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Rumour: Xbox360 Price Cut At The End of March Worldwide

Translated by Kinan via Dtf.ru:

"Seems its indeed coming. Respectable Russian game industry site dtf.ru, known for having close contacts within ex-USSR game dev circles, published a news article today, claiming it got an unofficial, but reliable info about the upcoming price cut.

How big it will be and in what territories is unknown yet, but it is said that price cut will be especially big for Russian market. At the moment Elite is retailing there for 18000 roubles (around 490 € or 750$) and arcade costs near 10000 (415$).

The console market there is growing fast, but still quite small. In their recent interview with director of gaming platforms in Microsoft Russia it was revealed that x360 sold around 60-65k units in Russia between February 2007 and January 2008, they expect more than 40% growth in 2008."

decapitator5901d ago

TO coincide with GTAIV launch ? I could definitely see that happening with what I hear regarding how they will Market the game.

Anego Montoya FTMFW5901d ago

i can also see a GTA PS3 bundle coming, and a possible PS3 price cut.

since they have......................

"No Plans"

LOL.

my point is..............

Things should get interesting towards the end of MARCH.

Exhaust5901d ago

In soviet Russia MS heavily promotes YOU! err GTA IV

BeaArthur5901d ago

hahah. Instead of worrying about dropping the price they should worry about fixing their consoles or extending the warranties to cover all failures. They can make the console as cheap as they won't continue to lead PS3 for very long if they can't fix the hardware issues.

TheMART5901d ago

Be sure world wide pricedrop just before or with GTAIV for the 360. Premium version for 279 to 299 Euro/Dollar maybe with GTAIV included for 329 EUro/Dollar or something like that!

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Exhaust5901d ago

Are you serious?

"price cuts EQUAL desperation"

Did you forget that your console dropped its price several times in its first year? Come on man. If you're going to be a blind fanboy at least keep things in perceptive. You just called your own console desperate! haha

TheMART5901d ago

Price cuts with 6 months after it's launch like the PS3 did with ONE THIRD OF ITS INITIAL PRICE, that is from 600 to 400 EUro = desperation.

A pricecut, from an original price first 400 to 350 EUro after 1.5 year, and a second one after almost 2.5 years is normal and will spike sales in combination with GTAIV the most complete version.

If you don't get that, you're braindead.

FirstknighT5900d ago

Remember, the ps3 had a price cut the first day in Japan.

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scrillakiller5901d ago

wont matter the console is cheaper than ps3.If price ws a factor here it would have have shown.Its value for your money and we all know which has the most value for your money

TheMART5901d ago

Wrong.

The PS3 didn't sell when it was 600 EUro/Dollar. They had to drop significantly to within the 360's price range (350 to 400 EUro) to regain sales. THat was forced, not wanted by Sony. They thought the console would sell because of its brandname/quality without any games for 600 EUro/Dollars

It clearly didn't.

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darthv724d ago

Xbox content + services up 62% while hardware down 31%... seems about right with the way they tout you don't need the hardware to play. People can play on their phones or smart tv or other means. I don't hardly play on my consoles directly since getting devices like the logitech g-cloud and ps portal. Which is to also say I have been playing more digital than physical because of these devices.

solideagle4d ago

you should apply in MS PR team buddy, I think you will do a great job in my humble opinion :)

Sonic18814d ago

I thought darthv72 and Obscure_Observer already work for Microsoft 🤔

dveio4d ago

MS: "Xbox services and content without AB up 1%, with AB up 62%. Hardware down 31%. In total a loss of 350 mill."

darthv72: "Seems about right."

MS: "Excuse m ..."

darthv72: "I don't hardly play on my consoles directly."

MS:

Lightning773d ago

What he said was facts. How he plays games is no concern of you. Don't get too mad about it.

Cacabunga4d ago

I can tell people like you are an absolute minority..

