| mrstickball said: The issue with the 20GB drive is that the 20GB drive is (about) $2 less to make than a 60GB drive...So I do think there's a chance that MS will be looking at dropping the price to $300. |
I don't know if it is indicitive of dropping the price for good or a fire sale, but the 20GB drives could literally be more expensive than 60GB drives. The reason is that platter density is high enough that a single platter may hold 60GB even in laptop drives now (I could be wrong).
If manufacturers stopped making 20GB drives except for the Xbox 360, it would be an extra expense to do so and the manufacturer could give MS a better deal on 60GB drives than 20GB drives.
As far as I can tell, the primary reason people buy the elite is because they don't know any better. They don't know the feature set comparisons, don't understand them, don't care. They want the best possible Xbox and don't realize it's the same as the Arcade except the paint job and the hard drive.
And it makes a huge profit for Microsoft.
