360 Core Price Drop To 199

JUMPURS · 29 Aug 2006 at 13:27

Apparently the core now has an RRP of just £199

Think the premium will drop soon or they are just trying to shift cores nobody really wants

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Mr.Orb · 29 Aug 2006 at 13:58

Does anyone know if they will drop the price of the premium around the time the ps3 will come out?

Dev2 · 29 Aug 2006 at 15:14

I would imagine they would. They won't announce it now as people would hold off buying XBOX 360s till the price drop but I would expect some sort of drop or at least an extra a game thrown into the package.

HTMLHugo · 29 Aug 2006 at 15:26

Dev2 said:
I would imagine they would. They won't announce it now as people would hold off buying XBOX 360s till the price drop but I would expect some sort of drop or at least an extra a game thrown into the package.

they have stated exactly the opposite apparently but its all lies i tell you LIES!!!

pinkacidbootson · 29 Aug 2006 at 15:51

Its been £199 for a while on a certain website, i wonder if that will go down to £189.

Zico · 29 Aug 2006 at 20:10

Microsoft have stated that they want make a RRP drop on the Premium price at the moment (and I don't think they will this year). This doesn't mean that there won't be price drops though (some retailers are already selling the Premium at less than RRP).

I think that the Premium RRP is still ok and the best thing to look out for are what bundles retailers will be making ready for the holiday period.

The RRP drop for the CORE pack is a better move by Microsoft to 1) lure parents towards by a 360 over a PS3 and 2) adjust the price difference + extras between the CORE and Premium packs.

Geffen · 29 Aug 2006 at 21:06

I wonder if these price drops will effect the launch price of the Wii. Nintendo's aim is to lauch a cheap, low powered consoled but now the £170 to £200 launch price isn't looking that cheap.

Energize · 31 Aug 2006 at 23:23

The core package must have been the biggest mistake in Microsofts history, well apart from windows me. When are the premiums coming down?

~J~ · 1 Sep 2006 at 00:21

Energize said:
The core package must have been the biggest mistake in Microsofts history

Why? How on earth can you make a comment like that when for some people it was PERFECT!!

Dev2 · 1 Sep 2006 at 11:08

Geffen said:
I wonder if these price drops will effect the launch price of the Wii. Nintendo's aim is to lauch a cheap, low powered consoled but now the £170 to £200 launch price isn't looking that cheap.

It will not be that high. I would think it would be around £150, possibly a tad lower even. Nintendo said it would not be above $250. Which basically equates to Euro and £200! = €250. The exact price and release date will be announced in exactly 2 weeks from this post date. [1st of September]