360's sales in Others have consistently been up 25 to 30% since the price cut in March. Are all 3 SKUs getting a cut? If so, I don't see why sales in NA wouldn't improve the same way they did in Others.

A small spike the first week or two then down to a small lasting increase, probably 8-10k/week.

I would assume they're all getting cuts--they likely only advertised the Pro because it's the most popular and they only have room for one in the flyer.

I don't know, the economy going down the crapper might offset any increases...

20 to 30k on average weekly X360 sales numbers. Then end up being 10k increase on X360 average weekly sales. Price cuts are always a good thing and they always increase sales.

I think it will help, but a redesign "slim-line" with built in wifi and a 60 gig hard drive for $299 would sell like crazy... A 50 cut for the existing premium is too little IMHO.

For those that think they need to have a game to go with the price cut, that's not necessary. The 360 has a huge library of games and lots more coming. Anyone considering a 360 for a better price are more than likely not thrilled about $60 games. I suspect they won't be looking for new $60 games nearly as much as the back-catalog of budget games that exist...

I guess it will be a initial boost of about 20k first week, and will be the #1 HD console for a long while, probably until a big PS3 game releases.
The price difference between PS3 and 360 is quite significant after the pricecut.

I wonder how that will be handled.. the new 60 gig SKU if true

The new SKU will also be $299, the cost difference to produce a 20 gig compared to a 60 gig is pocket change. I don't see MS selling the 60 gig SKU for anything less then the new cost of $299.

So when its introduced they'll further need to discount the  20 gig to sell off the rest of the inventory.

... well thats my theory anyways...

1) EU price cut was larger than the expected US price cut.

2) The Arcade price dropped below the Wii, making it the cheapest current-gen console.  There is no word of an Arcade price drop in the US. (yet)

Well it helped a lot last year, remember?

On Topic: Well we know that it is likley that another "Pro" SKU is comming. So this drop will not have a lasting effect, since it is a clearence sale. The new SKU will be announced at E3 and will most likley come in day or one weeks later.

So we should have 2 things uping sales (for a short time): A new SKU AND a clearence sale. Since a clearence sale has an natuall end, it will pump sales more in the begining (people worry that in 2 weeks the SKU is not availible anymore).

So my guess: +40% in the first week another +40% in the second (since there is E3 with the new SKU announcment). So near double in two week. After that it will level off slow (new SKU comming) for two weeks (maybe -10%) and then drop fast (depending on how much Pro SKU are out there).