Less than six months ago, Microsoft reduced the price of the Xbox 360 in Australia. It got pretty cheap, especially the Arcade, which dropped below the price of a Wii. Well, with Christmas coming up, Microsoft have decided to cut the price of the 360 again. All three consoles will benefit, the Arcade going from $350 to $300, the Pro from $499 to $399 and the Elite from $649 to $549. As you can see, those are some hefty cuts, which put the Arcade a full $100 cheaper than the Wii and the Pro at almost half the price of a PS3. Interestingly, Microsoft Australia also say that, continuing a trend that began in August, the Arcade is still the top-selling 360 console in the country. Goes to show, you can include all the HDDs, HDs, wi-fis and waggles in the world in a console, and they’ll mean nothing next to the bottom line.
Brendan
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 3:41 PM$300 is still $300 too much for broken fucking hardware. I’ll stick with my PC for M$ based games for now thanks.
Let me know when their product isn’t a steaming pile of broken-to-be horseshit, and then I’ll buy one so I can play the 6 decent exclusive games I can’t buy anywhere else.
con
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 6:20 PMThis makes me happy i caved in and bought a pro 3 weeks ago.
(Puts head through wall)
Ilyena
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 11:44 PMThis is fantastic. I bought the Arcdade a couple of months ago, just after the price drop, and I thought that was pretty cheap.
sherif ghobrial
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 10:49 AMHay Brendan,
the xbox dash board is getting an update where it will allow you to save your game onto the hardrive, which means less noise and less fan , ultimately the machine works way less, so hopefully no more red lights .
danpen
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 11:28 AMShit its cheap that makes the pro US$260, goin to buy another one just for the bigger HDD