Xbox 360 Elite Archive

  • Gift Guide 2009: Gaming Consoles

    Gift Guide 2009: Gaming Consoles

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  • Console Wars: The Effect Of Price Cuts On The Xbox 360, Wii, and PS3

    Console Wars: The Effect Of Price Cuts On The Xbox 360, Wii, and PS3

    While the Nintendo Wii continues to have a stranglehold on console sales, both worldwide and in the United States, the Xbox 360 and PS3 are battling it out for the the second place position for year-to-date sales. Just a little over two months ago, Sony announced that they would be slashing the price of their game console, the PS3, to $299. Microsoft quickly followed suit, and in just ten days dropped the price of their most expensive console, the Xbox 360 Elite, to $299. Nintendo, who has sold nearly double the number of consoles worldwide as these two, decided to lower the price of the Wii on September 27th to $199: this was the first time since its inception that the Wii has had a price cut. All three console manufacturers hoped that the decrease in price would help them to increase sales and finish the year on a strong note. The results have been mixed: while all three consoles have seen an increase in sales, the PS3 has seen astonishing growth in the US and abroad, and has wrestled the second-place position in worldwide YTD sales from the 360. As for the Xbox, even in its upgraded Elite form it has seen only minimal gains since the price drop.

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  • Star Trek, Transformers 2 Xbox 360 bundles on the way to the UK

    Star Trek, Transformers 2 Xbox 360 bundles on the way to the UK

    There's two new Xbox 360 bundles coming your way, UK. To mark the arrival of Transformers 2 and Star Trek to DVD (and Blu-ray), Gem and Paramount pictures have put together these blurry bundles.

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  • Holiday Xbox 360 bundles ahoy: Lego Batman + Pure

    Holiday Xbox 360 bundles ahoy: Lego Batman + Pure

    While I'm sure many of you hang onto Major Nelson's every word, you might have missed these new holiday bundles that Microsoft is cooking up. There's the Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle, and the Xbox 360 Wireless Controller Game Pack. What do these bundles contain????

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  • CrunchDeals: Refurbished black Xbox 360 Elite system for $200

    CrunchDeals: Refurbished black Xbox 360 Elite system for $200

    Geeks.com is selling the black Xbox 360 Elite with 120GB hard drive, HDMI out, headset, and wireless controller for $199 when you use promo code ELITE at checkout. This is a refurbished system with a 90-day warranty and the deal is good until October 15th or, presumably, until they sell out. All in all, not bad if [...]

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  • Microsoft *finally* confirms Xbox 360 price cut: Elite is $299, Arcade is still $199

    Microsoft *finally* confirms Xbox 360 price cut: Elite is $299, Arcade is still $199

    Thank the Lord! Microsoft just confirmed that Xbox 360 price drop we've been bleating about for entirely too many days now. Yes, the Xbox 360 Elite goes down by $100 to $299; the Pro goes from $299 to $249 while supplies (which means it's being phased out entirely); and the Arcade stays at $199.

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  • It’s endless: Xbox 360 price cut expected to be announced tomorrow

    It’s endless: Xbox 360 price cut expected to be announced tomorrow

    England has been rocked by yet another episode of soccer hooliganism, but no matter: MCV has confirmed the Xbox 360 price cut will be announced tomorrow. Note the wording: the price cut itself won't happen tomorrow, just that Microsoft will announce what's what.

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  • Target ad shows $299 Xbox 360 Elite, $250 Xbox 360 Pro

    Target ad shows $299 Xbox 360 Elite, $250 Xbox 360 Pro

    More evidence that the Xbox 360 will be getting a price cut of some sort in the next few days. This ad, from Target, shows the Xbox 360 Elite at $299 (down from $399) and the Xbox 360 Pro at $250.

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  • News flash: Xbox 360 ‘Elite’ soon to be $299

    News flash: Xbox 360 ‘Elite’ soon to be $299

    The Xbox 360 Elite is now $299. Well, will soon be $299, judging by this Wal-Mart ad.

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