| whatever said: From their last quarter results (they lost $188 million), I doubt there will be any price cut this year. |
There were some other interesting nuggets in those results. The amount MS spent on R&D and Sales and Marketing really jumped signifigantly (over $200 million) in that quarter. That division is made up of more than just the 360 as well. In addition that division also spent $24 million on integration costs related to the aquisition of Danger which has nothing to do with the 360. So what was that extra spending associated with. What could extra R&D be for? Jasper costs maybe? How about new Zune models? Maybe newton controller? Part of what Jasper is supposed to do is bring down costs on 360s further. So another reason to wait until nearly all Falcon units sold before permanent price cuts. The fact of the matter is that an Elite priced at $450 and the Arcade priced at $280 when the 120GB HDD is priced at $150 doesnt make sense.
Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.
