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 for the cheap, as the UK's lower middle class Mecca of frozen chicken, aka Sainsbury's, is going to drop the Xbox 360 Arcade to £99.97! Nintendo's Wii will also have its price cut to £149.97 while the 60GB 360 is going to be reduced to £139.97.
These ridiculous deals are going to run between October 3 and October 12.
This comes soon after British publishers urged retailers to stop using games as loss leaders, and represents one of the most drastic cuts yet seen in the price wars. This is a fantastic deal for gamers, but I have to wonder exactly what these kinds of slashes are going to do for British retail in the long term.
Ah well, who cares? I won't even be in the country in a few months. GO AND BUY, BUY, BUY!
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6:21 PM on 10.02.2008
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I guess that would be cheaper than an Elite, but it won't have HDMI cables and won't have a black appearence (not that thats a problem)
Not gonna replace my xbox 360 Premium (I got it on launch) even despite the fact that the fans are noticeably louder than before, it freeses on occasions and only has a measly 20GB HDD
I DIDN'T KNOW U SEE
I get £20.00 a month paper-round and I'm not sure if not to save up for the (next) next gen.
Should I get one now?
Meh, mine was £25 quid, so put that in your pipe and smoke it ;)
It will prob be all sold out by then.
@Sam Spectre: You would probably only save a little (depending on the exchange rate and postage) and most 360 games are region-locked so your friend would be better of just getting one in the US.
Falcon model. Sweet.