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Price Drop EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Reggie Fils-Aime says no more Wii price cuts are coming 37 With all these price drops happening, maybe you were hoping the Wii might get another one -- to $149.99, perhaps? Well, you can forget that idea. Nintendo Prez Reggie Fils-Aime told CNBC in a rec... Wii price drop: $199 US starting Sept 27, UK screwed 30 Nintendo has just announced a price drop for the Wii. Wow, what a surprise!America gets the price drop first on September 27 followed by Japan on October 1. The system will now sell for $199 in A... Three more games added to 'XBLA Hits' line-up 12 Let's start with the good news first: three Xbox LIVE Arcade games have been added to the "Hits" program, which means they are going to be dropped from $10 a piece down to $5 starting t... Wii price cut rumors point to September 27 drop date 44 Okay, we get it, the Wii is having a price cut. Quite why Nintendo feels the need to deny it when we know it's happening is beyond me. Sony and Microsoft do this as well, where the evidence is po... Unbound Saga gets a little bit of a price cut 11 Desperate times call for desperate measures.As you may or may not have heard, Vogster Entertainment is not in the best of shape these days. As such, one of the studio's games, a download-only Pla... Analysts predict Wii sales will continue to drop 64 As the prices of the other consoles out there continue to steadily drop, sales of the Wii have taken a turn for the worse. In fact, last month, Wii sales were down a whopping 39 percent from the ... Rumortoid: Wii getting a price cut the first week of Oct. 34 There's only one system hanging on now. One system that refuses to drop its price like everyone else is doing. It's that darn Wii, and so far Nintendo has been denying it will be giving a price d... US PS3 sales shoot up 300 percent 36 We already knew that the new PS3 Slim was doing rather well in the land of the rising sun, but how are US audiences feeling about that shiny new package and price point? Well, pretty good, actual... Xbox 360 Elite gets a price cut in the UK, like right now 29 in the interest of not being complete jerks, Microsoft has seen fit to lower the price of an Xbox 360 Elite across the entirety of the United Kingdom. As of today, our friends in Great Britain ca... Target flyer confirms Xbox 360 Pro and Elite price cuts 37 Damn, an Xbox 360 Pro for $250? That's just about good enough of a price to tempt me to get a second system. If these Target ads that we saw on engadget are real and correct, the Xbox 360 60GB Pr... Xbox 360 getting a price drop next week 65 We’ve been hearing rumblings of an Xbox 360 Elite price drop for a little while now and this Walmart ad has confirmed what we knew was coming. The Xbox 360 Elite will be going for $299 star... Rumortoid: PS3 price cuts get shown off at FYE 58 Another price drop for the PS3 has been rumored for about as long as the system has been at its current prices. We've heard analysts talk about it, rumors fly everywhere and entire redesigns of t... Japan gets some budget priced PS3 games 4 I love getting PS3 game son the cheap. I always feel like I'm gwetting away with something. According to Kotaku, I will be able to get that feeling again very soon as a nice handful of PS3 titles... Price drop! Madballs going on sale for 800 Points tomorrow 7 Good news, everyone! Madballs in Babo Invasion is going to go for just 800 MS Points as opposed to the 1200 MS Points that was originally announced last week. For everything that Madballs has to... No console price drops means sad Bobby Kotick 22 Consoles cost money. I keep trying to take a PS3 from my local Best Buy, but they refuse to hand it over if I don't give them cash. Unfortunately, I don't have cash and thus I can't buy the conso... GameStop looks into crystal ball, sees price cuts 12 Sony can deny and deny all they want, but no one is ever going to believe that they won't be cutting the price of the PS3 some time this year. In fact GameStop is so sure that a price cut is comi... Rumortoid: PS2 slashed to $99? 27 The best sources for leaked information are those who slink out of the dark retail world to reveal and secret and then vanish without a trace. Just that type dropped a hint to Joystiq letting the... Alien Hominid goes half price as Deal of the Week on XBLA 32 If you own an Xbox 360 and haven't played Alien Hominid yet, shame on you. Shame, I say. You should feel terrible. It's tragic that you would ignore such a fantastic game, especially when it's co... Sony getting sick of PS3 price cut talk 56 Sony has been weathering calls to lower the PlayStation 3's price for quite some time now, and you can imagine that constant queries about something Sony won't change must take a toll on one's pa... It sounds like even EA wants a PS3 price cut 18 Look, most of us want a PS3 price cut because we think it's too expensive when compared to its competition. But others may want a lower price so that Sony can see even greater success with its fl... Braid's price lowered for the week, laugh