Xbox 360 Holiday Bundle prices slashed with Dell coupon magic
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Oct 16th 2008 1:49AM
posted Oct 16th 2008 1:49AM
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How long till Microsoft starts paying us to take these off their hands?
Well, with games with Halo 3, Gears of War 2, etc. $169 is a great price. I'm sure many people will be glad to take this off their hands at just $170. 2 and half 360s or one PS3...
Remember the $169 360 comes with a free memory card or $20 20GB hard drive.
I dont belive that it does actually. The arcades already come with a 256 mb storage card, so the NXE upgrade deal doesn't apply.
You can't get the $20 hard drive with the arcade (only the core).
However, the arcades do qualify for the upgrade of a 20gb hard drive + 3 months XBL for $29.99. Just as good.
@Pip
Are you serious. the PS3 and the 360 are the same price..
It's almost laughable to compare the arcade or core pack, with the PS3's 80 gig model.
the elite package 360, and the 80 gig(currently the largest they offer) are both $399.
Woot!
Hopefully Sony makes like a good monkey and copies Microsoft's move
Doubt it,
difference between companies and systems.
Sony won't think that for a long while.
$169 for an Xbox 360?! HOLY CRAP.
200 if you get the 20GB HD Microsoft is offering.
$200 is incorrect.
It's going to be $190 for an Arcade w/ 20GB HDD. That's insane.
Well done, Microsoft, well done.
$190,
You know numbers.
LilTmac:
$190 is incorrect.
MS will sell you a 20GB HDD for your CORE system for $20. If you have an Arcade (as this is), it's $30.
Since this is an arcade, that makes it $199.
That is, if MS continues the deal for Xboxes bought after the announcement. Since you have to enter your serial number and build info (including date), they may not extend the HDD deal to units sold after you were already warned about the NXE. Then again, they might.
Good deal -- even with the economy in the dumper I wouldn't be surprised if they started having supply problems. At this price it's going to be REALLY attractive to those who haven't already bought one.
One important detail was left out: Expires 10/23/08 or after 350 redemptions. It's already over
damn. they are making it really hard for me not to buy an Xbox
Making it hard? LOL, My friend Its almost as cheap if not cheaper than some PsP's.
I've wanted a PS3 for a long time, and been staunchly anti 360 for almost as long. But if these bundles have an equivalent price in Australia I'll be sorely tempted to get one. Actually I think they announced the release of these bundles a few days ago, gamespot.com.au, but I think the prices haven't fallen any further and are frankly too close to the PS3 price.
Drop the price in Aus, include Halo 3 and PGR 4 (as with that Target bundle) and you've got yourself a deal.
lol with our dollar? it has gone down like 35 cents in the space of three months!! LOL!! its too bad for us really we have to pay more for electronic devices now. did you see like two days ago it dropped 8 cents overnight? so what happens to PS3/Wii/Xbox360 prices? lol. Considering the dollar is about 66 cents now so around $250 for us. which is still not bad, cheaper than a Wii. but personally all these price drops do not mean a good thing, the console is loosing sales and may die before the next gen comes out.
i bought a Sennheisser headset of Ebay for like $70 from the US (it was buy it now) BOUGHT it and after i saw the price of the same good was now $95 LOL so i paid the guy.... 3 1/2 weeks later no sign of the item, no replies to two emails. Luckily his a powerseller, iv got excellent buyer feedback so paypal will hopefully give my money back and this guy will get anal raped by EBAY!.
This is not a jab at your income or financial gains or losses.
But the 360 has been out since 2006, the Ps3 and Wii following some time after...
If you have yet to buy a console out of the "next gen trinity"...Your priorities are elsewhere, or you are pinching your money too tight.
Welcome to 2009 in a few months....
Wow, Xbox 360 came out in November 2005. So much for that theory.
@ Metal Geario 360
I have a Wii thanks, have had for a while. And well done on identifying that I have other priorities, as we all do. The main relevant aspect of those priorities is to wait until the price of the PS3 and or 360 falls (in Australia). Personally I'd rather not throw my money at something that we know is due to fall significantly in price, as it has done in the US. And that's due to the combination of having other priorities, my income as well as being a tight ass (which I'm entitled to be).
whats the difference between the elite and the pro? other than color and hdd size?
Nothing, really. It comes with a wireless headset.
That's it really. 100 gigs extra.
60GB extra, HDMI cables, black finish
@o29
Uhh, wireless headset? since when?
@Tehseen:
Yeah, sorry, I have no idea where I got that from. Midterms are melting my brain.
Actually the specs do say the Elite has a wireless headset.
"Features and bundle:
Black finish design; 120GB Hard Drive
Black wireless controller; HDMI; Ethernet
Black wireless headset; 2 Free games "
Its not just colour etc.
Some people say its the chipsets inside. Less noise, works better and faster.
I think they spent more money on the inboard stuff to make them work better.
Are these eligible for the harddrive discount?
This is what I'm curious about
I already have a ps3.. cant wait for LBP and killzone.. but at 250.. the Pro looks like a pretty decent pickup.. but only 4 days to decide?.. i mull over my purchases like woah.. maybe there'll be similar deals down the line til xmas.. this next xmas in one of our worst recessions..
grah! forgot to add xbox live fee.. its one of the best.. if not best.. features of the 360 in my opinion.. a must get.. how much is it now? 50?
oo.. bundle comes with SILVER?.. wats that? lol..
xbox live silver gives you access to marketplace and downloads and stuff. you need gold to be able play over live.
@ Blee
Dude it comes with a 1 month gold subscribtion. and guess what if you change your gamer tag you get a nother month free. i do that from time to time. lol... there is no harm in doing so..
