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Major Xbox 360 price cuts rumored for September

by Dustin Burg on Aug 2nd 2008 6:00AM

Gather round children and scoot in close, because it's time for another edition of Xbox 360 price cut rumor talk where we inform you about the latest, craziest and somewhat possible 360 price cuts that may or may not happen. And today, friends, we aren't about to let you down.

According to ars technica's Microsoft insider, all Xbox 360 hardware across all console SKUs will be seeing some major price cuts even including the recently introduced 60GB model. Their insider informs us that sometime this September, the Xbox 360 Arcade (no HDD) will drop from $279 all the way down to $199, the new Xbox 360 Pro (60GB HDD) will go from $349 down to $299 and the Xbox 360 Elite (120GB HDD) will fall from $449 down to a more reasonable $399. If true, high fives all around. If false, we become depressed.

[Thanks, to everyone who sent this in]

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Tags: elite, microsoft, price-cut, price-drop, rumor, xbox-360

Reader Comments (39)

Wow.. That.. would be awesome!

Does Europe get any of the price drop love?

Europe already got a drop a few months back, before gta4.

If we get another one (possible since they're targetting europe) then it's just ridiculously cheap.

That'd be nice, I wants me a £150 elite :D

$199? oh my god
it's cheaper than wii
is there still a reason to buy wii?

there was never a reason to buy a wii.

@ kevin

except to... you know... have fun.
At least thats why I bought one.

right to have fun...if you could afford one and all of its necessary controller add-ons just to play a game that normally could be played outside.

the wii360 crowd is getting shit on by nintendo, cause most of us don't want the dumbed down family fun time crap they are slinging. They claim they are not forgetting their hardcore audience.... but i know better and can see through their lies.

I stuck with nintendo in the good times and the bad times and will stick with them till the end. I will never turn my back on them

Somehow i doubt this. Because of the recent price drop here at least. Microsoft is not known for its price dropping.

like i keep saying: 360 is ps2 incarnate. :D

A $199 360 would be nice, just get a $5 HDMI cable and a $45 20gb Hard drive off ebay, and it price matches a Wii.

or ya know, just use the memory card, and the included cables, and its then cheaper than the wii

hmmm the 60 gb IS 299 where i live ive been to target and gamestop and both places have em for 299.99 :/

Did you actually scan the item or just look at the shelf tag? I tried and the price in the system is $349.99. It is a bit YMMV if you can get a Manager to honor the posted price.

I seriously doubt this is happening this soon. If it was, Microsoft would've made a much bigger deal out of this during E3 instead of announcing the price cut on the 20GB down to $299. They wouldn't drop it, then make a 60GB at the same price so soon afterwards. I call this rumor bogus.

I bought the xbox last christmas and it was ALREADY CHEAPER THAN THE WII, so this is old news for me :p

.... so whats your secret?
did you steal it?

Guys dont be noobs.

Microsoft would never announce such a price cut back at E3 because first they wanted to get rid of the 20GB model...hence they first announced the "fake price cut" and now that the 20GB is fading away the will announce the REAL price cut...

hopefully...!

This makes sense. I was looking to get a 360 in August but holding out another month to see if the price cut pans out won't hurt.

M$ should just stop making the Arcade version and just lunch the 20GB,60GB,and 120GB. Without HDD is suck

Definitely. Drop this Arcade version bullshit, and put the 20Gb at the new price of the arcade...

The 360 looks better with a HDD anyways...

I called it.

i wish my lawn was emo like the xbox 360 price...

then it would cut it's self more often.

i wish the joke wasn't old, so i could laugh at it.

sorry, i had to say it. :)

well, i've only seen a t-shirt with it on it recently.
old on the internet = Brand New! in life.
sorry we can't all be L337 H@xorz.

i heard the joke in class 2 years ago. sorry if i gave a l33tist impression.

my local best buy already have the prices in effect except the arcade ver its still $279 . You can get a used/refurbished pro (20gb hdd) for 150-175 thru the net like i did and get a square trade warranty on it realy cheap and it covers everything . Good so far , no problems .

I want to buy an elite for HDMI and 120 HDD... If this is true i may just do so.

You can get a great Elite bundle for that about that price right now:

[url]http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=884614[/url]

lol as soon as they drop it again in europe i'll get another one!

but this time an elite;)

Here's one more WTF thing for the day : http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Alan-Wake/dp/B0010AYJXI/ref=pd_sim_vg_10

Amazon has Alan Wake targeted for an October 1 (2008) release.

I doubt it.

And of course, right after I pick up (last week) a $299 20 GB 360, the rumor is a new 60 GB 360 will be selling for $299 in Sept.

That totally sucks. I should have went with the PS3.....

Kill Me Now...........

Play it until a couple days before you can last return it, return it, and wait a month to a month and a half for the 60gb to drop in price...

If this happens before the Fall Update, I'll surely pick up a new one. I'm looking for a new one so I can pass my old 20GB Premium off to my brother. He really likes GTA IV... :O

I think I seen the hype. I went to the mall today and at a GameStop they had priced the Arcade for $199, I believe it was still the 20GB sku (not sure) though for $299 and the elite sku for $399. This was at a mall in Northridge, CA. I think that store was believing the hype too because at other stores like Best Buy and Circuit City nearby they still had regular prices on the Arcade and Elite versions....

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