Mon, Mar 10, 2008 | 14:43 GMT
Dutch retailer details Euro 360 price cut
According to this, Dutch retailer Bart Smith has seemingly confirmed the rumoured European Xbox 360 price cuts that did the rounds earlier this week.
According to that page, Xbox 360 Elite has dropped from €549.95 to €399.95 , the Pro console (which includes Viva Pinata and Forza Motorsport 2) was lowered from €399.95 to €299.95 while the Arcade bundle is down from €279.95 to €199.95.
These prices are in contradiction to the original story this week, which said €50 would be cut from all SKUs.
At €199.95, the Core pack will be the cheapest current gen console, dropping below the €249.95 it costs to buy a Wii.
Update: The German FT has published a story claiming Microsoft is to drop the console’s price tomorrow. All we need now is the press release, announcement fans.
28 comments
#1
morriss
09/03/08, 8:25 pm
What’s all that in real money?
#2
patlike
09/03/08, 8:26 pm
http://www.xe.net/ucc
#3
epic_wanderer
09/03/08, 8:34 pm
Am I using that convertor correctly? That price cut makes the Elite approx. £305. That can’t be right, surely?
#4
patlike
09/03/08, 8:35 pm
The euro exchange rate’s changed dramatically in the past few months, so it may all look a bit odd, yep.
#5
patlike
09/03/08, 8:38 pm
Yeah, Amazon’s listing the Elite as 280 quid. The Europes is teh tres fucking pricey at the moment.
#6
Syrok
09/03/08, 8:39 pm
@morris: That is real money.
#7
epic_wanderer
09/03/08, 8:40 pm
Yikes! So is it possible we won’t see a cut here at all? I already have an xbox but I’m thinking of getting a PS3 as well and these price cut tend to play out like a line a dominoes. When one falls they all do.
#8
patlike
09/03/08, 8:41 pm
I’m spending a lot of money in Holland at the moment, and the exchange rate is properly, properly painful. I’ve lost a significant amount in the past six months because of it.
Conversely, you could buy loads of Elites in the UK and flog them in Germany at a profit. Bet no one’s thought of that.
#9
patlike
09/03/08, 8:41 pm
I don’t reckon Sony’ll cut until Q3.
#10
epic_wanderer
09/03/08, 8:46 pm
out of interest, what does the PS3 go for in europe these days?
#11
Syrok
09/03/08, 8:47 pm
499€ in Germany. That’s for the 40Gb version with two games and an extra controller.
#12
Syrok
09/03/08, 8:49 pm
I for one like the current exchange rate. Saves me 10 to 20€ per game.
#13
patlike
09/03/08, 8:50 pm
£284.99 as a standalone console on Amazon. Play.com’s doing the machine with Drake’s Fortune and Devil May Cry 4 for £309.99. Both those are the 40Gb console, obv. The 60Gb BC machine’s selling secondhand on Amazon for £420.00.
#14
morriss
09/03/08, 8:51 pm
The Danish Kroner is stronger than the pound at the moment, which is nice. When I came here 10 years ago, 13kr was £1, not it’s 9.8kr to the pound.
More interesting facts as I get them!
#15
patlike
09/03/08, 8:55 pm
The pound’s rubbish. It’s costing me a frigging fortune.
#16
Syrok
09/03/08, 8:57 pm
Yes, you should introduce the Euro in the UK.
#17
morriss
09/03/08, 8:59 pm
Denmark are standing firm too. They don’t want your filthy currency!
#18
patlike
09/03/08, 9:00 pm
I can’t believe we haven’t. The only reason we didn’t is because politicians here are so terrified of taking the Queen’s head off currency. I love nationalism: it’s better to be worse off than to give in to some ridiculous notion that having “someone else’s” currency makes you less of a nation.
#19
morriss
09/03/08, 9:16 pm
I thought the Queen’s head stayed?
#20
Syrok
09/03/08, 9:20 pm
The UK would probably benefit from it seeing that most of the UKs exports go to other EU states.
@morries: Yes they do. (Sort of…)
#21
patlike
09/03/08, 9:21 pm
Ah, it does, yes. Figuratively speaking, then. Dropping the pound’s seen as political suicide here.
#22
Syrok
09/03/08, 9:21 pm
It could stay. The Dutch have their queen on the coins and the Spanish kings head is there, too if I’m not mistaken.
#23
patlike
09/03/08, 9:48 pm
Yeah, they do, definitely. think the problem is just the concept of reliquishing “Britishness”. The pound is seen as integral to what makes Britain Britain. It’s complete nonsense.
#24
Blerk
10/03/08, 9:30 am
/checks watch
#25
patlike
10/03/08, 9:32 am
Mailed them this morning. I honestly don’t know when it’s going to be announced.
#26
Blerk
10/03/08, 9:46 am
Amazon reckon it’ll be £199 for a Premium and £269 for an Elite. They’ve already dropped them to £189 and £259.
Hurrah! The magic £200 barrier is teh broken! \o/
#27
Blerk
10/03/08, 9:47 am
Oops – forgot the Arcade. £160 RRP, £150 at Amazon. Wii am undercut!
#28
patlike
10/03/08, 9:52 am
Ta. I’ll do a story on that now.