60GB Xbox 360 in UK for £199, August 15

Of course, the average sales tax in the US substantially lower than 10%. ;)

Japanese price is even less than that, that's without taking anything away (though I don't know about tax there). They're clearly quite confident in America.

If the PS3 needs a price drop, how about Nintendo??? Isn't the Wii £179 in the UK?

Why would Nintendo drop the price when everyone's happy to continue spunking money on their system?

Not only do punters gleefully hand over £179 for a Wii, but they'll buy Wii Fit for £69 and Carnival Games for £35.

I was lucky when i bought my 360, nobody carded me for an hdtv or internet. I'm just lucky like that!

1 - Look at it as an investment.

2 - You don't need an HDTV. I didn't have one until only recently, and it didn't matter one bit. Look out for games with small text such Dead Rising or even the cell phone screen on GTA4, but, other than that, a beautiful game will still look great on an SDTV.

3 - If you don't have internet, how do you post here?

4 - Newer models of the 360 have a much smaller chance of RRoD. And even if you are one of the unfortunate ones, MS covers RRoD for 3 years after the purchase date. You may have to wait a few days due to shipping, but they will replace it.

I see, price is not a problem anymore as they are now barely more than a wii, I'm not from america, do microsoft still accept my xbox if it gets the RROD?

hmmm ... now that's something I'm not sure about. I'd imagine so, though. It's company policy for now - I don't believe different regions are treated differently.

Bullshit, a Large Quarter pounder/Big Mac/McChicken sandwich meal is £3.89. Where the hell did you get £6 from?!?!

Whoops, might've been guilty of converting back myself. Bear in mind I spent 4 months there and ate at McDonald's twice.

it's easy to understand - big games companies don't give a fuck about "lesser" territories - always has been this way, always will be.