MS Price drop NOT in Full effect

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Nidan said:

I was down at my local retailers over the weekend and found that there was a huge price variation on the 360 between retailers which was quite surprising to me.

It seams a few retailers (major retailers) have not dropped their price yet, and maybe(just maybe) these could be the reasons.

• The Price drop has not flown through to all chains
• The retailers are waiting until closer to Christmas to drop their price
• The retailers are making more profit while they can
• The retailers may have brought a large inventory before the price drop and haven't received their rebate (YET)
  
• The retailers may have received their rebates in the form of games.
• They may be waiting for a promotion cycle to begin

Either way the effects of the price drop have not made it through all sales channels yet. I would think that Christmas will be the real decider to if this price drop has had much long term effect.

I also believe that in the coming months, MS will supply a lot of bundles to the market, making the Xbox look to have better value.

[[[[Edit::   My comments refer to "others" and the desert island I live on is "Australia"]]]]

I'm here in Sydney, Australia.  I was under the impression that we didn't get the latest price drop.  IF we did, then you are correct.  Many retailers havent passed it on.