Microsoft Drops Price of Xbox 360

Trims $50 in wake of Sony's cuts to PlayStation3

By Heather McPherson, Newser User

Posted Aug 7, 2007 8:55 AM CDT

(Newser) – Microsoft is shaving $50 off the price of Xbox 360 video game consoles in the US, just a month after Sony dropped the price of its PlayStation3 by $100. Both have faced unusually strong competition from Nintendo’s hot Wii, Reuters reports, and want to... Read full story »

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