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Report: 'major retailer' confirms Xbox 360 price cut

by Christopher Grant on Jun 30th 2008 3:27PM

With two separate retail circulars (Kmart and Radio Shack) claiming a "new low price" of $299.99 for the Xbox 360, and a major press conference scheduled for two weeks from today, there's an awful lot of smoke billowing around this rumor. Now you can add an anonymous retail report from The Hollywood Reporter to that list. The venerable trade mag said "the price move will come before ... E3." Huh, would you look at that: Microsoft's E3 press conference is scheduled on Monday just a day before E3 officially kicks off. Just saying ...

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Reader Comments (35)

Its the Bill Gates retirement special.

Good move, Balmer.

I think this is just the new Arcade, and the current Arcade is going CNX to make room for a 60gb new sku?

What's the name of the new 60GB skew, I wonder?

Sounds like the 20gb model will be 300 until stock runs out, and the 60gb model will replace the current core at 350. One of these game blogs is reporting that at least (kotaku? x360fanboy? ...)

Would anyone happen to know/think if the Elite would be dropping?

No word yet, but it has to get a price cut. All SKU's. The question is how much? I can see at least 3 of my friends buying it now. They were just waiting for it to become cheaper.

If they're just replacing the 20GB pro with a 60GB pro (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/30/rumorang-60gb-xbox-360-model-is-in-20gb-is-out/), I doubt the prices will actually change. The lower price could just be to clear out the old units. Keep hoping though, nobody but MS knows for certain how this will play out.

Personally, as long as they can claim a lower price than the PS3, I don't think you'll be seeing a drop, but either or both consoles getting a price drop come E3 or holiday season wouldn't surprise me.

Listen sir, I come from 'the' Europe and your news does not concern me because I'll be bent over and fucked in the ass no matter how many price drops 360 will get.

Btw, now you know why I dislike the PS3.No console is worth $600 dollars(£300 for a 40GB PS3 if you can find one cheap),let alone the one that had so many slip-ups in the past.

You just blew my mind!

I'd prefer the same price with a larger HDD.

and a lot of other people would prefer lower price with the same hard drive.

Duh. I was talking about what I want. Did you miss that part?

Come on MS.. release the 120 GB for $349 and lower these HD price points. It is 2008 now, not release date 2005.

$239.99 Arcade

$299.99 Pro

$349.99 Elite

DO IT, DO IT!

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m14/mur30/Owen20Starsky2020Hutch20Signature20.jpg

The problem with the Elite being 349.99 is that no one would buy the 20g when 50 more bucks gets them a much better system. At least that's what I think. 399.99 for the Elite :(

I understand that but rumor has it the Pro is going to 60geebeez sson.

If the Pro is $300 with a 60gb drive and the 45nm chip, I'll totally get one.

I still wont buy one of those guaranteed to break boxes. I'll never spend a dime on Xbox 360!!! LMAO!

Sux for you...

No,no,no Fenix.

"Mike Sux to be you!"

*Fixed.

Catch up, Mike. The new ones dont break.

Considering that all electronics are designed to break down sooner or later (aka, planned obsolescence), this leaves you with very few boxes that don't break to play with.

Well nothing is realistically unbreakable, so that renders even your much acclaimed PS3, breakable.

LIES! PS3 can deflect bullets.You can also use it as a magical hover boat.

And it makes a damn fine peanut butter 'n jelly IMHO.

damnit.

Has there been any price cut on the Arcade model yet? For those of us with perfectly fine hard drives but funky disc drives, a new Arcade model might be just what the doctor ordered.

if its got the 45nm chip, im in!

That's what I'm thinking too, I'd get it if it's the smaller size processor... any one too, elite or premium.

Right..... You buying a 360. That will be the day...

The Fanboy inside you will not let you... Too sad really.

Yeah. I want an Elite for a lower price point... or even a better built Pro/Premium. 45nm for the GPU/CPU, quiet operation... I still don't have HDMI! :(

Anyone know how this effects UK prices?

Doubt it will, we already got this price drop earlier in the year.

So does the 360 still break? I haven't heard any real news on that front recently. Have people just started to accept that they're going to break or did they actually fix it?

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