year as sony did. if they did. then you and the other sonyfanboy would have been calling MS desperate to sell console. but when sony do it. it's the norm. please sony is desperate. end of story. stop trying to spin it to make sony look good. because it's clearly not working.

[mighty_douche]

desperate?? you think companies like sony or M$ would continue with a venture if they thought it held no promise?

regardless of their "position" in this "war" niether is going away and both are here to stay. Get over it, be a gamer, not a wannabe cooperate exec.

EDIT: YESSSS!!! I JUST GOT MY ACCOUNT BACK.... WOOOO....

[AceLuby]

Check your facts. There were deals when Halo came out as well w/ a free 360 and Halo w/ the purchase of an HDTV. It goes both ways. Both companies are using tactics to get a bigger userbase. 360 has Live and better software, PS3 has better HW and blu-ray. They are both using these to get more consoles in homes. It's competition and it's good for the consumers.

Stop w/ the blind fanboy comments. We all have our console of choice, but there is no reason to just lie about 'facts' to boost your console up or push the other down.

[power of Green]

PS3 had a launch price drop in Japan, its 3 times give or take.

Sony Dumbed down the PS3 to sell it making new SKU's in reverse vs making ones with more to offer.

[Sez]

you are right. i did forget about the price dop in JP. three in one year. yeah MS is in trouble now. sony may start giving away ps3 with the purchase of a album from sony music studio. lol

[Maddens Raiders]

prepare for pricedrop. This is no surprise as Sony and MS will both drop their prices this year as they continue to bludgeon each other to death. The only thing is that Sony has been down this crazy road before in the past (in that they have a little bit more of console pricing war experience), so we'll see how the MS camp wades through these waters.

[MrWonderful]

@ POG the ps3 had first year launch games that looked just as good and better then 360 games

[power of Green]

No they didn't PS3 was delayed, if MSFT did the same thing GoW would have been a launch game. lol

Time is what matters not the launch of a console.

360's launch games are not reflective of anything all it means is the average 3rd party devs had to get their titles out with launch.

PS3 had High production value games taking the same amount of time as the 360's first wave of HPV games.

[kevoncox]

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[bootsielon]

WHERE and when did Sony say "PS3 is 5x more powerful than X360"?? We'll gladly wait for you to forge some proof.

[Suki03]

Is it me or does this article have no value? Obviously the rumor is either true or false...I don't need them to tell me that.

[mighty_douche]

A price drop is nothing but good news for people who dont own the console. Stop trying to make it negative... Ooohh deserate this and desperate that.... pfft

[BigKev45]

It's true.

[Naruto]

MS lied about the xbox 360's reliability

[power of Green]

Stop patrolling 360 news man the guy was wrong end of story. RROD has nothing to do with the point or reply to the rabid idiot, moron.

[HarryEtTubMan]

Too bad it's already mainstream priced and HAS BEEN mainstream priced and cant beat Sony. another 50$ wont do anything. Sont has soo many god things coming in 08 and 09 and 10 and the price on PS3 will be dropping soon too.

[power of Green]

I don't really see the point of these rabid attacks on the 360 and I'v yet to figure out what the supposed price drop and PS3 has to do with this post.

PS3 fanfuc trying to set a anti 360 tone in a 360 thread, classic.

[360CameFromHell]

people realized what is a high quality all purpose and fun machine, well built, with great games and even more amazing games coming, and most important: worry free (it wont die on you)

I know lots of people who switched to PS3 and they are never coming back to your side.

Stop trying to swim against the current and just admit you have a PS3 and you love it.

[power of Green]

Tell that to the Salom one of the greatest phenomena in nature.

[Sez]

i said the same thing last gen when the ps2 died on me for the 3rd time. and brought a xbox. worry free and no dre problem, and the same thing when i brought my laptop. no sony batteries in my laptop.

@quincunx
the failure rate of the ps2 is unknown. and sony refused to report the failure rate of the ps2. it took a class action suit for sony to finally emitted the problem. so you can believe that the ps2 failure rate is low. but to the many other (myself included) was very high. sony laptop batteries where exploding and setting laptop on fire.(goggle it if you want) so for you to come back and say the best hardware has problems too. is a contradiction of what you are saying about the 360. no one deserves to have to go thru problems like these.
but for you and other fanboys to only single out MS. is being a hypocrite

[360CameFromHell]

Don't distort my words. I don't know the PS2 failure rate but sure was absolutely nothing compared to the 3FixMe.

