360 price drop!?!?

[Doom]

OMGWTFBBQH4XZ?

While I was in the states (minnesota to be exact) I went to Fye (Media/Electronic/Game store) and as I was walking in I noticed the PS3 was marked down to 569.99$ I belive. But that wasent worthy of a picture =P. I walked over to the Xbox 360 section and I noticed above the 360's there was a little sign. At first I was like, Wow! a Price drop!. But then I noticed it was only 30$ down so I was like bleh. I don't know if this is a Fye thing only or if its not been completly cut lower across the USA, but Fye was the only store I saw it at 369.99 for a premium package.

I snapped this with my Cellphone so sorry for the quality .

-Doom

 

[Sigma LS]

Probably because the elites are out....

 

[CMax]

Probably because the elites are out....

Bingo

 

[Redsleighdown]

expect another drop around september 25th

 

[Sigma LS]

Or maybe some specially "themed" console and game bundles ;-)

 

[Spartan129]

Mwhahaha, all the peices are falling into place.

 

[Ultima]

Its probabaly a clearance. They are getting rid of those to make room for the Elites. It is only the store, not Microsoft, who prices it at $400. They sell it at that to make money, generally at leasy a 30%-50% profit for the store. They could probably sell the Premium at $300 and still make a decent profit.

 

[Frizzlefry]

Actually, and I may be completely wrong, but I don't think the stores make much money on the hardware, because I know for the most part the manufactures lose money on every system sold.

So why would they sell the hardware then? Because the reap the rewards on software and periphials.

 

[Ultima]

The store makes money I said, not Microsoft. Microsoft probably sells each system to the store for a little under/over $300 and the store sells them for $400 to make at least some money back.

 

[Adam]

actually, stores buy consoles for the same amount you and I buy them for. Sometimes a couple bucks more. They NEVER make money off the console, no one does. (well... maybe nintendo.)

All the money is made in games and ESPECIALLY accessories.