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Sep 2 2008, 11:49 PM

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Analysts: Japan Xbox 360 Price Cuts Precursors To North American Cuts
Posted by XanTium | September 2 18:49 EST | News Category: Xbox360

From gamasutra.com:
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Though Japan has traditionally been a weak market for the Xbox 360, Microsoft recently applied price cuts of about 30 percent there, following a complete sellout thanks to the launch of popular RPG Tales of Vesperia. The basic Arcade SKU was discounted to to ¥19,800 ($183), the 60GB Pro to ¥29,800 ($276), and the 120GB Elite to ¥39,800 ($368).

Says Sebastian, "We believe the Japan announcement is a likely precursor to more aggressive pricing of the Xbox 360 in the U.S, and we continue to expect a lower $199 price point on the base Arcade SKU (below the $249 Wii price point), as well as lower $299 and $399 prices for the 60GB and 120GB versions, respectively."

Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter says comparisons to previous console generations show "room for significant sales growth" this year if price cuts are implemented. Pachter currently sees "relatively stagnant demand" for Xbox 360, and pegs September 7 as the date speculated for Microsoft to reduce prices.
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Full Story: gamasutra.com

Mushy2000	Sep 3 2008, 12:55 AM Post #2
X-S Member Group: Members Posts: 114 Joined: 14-July 05 Member No.: 234252	How the hell is ms making money... I was going to buy a wii... but I might as well buy a 2nd 360 and save 50 bucks...

Dark Seraph	Sep 3 2008, 01:35 AM Post #3
X-S Member Group: Members Posts: 105 Joined: 9-December 07 Member No.: 365802 Xbox Version: v1.4 360 version: v1 (xenon)	MS is going beast mode.

BoNg420	Sep 3 2008, 02:11 AM Post #4
X-S Hacker Group: Head Moderator Posts: 2733 Joined: 4-November 04 From: USA Member No.: 163327 Xbox Version: none 360 version: v4.0 (jasper)	QUOTE(Mushy2000 @ Sep 2 2008, 08:31 PM) How the hell is ms making money... I was going to buy a wii... but I might as well buy a 2nd 360 and save 50 bucks... Don t waste your money on a wii, unless you like expensive paperweights, seriously the thing has shit for games. I don't even know why nintendo would be to worried about people modding their systems and downloading games, not like any of them are worth keeping.

Tyrannical	Sep 3 2008, 05:15 AM Post #5
X-S Young Member Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 19-July 08 Member No.: 385981	Must be easy to make price predictions when the weekly ads have been leaked for weeks.

CesiumVirus	Sep 3 2008, 03:17 PM Post #6
X-S Enthusiast Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 24-December 04 Member No.: 179898 Xbox Version: none 360 version: v1 (xenon)	QUOTE(Tyrannical @ Sep 3 2008, 12:51 AM) Must be easy to make price predictions when the weekly ads have been leaked for weeks. hahaha ya seriously

pingrr	Sep 4 2008, 08:42 PM Post #7
X-S Genius Group: Members Posts: 786 Joined: 19-September 04 From: Maryland Member No.: 148597 Xbox Version: v1.0 360 version: v1 (xenon)	QUOTE(CesiumVirus @ Sep 3 2008, 09:53 AM) hahaha ya seriously true that

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