- Xbox 360 Arcade - £129 / €179
- 60GB Pro - £169 / €239
- 120GB Elite - £229 / €299
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Posted: Sep 16th 2008 10:36AM Rourkey said
Wow incredible pricing, they are going to sell a tonne of these this
Christmas,
You can buy an Arcade and a Premium 360 for the price of a PS3!!
The arcade is only £30 more than a PS2 by the time you add a MU card to the PS2 (the Arcade already includes one)
Very aggressive and impressive pricing!
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Christmas,
You can buy an Arcade and a Premium 360 for the price of a PS3!!
The arcade is only £30 more than a PS2 by the time you add a MU card to the PS2 (the Arcade already includes one)
Very aggressive and impressive pricing!
Posted: Sep 16th 2008 11:27AM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
What PS2 is this? All the shops I've seen PS2 in have it at £70 for slim and £40/50 for phat PS2.
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Posted: Sep 16th 2008 12:43PM Vanillacide said
Are these new Xbox 360 models built with the new 'Jasper' chipset: 65nm throughout?
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Posted: Sep 16th 2008 2:15PM (Unverified) said
I don't think these have the jasper chip set. I was under the assumption that the price cut was to sell units with the old chip sets, before the 65nm roll out.
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Posted: Sep 16th 2008 10:41AM (Unverified) said
Wow, MS is not dicking around this generation are they?
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Posted: Sep 16th 2008 5:32PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
They certainly are playing hardball in the price wars. Hell, the Arcade is cheaper than the Wii everywhere now, I think...
But you what would be great? If they also started dropping the prices for accessories. I'm looking at YOU, $100 wireless adapter. You're overpriced, and you know it!
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But you what would be great? If they also started dropping the prices for accessories. I'm looking at YOU, $100 wireless adapter. You're overpriced, and you know it!
Posted: Sep 16th 2008 10:53AM (Unverified) said
There's an extra discount in The Netherlands and Belgium. Till the end of this year the buyer of a new 360 can send in a coupon to Microsoft to get 30 euros back. This puts the Elite version at the same price as the Wii (€250).
Source (Dutch): http://tweakers.net/nieuws/55682/microsoft-nederland-geeft-extra-korting-op-xbox-360.html
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Source (Dutch): http://tweakers.net/nieuws/55682/microsoft-nederland-geeft-extra-korting-op-xbox-360.html
Posted: Sep 16th 2008 10:53AM (Unverified) said
Sounds like M$ is bringing their xbox 3 out next xmas to compete with the PS3. At least we can drop this '360' crap.
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Posted: Sep 16th 2008 11:16AM Snowblind said
I marked you down , just for using the "M$".
The rest of your post is filled with so much fanboy crap, it's not even worth mentioning. Even if Microsoft released a new console next year, you do realise it would force Sony to release a new Playstation to compete. Even if MS's new console wasn't much more powerful, the Playstation 3 would still be the "oudated" machine, in a lot of peoples eys.
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The rest of your post is filled with so much fanboy crap, it's not even worth mentioning. Even if Microsoft released a new console next year, you do realise it would force Sony to release a new Playstation to compete. Even if MS's new console wasn't much more powerful, the Playstation 3 would still be the "oudated" machine, in a lot of peoples eys.
Posted: Sep 16th 2008 11:22AM Haggard said
In the UK Sony has more of a grip on the market because most people don't do their research on the two consoles and the Playstation brand name has been floating around as the most popular console for a while.
So while kids here may ask for a Playstation for christmas, when their parents see that £130 xbox on the shelf they may alter their plans.
I hope this post was informative and unbiased, since as a PC gamer I hate both consoles in equal measure.
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So while kids here may ask for a Playstation for christmas, when their parents see that £130 xbox on the shelf they may alter their plans.
I hope this post was informative and unbiased, since as a PC gamer I hate both consoles in equal measure.
Posted: Sep 16th 2008 11:43AM stubby boardman said
the PS3 has had larger price drops in less time than the 360, Rtard
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Posted: Sep 16th 2008 12:36PM (Unverified) said
In order for it to "compete with PS3", the PS3 would have to be ahead of 360 in first place.
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Posted: Sep 16th 2008 1:31PM (Unverified) said
I am sick and tired of you sony trolls. So you mean Microsoft would have to come out with a next next gen machine to have graphics as good as the Ps3? I am sure thats what you meant.
