Published on 08/ 3/2008
Could it be true? Will the Xbox 360 see a sub-$200 price tag when September 7 rolls around? At least, that's what the display shows after someone performed a SKU inquiry. It seems that the $199 price tag will be limited to the hard drive-less Arcade model, while other price cuts will see the Xbox 360 Pro 60GB hit a new low of $299 and the Elite 120GB SKU break the $400 resistance level. An analysis of the new price points from VGChartz yielded the following :-
The scheduling of the drop is telling as well. It takes place 1 week after Square Enix's 'Infinite Undiscovery' and 2 weeks before Harmonix/EA's 'Rock Band 2' - both exclusive to the Xbox 360 platform at the time of release and price drop (obviously, Rock Band 2 will ship in November for the other platforms).