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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 3902937" data-attributes="member: 115">I think the problem with regard to the 360 is three-fold, if we're discounting deliberate means to inflate the price.First, there's been problems with stability.  Every replacement they send out is one less to sell, and that's raised both the bottom line and demand.  Thus, the price stays high.Second, as people have mentioned, there's lots of dubious practices on the secondary market.  This is compounded by XBL being the big draw, because a messed up system may not be able to take advantage of the it.Third, there's an overall lack of competition.  There's two distinct tiers of games in this generation.  The Wii covers the ones who don't spend a lot of money, and in theory the PS3 and 360 compete for the ones that do.  The problem is, the PS3 isn't putting up much of a fight, and costs more than its competitor, so the 360 stays at a high price point too.There's also a general lack of returns, but that's a console-wide thing, and usually doesn't start until at least a year in.  If you have a friend that works at GameStop or another store that will sell used systems, I would start checking after Christmas.</blockquote>