XBox 360 Elite price drop

[trobinson97]

Re: XBox 360 Elite price drop

250? I thought the max MS allowed was 120

Seriously, no joke, just today while sitting in jury duty i was thinking, "Man, I bet now that I have a 120gb HDD for my 360, those mofo's are make it so it can read even bigger hard drives. What will I do at that point?"

[bkfount]

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250? I thought the max MS allowed was 120

currently, yes. However they can always update that through the firmware.

[ThaGenecyst]

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wow I should have known (and how dumb did i sound saying the 120 max thing lol) Oh well.. we'll see if I can fill up the 120 (doubt it though since it took a good 4 years just about to fill my 20gb hdd)

[Altimus]

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Don't think MS needs a more expensive model at this point.

[bkfount]

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Don't think MS needs a more expensive model at this point.

At this point, Microsoft is likely setting up the 360 price for the launch of Natal. They could probably also offer a nice price drop, but they want to sit at $299 so they can bundle Natal in without a price hike. In the meantime, they can include value increasing incentives to the Elite like a larger HDD, free game(s), extra controller, etc. The holiday and early 2010 releases will carry them to the release of Natal in 2010.

[Altimus]

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Do people even really care about Natal? Don't think I know one person that cares about that motion technology.

[Spectre]

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Do people even really care about Natal? Don't think I know one person that cares about that motion technology.

I said the exact same thing before the Wii came out too, I've learned not to trust my instincts anymore LOL.

It got a ton of hype (Jimmy Fallon show etc.) after E3. If its marketed well (like the Wii) it will be very successful- MS has done an excellent job marketing the 360 this gen so I'm sure they'll spend whatever is needed on the Natal front.

Who knows what changes will happen to the economy/gaming landscape between now and then? It's really up in the air- IMHO it (and any other non-Wii motion technology) will either be a phenomenal success or an epic failure.

[Flawless]

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Yeah, Natal has a lot of buzz going amongst the mainstream. It was the talk of E3 and after. It was everywhere from local and national TV, late night TV, Good Morning America, local and national newspapers, ect. People were eating it up, which you saw first hand on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Good Morning America. I was surprised, sure the tech is nice, but what was being shown didn't really look that fun, but the hosts and audiences were going crazy. The launch is going to be huge, as Microsoft continues to reiterate that they see Natal as a platform launch like with the original Xbox and 360.

[Spectre]

Re: XBox 360 Elite price drop

Elite for $255 at Dell

http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/23903

Dell Home has a 15% off code 6FWJ247J1P44CK which may be used on some Xbox 360 Consoles. Shipping is Free. Thanks Target Dawg

The following prices are after the 15% off code:

• Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Console $255 ($247 w/ DPA)
• Xbox 360 Pro 60GB Console $212 ($206 w/ DPA)
• Xbox 360 Arcade System $170 ($165 w/ DPA)

[jgo777]

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Are the elites in the new white boxes all jaspers?

[SoMiss2000]

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Was gonna get a new 120gb HDD from ebay. Was just in gamestop and they still habe 60gb Pros in stock for 250. Think I'm going to trade my 20gb MS refurb in 2morrow.

[colkilla]

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got a new elite last weekend. the "born on date" says july 2009. safe to say i got the newer version of the system/less likely to rrod???

[SoMiss2000]

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picked up a Pro today. Got the Jasper chipset.

[colkilla]

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picked up a Pro today. Got the Jasper chipset.

somiss, which is supposed to be the best chipset and how can i tell which one i have???

[SoMiss2000]

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Jasper is supposedly the best, Check page 2 or 3 of this thread and you can find the link that shows you the chipset you have.