Following the announcement of this week's European Xbox 360 price cut, Microsoft has just announced that the army green colored Halo 3 Xbox 360 will be available in the UK and retail for 279 GBP. The Halo 3 console will be available September 26th (Europe's Halo 3 release date) and will include all the same features / goodies as the Halo 3 console in the US including the spiffy paint job, play and charge pack, 20GB HDD and HDMI input. The console's 279 GBP price tag will be a tad more expensive than this Friday's newly price dropped and comparable Premium 360 which will retail for 249 GBP. So, an extra 30 GBP to upgrade to the Halo 3 Xbox 360 and its adorable gamer pictures or sticking with the cheaper Premium ... decisions, decisions.
UK to get Halo 3 Xbox 360 for 279 GBP
Following the announcement of this week's European Xbox 360 price cut, Microsoft has just announced that the army green colored Halo 3 Xbox 360 will be available in the UK and retail for 279 GBP. The Halo 3 console will be available September 26th (Europe's Halo 3 release date) and will include all the same features / goodies as the Halo 3 console in the US including the spiffy paint job, play and charge pack, 20GB HDD and HDMI input. The console's 279 GBP price tag will be a tad more expensive than this Friday's newly price dropped and comparable Premium 360 which will retail for 249 GBP. So, an extra 30 GBP to upgrade to the Halo 3 Xbox 360 and its adorable gamer pictures or sticking with the cheaper Premium ... decisions, decisions.
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8-23-2007 @ 10:29AM
vadermaggot said...
20 GB HDD??? That's not an upgrade. this system is only good if you don't have a 360. I'm not gonna buy another one just to have it be green. (and I love Halo)
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8-23-2007 @ 10:35AM
mattclarkie said...
That is what I paid, and most people paid for the premium. It is a good deal. But I can't get a new 360 until mine breaks, and the damn thing just wont die.
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8-23-2007 @ 10:44AM
DjDATZ said...
Mattclarkie...just throw it in an enclosed space and leave your games on all night...i can almost guarantee you'll get the RRoD within a month...lol
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8-23-2007 @ 10:46AM
Furen said...
I wonder if these will be 65nm parts exclusively, it would ceirtainly make sense to start with a relatively low volume part, and it would be a compelling reason to buy one, even with the price premium (then again, that horrible color is a reason to NOT buy one).
From what I've read (here: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=41889) it looks like 65nm parts should be taking over relatively fast. I'm guessing the Zephyr (90nm + HDMI) parts are only out there to help MS to deplete the supply of 90nm parts (or if Chartered/TSMC haven't able to ramp up 65nm production fast enough).
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8-23-2007 @ 10:46AM
DjDATZ said...
30 GBP extra for a different color and some new theme? screw that...i'll buy it, copy everything worth copying off it, and return it.
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8-23-2007 @ 10:48AM
Boff said...
It's an HDMI *OUTPUT* Dustin!!
The little picture comes OUT of the 360 and goes IN to your TV!
Tsk.
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8-23-2007 @ 10:52AM
Brett Holicki said...
Has the release date been announced for the US?
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8-23-2007 @ 11:01AM
ChickenBoy360 said...
Or you could pay an extra £20 and get an Elite system with a copy of Bioshock from wollies. Hmm... £20 more and you get an extra 100Gb and a great game, I know what I'd go for.
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8-23-2007 @ 11:19AM
bigmac375 said...
yea, i heard you say hdmi input a couple of times on the show too. it is almost as annoying when people say "i read it offline"
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8-23-2007 @ 11:23AM
Boff said...
ChickenBoy if I didn't have a Premium I'd be legging it to Woolies as soon as I finished typing this.
2x 120GB HDD's comes close to that price, and that's all I'm interested in at the mo.
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8-23-2007 @ 11:46AM
vadermaggot said...
no clue what wollies is but I agree, forget the Halo 3 xbox and just get an elite.
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8-23-2007 @ 11:51AM
mattclarkie said...
You have Big W in America. Well Woolies own that.
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8-23-2007 @ 12:08PM
Mauricio said...
Big W is Walmart?
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8-23-2007 @ 1:24PM
barbour9 said...
Woolies is Woolworths.
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8-23-2007 @ 2:56PM
Jason S said...
well firstly, its an extra 30 pounds for the colours green and orange. then theres the theme and gamerpics (which you can only have if you are on live).
you get NO copy of halo 3 with the console as well.
so in total, thats THE most expensive green and orange I have EVER seen.
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8-23-2007 @ 5:20PM
EddieGreens said...
Yeah...Woolworth's is basically extinct in America. Target and WalMart put and end to that years ago.
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8-23-2007 @ 5:21PM
EddieGreens said...
I'll be picking up a Green controller when they put those on the shelves (Sept. 4th from what I hear in the US). My name IS Eddie Greens, after all...
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9-19-2007 @ 6:08AM
FluXs said...
Anyone worth their salt knows what wollies is
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