What Does a $199 Xbox Really Mean? Is this the Beginning or the End?

[Grampy]

reask said:

I done a thread a while back in which an ms guy said that 75 percent of the units sold at $199 or less in the last generation.

Here it is.

360 Selling Like Hot cakes In Europe ClaimsX Box Exec

So hard to say.

 199 is pretty cheap with its current library.

 

I remember the thread and there is certainly a lot of talk about the $199 sweet spot. Myself, I think you have to allow for the time difference and add a bit. Arguably $249 may be the new sweet spot and the Wii is fairly good evidence for it.