Adding to our mountain of September Xbox 360 price cut proof that we've constructed over the past few weeks, today we bring you yet another piece of adscan evidence. Pictured to the right (sorry, it's a tiny lil' image) is a supposed Kmart retail adscan from the week of September 7th that lists the rumored Xbox 360 console price cuts: $199 for an Arcade, $299 for a Pro and $399 for an Elite. Yes sir, we're now 97.45% sure a hardware price cut is going to happen in a few weeks ... so get excited or something.[Thanks, AshTR]
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8-25-2008 @ 11:59AM
BluesmanTLU said...
This is good news for me as well. My first Xbox had its' death knell this Saturday, so I picked up an Arcade to replace it because I'm rich and rich people do not wait (j/k).
30 day price match!
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8-25-2008 @ 12:06PM
Daniel said...
K-Mart ran out of business a long time ago where I live
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8-26-2008 @ 1:41AM
Mrblonde said...
Still gots one near me =)
8-25-2008 @ 12:11PM
reguy said...
I like rumors like these. I know I am not the first to point this out but why is the elite 400? It should be 350. I mean arcade(200) + 120 gb drive (150 - super overpriced but thats another story) = 350.
Whats the extra 50? Because its black and comes with an hdmi cable? I bought one from buy.com for 5 bucks, works perfect so it must be cuz its black I guess. Any thoughts from you guys?
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8-25-2008 @ 12:41PM
Shape said...
The Arcade is priced so low to spur growth in a section of the market that the 360 has yet to jump into. The Arcade also doesn't include any HD video cable whatsoever.
The Elite includes both the HD component cable ($40) and an HDMI cable and the optical audio output dongle ($50). In retail, the only place you can get the optical audio output dongle is in the $50 XBox HDMI cable. A lot of people still use optical audio with HDMI.
And yes, the Elite is the only place to get a black 360.
And the Elite is usually bundled with a couple full games.
8-25-2008 @ 12:13PM
Rich said...
I want to see some Canadian ads so to know if I should exchange my 20GB I just got on Saturday for a 60GB.
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8-25-2008 @ 12:27PM
LongshotX said...
Does anyone know anything about the update Microsoft was suppose to do in June to address the problems with XBLA DRM? I would like a 60GB but I want to be able to play the games I purchased offline.
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8-25-2008 @ 12:32PM
jorgiex said...
You can play you XBL arcade game offline. Once you download it just log out and you will still play all game and get all achievments without any problems. But you friends wont see them untill you log into Live. The DRM is so that you can't give the games to another friend's system. So you will need to be logged in your friends 360 with your live account if you want to play the full game at his house.
8-25-2008 @ 12:45PM
Shape said...
Yes, they fixed that issue. Go here and follow the instructions:
http://www.xbox.com/support/systemuse/xbox360/licensemigration/?WT.svl=nav
8-25-2008 @ 1:26PM
LongshotX said...
Thank you so much Shape.
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8-25-2008 @ 1:33PM
Shadoom said...
If the primary issue is because of retail price for hard drives, I'm pretty sure you can find someone selling them online for quite a fraction of that cost, just need to be wary of scammers.
Its always good to have competition to get these prices lower, once Sony follows suit, I might consider a ps3, but at the moment, gonna see what happens :)
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8-25-2008 @ 1:38PM
xSynysterx said...
Word in the electronics department at Wal-Mart is that the regular PS3 80Gig will be back at $399. Heard it from the manager over that area.
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8-25-2008 @ 1:42PM
Shape said...
The 80GB PS3 without any back compatibility with PS2 games is already at $399. They basically took a 40GB PS3, took out the 40GB drive, removed the Spider Man Blu-Ray from the package and put in an 80GB drive. And they left the price where the 40GB price was.
They are introducing a 160GB PS3 at $499. Again, it is basically the old 40GB model with a hard drive upgrade and a couple games in the package.
They have abandoned backwards compatibility with the PS2 altogether.
8-25-2008 @ 1:48PM
Luay said...
when does this occur in Canada?? Because im selling my 20gb + 2 games for 200 bucks and so i can get this deal
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8-25-2008 @ 2:27PM
Saeth said...
I just got a ad in the newspaper the other day showing the 360 pro at 299$ (even says it was 50$ more)
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8-25-2008 @ 4:03PM
blank964 said...
Lucky bastards, I bought my 20GB last year at Christmas. Oh well hopefully it means that more people will go out and buy one.
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8-26-2008 @ 12:31AM
AshTR said...
This has apparently confused too many people.
The $300 360 right now is the 20 gig. It's the whole firesale thing. They're going to bring the 60 gig down to that same $300 if this price drop happens.
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8-26-2008 @ 10:00AM
emirabal said...
I might just buy a spare one for the house, just coop it off of ebay, bc realistically, everyone is going to get rid of the core systems and put it on ebay to get the new elites, and i will scoop a cheap one, holla.
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8-27-2008 @ 12:13PM
Ranger V said...
huh, thought it was already announced... I went to three gamestops looking for an old game i couldnt find, and they all had a "New low price $299" sign right next to the 360 display console.
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