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Information Technology News Microsoft to drive home Japan advantage with cheap Xbox 360
Information Technology News Microsoft to drive home Japan advantage with cheap Xbox 360 | Microsoft to drive home Japan advantage with cheap Xbox 360 |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Sunday, 10 September 2006 | |
  
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As a result, Microsoft plans to offer a no frills Xbox 360 for 25% cheaper than the standard model. The Xbox 360 Core System, which will sell for US$256, will have no hard drive and an ordinary wired controller, as opposed to the standard model for US$342 that has a 20GB hard drive and wireless controller. Although the Sony PS3 will sell for about US$540 in Japan, the previous generation PS2 console, also more expensive than the previous generation Xbox, has been a phenomenal success. Japan has proven to be Sony's strongest market, which is why consoles will be available there in greater numbers and earlier even than the US. Sony is banking on the fact that its console will appeal to both hard core gamers, because of the widely acknowledged superior performance of its Cell processor, and to video buffs, because it has an integrated Blu-ray player. However, Sony has run into problems surrounding the production of PS3 because of difficulties with the integration of the Blu-ray player, as well as adverse publicity over the relatively high price of the consoles. {moscomment} |
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