Xbox 360 Price Drop

I’ve been enjoying my old school Xbox lately, playing some Tiger Woods ‘06 golf with my wife and son. This news I just read on Engadget brings a smile to my face. Although it’s only rumor and already being denied by Microsoft.

…but as usual, Team Microsoft is telling us not to get our hopes up. DigiTimes recently reported that a source at an unnamed Taiwanese OEM manufacturer is claiming Redmond has successfully negotiated lower production cost of between 15% and 20% on the 360, thanks to a combination of ramped-up production volume, falling component costs, and decreasing defect rates.

The opportunity to grab this unit at a lower price will be great. I will however want to make sure my original Xbox games will play on the new unit. Tiger Woods ‘06 doesn’t have half the courses on the Xbox 360 version as it does on the original version.