price drop..?

[AXmichigan]

whens the price drop suppose to occur?

[rms2001]

>> Today's extended third-quarter financial results from Electronic Arts revealed some juicy information. From xbox.ign.com:

... The last big tidbit worth mentioning, is that EA anticipates a price drop for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox systems before Labor Day. Estimates place the price drop to somewhere around $129.99


Update: From money.cnn.com:

Microsoft's Xbox may be on the verge of a substantial price cut, falling from $179 to $99 by Labor Day, according to P.J. McNealy, an analyst with American Technology Research.
"It is our belief that the price on the consoles in North America could see a stepped drop this year, with both the PS2 and Xbox being cut to $129 between now and the May E3 trade show, with [Microsoft] then cutting the Xbox further to $99 in the late summer," he wrote in a research note released Wednesday.

McNealy also believes Microsoft will launch its next generation console in late 2005 – a year earlier than has been previously rumored. That would put the Xbox 2 on store shelves up to a full year before Sony's PlayStation 3.

Microsoft, when asked about the report, said it does not comment on rumors and speculation.

[AXmichigan]

o yea i read those articles..
yet i clearly missed the before labor day part...
dammit!

[Hull_chipper]

Labor day is not a British holiday, so forgive me when I ask "when is it?"

[rms2001]

LOL I live in the US and didn't even know what day it was on. Had to ask.

Labor day is the first Monday in September, I think.

[AXmichigan]

hehe yea me tooo
i forgot...
but i figured it wasnt for a while so..
whatever

[Hull_chipper]

Lol, so this isn't exactly headline news then. I think we would all expect at least one more price drop before the next gen consoles. I just wish it was a bit sooner (fools day for instance ;) )

[AXmichigan]

hehe more like tomorrow
but yea
i was gonan mod some boxes for people i noe... but i guess i dont needa wiat..