Rumor Microsoft To Announce $149 Slim At E3

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twesterm said:

Why would they drop the price?

1. They're the cheapest console already, they don't need to be cheaper-er.
2. They're gearing up for a huge launch (Natal), there's no need to drop the price.

I really don't see this happening.

They aren't the cheapest, they'd probably want to gather part/all of the 100k PS2s sold per month for themselves. Also a 25% cut in price ought to net them at least another 30% sales and we don't exactly know what their intentions are for bundling so its hard to say what a $150 Xbox 360 means for their Natal plans. For example they could offer the Arcade for $150 without Natal and the Elite for $250 with Natal and say offer Natal for $50 seperately.