I noticed on Amazon both the 20gb and Cores are sold out. Could this mean that new models are in the pipe? I haven't been following this too closely.
This doesn't surprise me.
The Pro is probably sold out because of H3. It seems to be pretty common right now, I've heard of several stores selling out of them. MS is probably also choking the supply line right now to prepare for the HDMI/65nm units.
The Core is going to be replaced by the Arcade.
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I noticed premiums and cores were not in stock at target over the last couple of weekends. I suspect they are letting the channel clear of current inventory and are shipping new holiday bundles. The only stock I've seen is the Halo 3 special edition. That's just my area, though, and YMMV.
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With all the talk bout the 40gb PS3, I'm surprised nobody is talking about this. I'm guessing MS is waiting for Sony to make its move, then MS will make a counter move.
If both the Core and Premium are selling out on Amazon and in certain stores, could that have a negative impact on 360 hardware sales (until the new models are out), given the higher price of the Elite?
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| FishyJoe said: With all the talk bout the 40gb PS3, I'm surprised nobody is talking about this. I'm guessing MS is waiting for Sony to make its move, then MS will make a counter move. |
MS wanted to be as silent as possible with this update to prevent people from easily going in to distinguish the 65nm/HDMI units from the old RRoD-monsters to avoid getting stuck with unsellable inventory in retail stores.
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Well, there are multiple reasons/possibilities.
- Halo 3
- Killing the core, maybe to make way for another SKU
- Getting rid of the old stock to make way for the Falcons'
- Getting rid of stock for holiday bundles
I think microsoft will always counter a price drop look back in history they did it with the PS2 and Xbox and a month ago it was the same. So it's possible that they will counter it with a new SKU I think the falcon models will be cheaper so it's the perfectly possible.
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They had to counter back in those days because they weren't the market leader.
| elnino334 said: They had to counter back in those days because they weren't the market leader. |
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