Core 360 to be re-introduced at 199?

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ckmlb said:
This is total speculation. Shane Kim said this about getting the price to 200 quickly, but why drop the price of the core now to 280 and then re introduce it at 200 soon after?

I personally think this isn't happening. Either it gets phased out or it just gets price drops to 200 as normal with time.

I reckon the Core is getting phased out completely.  It makes sense!  New games for the 360 will start "requiring" a HDD and I reckon that GTAIV is going to be one of them.  It makes sense.

I can see MS, discontinuing the Core unit completely and then pushing the Premium as the basic unit with the Elite at the desired unit.  They may very well reduce the cost of the Premium again once the Core's have disappeared.

Also, what are the figures for sales of the Core compared to the Premium?  This WILL go the same way as the 20Gb PS3 IMHO.