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awibble · 28-03-2007, 07:59

Looking at the pricing, i think they have made a bad move with the Elite... Its still going to be missing the HDdrive (they would of said Playback only) and its going to be Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£350 when you add on the HD-drive at Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£130 its still pretty close to the PS3 price.

When you consider that MS should of made their money back on development, they should be taking the oppertunity to squash the 360. If they could bring it out for Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£300, or maybe even do a HDdrive bundle for Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£350 they could stamp it out, and they could help to win the format war at the same time.

The longer they let all the PS3's play blu-ray without competeing the more people are going to pickup a blu-ray disk when they see them. Doesnt matter if you baught it for the play back or not, if you have a HDTV, and a PS3 your gonna be tempted.

MS have definately made the right move, including many of the extras that the PS3 has over them, but i think they should of pushed the price lower, as that would cause real problems for sony, and we all like to see a good fight.at the moment the consoles are split, there a budget console (Wii), the standard console (360 with no extras) and the Pro (PS3). Theres gonna be a new pro with the elite, but its still not going to match the PS3, which it should do.

28-03-2007, 07:59	#58
awibble Inactive Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Slough Services: FreeView FreeSat SKY+ (6 Mix) BT Phone (comming soon) V+ XL - TV XL - PHONE XL - BB SKY-MOV Posts: 701	Re: Xbox 360 Elite: HDMI-enabled black unit with 120GB HDD in late April Looking at the pricing, i think they have made a bad move with the Elite... Its still going to be missing the HDdrive (they would of said Playback only) and its going to be Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£350 when you add on the HD-drive at Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£130 its still pretty close to the PS3 price. When you consider that MS should of made their money back on development, they should be taking the oppertunity to squash the 360. If they could bring it out for Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£300, or maybe even do a HDdrive bundle for Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£350 they could stamp it out, and they could help to win the format war at the same time. The longer they let all the PS3's play blu-ray without competeing the more people are going to pickup a blu-ray disk when they see them. Doesnt matter if you baught it for the play back or not, if you have a HDTV, and a PS3 your gonna be tempted. MS have definately made the right move, including many of the extras that the PS3 has over them, but i think they should of pushed the price lower, as that would cause real problems for sony, and we all like to see a good fight.at the moment the consoles are split, there a budget console (Wii), the standard console (360 with no extras) and the Pro (PS3). Theres gonna be a new pro with the elite, but its still not going to match the PS3, which it should do.