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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/08/360hddvd.jpg (http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20060814A5023.html)Well, well, isn't this a pleasant surprise. With prices for Microsoft's impending Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on (http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/04/external-hd-dvd-drive-due-for-xbox-360-this-year/) having being quoted as high as $500 (http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/09/microsoft-demos-xbox-360-hd-dvd-names-price-bracket/), it's certainly reassuring to hear DigiTimes confirm reports (http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/16/xbox-360-and-hd-dvd-to-drop-for-under-500/) that the movie-playing optical drive will cost just $200 at its holiday release. Now it's not clear if this will be the price for stand-alone units or those that come as part of a "value" bundle (perhaps the one that Richard Teversham recently referred to (http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/01/xbox-exec-sez-surprises-in-store-for-q4/)?), but either way, the low cost would definitely help reinvigorate interest in the 360 in the face of fresh competition from Sony and Nintendo. So please, Microsoft, do us cash-strapped gamers a favor and make this happen -- we promise that we won't even feel too guilty if you're taking a huge loss (http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/23/toshiba-taking-200-loss-on-each-hd-a1-sez-isuppli/) on the hardware.
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