Even the best quality products fail, how often it happens, well that is the point.

A lot of customer deserve the failure, they don't know how to use their products: dirt, power oscillations, too cold, too hot... thats is why most hardwares go nuts.

Now, its a fact that the 360 was designed by people with s_h_i_t in their heads, and that was proven when they decided to sell the damn thing knowing it was bound to brake.

[toughNAME]

You've been here...2 weeks?

are you another addition to the shmee/nasim/TANOD/zambrota clan?

[360CameFromHell]

I am part of the clan that does not like to be fooled and robbed by powerful corporations with no regard for customers. Companies that respect my purchase and make my money worth.

Now, if you say that MS respects your money, then you know jack s_h_i_t, go kill yourself.

[TheExodus]

Hopefully MS will drop the Pro SKU to $249 so we can all wave goodbye to PS3 & it's evil conjoined twin, Blu-ray.

[WilliamRLBaker]

because microsoft doesn't have to lower prices...sony is the company that HAS to lower prices to keep momentum going they did it before christmas and got they're pittling lil sales and now that momentium has died with the ps3 not outselling the 360 in both the continent of america, and Europe.

[Maddens Raiders]

Good God Americans are stupid (and I was born here). Sad, just sad.

Dude, since when did America become a continent? ...And I guess the PS3 outselling the 360 outside of America is a good thing for you? Read a book, stop skipping class, and think about what you say before it jumps into that ticking time bomb inside your cranium. Also America is capitalized you ignoramus. You capitalized Europe and not America -- what kind of American are you? nvmd.

[power of Green]

Why are we fighting PS3 fanboy malice over a rumor in the 360 section?.

Why are they keeping tabs on anything comming through for the 360?. Weird.

[power of Green]

Make all the excuses you wan't a 360 price drop will hurt Sony putting it close to mass consumer price range.

What is this my 8th comment?.

[toughNAME]

lmao I was just gunna say...how bubbles do you have?

something must be messed with the site

but I enjoyed all 20 of your comments so bubbles:P

[360CameFromHell]

Customers are still waiting for MS to fix their console (as you know a lot of 360 sold now are just refurbished and dying the same death) but when MS finally fix the damn thing it will be too late, Sony will lower their prices when they see fit, the PS3 will have a huge amount of great games and by then $199 on a Premium 360 will sound like a robbery on play daylight.

MS screwed this one over, maybe next gen. =D

[mighty_douche]

Piss and moan all you want, Sonys job with the PS3 is done simply by the success of Blu-Ray.

Both are gonna be around for a long time, both will have games, only one will supply all your HD needs also. Which would you buy? reliablity issues aside.

[mistertwoturbo]

that plus an introduction of a new color, might actually get some people who's been on the fence about the PS3 to finally get one.

but oh yeah this is about the 360. I personally think Microsoft doesn't need a price drop, it's already $279 for a core for crying out loud. If they drop it to $249, it's the same price as a Wii.

Then again, a $299 premium 360 would sell pretty well.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

Wow thats was a ton of info. Back to square 1 I suppose....XD.

[Bubble Buddy]

Something is wrong with the bubble system? And it's better for the consumer for any console price-drops.

[ApocalypseShadow]

because they have no other choice but to do so to match sony's leadership.

yes.i said sony's leadership.being that microsoft has followed almost everything sony has done for the game industry.the problem is that they are trying to follow ps2 and not taking it to the next level.

as for you POG.sony did not say that the system was "5 times more powerful."they said "TWICE as powerful."of course, when you know what you are doing in programming for cell.show us the 5 times link or STFU.

one year on the market against 2 years(supposedly easy in development)on the market.let's see.....

ps3 games like GT5 and RR7 have 1080p at 60fps with 16 detailed cars.racing games on 360 at it's best are 720p at 60fps with "EIGHT" cars on the road.

looks double to me POG.

ps3 games like resistance have 20vs20 multiplayer.games like halo3 and gears on 360 have 8vs8 and 4vs4 multiplayer.

looks double to me POG.

ps3 can stream content to psp from anywhere in the world.while 360 can only stream to the next room.

looks double in distance to me POG.

