Could Next-Gen Consoles Cost $99?  Analysts say Microsoft's low-
priced subscription offer for Xbox 360 could be a Trojan Horse
for its Xbox 720 strategy.  Is $99 a good deal for an Xbox 360?
Well, maybe. If you don't have a credit card and you don't mind
paying extra for the console over a contracted two-year period.
The bigger question perhaps, is this - could the idea of selling
consoles cheap, then having consumers pay over fixed-contract
periods be a Trojan horse for a coming next-gen strategy?  It
allows the hardware manufacturer to disguise the price of the
hardware by bundling with an expensive service offering.
Certainly, pricing for new hardware is a major headache for
console manufacturers. If they are producing extremely expensive
consumer products, but wish to sell them at mass-market prices,
the online-service subscription model looks very attractive. How
do we know this? Because so many of us have already signed up to
the same deal for our cell-phones.  Could a $99 Xbox 360 be a
sign of things