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XBOX 360 Price Increase

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  • #2
    rizzla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,945 ✭✭✭rizzla


    I could be just because of the weak pound. Plus theres alot of rumours of an Elite price drop and the 60gb being discontinued.


  • #3
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    The Pro is on the way out. I picked up a back up console the other day. I got the 60Gb Pro brand new in Xtravision for €199 and they had the Elite for €299.


  • #4
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    Captain Chaos wrote: »
    they had the Elite for €299.

    I bought a red (Resident Evil edition) Elite for €299 from Smyths several months ago (when it was released) so I though the Elite has been €299 for awhile now?

    But seriously Microsoft, €299 for an Elite and yet the 120GB HDD on its' own costs around €120?! WTF?


  • #5
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    J-blk wrote: »

    But seriously Microsoft, €299 for an Elite and yet the 120GB HDD on its' own costs around €120?! WTF?

    Especially when you take into account the price of memory and hard drives in general these days, microsoft have an outright cheek.


  • #6
    savemejebus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,567 ✭✭✭savemejebus


    More good news. Microsoft are now removing the HDMI cable from the Elite package. How much is the official MS HDMI cable with optical dongle again? €40? They must really be feeling the pinch.


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  • #7
    A-Trak
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭A-Trak


    Shouldn't be any price increase of the xbox here. Increase relates to the weak Pound to Euro exhancge rate.
    Similarly the Wii has (marginally,)dropped in price here whilst getting an official price increase in the UK, again due to the weak pound.
    Its Nintendo themselves increasing the cost price to UK retailers. Eurozone retailers (ROI included,) should see no increase.

    But this isn't to say thet the likes of gamestop, Game increase the price for no other reason other than the feel they can squeeze a few more Euro out of consumers due to us lumped in with the UK due to location. All of which would be profit as MS won't be increasing the cost price to ROI stores.

    But Game & gamestop are money grabbing bastids at the best of times so I wouldn't be suprised.


  • #8
    alastair_doom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭alastair_doom


    This is crazy. Sony are announcing their new PS3 slim today, already kmart have an ad out stating $300 (£182) as the price. linky
    Sure the price will be inflated when it gets to the UK but having a significantly smaller price difference will really hurt their market share.


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