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Any announcement is going to be a little late, from the look of it. Amazon UK has cut the price of all its 360 SKUs this morning, following news last night that a Dutch retailer had detailed euro-priced cuts and the German FT had run a story saying Microsoft is to drop the price of the console today.
The Arcade pack on Amazon is now under £150, at £149.99. The retailer is selling the Premium pack for £189.99 and the Elite for £249.99.
The drop now means Xbox 360 is the cheapest current gen console in Europe. A British Wii currently costs £179.98 on Amazon.
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Blerk said:
These are very good prices. I know we said Sony probably wouldn’t respond, but looking at that I think they need to.
patlike said:
It’s really good, yep. The Premium for £189.99 is a steal, definitely.
frod said:
wonder if the HDD is still 70 quid.
patlike said:
It is, yep.
frod said:
only a real spaz would buy the arcade. At least it comes with some flash memory.
G1GAHURTZ said:
Wow!
Seems like strange timing though…
Would have thought that they’d wait until closer to the GTA IV release.
patlike said:
In time for the Easter break, I guess.
Killerbee said:
I agree – the 360 is now very competitively priced – even the Premium against the Wii (ignoring the Arcade) would make many people think twice.
Once again the PS3 feels left out in the cold as the most expensive machine by quite a margin. At the very least, they need to keep pace with the Elite.
patlike said:
I reckon Sony will make a large cut later this year. They’ll be aiming for a big boost at Christmas. I reckon this is Microsoft getting as much value our of GTA as possible.
patlike said:
Many thanks for the heads-up on that Blerk.
*thumbs up*
Blerk said:
Whizzo at EG tipped me off, I can’t claim all the credit.
Tonka said:
How about Nintendo. They havn’t adjusted their price one penny. AMOF the price has gone up since release in many stores.
patlike said:
@blerk – You’re still the win. Looks as though we were first in the world with it.
patlike said:
@tonka – Christmas, I reckon. Pachter said he’d expect them to cut later this year to get it back in line with 360.
Blerk said:
/wears “I’m the win” badge
/ponces around looking smug
kasai said:
were exactly are the price cuts on amazon uk its saying a premium is still 249.99 ????
Blerk said:
Heh heh – they’ve put them back how they were! Looks like someone got their wrists slapped for jumping the announcement gun.
patlike said:
:O
patlike said:
Done a new story. What a farce.