New round of price wars among the game consoles: The software company Microsoft makes it a competitor to Sony and lowers the price of its flagship model, the Xbox 360 Starting from this coming Friday is the Elite version of the console with a 120-gigabyte hard drive for 250 euros, thus giving about 50 euros cheaper than in the past, the company announced today. The cheapest version of the console, the Xbox 360 Arcade is no hard drive, have continued for 200 euros. During the past Christmas season, the manufacturer had lowered the price of the entry model, however, already at 180 euros. The Xbox 360 Pro with 60-gigabyte hard drive will slowly phase out Microsoft.
Sony announced just last week before the computer game trade fair in Cologne Gamescom a smaller and more fuel-efficient version of the Playstation 3 for $ 300. Also this device contains a 120-gigabyte hard drive. The price of the PS3-old model also falls from 400 to 300 euros, but he will be sold only remnants. Nintendo wants to turn to hold on to the price of the Wii, which has been offered since the initial release in late 2006 for 250 euros.
"We know that the price is a critical factor," said Microsoft manager Chris Lewis. Users respected but also on the utility and entertainment value of the consoles. Microsoft wants the Xbox 360, therefore, continue to expand in the living room entertainment center. From fall through the Console, there will be a direct access to social network Facebook, or short message service for Twitter. In addition, the video-on-demand offerings will expand and movie downloads in full HD with 5.1 audio will be possible.
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