ps3 has bluray media(THE WINNING FORMAT) that gives developers more space.we won't even say how many times more space bluray has over dvd media.

but it's more than double there POG.

more ps3 games on ps3 are hitting 1080p "native" while 360 games have to be upscaled from 720p.i'd bet the upcoming games like ninja gaiden and alan wake are not 1080p native.same with fable.

and we will see that ps3 hits more often in the future.more 1080p games,more multiplayer like 30vs30,more onscreen objects,more sound,etc.

so,do i believe ps3 over time can outdo 360 "TWICE AS MUCH?"

you better believe it.and if not,show me games on 360 that are 20vs20 multiplayer,or more objects onscreen,or has 1080p native games more often than ps3.

mag lev.......................

[360CameFromHell]

I agree 100%. More bubbles for you.

[etownone]

shouldn't compare forza to gt.... even the makers of GT said they aren;t going for the realism/simulation that forza is.

GT is more about graphics and arcade/simulation

[Bubble Buddy]

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[ApocalypseShadow]

polyphony didn't say that.the aim is to NOT put everything the competition has in their game.but to flesh out and create the best experience in the areas they are concentrating on.

but the physics in GT5 is as good if not better than forza2.why do i say that?because not one real race car driver has stood up and stated forza 2 was better.not one magazine.no online website will put forza 2 graphics next to GT5 because there is no comparison.

my comment above is to show POG and others that ps3,in its first year,is doing things 360 is "NOT DOING" in its "SECOND YEAR."

if 360 was so "POWERFUL",we would have seen first party games have more multiplayer online games that push 20vs20 or better,more cars on the road,more action onscreen,more animation,better sound,higher resolution,etc.we can't use third party devs,because they are just creating and using engines that both systems can handle.not pushing the systems.especially ps3.

looking at first party games,sony is doing more things overall than first party devs of microsoft.

but in 360's SECOND(EASY TO DEVELOP)YEAR,360 is showing how less powerful it is compared to ps3.how many years will it take 360 to catch up to what ps3 is doing in its first year?

mag lev.........................

[DaFl_ICK3r]

Hahahahaha once the xbox360 gets a price drop this war is over and the NEW KING IS CROWNED!!!!

DAFI_ICK3R.

[HCS]

"Think about what might have been, had Sony instead sold the PS3 with an optional Blu-ray drive from the start. Such a system might have gone for as low as $400 or even $350. And let's get something straight: no game developer today absolutely needs Blu-ray's storage capacity. Nope, no more than the Xbox 360 needs an integrated HD DVD to play the same cross-platform games. Do gamers care about swapping DVDs once or twice over the course of a 40 to 60 hour game if that becomes necessary? They sure didn't mind swapping up to four CDs playing stuff like Final Fantasy VII. I don't recall a review anywhere that's ever knocked a console game for coming on more than one piece of physical media."

Damn hypocrites didnt mind switching disk on ps1 and ps2 why would you mind on 360???? please shut the hell up

Not to mention your spittin hyperbole. What if resistance has a sloppy ass framerate????? Ambition doesn't always succeed.

[tomfoolery]

the most spiteful,angry,and delusional saps in the entire gaming world.
I'm blown away.
I'm ashamed to have ever owned a ps1.
360 is SMOKING your PS3s..........and I'm loving every minute of it.

I guess the world needs ditch diggers too(ps3 fandopes)!
tom

[replikka]

yes, i would love if the 360 gets a price drop. ill buy them modify them and sell them and make more profit. yaaaaaaaay

[GODofDOOMS]

HCS
1.sony did a smart move to put blue-ray cause now they winning the format war
2.final fantasy was 2 last gen console we well ahead of that so people want to expect one CD if it was like 10 CD or 4 for the MGS4 on xbox 360 there be mils of people complaining just cause it got so many CD
thats why MS made GTA4 delay to put GTA4 in one CD or it wont lunch untill then so now it delay untill april.

[GODofDOOMS]

power of Green
what about your xbox fan coming over to the PS3 postting stupid commects.

[TheXgamerLive]

Yes, to concure with the release of GTA IV.

The Xbox 360 is currently at 18 million units sold so to push the console to even greater numbers and sell millions of units more a perfectly released price drop will do the trick.

No manufacturer will speak months early about a price drop so anyone with common sence wouldn't Email and ask them.