at the chumps who paid $15 26 Braid's high price of 1200 Microsoft Points was a cause of much debate among gamers. There's no denying that it helped set a precedent once Microsoft realized it could get away with it, and now 1... PC version of Braid gets price drop before it's even released, now $14.99 34 When Stardock announced that it would be selling the PC version of Braid online for $19.99, the Internet went cuh-ray-zee. I mean, the game only cost 1200 MS Points ($14.99) on the Xbox LIVE Arca... Shocker: PS3 will remain the most expensive console on the market 26 Just in case you don't like surprises, let it be known that the PlayStation 3 shall continue to be the most expensive console on the market right now. While some think that Sony's refusal to slas... Siren: Blood Curse spotted on the cheap at Play-Asia 12 I had really high hopes for Siren: Blood Curse before its release, but the odd feeling of playing episodes of a television show turned me off in the end and I did not finish it. However, that iss... Get your holiday on: Rock Band Special Edition Bundle for PS2 and Wii is $99 9 Yes, some people do not have Rock Band yet -- hard for those of us to imagine who have been rocking out to it for a long time, but that bundle is pricey! Or at least, it was. Today it was announc... PS3 price won't be an issue for Christmas buyers, Santa begs to differ 31 Sony will not fold under the pressure of reduced console prices this holiday season. In a recent interview with VideoGamer, Sony Computer Entertainment managing director Ray Maguire confirmed tha... Sony says no holiday price cuts coming 41 Thinking maybe it's time for you to finally give in and buy a PS3, if only they'd reduce the price just a little bit more? This isn't going to be your year, if Patrick Seybold, director of corpor... Sainsbury's selling Xbox 360 for UNDER £100!? 26 My jaw actually dropped when I heard this. This is a kind of megaton for our UK readers.  Yes, the insane price wars currently being waged among Britain's retailers have taken a huge turn fo... Surprise! UK publishers don't like cheap games! 16 Wow, who could have seen that one coming, huh? Some UK-based publishers have called for an end to the "price wars" currently being waged by retailers in the run up to Christmas, warning... Woolworths cutting British Xbox prices for Christmas 21 Microsoft has remained tight-lipped about a British Xbox 360 price cut, but there is at least one retail chain in the UK that will be flogging The 'Soft's machines cheap this Christmas. According... Microsoft drops 120 GB Xbox 360 hard drive down to $149 36 With way too many LIVE Arcade titles, demos, various betas, videos, Rock Band DLC, and the forthcoming ability to install games directly onto your hard drive, I think it might be about time for m... Shocker: Xbox 360 sells a lot of systems due to price cut 16 In an absolutely stunning twist, we have just found out that customers like to buy cheap things! Thanks to the string of price cuts in North America, the Xbox 360's sales have more than doubled, ... Xbox 360 US price drop confirmed: Now it'll TOTALLY beat the Wii! 20 Following the round of price drops in Japan, Microsoft has finally announced that Xbox 360 units in the United States are having their costs slashed in kind. Starting September 5, the Xbox 360 wi... Microsoft Japan slashing console prices: Smell the desperation 9 Our very own Nick Chester can't help but detect a whiff of desperation flavoring persistent price cuts, and I certainly get that feeling too with the news that Microsoft Japan is slashing Xbox 36... More Xbox 360 price drop sightings 11 We've been hearing about an Xbox 360 price drop for awhile now, and we've heard it so much now that we don't doubt it's coming. Poorly named electronics retailer Radio Shack dropped the news in a... GameStop predicts $50 price drop on Xbox 360 and PS3 23 Yesterday we told you how games retailer GameStop is rolling in cash this year, and how they predict that the rest of the year would be even bigger for them. They're estimating that total sales w... 360 price drop spotted in RadioShack circular, will retail for $399 16 A cheaper Xbox 360 is something that all of us would probably appreciate, most of all the people that don't own them yet (duh). The rumor was already floating around at the beginning of the month... Rumortoid: All models of the Xbox 360 to get price drops next month 17 We're just seeing the 60GB Xbox 360s on sale now and already there's word of a price drop for it as well as the Arcade and Elite Xbox 360s. Ars Technica received word from a mole (who looked like... Microsoft confirms 20GB Xbox 360 price drop and the new 60GB model 53 After all of the ad leaks and what not, Microsoft has finally confirmed that the 20GB model of the Xbox 360 will drop in price to $299. It looks like the 20GB models are going to be fazed out tho... Microsoft confirms 20GB Xbox 360 price drop and the new 60GB model 53 After all of the ad leaks and what not, Microsoft has finally confirmed that the 20GB model of the Xbox 360 will drop in price to $299. It looks like the 20GB models are