Microsoft Cuts Cost Of Xbox 360 HD DVD Drive February 08, 2008
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Microsoft has slashed $50 off the cost of the add-on HD DVD drive for the Xbox 360 console in the US, Canada and New Zealand.
There’s no indication - yet - that the company plans to cut prices in Europe but, unless it has a death wish for the HD DVD format, it will, and soon too.
The price in the US now drops to $130 from $180 – almost 28%. Even better – at least for those it affects – it can still be bought bundled with a remote and a copy of King Kong, as well as the cool promo offer that gives them a coupon to choose five free HD DVDs. So, in real money, they are getting a HD DVD player and six movies for £65. Just not fair!
Still, when you consider the beating the HD DVD format is taking right now, with big movie studios deserting it for Blu-ray and Woolworths dumping it in the UK, you can understand the need for some drastic measures.-Martin Lynch
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