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 starting next Sunday, a $100 price drop and putting the system square against PS3 Slim.
The Xbox 360 Elite won’t be coming with an HDMI cable, which is no surprise. What is surprising, though, is that the system is coming with composite cables rather than component cables. Sure, the cables aren’t that expensive anymore but it’s really annoying that the PS3 and now Xbox 360, both consoles that have been pushing consumers into the Hi-Def era, don’t come with Hi-Def cables.
Speaking of Xbox 360 price drops, Joystiq is reporting on this Xbox 360 Elite Halo 3 bundle going for $329.99 in Canada. Neat!
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6:00 PM on 08.23.2009
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Every single system on the market—Wii, PS3, DS/DSi, PSP/PSPgo, iPhone/iPod touch (even the Zune HD, purportedly)—has Wi-Fi. Why Microsoft, why? >.<
Seriously though, good third-party wi-fi attachments are between $10-20. It's not a big deal.
On #2, people who have a use for HDMI cables tend to have somewhat elaborate setups involving receivers and/or wall mounts and/or custom in-wall wiring. If you include a cable that's too short, people won't use it. If it's too long, people won't use it. With HDMI cables being dirt cheap when bought through places like monoprice.com (not spamming), there's very little point in including HDMI cables.
@Natetehgreat: Don't forget the 120 GB hard drive too. I won't be interested unless Microsoft drops the price for that thing. Until a more reasonable price range is reached, the PS3 Slim will be on top of my list. Honestly an original Xbox for fifty USD is more appealing. It's probably just as fun.
Looks too real not to be.
Can imagine the deal will come to US as well but I can't see anyone rushing out to by this the same way they will the Slim.
People forget that the 360 was already widely successful where as the PS3 (kinda) lagged behind. A lot of people wanted one but couldn't afford the price tag... now the drop has happened a lot of people will get one (my friend just pre-ordered).
Whereas the 360 has always been affordable so a price drop and great bundle won't have the exact same effect the slim will.
Thanks a lot Microsoft.
While I too would like to see the 120GB 360 hard drive dropped to a reasonable price, it is included with the Elite (which is why I only noted the lack of Wi-Fi as a point of contention, at least on a hardware level; on a software/services level, Live in conjunction with Wi-Fi brings the price up to $450).
1. Colour
2. Bigger Hard Drive
3. HDMI Cable. (Which they are removing)
So all you've got is the pro with a bigger HD and a change of colour.
Now that both main models are the same price, the PS3 does look like a much better choice to me personally. Yeah, free online and blah blah blu-ray . . . all I'm interested in is which system has which exclusives, though. Now that they're both the same price, that's the only deciding factor for me.
And I've waited a long time to play some of those Playstation games.
Maybe they will fix it if they do a 360 slim. Which they probably won't because they would have done it already.
HDMI cables INCLUDE THEM YOU BONEHEADS there like 6 bucks.
now that thats out of my systems, I really don't see this changing much, with the arcade out no one was yelling for a cheaper 360, we were yelling for them to fix the RROD, the damn disease is getting worse and harder to ignore, its even starting to become well know amongst non gamers. With the ps3 at 299 MS acting like the problem doesn't exist any more is only gonna hurt them in the end.
don't throw me a sales pitch and not include the whole sale. Why haven't people spoken out about this shit?
Get them on Amazon for like $3 including shipping
http://www.amazon.com/HDMI-meter-foot-cable-1080P/dp/B0002L5R78/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1251076020&sr=8-1
I ordered one a while ago and it's still going strong.
i know, what the hell is with that?
in australia the ps3 slim is AUD$494 whereas last week the older model was costing AUD$688. i was thinking of getting a new xbox for the larger hard drive but ill be getting a ps3 slimwhen i can.
blue ray and built in wireless definitely push it over the edge.
"Oh, if only we lived up in America's Big White Hat!"
What the...?
That's not funny...I'm not freaking kidding.
Pathetic.
$229 Pro 60GB models, get one if you really need one.
Let me explain:
At $299, the PS3 Slim has a 120GB HDD, built-in WiFi, and can play Blu-ray discs.
The 360 Elite has 120GB HDD, NO BUILT-IN WiFi, AND CANNOT PLAY BLU-RAY DISCS!!!
