Microsoft won’t lower price
Microsoft won’t lower price for Xbox 360 this coming holiday but would rather give free stuff than lower their prices, though the manufacturing costs of the Xbox 360 is cheaper with the 65nm CPU platform “Falcon”. If you’re a regularly cruise by Best Buy’s Online Store, you may have seen the bundle that were on two pages but then removed. On those bundle you would find there are the games Forza Motorsport 2 and Marvel : Ultimate Alliance that would be included in the Xbox 360 Elite and the Xbox 360 Premium SKU.
Now it has been a successful strategy to bundle free games with the Xbox 360 to entice customers to buy the Xbox 360, but it may also be a better strategy to cut the price off to encourage casual gamers to buy the Xbox 360 and not feel like they’re being ripped off.
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Although manufacturing costs of the Xbox 360 will be cheaper than ever after the switch to the 65nm CPU platform codenamed Falcon, Microsoft will likely stick with its current pricing throughout the rest of the year. But that’s not to say that there won’t be some value added to help entice those on the fence to choose Microsoft’s console.
Briefly spotted on Best Buy’s online store, but now removed, were two pages that listed new bundles that added Forza Motorsport 2 and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance to both the Xbox 360 Elite and Xbox 360 Premium SKUs. Both consoles were listed at their current prices, indicating that the two games were an added value package.