Topic: And I quote

[ThePerm]

I have a good friend that manages a Major videogame retail store, and he has brought it to my attention that not oly the Xbox but also the PS2 will be having a (temporary?) price drop soon. 
'Soon' as in as early as wednesday next week but definately before Thanksgiving, and by price drop i mean from $179.00 ----> $99.00. 
That will be in absolute direct competion with the Gamecube cutting into the nice and cushy price buffer that GC has been taking advantage of.

I can't say for sure this is 100% true, but my friend isn't the type to just make it up from no where.
so if anyone else can also confirm the validity of this rumor please do.

[BlackNMild2k1]

I don't think either of those happened when he said they were going to.

But he only managed a Gamestop.

I think the Xbox price drop was several months later, and it wasn't all the way down to $99 either.
PS2 $99 price point never hit until years later.
Not sure if either of them had a temporary Black Friday price drop/deal or not though.