Quote: Originally Posted by _Sexy_Pants_ Now it's $179 with 5 movies. Microsoft cuts Xbox DVD player to $179 - Yahoo! News So, uh, $20 off. Not really a powerplay or anything here, and I don't think this is really enough to give them an edge over Blu-Ray and not nearly as attractive as the Playstation's price drop. Microsoft, why didn't you show us an HD-DVD equipped SKU at E3?

Because then they would have had to jack up the price of that 360, and doing that would pretty much be suicide.