2008: A year in review, March

Xbox 360 gets a price cut, PS3 gets BD-Live and the Eee gets XP

The month of March started well for consumers with Microsoft announcing price cuts across its entire Xbox 360 range in Europe.

In an attempt to compete with the Nintendo Wii - which was kicking Microsoft's pants in terms of sales figures - the lesser specced 360 was positioned as an affordable (£159) family friendly option, described at the time as a "mass market entertainment proposition".

PS3 owners also got good news during the month, with free firmware update 2.20 that brought Profile 2.0 Blu-ray functionality to the console, such as BD-Live, at the time making the PS3 arguably the best value, and best specced, Blu-ray player on the market.

The CeBIT show took place in Germany during March which saw a plethora of minor tech launches, but the most significant of the show was Asus finally officially launching a Windows XP version of the Eee, something that would spell sales doom for the now much less popular Linux version.
See the original 2008: A year in review, March article on Pocket-lint.co.uk

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