Microsoft has officially announced that Canada will also be receiving 360 price cut in line with the cut announced for the United States. The Core and Premium consoles are both receiving a hefty cut of $100 while the Elite will drop by $50. That means our neighbors up north can pick up a Core for $299, a Premium for $399, or an Elite for $499. Meanwhile, the Halo 3 special edition 360 is set to debut in September at $449. Frankly, if someone was going to spring for the Halo 3 system, we don't see why they wouldn't just take the plunge and get an Elite. At any rate, the price cut will become official starting tomorrow. Any of our Canadian readers planning on picking one up?[Via Major Nelson]
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8-07-2007 @ 3:23PM
DjDATZ said...
AHAHAHAHAHAHHA awesome game.
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8-07-2007 @ 3:24PM
DjDATZ said...
*Pic
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8-07-2007 @ 3:27PM
xenocidic said...
heck, we needed a price cut just to offset the raging dollar.
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8-07-2007 @ 3:33PM
erivera3 said...
What kind of money is that in U.S. dollar terms? Are they getting a much better deal than we Americans?
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8-07-2007 @ 3:37PM
dunnypop said...
roughly, for the premium it would be $439 US, and the core would be about $329 US.
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8-07-2007 @ 3:39PM
xenocidic said...
399.00 CAD = 378.749 USD
Canada Dollars United States Dollars
1 CAD = 0.949245 USD 1 USD = 1.05347 CAD
so our premium costs $378 USD and we have to pay 15% taxes on top of that
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8-07-2007 @ 3:41PM
xenocidic said...
@5 i think you did the math backwards
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8-07-2007 @ 3:45PM
erivera3 said...
So the core would be REAL cheap in U.S. dollars? Why the H didn't they do these price cuts in America?
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8-07-2007 @ 3:50PM
joebo said...
I would love to pick one of these up tomorrow if i knew that the elites were packing one of those fancy new 65nm chips. Until i know for sure that there in there, i have to hold off. But i can only hold off until halo 3 comes out. So, what ever they have in stock on sept 25 i'll be taking one of those home.
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8-07-2007 @ 3:51PM
dunnypop said...
oops. yeah I did the math wrong. I was in the states for the last week, and doing CDN to US conversions the whole weekend :(
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8-07-2007 @ 3:56PM
Zeouterlimits said...
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/bhive01/EUShaft.jpg
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8-07-2007 @ 3:58PM
erivera3 said...
haha dunnypop don't worry about it good sir, thank you for trying. It is the thought that counts.
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8-07-2007 @ 3:58PM
mike said...
im buying one, but now theres a rumor of premiums going HDMI come september. I may have to also hold off. Either way, sept 15thish, im walking in and buying a console. If nothing has changed from now, it will be an elite in which case I will sell my 120GB hdd and purchase a used 20GB hdd and thus end up purchasing an elite with hdmi and 20gb hdd for the price of the premium.
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8-07-2007 @ 4:01PM
GhostlySnow said...
Mexico got added to the list too...
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8-07-2007 @ 4:47PM
Emily said...
Yay!
I will be picking up either the Halo 3 one or an elite. I havent decided yet....glad to know we get the same treatment as the yanks for once!
(No offense ment of course. :P )
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8-07-2007 @ 4:52PM
SteveMB said...
"The Core and Premium consoles are both receiving a hefty cut of $100"
Really? I thought the premium got a $50 price cut?
http://www.gearsofwarpc.com
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8-07-2007 @ 5:05PM
Andrew R said...
I'm Canadian and stoked about the price drop. I'm picking one up as soon as I can sometime in September!
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8-07-2007 @ 5:56PM
Grant said...
CAD to USD conversion:
299=283.41
399=378.19
499=472.98
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8-07-2007 @ 6:55PM
CalabreZ said...
Every Canadian related issue always seems to have "eh" attached. For the love of God, it is incredibly annoying and ignorant. It's not even funny - seriously.
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8-07-2007 @ 8:25PM
Imadogg said...
I find it funny.
Don't you think others besides you find it funny, eh?
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