It’s official, the Xbox 360 is coming down in price

[HEXUS]

Microsoft have announced they’re reducing the retail price of Xbox 360 by $50 beginning August 8 at United States retailers nationwide.

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[chuckskull]

£25? I wont be running out to buy one yet.

[GeorgeTuk]

£25, what exchange rate are you using? Must be the real one on the stock exchnage because we all know there is a special one that international companies use, its called "The GB Rapeability Scale", using this highly specialised system I would expect to see a price drop inline with America of about £2.50 down to perhaps £1.74. And whats more you should be overjoyed at that. However even better you may be offered a statement about what good value for money these object/s represent, if that occurs be overjoyed with the statement.

There may be some sarcasm in there, somewhere.

[kalniel]

Didn't they confirm there was no price drop in the UK anyway?

[menthel]

If you read Major Nelson, they have said that pricing changes for other countries will be 'announced at the approriate times'. Whatever that means.

[bradyjames]

But if there is a price cut then maybe the rip-off exchange rate would work in our favour. If an Xbox Premium was orinally $400 US and £280UK then the dollar to pound exchange rate is about $1.43 to £1. Therefore if the price drop is $50US if that is applied proportionally to the UK price then the drop should be about £35. In reality maybe they would aim for a nice round number like £250.

[iworrall]

If you read Major Nelson, they have said that pricing changes for other countries will be 'announced at the approriate times'. Whatever that means.

It means UK prices will be cut when Hades is chosen as venue for the Winter Olympics!

[Agent]

No news as to whether these price cuts will make it across the pond....

There was this just under a week ago
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?op...=6639&Itemid=2

That was before the US cuts though, So i doubt they would have confirmed a UK cut before the US ones anyway.
Time will tell

[Veles]

But if there is a price cut then maybe the rip-off exchange rate would work in our favour.

Thats just Georges point, we don't get stuff sold to us at the prices we should have them sold at if you went on exchange rates alone. If they're gonna rape us on that front, why stop when it comes to price cuts?

[steve threlfall]

£25, what exchange rate are you using? Must be the real one on the stock exchnage because we all know there is a special one that international companies use, its called "The GB Rapeability Scale", using this highly specialised system I would expect to see a price drop inline with America of about £2.50 down to perhaps £1.74. And whats more you should be overjoyed at that. However even better you may be offered a statement about what good value for money these object/s represent, if that occurs be overjoyed with the statement.

There may be some sarcasm in there, somewhere.

Wait longer for games and hardware AND... pay more. And it gets worse in Europe/Australia

[menthel]

Canada have also confirmed price cuts too.

[GeorgeTuk]

That's bad news! There gonna b more losers popping to the gay side!

What?

[babblin5]

They selll out the current stock to introduce an advanced model... 8P

[Nick]

TangoR34, calm it down or earn yourself a holiday from HEXUS.

[bradyjames]

So with a Premium now going down to $350 and still being £280 here that means the effective exchange rate is $1.25 to £1 compared to the current actual rate of $2.04 to £1! So in US dollar terms we are paying $571.