From GAMER.tm: "Microsoft will formally announce a price cut for the 360 in Europe next week, an industry insider has confirmed.
"Speaking to GAMER.tm, the industry insider – who understandably wishes to remain anonymous – said that Microsoft is to confirm the price cut at a European event the company is due to hold during the week of 22 September.
"According to our source, the price cut was due to be one of Microsoft's major announcements at the event. Although our source added that it may not have the same impact now, following last week's Woolworths leak.
"Our source confirmed that the prices shown in the leaked Woolworths catalogue image – GBP 129.99 for the Arcade, GBP 169.99 for the 60GB model and GBP 229.99 for the Elite – were official.
"Our source also added that the leak had left Microsoft fuming, and that all of the above information came directly from Microsoft."
Xbox 360 launched 18 years ago and was a generation-defining console that invited many people to jump into gaming for the first time and connect with friends around the world. We’re thrilled people continue playing their favorite Xbox 360 games on Xbox 360, or on newer consoles via Backward Compatibility for supported titles.
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Remember the media reaction when PlayStation wanted to shut down the PS3 store (but then kept it open)... where is that reaction here?
RIP Xbox 360 digital store and all its games.
It really grinds my gears that they are waiting till 10 days before closing to give the best discounts and the list as of now is 100 or less titles from the massive 360 library
I should have enough points by the weekend to get £25 credit off MS, (hardly ever spend money on xb1), might look at a few of these.
The Xbox 360 store was one of the only advantages the Xbox Series consoles had over the PS5. When I got my series X, I spent more playing Xbox 360 games vs current-gen Xbox games since that was the golden era for Xbox and several titles had enhancements such as 4k resolution and fps boost.
Closing this store will now only benefit the competition.
Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.
From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.
price cutting again,didn,t MS say there console didn,t need one and it was the longest console not too out there at its entry point. now ps3 and the wi comes out its bargain bin madness no profit this year for MS.
Well this is good I hope alot of our european friends save some money with this pricecut.
I reckon Wii and PS3 will have to follow suite to keep up in sales this xmas..
The 360 is already the cheapest console in Europe (and the HDD model is barely more expensive than the Wii):
Arcade - £160
Wii - £180
60GB Pro - £200
120GB Elite - £260
80GB PS3 - £300
Just goes to show how much it's getting kicked around in Europe if it needs another price drop this year.
I think the price range MS should be looking at is:
£100,£150 and £200 respectively.