Recap:

Last year in early 2008 Microsoft for some untold reason became desperate. It hasn't been determined how people determined they were desperate and it hasn't been determined how it was decided they were no longer desperate, but it seems to have been determined that they have become desperate again.

Signs of desperation:

1. Raising the price.

Its pretty obvious that Microsoft are in such shock at the unexpected and obviously uncounterable PS3 price cut that they got all confused and muddled and in total desperation and shock they took the price of the Xbox 360 the wrong way. To counter the 250 pound PS3 they raised the price of the Xbox 360 arcade to 150 pounds and discontinued the 160 pound Premium model effectively raising the price of the HDD model to 230 pounds. 

2. Predicting the PS3 cut.

They were in such shock and awe, that resonance of their despair carried back through time to earlier this year or late 2008, letting them know that the PS3 price cut was coming.

3. The design of the Xbox 360.

They always knew the Xbox 360 empire was going to come crashing down. If they didn't believe such an event was forthcoming, then why did they craft the Xbox 360 to be concave? AKA caved in design! Its designed with the proportion of a woman and it bleeds red every month or discharges green at any other time.

4. Not announcing games too far into the future.

If they truely believed the Xbox 360 would be around for 2011 they would have announced games for 2011 at this years E3. The one console owner who truely had the balls to announce games 3+ years out from release was Sony, and they have a 10 year plan silly. Nintendo and Microsoft both believe they are truely temporary in this generation.

5. They just know they haven't got the performance.

I agree. MS had no idea this was coming. Took them completely by surprise. What ever will they do?

I wonder how many numb nuts will agree with you.

I hear they are going to bundle copies of Windows 7, Office 2010 and a Zune HD with every Arcade/Elite this Christmas in hopes of countering the PS3 price cut. But im not sure its going to be enough, as the Xbox 360 still costs $300 + $300 (6 years of Live) + $100 wireless + $200 BR. They cannot compete with a PS3 which is 1/3rd the price.

I don't see the big deal.

The Xbox 360 is still cheaper, has more games and Sony is almost bankrupt. They have nothing to worry about.

Gamers will go for the 360 because of LIVE, better 3rd party games, and Sony fans are horrible.

I see no change at all, the 360 will continue to increase their leads, and pricecut have never made a difference anyway.

When all is said and done, the PS3 and teh cell aren't capable of next gen gay energy and that's all that really matters.

Everyone knows that Microsoft has a terrible record of predicting the future. They always seem to be caught off guard by price cuts they predicted six months to a year prior. Hey wait that's not right.

Thats so true!

I predict $150 Arcade version this winter.

Successful joke thread is successful.