Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 Elite fell out of the top 50 sales rank at retail this week following a price cut to under $300.
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Remember the media reaction when PlayStation wanted to shut down the PS3 store (but then kept it open)... where is that reaction here?
RIP Xbox 360 digital store and all its games.
It really grinds my gears that they are waiting till 10 days before closing to give the best discounts and the list as of now is 100 or less titles from the massive 360 library
I should have enough points by the weekend to get £25 credit off MS, (hardly ever spend money on xb1), might look at a few of these.
The Xbox 360 store was one of the only advantages the Xbox Series consoles had over the PS5. When I got my series X, I spent more playing Xbox 360 games vs current-gen Xbox games since that was the golden era for Xbox and several titles had enhancements such as 4k resolution and fps boost.
Closing this store will now only benefit the competition.
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It really isn't a surprise; the 360 Elite simply isn't a match for the PS3 when they're both the same price. Some people will still go for the 360, sure, because they prefer the exclusive games, or more of their friends have the system. But when it comes down to people who are just looking for the most value, they're going to turn to the PS3.
Microsoft needs to either improve the value of the 360's Elite bundle by adding more to it, or further drop the price to $250.
If I were MS, this is what I would do:
Elite bundle: $279 - 120 gb hard drive, bundled network adapter, pack-in exclusive game
Arcade bundle $199 - 20 gb hard drive
Lower the price of the network adapter to $49 and the 120 gb stand-alone hard drive to $79. Improve Live's service so that it offers more features above and beyond PSN to further justify the price to consumers.
While this won't MATCH the PS3's value, it will at least put them on more even footing. The big gaps at that point will be Blu-Ray playback, and free online play, both of which would be hard to swing at this point in the 360's life cycle.
Even then, nothing is obviously guaranteed, but some changes will have to be made to the 360's pricing (particularly with their accessories) if they want to even have a chance at remaining competitive against the behemoth that is a $299 PS3.
Well this was bound to happen.
Whaaa? OK so M$ dropped the price to $300 and then it promptly drops out of the top 50 LOL. Wow that's not good HAHAHAHA.
I guess they've reached maximum saturation. Maybe for their PC gaming fix, potential customers are instead turning to *gasp* a new PC? ;D
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Elite at 99.99$ and pro at 49.99$