Rumor: Xbox 360 elite becoming extinct!?

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http://kotaku.com/5165883/rumor-xbox-360-elite-to-become-xbox-360-extinct

According to Fudzilla, citing retail sources, Microsoft may be making the decision to whittle down its hardware lineup to accommodate retailer concerns and as part of a reaction to the economic climate. Perhaps those $400 USD Elites aren't moving as quickly as retailers would have hoped.

Well, it's not too much of a surprise, when $199 and $299 360's sold like insanely during Christmas season compared to it's Elite brother.

However...

if Microsoft does plan to let the Elite die off, it would also do so as part of reaction to a PlayStation 3 price cut. If Sony does drop the price of the PS3, it would likely be below that of the Elite model, a hardware configuration that starts to have a weaker value proposition.

So, let's wait and see, but many say something may happen this month.
 
Kinda sucks when you find out that there's a possibility of certain system types are being taken away from the market.

This makes me wonder if and when there will be another chance for a next gen console to even appear?... witht he way things are, it could be much longer than the periods of time that normally elapse between new systems. (could be 2020???)
 
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