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Xbox 360 with $100 Card for $200 This Weekend? - Rumor

A retail tipster sends word that Walmart will be selling an Xbox 360 Arcade with a $100 gift card for $199 this Saturday.

The retailer will also be selling a Sony BluRay player for $148, according to our source, who included an image from the retailer's computer system showing the deals.
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Published: 56 days 13 hours ago | Rumors | Xbox 360
 
 

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Elvfam511 - 56 days 13 hours ago
1 - That's good even if
it's a rumor

Giftcard can be use to buy a $50 game and $50 for Live
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aliveinboston - 56 days 12 hours ago
1.1 - $99 360 on it's way?
$99 360 Arcade with $100/yr for Live would be profitable and provide lots of sales and profits for Microsoft's struggling Xbox division.

Even today, a lot of 360 owners only buy Live month-to-month so they pay close to $100/yr anyway.
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ABizzel1 - 56 days 12 hours ago
1.2 -
$99 Arcade
$199 Elite
$299 Bundles

Would put MS back in the game. But if they do decide to increase Live to $100 for this then gamers are going to be in trouble because you'll be paying way more in the long run.

They should make a Platinum account $50, and make Gold free dropping silver in the process. That or drop the price of Gold. Raising the price to $100 spells doom no matter what. If it succeeds everyone's going to start charging for online, if it fails MS online community will disappear which could end the 360.

Anywho hopefully the rumor about the $100 Gift Card is true. If so I'll be at Wal-Mart.
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Mr Logic - 56 days 12 hours ago
1.3 - Hmm...
This is actually quite tempting. I might just get a 360 and just play multiplat games offline.
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aliveinboston - 56 days 11 hours ago
1.4 -
Dude, seriously, even at $50 a year for live they are paying way more for the 360 than Wii or PS3.

Plus PS3's online multi-player is much more reliable and has less lag because of the dedicated servers (100% FREE) while Live, something they force you to pay for, is actually just P2P!!!
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zeeshan - 56 days 11 hours ago
1.5 -
I think a $99 Xbox360 at this point is extremely difficult BUT, with the giftcard, that's basically what it's costing you which is a pretty sweet deal if it's true. This should put M$ back in the game and sounds like a desperate but an effective way to stop Sony from totally kicking butt this year, however, if this deal does turn out to be real, it also tells you how worried M$ are because the Sony machine is simply on a roll here!
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4point7BillionLoss - 56 days 11 hours ago
1.6 - please donate
$100 gift cards to sony ... thank you
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UltimateIdiot911 - 56 days 11 hours ago
1.7 -
If you're going to get an arcade, you're probably going to end up spending that $100 on that overprice harddrive.
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CrazedFiend - 56 days 10 hours ago
1.8 - YES! LET'S...
Bend over, pull our pants down, and buy an ARCADE!

http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/...

(open zone, comment #2)
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soxfan2005 - 56 days 10 hours ago
1.9 - @1.2 & 1.5
Saying MS needs to get "back in the game" is like saying the Yankees need to get "back" into the World Series after last night's loss, even though they are still leading the Phillies 3-2.
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Lifendz - 56 days 10 hours ago
1.10 - I would use the gift card
to get the thing for 99.99. That's a great price for a 360. And the hit on Live isn't so bad since the entry fee was only 100 bucks. I can get an HDD off Ebay and rent some 360 games during my initial three months of Live being free.
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StanLee - 56 days 9 hours ago
1.11 -
I think at some point we see a $174 Arcade and a $249 Elite making way for the $300 250 GB SKU.
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zeeshan - 56 days 5 hours ago
1.12 -
@soxfan2005: If you believe that American market is all that matters to M$ and Sony then really you need to think over it again. It doesn't matter if 360 is ahead in the US. It's almost dead in Japan and Sony has a little lead in Europe too. All this with a $400 and $500 price tag that PS3 carried for years. Now that it's more affordable, surely you'd expect to see the lead increase outside the US and the 360 lead decrease in the U.S.

So yes, M$ needs to get back in the game because Sony has proved that even with an expensive console, they have done a remarkable job and with a more affordable PS3, the Playstation 3 consoles is going to sell good... really good!
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komp - 56 days 13 hours ago
2 -
Its to ensure people can buy the bits on the xbox to match the PS3 (apart from the optical drive) without it feeling like they are being mugged.

