An article at PS3news.ca has a very interesting bit, thanks to a Microsoft representative who slipped a bit of info to the poster. The Microsoft rep said "the HD drive is expected to sell at 500 dollars." Are... you kidding? That's hilariously steep, but the rep decided to qualify the price point with: "Well, the Blu-ray players are going for a thousand, and other HD-DVD players are going for half that, so that's going to be the price point." So, who here wants to spend up to $1000 on an XBox360 (higher SKU, wireless adaptor and supposed HD drive price)? No one? Great. PS3 is now $400 cheaper if this is the truth. Now, sure, the HD drive isn't mandatory but the Blu-ray is standard on the PS3, but it's the principle of the matter.Did anybody really plan to get the HD add-on for their 360's anyway? This really does beg the questions of add-ons. Should gaming companies keep a lower-priced core system and have a ton of accessories that can make your box into a multimedia deity, or should they try to package it all in at once and have a "lower" price, assuming you wanted every little thing from the start? If the price point turns out to be truth, XBox fanboys shouldn't be allowed to mock the PS3's price, especially if they planned to watch HD movies.
