news4gamers.com — A source close to Microsoft has revealed that the Xbox 360 hardware team are now busy redesigning the chips supplied by ATI and IBM to cut costs and allow a price drop to coincide with the release of Sony's Playstation 3. According to the source consumers can expect a price drop of almost $100.
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inajeepJun 20, 2006
I understand all the wishful thinking but it won't happen. MS is exactly where they want to be in terms of price. Maybe next holiday season but not after only one year of being released. "A source close to Microsoft" means exactly nothing. Hardware manufactures are constantly decreasing chip-size/combining chips to reduce cost but normally those savings are not passed on to the consumers.
ieatrocksJun 20, 2006
@hchaudh1It's painfully obvious you are speaking without having actually done *any* reading. BD is the proprietary, drm'd, and incompatible choice. HD-DVD is open, and dual mode discs in HD will also play regular dvd content on old dvd players, there is also no ICT to prevent 1080p playback (like the blue-rays can). BOTH disc formats require microsoft's VP1 codecs (the replacement for mpeg2) in order to be certified hardware. I'm not even going to get into technical discussion regarding the performance numbers on the consoles, as they're still completely theoretical. PS3 *should* be a great console when it arrives but at this point it's unfortunately still vaporware. Speaking like you know what's what before the device even exists is A-1 stupid.
skunkman62Jun 21, 2006
But the PS3 has blu-ray! Blu-ray people! oh i forgot...who gives a s**t.
kilpsJun 21, 2006
It's called Christmas - not Xmas ... the holiday is there for a reason ;)
shadowmosesJun 21, 2006
This will defiantly happen in November when the PS3 and Wii are released as M$ know by dropping the price a lot of people will go for the 360 with its library of games etc over a new expensive console like the PS3
shaselaiJun 21, 2006
library of FPS, Sports, Action and.....? o yeah forgot bouncing boobs
shaselaiJun 22, 2006
if that RATIONAL consumer likes to play FPS,Sports,Action then yeah go for it.. but if that RATIONAL gamer likes RPG, Fighting,Survival horror, action,strategy then spending 300-400 on a 360 is useless. If the economics applied then there wouldnt be high-end items in general. High end cars, clothing, shoes, food etc. are for "irrational" people? I dont think so. So this guy who is getting his PhD in 3D graphics gave his input... so what? You dont think people working on the CPU/processor at Sony arent PhDs? Quite a few site/podcast said that the 1st gen PS3 games looks better than 1st gen X360 games. GOW looks like "PS3 calibur" but thats is 2nd gen X360 game. The developers had a year working on it so they are more experienced. Yeah 360 had a head start thats why there are 2nd gen games but in a couple years PS3's power will shine. In Phill Harrison's interview he even said that people should put Ridge Racer and Gran Turismo on 2 different Tvs side by side and compare the graphics- its a huge difference and that's because Gran Turismo isnt a 1st Gen PS game. We just have to see in a couple of years which system shines the most- even Moore said that when PS3, X360, Wii all come out for a while (with no system shortages) to the point people get to pick the 3 systems from a shelve- then the winner will be more clearer.
twizzlenicoleAug 17, 2009
It is really difficult when children are always pestering their parents for the latest games and computers at school. With so many new gadets being brought out all the time peer pressure is too much and children always want the best and latest stuff. Some parents simply can't afford this, especially at Christmas time. Hopefully this will make things a little easier and avoid dissapointment.