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Posted: Sep 16th 2008 10:59AM GenGrievous said
If they were selling well, they wouldn't continue to lower the prices. So I expect that this won't be having a large impact.
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Posted: Sep 16th 2008 11:19AM (Unverified) said
WOW! Look at this, man if MS does not win this holiday season I don't know what they can do. Great lineup with games, great push to gain more jrpgs for the rpg folks and to make sure 360 is not only action/fps/sports console any more. Aggressive pricing so that the 60 gig pro, at least where I live is close to the Wii and the Arcade is way below the Wii in price.
I know 3 games at least that I will get, GOW2, Fable 2, Lips (if that all mp3 songs = ingame feature is working as promised).
So this holideay should be really interesting, now I wonder what NIntendo and Sony does to answer? Did not Sony claimed that 2008 was the PS3 year!?
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I know 3 games at least that I will get, GOW2, Fable 2, Lips (if that all mp3 songs = ingame feature is working as promised).
So this holideay should be really interesting, now I wonder what NIntendo and Sony does to answer? Did not Sony claimed that 2008 was the PS3 year!?
Posted: Sep 16th 2008 11:23AM (Unverified) said
It's a shame 360 doesn't support other than Microsoft's hard drives. I'd be tempted to buy arcade, use the 60GB hard drive of my ps3 and then upgrade my ps3 to +200GB.
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Posted: Sep 16th 2008 11:25AM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
Bastards! The more they drop the price is the more it annoys me I bought my 360 so early ¬_¬, see I would have paid half the price and still have that extra cash to spend on other shit. Grrrrrrrrrrrr!
I have learnt my lesson, next time I will wait a few years, theres no rush.
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I have learnt my lesson, next time I will wait a few years, theres no rush.
Posted: Sep 16th 2008 11:48AM Spunky Monkey 190906 said
Well if you think about it, I would in fact have more to buy ^^ I could have spent a fraction of the price on my PS3 and 360 and had enough to get myself a more powerful laptop, or use that extra cash to fund getting a new car, or go on holiday. Theres lots I could have used it for, unfortunatly, it went into two games consoles, not that I mind, because they bring me joy either way. But... to think I would have had all that extra cash to play with :(
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Posted: Sep 16th 2008 1:25PM (Unverified) said
Posted: Sep 16th 2008 5:09PM Dummy00001 said
@GamerG: I wonder if the procedure wasn't used to make the cheapo hard drive for eBay...
If procedure works 100%, then you can try to order from China/whatever the Xbox HDD shells, buy bulk 2.5" HDDs, put on the HDDs image from the official new Xbox HDD, put the HDDs into shells and sells them on eBay.
Somehow putting approved by MSFT HDD image on the 2.5" makes its worth double/triple...
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If procedure works 100%, then you can try to order from China/whatever the Xbox HDD shells, buy bulk 2.5" HDDs, put on the HDDs image from the official new Xbox HDD, put the HDDs into shells and sells them on eBay.
Somehow putting approved by MSFT HDD image on the 2.5" makes its worth double/triple...
Posted: Sep 16th 2008 5:13PM Dummy00001 said
Since I do not have Xbox at all, can't tell you myself.
Check that out - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360#Retail_configurations & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360#Comparison_of_features - and decide whether Elite worth it.
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Check that out - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360#Retail_configurations & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360#Comparison_of_features - and decide whether Elite worth it.
Posted: Sep 16th 2008 5:22PM Ethan said
I understand you meant well, but I honestly think you should check this out - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_question
I do think the elite is an 'idiot version' Microsoft put out to recoup some cash for those who seriously overvalue a black paint job and 60GB extra.
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I do think the elite is an 'idiot version' Microsoft put out to recoup some cash for those who seriously overvalue a black paint job and 60GB extra.
Posted: Sep 16th 2008 2:58PM (Unverified) said
I'm just thinking that Microsoft might be getting ready for their next console so they can be first out in the next generation again?
I think if you buy a PS3 over a 360 this christmas and your not using the blu-ray functionality...your kinda dumb or you really like little big planet.
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I think if you buy a PS3 over a 360 this christmas and your not using the blu-ray functionality...your kinda dumb or you really like little big planet.
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