Microsoft Announces Xbox 360 Price Cut

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  Don't forget built in wireless! : kahoona1
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    And yet the best experience is still Live and an ethernet cable. =) : DinK
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      While PSN has made great inroads against LIVE over the years in terms of functionality and ease-of-use, L... : carbontree
      • It's funny how Microsoft is doing on their consoles what Apple does on their Macs but nobody complains ab... : hussdelrio
      • If I actually want to play multiplayer on my 360, $50 or less per year for Live is cheap enough as to not... : DinK
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      Fuck live and their bullshit ms points system, I recently purchased Battlefield 1943 and it cost 1200 po... : mnsnota
      • if you buy via the Zune marketplace, they do 400/1200 point purchases. but yeah, making us jump throug... : xsoulbrothax
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    The built in wireless is really really bad. : Milleh
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      As I am finding out :( : Fred Garvin
      • try switching router channels : unsound
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      works perfect for me. : unsound
      • it seems to be about a 50/50 thing, just going off anecdotal forum talk. all of my friends either have... : xsoulbrothax
    • It really is - such a shame. : abrasion
    • That sucks, I didn't know that. I just moved and I bought a Linksys WET610N 802.11 N wireless ethernet b... : LemonJoose
• It all just depends on what games you like to play. : OmegaRed59
• If I hadn't had all my friends get a 360 first, I would've sprung for a PS3. The price for a year/13 mont... : jriegel
• Yeah, I agree. I have a 360 already, but if I was trying to decide between the two consoles now, I would... : LemonJoose

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• Arcades are the only guaranteed Jasper builds. Falcon motherboards are still on the market for Pros and E... : richcz3
• I drove up to my GameStop and checked, only one of the Pros was a Jasper. I quickly reserved it. The wa... : DanaCrysalis
• the new ELITE white boxed ones are Jasper. they have no hdmi cable (lulz) and should have a manufac... : lordkosc

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• yeah, drop the pro to $200 and you've got yourself a race. : hillemania
• It really doesn't matter as almost all games this generation STILL have to be designed without a hard dri... : carbontree
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  The "retarded" Arcade model isn't so retarded when you hunt down a good supplier in China and get a much ... : jriegel
  • PS - I sold the game that came with it, so bring that price down to $160. : jriegel
  • Whatever.. the point is that Microsoft should not be, nor ever should have sold the 360 without a hard dr... : K1Bond007
  • I got an Arcade model back in February, but purely for the fact of the shrunken die of the Arcade models.... : Adrenaline
• How will dumping the Arcade at this point help them? The user base is split already and by dumping the Ar... : thesubtlesnake

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• What does it matter though. The facts are in and MS still has the upper hand in online userbase and soft... : JodoMcFatty
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  No way that it's 25%, I bet it's nowhere near that. Most people would rather fix it through warranty tha... : KePoW
  • Yea, there's no way that it's close to 25%. : Milleh
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    I'm not saying they don't sell more games, or even that the PS3 has sold as many consoles (it hasn't) but... : supaslasha
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      Over the lifespan of the various SKUs, failure rate is about 3%.. for specific releases, specifically the... : GaratNW
      • You're saying that only 3 out of every 100 360's have failed since it was launched? On another site I pos... : jtthe2nd
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  I'd guess 3% or so are replacements. 99% (ish) of people use the 3 year warranty. : OmegaRed59
  • I bet that is closer as well. : hillemania
• The sales #'s that really matter are software sales for each console. And the 360 blows away the PS3 in ... : Icehawk

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  Shadow Complex : trelain
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    shadow complex and red faction guerrilla have been my favourite 360 games recently : dantastic
    • Hi. Are you... me? : delataur

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  Nonsense. What would the 360 be without the deafening roar of its mighty cooling system : master_disaster_17
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    ..... overheating. : 1Mystic-G
    • But it does that anyway :P : master_disaster_17
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  Jasper 360's with LiteOn or Benq drives are already quiet. My 360 is quieter than my 40GB PS3. Of ... : kodt
  • My Jasper Arcade version is almost silent. The last one I had was a second generation, and it was deafeni... : jriegel

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• Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiidge Racer! : wwonderboy334

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  oh no! Are you telling me batteries aren't included? Since when could you go pick up a peice of gaming el... : Ksey17
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  • actually with PS3, batteries ARE included :-) : phinn
  • example (too tempted): xbox 360 2005-1-2Q 2009 : wwonderboy334
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  They are still including Component cables with optical output. The audio dongle is necessary for optical ... : WARLORD48
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    No the component cable is gone in the new Elite packages. : Carnivac
    • This is what is making people sadface. It's not an issue for me though since I have so many spare HDMI ca... : LoioshDwaggie
    • Oh, I see... the image shows only composite. I stand corrected. That blows... : WARLORD48
• a) not true b) you don't need an additional cable. just need to take the housing off the socket : moshman
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  You guys know that HDMI cables pass audio right? Higher quality than optical too. It's not a big deal... : KePoW
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    Not all HDMI receivers support HDMI audio passthrough. : Milleh
    • Very true, receivers still ship without HDMI pass-through. Especially the cheap HTIB (Home Theater in a ... : houston3000
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    How many people have HDMI-capable receivers though? If you've got a stereo setup along with your HDTV, wh... : carbontree
    • What you and Milleh say is true. I don't know any exact statistics, but I think quite a few people the... : KePoW

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• I'd pay for one that isn't as disposable as a bic lighter. : Pneum0
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  Quite. OHAI MS! What I really want is a silent and much smaller 360 that doesn't heat up my room and cost... : mxcl
  • 1. It does have instant on & sign in. Push the big X on your controller to turn the system on & have you... : littlecassius
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  i just install my games. fixes the loudness outright : dantastic
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    Fallacy. Yes the DVD drive is loud but it just masks the sound of the fans, which are also terribly loud. : guyver-za
    • Maybe on some earlier hardware versions, but not most 360s. The DVD drive was by far the loudest part of... : KePoW
    • That isn't a fallacy. It is A LOT quieter when games are installed. I can't even hear it from my couch an... : OmegaRed59

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• I can't see how PS3 won't win with the current pricing. Sony just made a huge leap to match the Xbox, in... : hillemania

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• I say that is a very wise decision. : psalm234
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  you are an xbox fanboy, and yet you don't already have an xbox? and if you do, this does not have anythin... : AroundTheFur1380
  • He needs return on his emotional investment. : dmason

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• http://www.bestbuy.ca/search/searchresult.asp?logon=&langid=EN&search=KWS http://www.futureshop.ca/cat... : dantastic
• New price for PS3 is 299.99 CAN : ShadowRam

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  Surely part of the price problem is that all the people delivering consoles to Australia die from spider ... : mxcl
  • This is sadly true. : abrasion
  • I thought this was one was headed for stingray : Ksey17

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  UK : Arcade £159.99 // Elite £199.99 : amber996
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    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8224103.stm : marmite
    • The elite is now only £20 more than the wii! : marmite
• Europe €249,99 : Bamii