Xbox 360 price dropping to $299.99 on July 6?

What's this? Could it be? An Xbox 360 price drop on July 6? According to this image, the Xbox 360 Pro will drop to $299.99, at least at K-Mart. The little image circulating shows the "Xbox 360 20GB console" with a $299.99 price, but no word on pricing on the Arcade and Elite versions of the console. We had a feeling price cuts would be coming at E3, but it's entirely possible Microsoft waned to get pricing out of the way before the gaming conference to concentrate on other goodness.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 27th 2008 12:30AM]

For $299 I'd hit that.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 27th 2008 2:03AM]

I'd be sold at $250, but I still feel like $300 is too much considering how long the system has been out. (Not to mention the Wii's price point...)

[SparticusEpicus Posted Jun 29th 2008 8:36PM]

The system is older than the Wii yet still more powerful....

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 28th 2008 8:47AM]

its already at that pricepoint here in the uk

[platinumbraces Posted Jun 27th 2008 6:15AM]

It's my birthday on July 6 :) .. but I live in Europe, damn.

[KAL326 Posted Jun 27th 2008 11:09AM]

Good think I waited to get an HDMI model, only a few more weeks and hopefully I can get a core for under 250. I already have a 2+ year old pro with a 120GB drive. Get a cooler running HDMI capable core 360 on the cheap and slap my 120GB on that, good stuff.

There may also be some additional true to this in the price given for used 360s. I was shopping around the different stores that buy back hardware and 360s for trade in credit ranged from $90 to $135 now which is a bit of a drop off from what they were giving a few months back. Cheaper new consoles would mean less given for used ones.

[wyldtek Posted Jun 28th 2008 3:22PM]

I'm hoping the arcade drops to $199. I can buy it as a replacement for my broken 360 Pro instead of paying $99 to fix the old hardware. The $100 difference would be worth it to add HDMI, a controller, a memory card, some Arcade games I can eBay, and hopefully a somewhat quieter (and more reliable) console.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 6th 2008 8:48PM]

Well it didn't happen today. So is it on the 13th?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 7th 2008 1:51PM]

I really can't wait any longer for this to happen. Do they really think it somehow needs to be held until E3? I'm ready to pick one up the day it drops...why would they let this buzz die down? Announce it today, and drop it tomorrow. You can't top the speculation and press it has received without any of their own advertising. They're just giving me more time to wonder if I want MGS4 and Blu-Ray instead...

I cannot take it anymore!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 29th 2009 1:00PM]

prices did drop down !! they say it is going to be $100 less. I also found great deals on the XBOX on this cool deals & coupons website http://www.IneverPayRetail.com