wraggster
May 16th, 2006, 22:40
Via CVG (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=140133)
Microsoft's external HD-DVD drive for Xbox 360 could hit the UK for under 130 GBP, it's being speculated.
Retail sources claim to have been informed by Microsoft that the cost of the drive combined with the cost of Xbox 360 will still set consumers back less than the cost of Sony's PS3, according to a report on GamesIndustry.biz. A quick bit of maths based on top-end prices (279 GBP for the Xbox 360 premium pack and the 400 GBP, approximately, for the PS3 60Gb model) spits out the sub-130 quid figure for the HD-DVD drive that's being talked about.
It all hangs, of course, on the alleged claims being made by retail sources, and we won't know the full truth until we get an official announcement from Microsoft on the price of the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive. The drive's due out later in the year, so hopefully we shouldn't have too long to wait to discover the dent it'll make in consumer wallets.
Microsoft's external HD-DVD drive for Xbox 360 could hit the UK for under 130 GBP, it's being speculated.
Retail sources claim to have been informed by Microsoft that the cost of the drive combined with the cost of Xbox 360 will still set consumers back less than the cost of Sony's PS3, according to a report on GamesIndustry.biz. A quick bit of maths based on top-end prices (279 GBP for the Xbox 360 premium pack and the 400 GBP, approximately, for the PS3 60Gb model) spits out the sub-130 quid figure for the HD-DVD drive that's being talked about.
It all hangs, of course, on the alleged claims being made by retail sources, and we won't know the full truth until we get an official announcement from Microsoft on the price of the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive. The drive's due out later in the year, so hopefully we shouldn't have too long to wait to discover the dent it'll make in consumer wallets.