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All Xbox 360 SKUs will get price cut on August 12

Posted Jul 31, 2007 at 10:22PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Circuit City, Elite, Michael Pachter, Microsoft, Wal-Mart
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Toys R Us ad - Image 1We've all seen the Wal-Mart and Toys R Us flyers indicating the US$ 50 price cut, but we didn't get a clear confirmation of the good news back then. But here it is, proof that the price cut exists, and more.

The Xbox Pro SKU will get the US$ 50 price cut as advertised in the flyers (US$ 349.99), and the good bit is that the Core and the Elite SKUs will be treated to a discount as well. US$ 20 will be taken off of the Core's current price, bringing it down to only US$ 279.99, while the Elite will get $US 30 slashed from its price tag, making its MSRP US$ 449.99.

Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter said that the price cut "speaks volumes about the cost of production," adding that Microsoft was break-even with the discount on the Pro SKU, with the production costs probably amounting to US$ 325.

The price changes will be applied on August 12, with Circuit City bundling Rockstar's Table Tennis for the Pro SKUs. When asked about the price changes, Microsoft declined to comment.



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# FIRST^^Guest 2007-08-01 01:59
OWNED



but anyways yeah this looks great! im going to pick one up soon

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# ELite is a great priceGuest 2007-08-01 02:18
Me to, getting the Elite, and with a 3 year no worrys warranty its an excellent deal.. and with MS now offering downloading HD movies straight to HD at a cheaper price than hiring it and without even having to go out and get it, who needs hddvd or bluray not me...

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# ...Guest 2007-08-01 02:20
Thats a smart move by MS. And the $50 dont make me feel so screwed over as the $100 so im cool with that

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# GGGRrrrrrrrrrrr rrreeeeeeeaaaaa tttGuest 2007-08-01 08:36
Thats great im goin to go pick up an elite it the best one.Plus the black finish and 120GB hard drive is great.

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# do it!Guest 2007-08-02 03:15
once they do im gonna buy an xbox 360 premium baby!

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# my 2 centsGuest 2007-08-02 08:28
20, 30 and 50 dollar cuts ? Not really that great of a deal, but it is something. Also, is this price cut even by MS ? Seems like it's just the retailers slashing their prices on the excess of 360s in stock. Another interesting thing on this article, 'adding that Microsoft was break-even with the discount on the Pro SKU, with the production costs probably amounting to US$ 325.' So, retailers selling at $350, they're only making a $25 dollar profit per system? Yea...bull***** on that. Anyone in electronics knows there's a massive mark-up on game consoles, tvs, etc. If anything, it all seems like a plan by these companies to stimulate competition between the ps3 and 360, since the ps3 price break doesn't help 360 sales any. Eh either way I guess it's good for us consumers.

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# ...Guest 2007-08-08 05:00
The 20/50/20 price drop is to cut back on losses while still giving the majority of buyers a price cut.



And the PS3 will only have the 80GB $599 model.

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