Hufford Says No 360 Price Drop Planned

Earlier today, Stephany told you about a possible price drop for the 360. Now, Kotaku is reporting that in an email from David Hufford to fellow Microsoft employee John Porcato, Hufford says that that interview was a fair bit ago, and that there are indeed no plans to drop the price of the 360.

“Some are getting really spun up about the Bloomberg story and inaccurately reading tea leaves that don’t exist, said Hufford. “I spoke to Bloomberg nearly two months ago and we were talking about NPD data that had just been released, and chatting generally about price points of consoles in the market. The comment, which is accurately reported, unfortunately has now been taken way out of context and being reported as if I am signaling a price drop. I was not, I am not. With Xbox 360s selling well at their current price point, Elites selling out at $479, and an insanely great portfolio of games in the market, there’s no reason to announce any kind of price drop anytime soon.”

So, what to believe? What Hufford says to Bloomberg, or what his ‘clarification’ says now? Guess we’ll wait until this fall and see what comes to pass.