going to be fazed out tho... Captain Obvious: Sony has no plans to drop the PS3 price 40 With all this talk of an expected Microsoft Xbox 360 price drop, some might have been waiting to hear something from their competition. Of course, I don't think that any right-minded gamer would ... Blurry photo journalism: Xbox 360 price drop confirmed 26 Well, looks like the rumor has finally been confirmed. For all of you who have been chomping at the bit to get a new Xbox 360, but were just a few dollars short, Microsoft is dropping the price o... OH SNAP! Xbox 360 Premium dropping in price shortly before E3 32 A major retailer has told the Hollywood Reporter that the Premium Xbox 360 (20 GB) will be dropping in price to $299. The $50 price drop is set to take place right before E3 and will undercu... Rumortoid: Kmart circular confirms 360 price drop 26 While we all rejoice over the idea of a price drop, the rumor about the 360 getting one has been floating around for a while, yet the price has remained the same. This recent development may poin... Euro retailer begins to cut Rock Band prices already 24 Harmonix may think that we maligned European gamers are getting a good deal when we're expected to drop £180 for a full Rock Band set, but the people actually selling the games are starting... UK games industry to get tax credits? 24 The game industry has today been highlighted by the British Government as a possible beneficiary of film-style tax credits. As part of its "Creative Britain" initiative, Labour is looki... Chris Taylor: Authentication will save PC gaming 52 In keeping with the theme that the current PC model is broken, Gas Powered Game's Chris Taylor thinks that the platform will live long and prosper, as long as on important change is made as to ho... Tretton bitchslaps Activision: After all, he doesn't tell you how to do YOUR job 30 Publishers have made no secret of their PS3 concerns, often bringing up that most-touchy subject of price. Activision's Robert Kotick previously stated that he wanted to see both the Xbox 360 and... MacGyver trick juices up your 360 WiFi 19  How does it feel to pay a hundred smackers for a 360 Wireless Network Adapter, when the teensy little Wii comes with a free Mitsumi 802.11b/g wireless module, right out of the box? After ab... Activision CEO says that all consoles need to be $199 or less 48 Activision's Ceo Barry Kotick might know something that we don't. It seems that he has made some really bold statements in a recent interview with Rueters news concerning the future price points ... Miniboss Monday: Money, and the lack thereof 19 In celebration of the holiday shopping season kicking into high gear, I thought it would be rather fitting to bring forth an unwaivering miniboss of sorts that plagues all who purchase games and ... Costco to have a cheaper Rock Band bundle? 6 Earlier we told you that Sam's Club is having a Rock Band launch event, and when we spoke with them, we tried to get details on the Rock Band Bundle price. They weren't ready to fess up yet, but ... PS2 gets price cut, loses power brick 26 Just as predicted, Sony's PlayStation 2 gets a price cut, though it looks like it will hit shelves a little late for this holiday season. The new model gets a $30 price cut, down to the expected ... Super colorful PS3s spotted for a king's ransom 25 Yesterday I reported on the sighting of a white PS3 in the wild, but today comes news of an entire rainbow of Sony consoles -- an unofficial rainbow, of course. At first, we were merely alerted t... Yikes! Check out this Haze/PS3 commercial 35 I'm sorry. While I love my PS3 (go ahead, bring it), and I think the upcoming title Haze looks to be good, I'm not feeling this commercial at all. It's not nearly as bad as the Bug Too! promotion... PS3 80GB Motorstorm pack $499 seen in the wild 34 We knew it was coming, and now it has hit the shelves. Even before the new 40GB PS3 has hit most shelves, the 80GB model is seeing price updates today, dropping down from $599 to $499. Walmart.co... PS3 80GB Motorstorm pack $499 seen in the wild 34 We knew it was coming, and now it has hit the shelves. Even before the new 40GB PS3 has hit most shelves, the 80GB model is seeing price updates today, dropping down from $599 to $499. Walmart.co... Xbox 360 price drop in Japan, new bundle 8 Beginning next month, Japanese gamers will be able to nab an Xbox 360 for a new, discounted price.The price fell for the Premium 20GB Xbox 360 bundle from 39,795 yen to 34,800 yen, or about $300.... Xbox 360 price drop in Japan, new bundle 8 Beginning next month, Japanese gamers will be able to nab an Xbox 360 for a new, discounted price.The price fell for the Premium 20GB Xbox 360 bundle from 39,795 yen to 34,800 yen, or about $300.... What's one more SKU? 40GB PS3 confirmed for the US in November 53 If there's one thing Sony is good at, it's crazy ad campaigns. However, if Sony is good at two things, then releasing a whole host of SKUs to the point where I am confused and frightened has to b... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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