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(Another) 360 price drop confirmed!

vaga_koleso | September 01, 2008 | News | XBOX 360

A scan of a WalMart advertisement showing an Xbox 360 Arcade system for $199 makes it official - the 360 will be the first of the new gen system to break the $200 price barrier.

As we had previously reported, thanks to the good folks over at Wired’s Game|Life blog, and as Kotaku has pointed out here (among other posts), there has been more and more information leaking about the newest price cuts for the Xbox 360. It seems that as early as this coming weekend, the Arcade version will sell for $199, according to Walmart (as shown in the above scan of the ad starting this Sunday, September 7), and based on the other reports, the 60 GB Pro will retail for $299, with the 120 GB Elite rounding out the group at $399.

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Twisted | September 02, 2008

AWESOME.

I really can't wait to get a 360. Hopefully this isn't just a deal on wal-mart's part but it is everywhere too.
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Pyrazor | September 02, 2008

No the price drop has been known about for a while actually. Every SKU is going down $50 from what I've heard and the 20GB model is being phased out.
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TurMoiL911 | September 02, 2008

God damn, how much cheaper can these things get ?

It won't be long before the head of Microsoft's gaming division is on one of those car dealership commericals where the guy is yelling, "WE'RE SELLING 360'S SO CHEAP, WE'RE PRACTICALLY GIVING THESE THINGS AWAY !!!"
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Pyrazor | September 02, 2008

That depends on how much cheaper they get to manufacture.
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vaga_koleso | September 02, 2008

The price drop was widely suspected, but hasn't been confirmed until now.

Manufacturing cost is only one factor - generally, the better the games and online assets sell, the more MS will be willing to take a loss on the console hardware itself - because it will be increasingly made up for by software sales.
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Taker4ever | September 02, 2008

Hmmmm, they must really be worried about the growing sales of the PS3 to drop prices as radically as they are.
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Livewire_19 | September 04, 2008

Microsoft officially announced that on September 5 the Xbox 360 Arcade will be priced at $199, with the Xbox 360 Premium Edition selling for $299 and the top-of-the-line Xbox 360 Elite available for $399.

At $199 I think that the Arcade is going to be flying off store shelves for the next six months.