Hot on the heels of the Wal-Mart and Toys 'R Us fliers revealing a possible $50 price drop on the Premium 360, comes a Circuit City flier that answers the important question: What about the Elite and the Core?

Way to keep things simple Microsoft. The people who brought you five different versions of Windows Vista now present the staggered price drop.

The Core, with only $20 excised from it's price, is even less of a value compared to the Premium than it already was, and since the Elite is only seeing a $30 drop it is $100 more expensive than the Premium instead of just $80 as it was previously.

I think Microsoft would actually benefit from following Sony's lead on this one. Drop all three SKU's to $200/$300/$400/ and when the Core is gone, it's gone.

Then again, the Premium 360 (which is obviously their focus) still has a $150 price advantage on the cheapest PS3 model and it's not like the PS3 is exactly breathing down the 360's neck quite yet.

With six different system configurations (so far!) between PS3 and 360, and the simple little Wii continuing to outsell everyone, this is certainly the most interesting console war yet.

[via Joystiq]