A sign of things to come? MS has announced that on August 15 the 60GB Xbox 360 will go on sale in the UK for £199.99.

This is the same price as the old 20GB model which is being phased out. Which probably means the 20GB will receive a per store price cut, I'd guesstimate somewhere around £170-180. in between the arcade & new 60GB.

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This could very well be a further indication of the September price cuts leaked by ArsTechnica's notoriously reliable inside source

Early Sept price reduction on X360 hardware:

* Arcade (no hard drive) to $199
* Pro (60GB) to $299
* Elite (120GB) to $399

in addition to a leaked inventory screen by a member of VGCharts


& further proof that 8bitjoystick's more recently rumored schedule to release the 65nm CPU & GPU Jasper in Sept was accurate & on schedule. (as opposed to the slightly earlier August estimate by The Inquirer)

The previous version launched w/ the Halo 3 edition Xbox 360 last year, codenamed Falcon used 65nm CPU & 80nm GPU (reduced from the initial 90nm CPU & GPU).

Speculation has the new Jaspers using a 125-130W power brick. In comparison to Falcon which used a 170W & the original which had a 220W.