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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.
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morriss said:
What’s all that in real money?
patlike said:
http://www.xe.net/ucc
epic_wanderer said:
Am I using that convertor correctly? That price cut makes the Elite approx. £305. That can’t be right, surely?
patlike said:
The euro exchange rate’s changed dramatically in the past few months, so it may all look a bit odd, yep.
patlike said:
Yeah, Amazon’s listing the Elite as 280 quid. The Europes is teh tres fucking pricey at the moment.
Syrok said:
@morris: That is real money.
epic_wanderer said:
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.
patlike said:
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.
patlike said:
I don’t reckon Sony’ll cut until Q3.
epic_wanderer said:
out of interest, what does the PS3 go for in europe these days?
Syrok said:
499€ in Germany. That’s for the 40Gb version with two games and an extra controller.
Syrok said:
I for one like the current exchange rate. Saves me 10 to 20€ per game.
patlike said:
£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.
morriss said:
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!
patlike said:
The pound’s rubbish. It’s costing me a frigging fortune.
Syrok said:
Yes, you should introduce the Euro in the UK.
morriss said:
Denmark are standing firm too. They don’t want your filthy currency!
patlike said:
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.
morriss said:
I thought the Queen’s head stayed?
Syrok said:
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…)
patlike said:
Ah, it does, yes. Figuratively speaking, then. Dropping the pound’s seen as political suicide here.
Syrok said:
It could stay. The Dutch have their queen on the coins and the Spanish kings head is there, too if I’m not mistaken.
patlike said:
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.
Blerk said:
/checks watch
patlike said:
Mailed them this morning. I honestly don’t know when it’s going to be announced.
Blerk said:
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/
Blerk said:
Oops – forgot the Arcade. £160 RRP, £150 at Amazon. Wii am undercut!
patlike said:
Ta. I’ll do a story on that now.