http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/ Engadget Comments for Xbox 360 price cut coming on September 5 -- Arcade now $199 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/
Elite $399.99
http://zeta.zappos.com/product/7460996/color/3

Pro $259.99
http://zeta.zappos.com/product/7460998/color/632

Arcade $199.99
http://zeta.zappos.com/product/7460995/color/14
]]>Sep 3rd 2008 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Elite $399.99 vs Pro $259.99. $140 for a friggen black case and 120 GB hard drive. I could get a 750GB hard drive at TigerDirect for $99. Storage is so cheap today, why are they 1)skimpy on the hard drive or 2)heavy on the price ?

Want people to buy it, then price it accordingly.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/
While you're correct that the cost of hard drive storage is dropping rapidly, they are using a 2.5 inch laptop drive. Agreed that they're ripping you off regardless, they can't fit a 750 gig drive in the current, attached form-factor.

Also, the elite also includes a HDMI cable, with aren't too cheap, and a headset, which adds to the value. Overall, I think the price difference should be closer to $80 between an elite and pro, but at least this is an improvement compared to the current $150 price dif.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/
... and a HDMI cable, and a headset, and Forza 2, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. You get a lot more with the Elite.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812270003]]>Sep 3rd 2008 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/
Im still waiting for one more pricecut on this and hopefully all final bugs in the hardware will be ironed out. ... We still have a few people with RRoD's on newly purchased systems.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/
Why would Nintendo announce a price cut? You can't still be guaranteed to walk into a store and find a Wii...and it's been out for almost 2 years.]]>Sep 4th 2008 12:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/
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-larger game selection
-better games
-better online (don't even whine about "it costs moneeeeey....")
-Media Center Extender
-other awesome features
-and now, lower price

i'm only a little biased...]]>Sep 3rd 2008 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/
The world may never know...]]>Sep 3rd 2008 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/The better question is where is the hamster proof microwave? You know how hard it is to get fur out of those thin little slots?]]>Sep 3rd 2008 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/
And no, it’s not RROD proof, but its more RROD resistant than it ever was. That has been the case for more than a year now.

But if you’re still worried about RROD, then don’t buy one. We don’t want bitchy people on Live anyways. There’s enough of those.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/One last rant- if I didn't have a 360 already I'd be all over this deal; compared to the Wii at $250 its a great deal. I know Nintendo makes great games but I can only play their first party titles so many times. The 360 has a huge library of great games and has the advantage of Xbox Live.
Bring on the Flame Wars.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/:)]]>Sep 3rd 2008 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/
@usedbert: I actually think he's a good spokesperson. He's been doin it for years, and studies have shows that the average gamer is like 30 (or something like, too lazy to find the link), so I think he's an appropriate age to do what he does. It helps to have someone like him represent the Xbox as oppsoed to some young 20-year old celebrity who'll get a DUI and further stigmatize the gaming community.

Just my 2 cents.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/
Hmmmm...]]>Sep 3rd 2008 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/
http://www.xbox.com/en-us/hardware/compare101.htm
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http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360limitededitionredwirelesscontroller/default.htm

lol it'll match good with my Halo 3 console...NOT!!!]]>Sep 3rd 2008 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Does arcade have a slower chip?
Is a HDD required to play?
]]>Sep 3rd 2008 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/2. No. Only bigger.
3. No.
4. No. The memory card counts as the storage area, and that is used to store any game updates, live profile, etc. It is recommended, but not required.]]>Sep 3rd 2008 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 3rd 2008 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 4th 2008 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/
I know plenty of people who have Wiis (or PS3s for that matter) and none of them have had return their consoles for repair/replacement even once...much less 4 times like quite a few people I know of with 360s.

I like my Wii. If I wanted another console it would most certainly be a PS3...buying a 360 is a gamble and that's a joke.]]>Sep 4th 2008 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 4th 2008 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://notnews.today.com/?p=63]]>Sep 4th 2008 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 4th 2008 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/03/xbox-360-price-cut-coming-on-september-5-arcade-now-199/Sep 5th 2008 2:45PM