In recent times, it has pretty much become standard practice that whenever you want a new cellphone you head to your carrier or a partner retailer, pick one out, and lock yourself to the device for one or two years in order to get a highly subsidized discount price.
Recently, with the evolution of mobile broadband, this type of model has seen itself extended to a vast array of devices such as tablets, netbooks, and even e-readers.
Now Microsoft might be bringing this two-year contract model to the gaming world, according to unnamed sources cited from The Verge. According to the new rumor, Microsoft is planning to offer a new $99 bundle (normally valued around $300-ish) of its Xbox 360 game system which includes the 4GB of internal flash, and a Kinect sensor.
All you have to do is commit to two years of a new $15 monthly online service package, which essentially is the standard Xbox Live Gold with a few new exclusive entertainment/multimedia channels thrown in through the company's partnerships with cable/video companies.
The Xbox 360 is winding done, but undoubtedly this is a brilliant move, at least in my opinion. Traditionally, gaming systems were sold for-profit, allowing companies to make money off of the consoles and the games. Then, in the late-90s, the trend started to shift to a model of selling
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