Choze Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 (edited) http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/08/18/xbox_arcade_price_hike/ Xbox 360 price to riseArcade to replace the Pro? By James Sherwood 18th August 2009 10:03 GMT Microsoft is to increase the recommended retail price of its Arcade model Xbox 360, according to retail channel reports. Igor Cipolletta, boss of online games retailer ShopTo, said he was told by Microsoft that the Arcade’s price will jump from £130 to £160 ($262/€186) from 1 September, website Eurogamer reports. An unnamed independent retail chain source corroborated Cipolletta’s statement, the website added. The second source also let slip that Microsoft plans to increase the cost of individual Xbox 360 accessories by a couple of quid in order to “counteract the poor Pound-to-Euro currency exchange rate”. The Arcade is the cheapest model in the Xbox 360 line-up, but it isn’t clear whether price increase will extent to Microsoft’s two other models, the Pro and the Elite. A £30 increase in the Arcade’s price would bring it in line with the Pro, which currently costs around £150. That adds yet more weight to speculation that Microsoft’s inked plans to can the mid-range machine. Register Hardware is still waiting to hear back from Microsoft for some official comment So the arcade will cost more than the Pro now. I am assuming these consoles are new models. Increasing the price while keeping the console the same would be odd. Lets see what happens but this should be clarified today or tommorow. 360 slim? Edited August 18, 2009 by Choze
Wesley Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 Yeah, good idea Choze, let's wait until tomorrow...
Nolan Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 Thats funny, I saw a rumor a week ago stating the removal of the Pro dropping the Elite's price and removing the HDMI and Component cables from the Elite.
KKOB Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 I LOL'd at the Kotaku story today about the 360 hardware failure rate at above 50% according to a survey. Yet now they're charging us even more to get screwed over. Oh joy. Thanks Microsoft. I guess it's a bit much for a traditionally-software-only company to make a decent piece of hardware despite throwing a lot of money at it.
Cube Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 It's already posted in the 360 thread, doesn't really need it's own one.
dwarf Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 Choze enjoys poking knowledge like this into the ribs of 360 owners even though it's quite trivial and just a seasonal/cyclical change.
Choze Posted August 18, 2009 Author Posted August 18, 2009 Choze enjoys poking knowledge like this into the ribs of 360 owners even though it's quite trivial and just a seasonal/cyclical change. Yes its just trivial news... Good to see you are back. How is the PSN ban going?
dwarf Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 Fine actually because I haven't got a working PS3, there's only 5 days left to go anyway. Shame your life would be ruined without PSN.
Sheikah Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 Fine actually because I haven't got a working PS3, there's only 5 days left to go anyway. Shame your life would be ruined without PSN. Guys, guys... Both of your lives would be ruined.
Cube Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 Go play Squash! I miss playing Squash. It's an awesome sport.
Sheikah Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 I miss playing Squash. It's an awesome sport. Haha, I'm right with you there. Dwarf...I played today. It rocked hard.
spirited away Posted August 18, 2009 Posted August 18, 2009 Haha, I'm right with you there. Dwarf...I played today. It rocked hard. Same, Squash is great.
Dan_Dare Posted August 19, 2009 Posted August 19, 2009 so...doesn't need a thread here. temped as I am to rename it to the squash thread....
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