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It's Official: 360 NA price drop on 8/8
galenblade
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Didn't see it posted, apologies if a repeat.
From Xbox.com and gamasutra.com.
New prices:
Core: $279 (-$20)
Premium: $349 (-$50)
Elite: $449 (-$30)
Also,
I personally would've liked something a bit more, but it's certainly nice to see the price drop.
From Xbox.com and gamasutra.com.
New prices:
Core: $279 (-$20)
Premium: $349 (-$50)
Elite: $449 (-$30)
Also,
Finally, it's been confirmed that the Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Edition Console will hit store shelves in September with an ERP of $399.99 (U.S.). Featuring a "Spartan green-and-gold finish," the console will include a matching Xbox 360 Wireless Controller, Xbox 360 20GB hard drive, Xbox 360 Headset, and an Xbox 360 Play and Charge Kit.
I personally would've liked something a bit more, but it's certainly nice to see the price drop.
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Not yet. Soon, I hope.
My 360 is [strike]back[/strike] [strike]bricked[/strike] back!
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6176300.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;0
edited for me being an idiot:
"It will include an HDMI-capable system, a wireless controller, a headset, a 20GB hard drive, and a play-and-charge kit. Halo 3 will be sold separately."
To reiterate: Awesome.
Vacation starts this week for me and, sadly, I have to wait about a week before I actually get to go on vacation.
I am a man of faith - things happen for a reason.
This'll help the 360's sales I'm sure, but it's a bit of a letdown we didn't get more.
When the PS3 "Price drop" hit, the price in Canada was slashed from $660 to $550, I'm hoping we see something similar here.
I know that in the US you've been paying $400 for the premium, and are happy to see it drop at all. Let it be known, I will be *very* happy to pay $400 for a 360.
Interesting... that's tomorrow. We'll see I guess, most of the ads don't list the drop till Sunday, though I find it highly unlikely that MS would officially announce a price drop more than 24-36 hours in advance, it's essentially saying "Hey! ...don't buy our product this week."
That's because the inserts run each Sunday, and I'll bet Microsoft told them to not announce the price drop in them in advance. I'm sure you could go into Best Buy tomorrow and buy a 360 at the new price.
This makes me happy because I was going to buy an elite at the end of the month anyways for the HDMI, and now I can save at least a couple of bucks.
The Halo 360 only comes with a Halo-themed wired headset, not the wireless one.
I actually like the way the Halo one looks, although I'm apparently in the minority of the entire Internets. Given that it comes with a Play & Charge kit (worth $20), I might be tempted to spend the extra $30 for the Halo look and the HDMI port if I were really into Halo, but I'm not. I'm fine with my Core.
doesn't come with the wireless headset, that was a mistake that Bungie have been trying to apllogise for. It comes with a Halo 3 wired headset, but not the wireless one.
edit: Lunker'd.
Also, i want one of those, if they sold them over here i'd take my console back and ask for a refund (it's on its way out again, i fear), rather than just a replacement, then use the money for a Halo 360. But they don't seem to want to sell them over here.
Looks like I'm getting an xbox360 for some sweet Mass Effect lovin'.
$100 off in canada
::shakes fist::
And I don't even really like Halo.
I just recently exchanged my 360 (red rings and such), and it would have been nice to pick up a free game with it.
I'm going to drive up to Washington and spit on Microsoft's headquarters for this. That'll teach them!
They might not have wanted to force a price drop on the Wii. This way, their price drop probably won't be matched for a while by Nintendo.
most places will price match if its in the last two weeks.
I wish they would have dropped the Core all together, but o well, I just really dislike the lack of Hard drive in the core.
Nice, finally Canadian customers get a break. +1 for Microsoft.
I have to admit im getting tempted by the 360.. I already have a Wii , PS2 and DS tough and i'm worried about the infamous 3 rings of death...
I'm really interested in two statistics:
The percentage of core systems sold to elite and premiums
and
the amount of individual hard drives sold.
Personally, if the percentage is low enough, fuck the whole "can't require a hard drive" ultimatum and let devs choose. I doubt many core owners don't eventually pick up the hard drive.
3 year warranty, new heatsinks, hardware revision, etc, etc.
Call of Duty 4 reportedly will require the Hard Drive.
I hope so, because I hope it's a trend that continues. Microsoft should be looking at how many cores are on live and have a hard drive attached.
It's to great benefit if this comes to pass.
MS dropping the Core to $250 would most definitely have no forced Wii to drop in price. It's going to be selling out through the end of the year at $250.