360 price cuts in effect

apocolypse · Post by **apocolypse** » 2008-09-05 05:04pm

I'm not sure if MS's overall price slash went into effect, or if it's an Amazon thing, but I noticed that the prices are something like:

Arcade = $199
Premium 20 GB = $259
Premium 60 GB = $299
Elite = $399

Anyway, just thought I'd throw a head's up out there.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2008-09-05 05:15pm

Welcome to 3 weeks ago. That price drop is industry wide though, Gamestop has them as well for that price.

apocolypse · Post by **apocolypse** » 2008-09-05 05:35pm

General Zod wrote:Welcome to 3 weeks ago. That price drop is industry wide though, Gamestop has them as well for that price.

I already knew that the price cut was coming up (since I was in the same thread

). I just noticed that it was up on Amazon and wasn't sure if everyone else had it as well or if it was an Amazon special. Nor did I see a thread mentioning it so I thought I'd post it so people would know it's out.

Stargate Nerd · Post by **Stargate Nerd** » 2008-09-05 06:05pm

I'll bite at $199 for a Premium.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2008-09-05 07:32pm

$299 for the 60 gig Premium is a hell of a deal.

Temjin · Post by **Temjin** » 2008-09-05 07:53pm

I'd be happier if I didn't buy my 20g premium just five months ago.

KhyronTheBackstabber · Post by **KhyronTheBackstabber** » 2008-09-05 09:13pm

Temjin wrote:I'd be happier if I didn't buy my 20g premium just five months ago.

I know how you feel. I bought mine at the end of April.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2008-09-05 09:57pm

KhyronTheBackstabber wrote:
Temjin wrote:I'd be happier if I didn't buy my 20g premium just five months ago.
I know how you feel. I bought mine at the end of April.

Bought mine in JUNE so you can all just suck me.

apocolypse · Post by **apocolypse** » 2008-09-05 10:06pm

DPDarkPrimus wrote:$299 for the 60 gig Premium is a hell of a deal.

I was thinking the same thing. I mentioned to Vendy in the other thread that while my 360 is running fine (has been since day one) it's also the older pre-HDMI model. So a newer version with even more space at that price is seriously tempting. I'll likely just stick with what I got, but who knows...

Death from the Sea · Post by **Death from the Sea** » 2008-09-06 01:35am

apocolypse wrote:
DPDarkPrimus wrote:$299 for the 60 gig Premium is a hell of a deal.
I was thinking the same thing. I mentioned to Vendy in the other thread that while my 360 is running fine (has been since day one) it's also the older pre-HDMI model. So a newer version with even more space at that price is seriously tempting. I'll likely just stick with what I got, but who knows...

same here. I had a few close calls with the RROD but turns out it was a power cord problem. But I want a larger hard drive and the HDMI port, I keep having to delete stuff for new games.

DesertFly · Post by **DesertFly** » 2008-09-06 03:13am

How essential is the 120 GB drive of the elite compared to the 60 GB premium as far as size goes? I've been holding out getting one until I could afford the Elite, but I may have to give in for the $100 dollar cheaper one.

Icehawk · Post by **Icehawk** » 2008-09-06 04:58am

DesertFly wrote:How essential is the 120 GB drive of the elite compared to the 60 GB premium as far as size goes? I've been holding out getting one until I could afford the Elite, but I may have to give in for the $100 dollar cheaper one.

For just playing games on the system and over Xbox Live and downloading the occasional demo or whatever here and there, a 20 gig is more than enough. It all comes down to how much other content you think you may download off of Xbox Live. You can get full HD movies, Anime and TV shows as well as a crapload of other games and demos and other various shit and that can fill up a 20 gig drive pretty quick if you are into that stuff. (Granted you have to be in the USA to get most of the TV shows and movies, but Canada has had access to a growning number of movies for a while now, no TV shows or Anime yet sadly)

As well, with the big upcoming Fall Dashboard update, you will be able to basically copy your games to the 360 hard drive and play them off the system directly minimizing load times and if you have a multi disc game, the need for the other discs IIRC.

Losonti Tokash · Post by **Losonti Tokash** » 2008-09-06 12:20pm

I'd recommend nothing less than the 60 gig, especially if you're thinking about getting Rock Band. I'm almost to the point where I'm going to have to start deleting content from my other games to make room for songs.