Thursday, March 6th 2008
All Xbox 360 Prices Slashed on March 14th?
A number of industry sources have indicated that Microsoft is due to cut the price of all Xbox 360 SKUs in Europe. According to TechRadar backed up by numerous UK retailers, the price of every Xbox 360 SKU is to be slashed by as much as €50 on March 14th across Europe. If true, the Arcade Xbox 360 will retail for around GBP 150 in the UK - cheaper than Nintendo's Wii console - the Elite will sell below GBP 240 and the Premium at just under GBP 200. Microsoft of course declined to comment on the story before press time, as expected.
Source:
TechRadar
50 Comments on All Xbox 360 Prices Slashed on March 14th?
is that due to the fact that hd dvd flopped?:nutkick:
they make a ton of profit, they just like to milk it as much as they can first
Sony can keep blue-ray because it isn't selling their consoles or their games, look at it from Microsoft's and Nintendo's perspective, as long as they win the console war who cares about the format war.
i thought people were doing the same with x-box elite :)
Good to hear the xbox prices dropped.
40gb PS3 399.99
The price drop has nothing to do with HD-DVD or BluRay. The HD drive was a separate add-on anyway. In case you haven't noticed, the US dollar is tanking while the Euro and British Pound are doing well. Microsoft still gets to pay the same US$ amount for each box manufactured even while the value tumbles, essentially paying less for each box. As the BP gains value, Microsoft makes more and more for every box sold in the UK. Other companies are starting to adjust prices as a result of this. Canadians are suing GM and other automakers because of this very issue. As the Canadian dollar gains value, their prices have not adjusted, and therefore cars are costing Canadians more. It's the same reason gas is on the rise in the US, and anything imported is beginning to cost more.