Xbox 360 Elite Rival: $400 40GB PS3 Coming This Christmas?
Filed under: Sony Playstation 3, Xbox 360 | By: Ryan
Posted on: September 12, 2007 | 23 Comments
According to a reliable mole who apparently has a “great track record”, the 80GB model may be taking the price point of the current 60GB model at $499 once all the stocks have been juiced out, which should be very soon indeed. Not only this, but the 80gb price reduction would also allow a 40GB console to be born, costing $399.
The price cuts aren’t the only good news with the new packages reported to be coming with Spider-Man 3 on Blu-ray, which is hardly surprising seeing as Sony had been throwing Spiderman 2 in with the PSP value pack for years.
In the UK the 40GB model is said to be around about £350, which funnily enough, would make it a much closer rival to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Elite console, a crucial move.
Finally, the PlayStation 2 will receive a further price drop, bringing it down to the bargain price of $99. Now if you ask me, at the moment the PS2 looks like it has a better selection of games than the PS3, so this will ensure Sony that the cheaper console will continue to sell well.
Do Microsoft have a reason to be worried?
Which do you prefer? The Xbox 360 Elite? Or the Sony PlayStation 3?
Let us know how you think the changes could affect the market.
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The PS3 is a great console. by far my favourite but it will never kill the 360. personally i think it will overtake the 360 but that is opinion. either way the 360 isnt going to “die” it will be around for the next 5 years at least
actually all around the ps3 is just more of a stable piece of machinery than an xbox. the only leg up xbox has is the fact that their internet connection is a bit more stable than ps3, but everything else just cant be conpared. Sure, some may feel xbox has a better selection of games but stability is the most important thing from a parental point of view. Who wants to go out and spend all this money for repairs and be put out of their way with recalls when they could just by a monster machine with hardly any flaws and NO recalls? just a thought…
i had a 360 elite but 4 for me the ps3 is the better machine i never used 120 gb and if i wanted a hd dvd player it costs another £100 & £50 for a wireless network adapter i’ve only just switched 2 a ps3 this week with games like haze, final fantasy XIII, grand turismo & ps3 home being released soon it was a must also i owned a 360 for 3 years and in that time ive had 4 diffrent 360’s due to malfunction which takes a month to recieve a new console from microsoft as there backed up with broken 360 i know ps3 have been slow off the mark with making games but most of the big games come out on both consoles get a ps3