Screamin Deal: XBOX 360 HD DVD Player Only $79.99!
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Get ‘em while their hot, Amazon is selling the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on drive for $79.99! You might want to get in on this deal fast, as they will probable sell out at this price. We wonder if this will happen at B&M retailers as well? Remember that you also get the 5 free HD DVD movies by mail with this player.
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Oh my god it’s a FIRE SA…ehhh…okay I’ll shut up.
Anyway, if one follows the link given they claim it costs 179.99$ ?
Aw, I was trying to be the first to claim fire sale … I guess it’s getting to be too mainstream a term these days …
Wow if this turns into a retail thing then it will spur HD DVD player sales for Xbox users, assuming no one is losing money, and that is close to base price.
MS has officially dropped the price of the 360 HD add-on to $129.99.
Best Buy has lowered the online price to $120.
FIRESALE!!
So if Microsoft drops MSRP to 129.99, that’s a firesale? So does that make it a firesale too if PS3 drops MSRP to 299.99?
Amazon lists the price as $155 + S/H, not $79.99!
Amazon sold out of the 79.99 already since at least 6am PST.
Perhaps there was a pricing error…
@wysiwyg
bluray is winning the format war, so them selling it for cheaper would be going for the kill.
Amazon is down to $155.67…. still higher than an actual Toshiba SA unit…. so not worth it.
119.99 at best buy.com…prob same in store since they are pretty consistent with prices.. so…worth it
@Merrick97
Microsoft did it due to customer demand and their sensitivity to pricing and reiterated their support for HD DVD. So it’s not like it’s a firesale. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6185662.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;title;1
Bluray’s winning, and HD DVD is losing. But bluray hasn’t won yet, and HD DVD isn’t dead yet either.
Come on wysiwyg, regardless of what the reasons for the sale are/where do you really think they would say anything else than that piece of corporate BS?
Hot air comming from the mouth of a corporate representative means nothing, actions do.
wysiwyg – you said “So if Microsoft drops MSRP to 129.99, that’s a firesale? So does that make it a firesale too if PS3 drops MSRP to 299.99?”
Er… no. The PS3 is a complete unit. While its game collection is finally getting good and has almost as much TITLE space in stores as the 360, the PS3 is gaining value and it makes the 360 cost more money.
360-Pro/Halo = $350/400 (Wow, MS charges $50 for a green model – you’d think they’d at least put in a 40 or 60GB HD – THAT would be some value)
Vs a $400 PS3 with HD playback ability, double the HD size (40gb instead of 20gb) Wireless network (Add $90 for xbox) $40 for a 512mb memory unit when today’s USB flash keys are 1GB for $10~15. But adding the $120 HD-DVD drive and that standard 360 = $480~600 (Depending on 360pr/Halo / HD-DVD / wirless combo)
And of course the 20GB is rather tiny.. how many complaints are on the net about having a few gigs left when the UNIT IS NEW for music, videos and demos? Add $180 for the special 120GB drive add-on. Or for those who bought the NO-HD version, $90 for the whimp 20GB drive)
Loud drives, limited output (USB pass through) messy cables (between the HD-DVD and 360), another power supply, sucking up more space… the add-on drive is low-value. When HD-DVD dies, we’ll see these things fire-sale for $20 and still they won’t very usable.
I don’t know why people complain about the 360’s drive noise, I rarley hear it, and thats only if I try to tune in for it.