X360 Arcade reduced to £150 in the UK?!

[Wingnut]

Just browsing around doing some last minute Christmas shopping when I saw this at Gamestation:



And sure enough, clicking on the link brings up the price as £149.99 http://www.gamestation.co.uk/cat.asp...360&t=hardware

I checked Amazon.co.uk, Play, and Game and they still have the RRP as £199. Anyone know if this is a permanent price cut? Or is it just a Gamestation offer?

[Fats]

Woah, that's cheap. For that price I'd buy one!

[Carsonal]

What was it before it was £149?

[Wingnut]

What was it before it was £149?

It was £199, I don't know if this is an offer or a permanent reduction though. It says 'Now £149.99' and it doesn't look like a sale item. Perhaps Microsoft are reducing the price after Christmas and this one got through a little early.

[Copyright]

It was £199, I don't know if this is an offer or a permanent reduction though. It says 'Now £149.99' and it doesn't look like a sale item. Perhaps Microsoft are reducing the price after Christmas and this one got through a little early.

I think its an offer, now I may be forced to buy one...

[Dasimpse]

itz true- they are sellin like crazy too. almost so-d out at my store. pdople are wantin ds s but sold out so we are syin buy this intead. ds are like 160 at minute. ten pound less and u get a 360 its crazy. im typin on my archos so a little shakey. i think its juzt a chrimbo deal. get one while u can. hdmi and wireless pad. cant go wrong

[Carsonal]

itz true- they are sellin like crazy too. almost so-d out at my store. pdople are wantin ds s but sold out so we are syin buy this intead. ds are like 160 at minute. ten pound less and u get a 360 its crazy. im typin on my archos so a little shakey. i think its juzt a chrimbo deal. get one while u can. hdmi and wireless pad. cant go wrong

Its cheaper than the DS?!

WTF thats a steal

[Carl]

hdmi and wireless pad. cant go wrong

I thought the arcade version came with wired controllers, and didn't have a HDMI port? Hmm...

Very cheap though. Methinks a lot of parents will be thoroughly pissed off with this!

[Carsonal]

I thought the arcade version came with wired controllers, and didn't have a HDMI port? Hmm...

Very cheap though. Methinks a lot of parents will be thoroughly pissed off with this!

Nope, the arcade now has wireless pad + hdmi + mem card + a bunch of arcade games + demos.

Rips the **** out of the core.

[UkHardcore]

Nope, the arcade now has wireless pad + hdmi + mem card + a bunch of arcade games + demos.

Rips the **** out of the core.

Really? Never knew that... think i'l pick up my 2nd 360 (really 4th 360 since i've had 2 die)

[Carl]

Nope, the arcade now has wireless pad + hdmi + mem card + a bunch of arcade games + demos.

Rips the **** out of the core.

Holy cow that's awesome!

This is cheaper than the Wii, right?

[Soldierboy]

Holy cow that's awesome!

This is cheaper than the Wii, right?

the wii at retail price? are you mad? I dont think those exist. They sell great for $700 US online tho.
http://wiitracker.com/

[rikwakefield]

Does anyone know if these Arcade consoles have the best CPU/heatsinks available?

[Carsonal]

Does anyone know if these Arcade consoles have the best CPU/heatsinks available?

They do.
The SKU was brought in a fair while after they made those revisions.
Nothing on shelves should have anything less than the updated guts, especially not at this time of year.

[Sockpuppet]

Does anyone know if these Arcade consoles have the best CPU/heatsinks available?

In Australia we got the models with HDMI, BenQ drives and new cooling a few weeks pack so you guys would definitely be getting even newer hardware again.

[woodo]

I thought the arcade version came with wired controllers, and didn't have a HDMI port? Hmm...

Very cheap though. Methinks a lot of parents will be thoroughly pissed off with this!

why would parents be be peed off?

[Carl]

why would parents be be peed off?

A lot would have bought them for their kids in the past few weeks. Now it suddenly goes down by 50 quid.

[woodo]

A lot would have bought them for their kids in the past few weeks. Now it suddenly goes down by 50 quid.

ah, i get you
£50 notes is a nice saving from the normal price.

[Infinite Daremo]

I said in another threads the arcade packs are selling just as good as the premiums here in the UK. We don't get as much stock as Premiums but they still sell out. Maybe MS tapped into the casuals here. They have been easier to sell than the core, i simply don't have to say this: "Oh if you want to save your games you're going to need a Memory Card or Hard Drive"

Which of course turned a lot of people off. With the appeal of a memory card and a few cheap games its a great offer.

[Soldierboy]

Thats a pretty darn good deal if you ask me.

[EncoreEncore]

Add to that deal COD4 for £24.99 and that's two nice deals gamestation are doing at the moment.

[LiquidHelium]

Soooo tempting... must resist.

[Carsonal]

Soooo tempting... must resist.

Come on baby, you know you want me....

[Sparc]

£149 for a next gen console! Blimey, the world's gone bonkers.

[Strung Out]

That's kinda crazy...Nintendo DS is $140 in Canada, Arcade pack is $279. Not really the same situation at all.