http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/ Engadget Comments for Xbox 360 Pro 60GB for $230 during Woot Sellout http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/
ps3 ftw]]>Aug 24th 2009 4:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 2:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 4:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/_]]>Aug 24th 2009 4:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 2:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 2:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 3:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/
Aside from the Blu-Ray, Xbox also offers a much richer media center experience with Netflix streaming, MCE (playback of your DVD library, DVR, and even HD video stored on your MC), and Win7's "Play-to" functionality to push your media (video, pictures, music) to your Xbox from the PC anywhere on the network. Xbox is really becoming the set-top-box that pretty mush does everything and the whole family uses.]]>Aug 24th 2009 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 2:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 3:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/I will be making a booze run later, though, if this gets any more heated.]]>Aug 24th 2009 3:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/For the last two years the PS3 and 360 have been neck and neck in sales, with the PS3 taking overall yearly sales.]]>Aug 24th 2009 3:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/

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I have a Pro that my wife purchased for me for my birthday in Jan. She purchased it from a big name computer maker that starts with "D" for like $240.

I love my xbox for the games and all my friends have one as well which was the biggest selling point. Have had zero issues with my xbox as the newer Jasper units have a MUCH lower RROD rate on them.

On a side note....friends don't let friends drink and reply to comments on Engadget ...lol. (I swear I have a point to my comment but can't quite seem to get there)

......OH YEAH....point being, the Elite unit will most likely see itself for the same price I got my Pro at this big name computer retailer.

Excuse my rambling, the popcorn is just not soaking up the alcohol lol!


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I've pondered the Natal price point idea a bit and I came to a different conclusion than you. I know it's a guess at this point and it could end up being an expensive accessory but based on the investment that MS has made into this technology and their plans for its adoption, I don't think they would price it very high. Here's why. Firstly, the real cost of this device is in the software development, not the hardware. The hardware consists of a couple web-cams, an IR cam, a mic or two, some little chip to do some processing, and a plastic casing. Probably about $10-$15 in manufacturing costs (bulk). On the software side, they have already invested billions, just as they do with their other large software projects. Knowing that accessories generally do not sell well as it is, this one would never get any kind of decent adoption rate if they don't price it right. MS has gone on record as saying they are treating Natal in the same way they treat a console launch and that means they are really going to push this and possibly, just like with consoles at launch, sell it for under cost. I think MS has a lot to lose if Natal does not get good adoption rates and a lot to gain if it does. This leads me to believe that they will sell this in the sub-$30 range and bundled in free with new consoles as well as possibly having some discounted pricing here and there like they did with Win7 pre-orders. At $30, they would not be taking a loss on the hardware (even factoring in labor, marketing, and shipping) and their R&D costs are just part of doing business that they will eventually recoup as they roll this technology out more broadly and license it to 3rd parties.

If they sell this at $130, it will certainly not be bundled free with new consoles (but they will probably have a bundle that is $100 over the stand-alone version) and it will not be widely adopted meaning that the billions they spent in R&D and technology acquisition (MS purchased 3DV Systems, an Israel-based company that specializes in camera-tracked motion and holds many patents on the technology) will have been for naught.

That's my theory anyways.]]>Aug 24th 2009 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 2:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 3:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 3:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/
http://www.360drives.com/list?v_pack=5&v_perpage=50]]>Aug 24th 2009 3:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Thanks for the link though.]]>Aug 24th 2009 3:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 3:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 3:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 4:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/
Still a good price.]]>Aug 24th 2009 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 4:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/
Please, e))), don't confuse sellout.woot.com (in which they "sold out" to big business, namely yahoo shopping, with another deal-a-day) with a woot-off (in which, rather than a deal per day, each deal is replaced when it sells out).]]>Aug 24th 2009 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/
http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/microsoft-responds-to-xbox-360-54-2-percent-failure-rate-report/

Doesn't look good! ]]>Aug 24th 2009 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/
Yeah their a lot better now, just thought it was funny how the articles were one after the other :D

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That being said, I'm happy with my 360s and have no intention of getting rid of them. Quality games > quality hardware.

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More consoles sold than your rival > making money on those console sales]]>Aug 24th 2009 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.midnightbox.com/cgi-bin/item/10001009-21/search/XBOX-360-Elite-Console-Bundle-w-120GB-Hard-Drive-B4J-00122.html

$269 for Elite]]>Aug 24th 2009 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-pro-60gb-for-230-during-woot-sellout/Aug 24th 2009 11:56AM