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Forums - Microsoft Discussion - xbox 360 elite is the same price as 80g ps3

Munkeh111 on 22 July 2009

In the UK it is £70 cheaper than the PS3, the Arcade is the cheapest console apart from the DS Lite



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skorp on 22 July 2009

umm.. Did everyone forget that the Elite also comes with a 120GB hard drive???... lol



Pristine20 on 22 July 2009

how many people actually buy the elite? this is the question the TC should be asking.



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Xoj on 22 July 2009
coolbeans said:
skorp said:
umm.. Did everyone forget that the Elite also comes with a 120GB hard drive???... lol

Good point but PS3 harddrives are the same as some laptops and you can find deals for 250gig harddrives (that can work on PS3) for less then what the 120 gig 360 harddrives cost at retail.  Although I grabbed my used 120 gig off ebay for $60-ish.

u can find 320gb for less of 120gb 360 HDD



MonstaMack on 22 July 2009

Um yeah... didn't someone state awhile back that elites account for like 15% of XBox sales? And that what the reason they bundled Halo 3 and Fable with Elites from now on? MS still wants to make a profit off *something* so they make profits off Elites.

I would say they easily profit off pros now to.

Arcades? Who knows. But I'm sure Arcades still make up a bulk of the sales right now.



It's just that simple.

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sguy78 on 22 July 2009
leo-j said:
sguy78 said:
There is no question that the Xbox 360 needs to go down in price. However, so does the PS3.

The XBOX 360 is $199, it does not need to go down in price..

I mean the Elite.



MonstaMack on 23 July 2009

I don't think MS is going to drop the prices on anything at this rate, look at their recent quarter report. Even with Natal and the new Zune the entertainment division is bleeding money.



It's just that simple.

Ogrekiller on 23 July 2009
MonstaMack said:
I don't think MS is going to drop the prices on anything at this rate, look at their recent quarter report. Because of Natal and the new Zune the entertainment division is bleeding money.

Fixed.



wfz on 23 July 2009

All the smart buyers get the 360 Arcade version. ;)



SimonSaysFYou on 23 July 2009

I always thought that MS and Sony made all their profits off the games, not the consoles. It would make sense too as it costs 50+ dollars to buy a game and yet it probably costs a tenth of that to make it.