[Jonbo298]

March 29, 2004 - Everybody loves a discount and as of Tuesday, March 30, all North American consumers (yes, even you wacky Canadians) will be able to enjoy Xbox at a lower price. Today, Microsoft announced that the 9-pound beast known as Xbox was slimming down in price, from $179 in the US to $149. The price drop also affects Canada, which will see the console drop to $199 (also a $30 cut) and Mexico, with a new price of $1999 pesos, a $45 drop in US dollars.

Microsoft is also slashing the price on several first-party games. Project Gotham Racing, Crimson Skies, and Counter-Strike see an adjustment to $29.99 each come Tuesday. Voodoo Vince, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, and Music Mixer will outdo that cut by dropping down to a mere $19.99 each.

In an effort to make Xbox more accessible to the entire family, Microsoft is expanding its Platinum Hits library to include a Platinum Family Hits branch. The first members are Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Finding Nemo, which are now available for $19.99 each.

To celebrate the falling prices, Mitch Koch, corporate vice president of Microsoft worldwide retail sales offered this tasty quote:

"We have always been committed to providing gamers with the best entertainment experience available At this lower mass market price point, we're opening up this great system to an even broader audience of people who can experience Xbox for the first time."

No word yet on when/if the rumored Halo system bundle will become available, but as soon as we get a "no comment" from Microsoft, we'll update this story.

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/502/502608p1.html

Good stuff. I might get one if it still keeps the same bundles as before. I mainly just want to play PGR2 online.