Microsoft wants your money, but not all of it. Big MS is upping the ante in the price drop battle by offering a $50 rebate to anybody in the United States who purchases an Xbox 360 between now and October 5.
This certainly has to be a response to the PlayStation 3 price cut, with Microsoft attempting to undermine Sony's efforts to put more PS3s into homes this Winter. The rebate makes the entry cost for an Elite a rather attractive $249, which certainly makes it cheaper than the $299 PS3. Will the plan succeed? That remains to be seen.
The rebate details are available on this page. What do you reckon? Will this have any impact on sales?
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3:20 PM on 09.22.2009
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I'm on to you.
@banner
360 price drop
PS3 maybe BC with PS2 and Dreamcast
360 gets mail-in rebate for $50
STOP. I can't make up my mind which console to get.
I got scamzord. :(.
And god bless the women in that picture.
NEVER
It's microsoft. They <3 our money. They will do anything too horde as much of it as they can. And because we are suckers for the 360 exclusives, we put up with it.
We fail. :(
@ Occams electric toothbrush
...lol
Bumpin' donuts, man.
Also, attention grabbing, unrelated pic is unrelated and attention-grabbing.