So is Microsoft looking to be dethroned by Sony!? They have built up such a huge lead in sales and market share over the past 3 years over Sony due to the initial, and up until now, continued high cost of having Blu-ray capability, which forced Sony into a much higher MSRP than the Xbox 360, that now they are just going to throw it all away and get slaughter in Christmas sales!?
[...Holy run-on sentence, Batman!]
I fear that Microsoft is in for a very, very rude awakening.
No and no. Now fuck off! LOL
1) Extortionate "special" HDD
2) Controller chargers!! WTF?! Take the piss why don't you MS!?
3) WiFi adapter
4) Live Subscription
... and you still won't be able to play Uncharted / Socom / MAG / Killzone / LBP / MGS4 / Fat Princess despite having spent MORE on your console and overpriced perhipherals, which, by the way, has a 54% chance of dying.
So uh, yeah really level pegging there. A Console that costs more, doesn't play most of the best games, doesn't play the current HD film media, a terrible (almost criminal) failure rate, a paid for online service full of ads, doesn't run AVI files of a memory stick (tres important), doesn't allow you to use a USB keyboard / mouse, doesn't have a free music video streaming service, doesn't allow you to turn it into a freeveiw recorder, has online games full of children screaming profanities and still bends you over a barrel should you want any perhipherals by not allowing use of standard HDD's and headsets etc.
No thanks.
I'm personally thinking about getting a PS3 slim as a second console to the launch model PS3 in the living room. perhaps get a slim for the mrs.
I just couldn't live without playTV, Vidzone, Free online gaming, bluetooth headset, blu-ray, AVI files off USB sticks, the rich, diverse, interesting games library, or the 500gb HDD i got off ebay for £50.
Although if you want a box to put in your kids bedroom and keep them out of your hair for hours on end (read: bad parenting) until it dies in 1 maybe 2 years, if you're lucky, then by all means buy a 360.
I will say this though, Sony need to take a long hard look at some currency conversion rates. $299USD is NOT €299Euros. Neither is it £249GBP.
Wonder how much shipping would be to import a yanky PS3 slim to the UK??
Is the 360 region free? That's another handy perk of the black beauty.
Mechamonkey - you are the reason the 360 has a 54% failure rate. You are telling them that it's acceptable, by buying replacements for RRoDed 360s.
You sir are Fail.
You people keep bringing up WiFi and Blu-ray... which add nothing to gaming, and in some cases succeed in making games worse."
How does 50GB optical storage & Wi-Fi succeed in making games worse.
1. Wi-Fi is optional, there's still an 1GB ethernet socket on the PS3.
2. I haven't had any problems/lag gaming on Wi-Fi on the PS3.
3. KZ2 proved you don't need an install & games will run fine off Blu-Ray.
4. If the developers can't get to grips with how to put data on a Blu-Ray in an efficient manner they can always fall back on a mandatory installs.
It's amazing that the only people who moan about PS3 mandatory installs are 360 owners. All the while they're copying whole DVD's onto their hard drives to shut up their loud disc drives.
Hey everybody! Shut the fuck up and just play games!
And in my lunchbreak.... I play games - PSP FTW.
The pro-360 arguments really entertain me. It's like arguing that walking is faster than driving, or that Tapes had better sound quality than CDs. It's crazy.
I would probably have a heart attack if i met a 360 player who had the bollocks to admit that the PS3 is a far better machine but the 360 is cheaper.
I'm not afraid to admit that, the 360 IS cheaper, providing all you need is a WiFi-less, offline only games console and you have some way of getting free batteries - in that case, yes, the 360 is cheaper.
I'll also admit, that the 360 has some nice exclusive DLC (although I find the whole business practice immoral) and one, maybe two exclusive games that I'm a little jealous of. But nothing worth buying a 360 for, specially not from a company like Microsoft.
Their's nothing wring with being a fanboy but the way you troll 360 news topics is pathetic. Games consoles are about games, and in that repect no games console or computer is superior to another.
To all the PS3-only guys, slating people for liking the Xbox, Fuck off. Seriously. Fuck off. Xbox360 is fast becoming my favourite ever gaming system in 30 years of gaming. No, I'm not a retard; just a very happy gamer who happens to own a 360.
Sexchocs, price-less as usual. ;o)