360 price drop coming?

Conformation from MS,
http://www.gamersdailynews.com/story-4452-UK-Xbox-360-price-cuts-confrmed-by-Microsoft.html
Continuing the global trend for console price cuts, Microsoft today announced the UK would be next in landing a reduced price Xbox 360 range.

The entry level arcade unit will now retail at £129.99 - down from £159.99. This latest reduction retains the Xbox 360 place as the UK’s cheapest current gen console, further openeing its lead compared to the Wii at 179.99, the PlayStation 3 at a whopping £299.99 and cheaper even than the forthcoming PSP 3000 which is currently pegged at around £150. The Premium bundle containing the 60GB hard drive will drop from £199.99 to 1£169.99, while the Elite version will weigh it at £229.99 - previously £269.99. Microsoft states these reduced costs will be in effect from Friday 19th September.

“Xbox 360 has now sold over 20 million consoles worldwide and due to its unprecedented success, we are now able to pass on the rewards of that success to the consumer with a new retail pricing from £129.99”, said Neil Thompson, Senior Regional Director, Microsoft UK. “With more games, more entertainment with Xbox LIVE and now even more value, we are looking forward to welcoming more customers into the leading Next Generation console, Xbox 360.”

The cuts come right at the beginning of the game industry’s big Christmas push, and certainly won’t harm the Xbox 360’s chances considering the lack of new technology available this year. A brutal strategy, but not one UK consumers - who face a looming economic recession - are going to balk at. Hopefully, Microsoft’s bold move will push the competition to stop viewing the UK as a free bank (that’s you, Sony).
 
I'm hoping Sony now finally do something with the price of the Playstation now. Most likely they will stick a 1TB hard drive in it and charge £350.

Great news, I need a bigger Hard drive with the installs coming the premium is a great price at £169 but I still dont think it will be big enough to keep 5 or 6 of my fav games on DLC.

Eagerly awaiting the price of sites on the elite, especially the ones that already sell it for £239. Surely with an Elite dropping that low there is no way that Sony can go to xmas selling up near the £300 mark.
 
about £40 for a year.... or the price of 14 pints over 356days... pretty cheap really :)

EDIT: Wrong info in my post, im out of touch with how much I spend on my subscription!
 
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Hmmmm


How much is Xbox Live nowa days? :D

£25 for 13 months.

I'm hoping Sony now finally do something with the price of the Playstation now. Most likely they will stick a 1TB hard drive in it and charge £350.

I'm hoping for a fair price drop rather than a minor one with a bigger drive.

I want Super Stardust HD, Resistance 2, MGS4 and LBP.
 
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Any one know what time tomorrow this is meant to happen?

Or is it going to happen through out the day and its up to the stores to update during the course of the day.
 
PS3 needs a big price cut. I just cannot see it competing at xmas, what with all this talk of family with short of money, 360 and Wii are probably just about justifiable purchase with price tag but the PS3 is £100+ more expensive.

No point in Sony dropping the price in the summer of next year.
 
Well, this is good timing as my 360 premium just broke for the final time (after numerous fixes myself)...Is it worth me buying anything better than the core console? Any benefits? As I already have the HDD and pads...
 
I'm not even sure is Sony can afford to cut the prices of the PS3. Microsoft are really trying to crush the PS3 here. It's sickening when I think how much I spent on my 360. Good thing is if my 360 ever packs up I'll be able to get a new Jasper really cheap.

I wonder if the price cut 360s will come with the new Dashboard pre-installed.
 
I'm not even sure is Sony can afford to cut the prices of the PS3. Microsoft are really trying to crush the PS3 here. It's sickening when I think how much I spent on my 360. Good thing is if my 360 ever packs up I'll be able to get a new Jasper really cheap.

I wonder if the price cut 360s will come with the new Dashboard pre-installed.

Doubt it, its only released to the public in Nov
 
The new prices are up on the sheep and dog store.


Jersey store and the two "G" places aint changed yet.


Would seem that nearly everywhere apart from those three have changed their prices now.
 
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I'm not even sure is Sony can afford to cut the prices of the PS3. Microsoft are really trying to crush the PS3 here. It's sickening when I think how much I spent on my 360. Good thing is if my 360 ever packs up I'll be able to get a new Jasper really cheap.

I wonder if the price cut 360s will come with the new Dashboard pre-installed.

Hopefully it will make the PS3 price drop as it can only be a good thing that the 360 is as cheap as it is. I still hear people talk about the PS3 as being "worth it" in stores, at work, pub etc as they only see the 360 as games mchine, but the PS3 as a BD player, games machine, etc, even though (apart from the BD) the do pretty much the same media wise. As far as i know the US price drop models are the older falcon chipset, much like the UK ones will be for a months or so while they clear old stock, so I would hold off if you want to replace yours with a Jasper unit.
As for affording the price drop who knows Sony games div made a profit last quarter, Microsoft entertainment made a loss in the last quarter (profit for year though), so it would seem Sony could make a cut if they needed to. They have already gone to 65Nm on both GPU/CPU and 45Nm cells are now in production so another manufacturing cost reduction will be forth coming. Be interesting what Nintendo do with the Wii price, cant see the 360 eating into the sales of the Wii enough to worry Nintendo, but its been at the same price since launch so perhaps if the PS3 drops to say £250 close to Christmas then im sure with both the 360 and PS3 at this cheaper price it may put pressure on Ninty to drop prices.
 
G*** has put new prices up and some bundles.


By the looks of it its the console with the bundled game for an extra £10.


e.g. Elite & Bad Company - £239.99


but they also have


Elite & Gears of War & Skate - £229.99
 
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