Its a good way of making the product look of value in a comparison and also it saves Microsoft from looking like they are weak/panicing and giving the optional parts for free. It is the same thing I know, just done in a way to save face.
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El_Colombiano - 56 days 12 hours ago
2.1 -
Look good in Value???

This will allow you to buy a God damned wireless card! Pathetic.
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Troll_Police - 56 days 12 hours ago
3 -
Wow, the kids don't want an Xbox for Christmas anymore so they have to give them away to get them off of the shelves.
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Captain Tuttle - 56 days 12 hours ago
3.1 - Nice try...
You need to be more subtle though.
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Troll_Police - 56 days 12 hours ago
3.2 - Nice try?
What do you mean by "nice try"? I simply told the truth. The PS3 is all the rage now.
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Sitdown - 56 days 12 hours ago
3.3 - Ummm ps3Troll
2008 says hello

http://www.joystiq.com/2008...
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Troll_Police - 56 days 11 hours ago
3.4 -
Ummmmm, 2009 says hello to you. Trust me kid, when you let the past go your life will be a lot easier.
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cheapndirty - 56 days 10 hours ago
3.5 - @troll police
Well then, the ps3 outsold the 360 by about 150k units(in NA) with the new price drop. And that was with a fifty dollar mail in rebate from MS. If what you are suggesting is true, with a 100.00 gift card,then the 360 and ps3 may be neck and neck this holiday. Maybe even get outsold.
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Sitdown - 56 days 10 hours ago
3.6 - Well obviously..
that comment went right over your head. The funny thing is you say when I let the past go life will be easier....hmmm, wonder how much easier your life would be if you did not feel compelled to run in and out of forums waving Sony's National Flag. I see a new pro-360 headline about to be approved...run quickly now, go get it.
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Troll_Police - 56 days 10 hours ago
3.7 - @cheapndirty
Don't forget that along with a $50 rebate, the Xbox had a $100 price cut as well and Halo ODST dropping in the same month and still couldn't outsell the PS3 being $100 more expensive. That says a lot. The PS3 will sell more consoles from here on out. It was only 150K units ahead in the U.S. but worldwide it was a massacre.
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cheapndirty - 56 days 8 hours ago
3.8 - @troll police.
Yes it was much more world wide. I understood that ODST is not system seller since it was an expansion for existing 360 owners. If you think that you are one of the few pro Sony types that believes that.

On a side note this is a 360 article and you are here trying to undermine the 360on some level. And your name is Troll Police... ironic no? Arrest yourself?
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jahcure - 56 days 12 hours ago
4 - What's the trade in value
On the arcade unit at gamestop and do they give cash or store credit? And I mean for a brand new unit
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Killman - 56 days 12 hours ago
5 -
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divideby0 - 56 days 11 hours ago
6 -
good price to give to a kid to play games,
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Omega Zues - 56 days 10 hours ago
7 - lol
If you were to buy that bundle the first thing you would do with the Gift card is buy a HDD. Thus = nothing.

So instead how about you just buy a PS3 and get Blu-ray as well.

:)
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cheapndirty - 56 days 10 hours ago
7.1 -
Because I am going to get a 99.00 Black Friday blu ray player.
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Omega Zues - 56 days 10 hours ago
8 - hmmmm Black Friday
I'm hoping for some great Black Friday Deals this year. I personally thought last years was terrible >.> infact last year I found better deals on computers and tv's in october then I did find on BF it self...
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cmrbe - 56 days 9 hours ago
9 - They should just give it
out for free.
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K1W1 - 56 days 9 hours ago
9.1 -
It's interesting that you say that cmrbe.

I think the Xbox platform is really Xbox live.

The machine you play it on is just a means to and end.

What if Microsoft started selling the consoles for next to nothing and raised the subscription for Xbox Live?

Might be a dumb idea. what do you think?
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iceman06 - 55 days 14 hours ago
9.2 - That was...
effective for the PC market years ago. You would spend money for some branded ONLINE subscription and get an EXTREMELY discounted or FREE computer. Of course, there was a LOT of red tape and the computer was CRAPPY, but it DID work for a while. Interesting strategy...unlikely as you said...but interesting nonetheless.
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FF7numbaone - 56 days 7 hours ago
10 - To the guys above
lol why would ms lower the arcade to 99? when consoles and handhelds normal go from 199 to 169, 169 to 129, 129 to 99. But wal-mart does deals like this around this time of year increase traffic flow. When I got my ps3 last year I paid 426 and received 100 dollar gift card. Which I used to buy glasses frames. Great deal if you shop at wal-mart.
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