Xbox 360 Price Drop Confirmed in Europe?

Advert suggests 'yes'

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Xbox 360 Price Drop Confirmed in Europe?
Reports coming from across the channel suggesting that a price cut is coming for the Xbox 360 in Europe have been backed up by the emergence of the advert pictured to the right.

The advert (first cited in Neogaf), which comes from Dutch retailer Intertoy shows a price cut of a substantial as €79 (£60) will come to the Arcade version of the console. It is being reported that the Arcade will drop from around the €280 (£213) mark to €199 (£151), while the Pro will drop from €349 (£265) to €299, with the Elite dropping from €449 (£342) to €399 (£303). The prices for the Pro and Elite, it should be noted, are not confirmed by the advert.

As expected, March 14th (this Friday) is confirmed in the advert for the price cut.

While the advert could indicate an isolated retailer dropping its prices, Germany's Financial Times reports that the price drop comes from Microsoft. It also claims that an official announcement will come today. Contrary to the €299 price floating around for the Elite, however, the FT claims that Microsoft is yet to make a firm decision on what the top-end 360's price will be.

SPOnG has contacted Microsoft to find out if the rumours are true and whether we can expect a sterling price drop, but no comment was available at the time of press.

If the price cut is bona fide, it will put the Arcade at a whopping €50 (£38) below the €250 (£190) price tag of the Wii, while the Pro will be within a €50 (£38) spitting distance of it. The Elite, meanwhile, will cost around the same as several PS3 bundles currently available.

†Source: Financial Times
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Comments

SuperSaiyan4 10 Mar 2008 13:11
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Was looking at MCV and it appears UK pricing is better since amazon.co.uk let slip of price changes £149.99 for arcade pack, Premium for £189.99 and Elite for £249.99 but then put their old prices back.

MCV say concrete news coming shortly so assume Microsoft is yet to announce the new prices? Time will tell but from what I know I think the price reduction would be due in around when the Elite was launched I think.
Fiona 10 Mar 2008 14:26
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I was in Tesco the other day, I looked at the Xbox, Prices seem to have been cut recently.
Although I didn't buy one, I noticed that my general shopping bill has risen in the last few months.
My shopping bill used to be around £50 per week unless I was buying cleaning products then it would rise to around £65.
This week was a standard shop and it cost me £62, the only thing that was not on my usual list was a pair of tights than I needed for work.
Having said that, at nearly a 20% rise in recent months its about time microsoft made the xbox more affordable.
I hope the ps3 prices drop soon.
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Joji 10 Mar 2008 14:28
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These price cuts are great but add more weight to that possible new 360 sku. Sony done something similar before the 60 and 80gb PS3s were birth from Sony's production orifice.

Just wish MS would drop the huge price from the 360 hard drive seperates. 20gb isn't much anymore. Here that MS...increase size and drop price.
deleted 10 Mar 2008 18:04
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Fiona wrote:
I was in Tesco the other day, I looked at the Xbox, Prices seem to have been cut recently.
Although I didn't buy one, I noticed that my general shopping bill has risen in the last few months.
My shopping bill used to be around £50 per week unless I was buying cleaning products then it would rise to around £65.
This week was a standard shop and it cost me £62, the only thing that was not on my usual list was a pair of tights than I needed for work.
Having said that, at nearly a 20% rise in recent months its about time microsoft made the xbox more affordable.
I hope the ps3 prices drop soon.



Fiona get yourself registered spong needs more female points of view in the gaming world !

:)
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