If service is up means their fans and fanboys accepted this model and subscribed to it. The near future you will see a big decline because the service is saturated.

darthv723d ago

to you it may seem like the minority... but your bubble is shrinking because more and more are following suit. convenience is a hell of a drug and its also why physical sales only amount to 30% of overall game sales. times are changing, you either get with them or you get left behind.

neutralgamer19923d ago

Darth

30% physical sales: yet Phil and xbox division are in a rush go give up on that 30%. they don't have any right to give up any piece of the pie since the control such a little of the pie to begin with

also, the market is clearly speaking that the model Xbox is pushing isn't working right now the keyword being right now. you are right about freedom to play anywhere so i hope they put their games on steam

shinoff21834d ago

But that's been ms for years. When things aren't going their way they try to change the way things are said. For instance console sales are down, they stop telling how many sold instead telling us how many hours spent in halo or headshots. So it makes sense console sales down just say people are playing on more devices then previous. What they won't say is how many xbox players jumped ship to ps5.

Cacabunga4d ago

Hardware sales are so bad that Sony and Nintendo are blowing the sales off the water with their hardware.

If Xbox are losers, others aren’t..
Xbox already tried everything with Xbox live then subscriptions went down so much that they had to find something else. Their fans subscribed then reached saturation rather quickly.

Hardware and exclusive games is where it’s at! Keep gamers excited, announce decent software and people will support you

itsmebryan3d ago

@shin
Well keep it simple Sony 's operating income is down 26% and Microsoft's is up 32%. No MS spin there, just facts. 😉
Cheers

S2Killinit3d ago

MS is after diminishing consoles as a medium. They want to destroy this market because they couldnt win. MS’s vision is to dissolve console gaming.

romulus233d ago

Odd that a company that touts you dont need the hardware to play is already touting another console in the works.

darthv723d ago

They are not reliant on the HW but still want to maintain a presence (no matter how small) is a good thing. It shows commitment to the craft. It reminds me of SNK and how they made games for their own hardware (Neo Geo) while also making them for others because they knew there was a market to do so. They knew they would sell more to others but also sell to their own niche fan base.

TheEroica3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Perfectly reasonable post down voted by insecure corporation friendly folk.... But not gamers. Real gamer want accessibility and ease of acquisition for all.... Company shills are the only ones still telling us that hardware locking people from games is good for us.

Chevalier3d ago

@Darth

You should stop parroting metrics like an idiot without context.

"Xbox content and services revenue grew 62% in Q3 from a year earlier, “driven by 61 points of net impact” from the purchase of the third-party video game giant, Microsoft said."

61 of the 62% was from their merger so net increase is ONLY 1%

https://www.mesaonline.org/...

itsmebryan2d ago

@chevalier

It looks like made a great purchase. Much better then Sony buying Bungie. 😉
Cheers

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purple1014d ago

Xbox hardware revenue tanks to lowest point of Xbox Series generation

Profchaos4d ago

I'm not surprised surface is struggling they aren't relevant anymore

DOMination-3d ago

In the last two years they've started exiting the consumer market altogether. All of the newest Surface products are business models only. They can't seem to work out what they want to do with it.

XBManiac4d ago

Too expensive hardware when others offer the same or more for less? Good work, Green Team.

SimpleDad4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

"Despite some early successes for Xbox games on rival platforms, Xbox hardware is down by a massive 31 percent this quarter."
"Without Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s overall gaming revenue would have actually declined this quarter."
"Xbox content and services would have only been up a single percent without Activision Blizzard..."
"It looks like next quarter is going to be a similar story for gaming at Microsoft, too."

That is crazy... so A/B/K is carrying the whole Xbox gaming.
Oh and Microsoft will be fine. Windows, Office and Cloud are growing with each pc purchase.

purple1014d ago

Activision: "we gonna need a bigger rucksack/backpack please"

Microsoft: "why's that"

Activision: "to carry yo' weak ass'

Profchaos4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Top brass have also wanted to start seeing returns on the 100 billion they have put into various Xbox related moves so seeing more multiplatform games is highly likely especially from abk

It's basically saying that PlayStation is the reason Xbox is afloat right now thinks to Ps5 versions of COD

Kornholic4d ago

So basically PS and PC gamers' money is keeping Xbox on life support.

MrDead3d ago

The only growth MS will get out of the console industry is if it supports it's rivals platforms. Xbox is a pointless machine now. I can see them on a big push for live next, and they won't give up on trying to buy Steam.

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