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Forums - Microsoft Discussion - (When) do you think the Arcade will be discontinued

stranne on 23 November 2008

The Arcade is one of Microsoft's best weapons in the console war. It will not be discontinued before the other models.



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JaggedSac on 23 November 2008

M$ gives their customers choices as to what version they need and what features they need and price things accordingly. If you don't need IIS, then get the cheapest version of Windows, etc. If you don't get online and download games, get an arcade, it plays all games that the other SKUs play(except for two). They will most likely just keep dropping the price of the arcade.



toastboy44562 on 23 November 2008

when premium drops to 250..thats an easy one!



Bitmap Frogs on 23 November 2008

As long as the arcade exists, it will always be cheaper than the cheaper ps3.

Far along the line, we'll reach a point where the ps3 and the HDD 360 bundle will cost the same. But because of the arcade and the mandate that games must run without a HDD, the 360 will always be cheaper.





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thx1139 on 23 November 2008

I dont think you will see the Arcade go away until the Pro can be sold at $99.

As for HDD small doesnt mean cheap. The biggest reason Sony and MS changed the Pro and 40GB sku's to larger drives because the larger drives are now less expensive for them to purchase.

I expect that next year Holidays the Pro will have a HDD at 120GB and the PS3 will be at 160GB for the lowest price model. The Elite if it still exists will have like a 300GB drive.



Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

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sinha on 23 November 2008
NJ5 said:

What's the point of discontinuing the Arcade? Unless you're suggesting that Microsoft eliminate part of their userbase by not requiring developers to target it, there's no point.

People are becoming increasingly price-conscious, discontinuing their cheapest model would be extremely stupid.

 

 

Well said.



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