The Dell Online Store says that the coupon expires on Thursday, October 23, 2008
Well thats just all kinds of stupid..I want one(sold my old one), but most ppl who Christmas shop dont START until thxgiving or Black Friday, which is kinda defeating the purpose of dropping the price.
They should extend it, or bring it back..NOW THAT would male more sense.
That, and how the Arcade does as a media extender. Does the arcade have HDMI?
Dammit, I just ordered one. DAMN!!! I hardly have time to play my PS3, let alone another console. However, at this awesome price, its just too hard to pass up. Now I have to figure out how to get a connection to my room from my router which is quite a ways away.
You can use a wireless bridge (around 20 bucks) in leiu of the MS wireless adapter if you are looking to go wireless.
$190 is incorrect.
It's going to be $189 for an Arcade w/ 20GB HDD. That's insane.
Well done, Microsoft, well done.
$OLD!
my gf won't let me get one cause I already own one :(
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Where can we order the 20gb hard disk?
there are people who still don't have an x-box? wow, get it together.
This really kills me...hard to not go for this price, but I have a sinking feeling this is to clear the rest of the existing stock before Jasper finally comes out.
i was under the impression that these were the jasper chipset. hmmmm...
think dell will send us the serial numbers? =D
damn,
really great offer. I'd like to buy it from germany, but it isn't possible. I'll pay here at minimum 179€ for a naked 360 Arcade, without games...that offer would cost for us European without tax 129€ - really great offer...hope that Dell makes an equal offer for us :)
I'll like to play GTA IV =)
Are Euro (or in my case UK) folk going to be getting these price cuts.
Anyone know the cheapest X box Arcade in the UK?
One of the supermarkets (Sainsburys, I think) is selling the Arcade for £99. Bargain!
Look around, good deals everywhere, although the woolworths one is quite good.
I wouldn't advice to a arcade.
At least go pro for £30 quid more.
My 360 just crapped out two days ago with the no video playing problem. It is not covered under the new 3 year warranty because there isn't the Red Ring Of Death. Microsoft will want $99 to fix. I think I'll pick up an XBox 360 Arcade and pay the extra just for the HDMI. My current 360 doesn't have HDMI.
Just pisses my off that these hardware problems are not covered just because the 3 Red Rings are not on.
my friend just got the same problem, but with a newer hdmi model. Mine decided that it would overheat, which is two red lights instead of three, 20 days after the 1 year warranty ran out. Makes me angry that its not covered either.
All you have to do is tell them it's RROD and they'll fix it for free.
I've had the video out problem and the voltage problem. Both times I just called them up and played dumb and said "after a couple hours of use my 360 freezes up and when I restart it there are these 3 red lights around the power button", and included a note that said the same in the box when I shipped it off.
They fixed both for free (actually I checked the serials, they were totally different boxes, I doubt they even check them before they send out the replacement anymore, I got mine in just over a week).
dude just tell htem its rrod, its the best excuse that works no matter what to get a new console. i did it 3 times
Just bought the arcade bundle that costs $169 with the free shipping but they charged me $13 tax which boosted it up to about $183 but still a good price compared to stores since they will charge tax also
Just bought a Pro. $264 with tax. Free Shipping!
Just ordered one... It will go next to my PS3 and Wii.
I'M AN IDIOT.
But at that price I need to expirience Halo3, Gears2 etc.
Let's not forget Live cost $$$ but kicks Playstation Network booty.
I hope a ton of people jump on this - so those of us who buy next week can try and get a Jasper console! If Dell sells this many, they'll deplete existing stock, wouldn't you think?
Just ordered the Elite. I've been using a refurbished Opus Pro (supposed to be a Core) for a while, which has worked wonderfully. I'm ready for 120 gigs again though, so I'll be dumping the refurb on eBay soon. Hopefully that'll offset the cost a bit...
Deal's over, it appears... :(
I tried to enter the coupon code and it said the code had already been redeemed...
Just when I had $350 for an Elite lying around, too. Figures.
I just ordered a Pro and it got processed
This is such an awesome deal! But i don't want a 360... :( Sony needs to get competitive in a hurry so I can that PS3 i want.
Damn, I just got an email from Dell stating that shipment has been delayed to the 23rd. I hope they don't end up canceling this deal.
i too got the "coupon previously redeemed' when I tried to use it for the Elite.
Well thats just all kinds of stupid..I want one(sold my old one), but most ppl who Christmas shop dont START until thxgiving or Black Friday, which is kinda defeating the purpose of dropping the price.
They should extend it, or bring it back..NOW THAT would male more sense.
Ahh posted twice..silly system.
I was going to order one on Amazon this weekend, glad I got lucky
We hardly ever use the 360 for gaming. It's just too hard to use the controllers. We use it daily as a media extender though. Pretty much all tv we watch goes through the computer and then the xbox,
its a really good deal, but i wonder if jasper is coming any time soon?
WOW.
I ordered a Pro yesterday morning and guess what UPS just delivered to my house!
Gonna be a great weekend!
$169 for an Xbox 360? I waited in line for 6 hours to get my Xbox 360 and paid almost double that. All I have now is a smaller hard drive. I really hat Microsoft sometime, my warranty was up and I had to buy repair guide because they wanted $150 plus s/h to fix my Xbox. I ended up getting a repair guide from http://redringxbox360.com but They should have fixed my 360 for free. Microsoft is going down hill and their customer service is horrible.
Does anyone know if they have the Liteon drives...
Looks like a 30% coupon is valid
Piece of shit arrived yesterday and I got a RRoD after 1 hour of Pac-Man. Piece of shit.