"From Friday, 24th August 2007, new estimated retail pricing will come into effect for Xbox 360 in Europe.

The Xbox 360, which includes a 20GB hard drive and one wireless controller, will be reduced by £30 to carry an estimated retail price of £249.99.

The entry-level Xbox 360 Core console, perfect for those wishing to make their first foray into the gaming and entertainment world of Xbox, will be reduced by £20 to carry an estimated retail price of £179.99."

Expect further heavy discounting in the shops.

 

so expect prices and deals lower than those above. With Halo 3, PGR4 and Bioshock (average review rating of 99%!!) it's a great time to get one.

 

"The machines will also give anything up to a year of trouble free gaming, before becoming the bane of your existance and breaking down every 6 weeks"

 

They are designed to break to give geeks a break from time to time in the hope they may meet some real people or maybe even talk to a girl

 

It's true - the XBOX is as reliable as a 15 year old TVR - or, a modified Impreza

 

Don't be daft... they'll head for a forum on the net to bitch about their xbox packing up.

 

They now have 3 year cover, up from 12 months...still does not fix the problems though. Wait for the new one to come out or buy a PS3

 

I still have my original original xbox and it has never missed a beat!!!

or should that be original classic xbox

and no I have not had it remapped

 

I thought the Xbox was for kids

 

Already got a PS3, and no way am I spending *more* money with MS

The fact they have increased the warranty is nothing short of the very least they should be doing - And that's exactly what they have done - The very least they can get away with. .

 

You forgot to add the most important bit

The New Elite will be priced at £299

Mart

 

you guys still messing about with those inferior xbox 360s

Its all about the PS3

 

We like to play games when the 360 is working

 

Amen to that. At least we can play excellent games now rather than waiting hopefully for something decent to be released whilst the machine gathers dust

It's all about the games not the hardware for me, and at the moment the PS3 just hasn't got anything particularly worth getting, and has nothing coming out in the near future. Even the integral blu-ray player isn't the best one out there...

 

Isn't the PS3 programmed to fail a week after the warranty has run out just like the PS2 was?

 

My two ps2's never failed. Going by reliability statistics sony is much better than microsoft when it comes to consoles

 

Not the best but still very good for the money , Better than my Denon 1920 upscaler by quite a margin. Plus you get a free games console.

 

Sooooooooooooooooooooooo typical! I just paid £312 two days ago for a premium package with GOW and Forza2 + an extra wireless pad!

 

Take it back then... just say for some reason it doesn't work with your tv properly.. it's got wavy lines or something!

 

Then they would just give me a new one that works! Besides I bought it from Game and they put a seal on the box that once broken meant it was non-returnable unless faulty.

 

I bought my premium package 11 weeks ago...

it died last week, minimal use mind...

took it back to game station.....they gave me a full refund...

Elite ordered 3 hours later


Mart

 

Update

Gamestation are offering

Elite & Blue dragon for £299
Gamestation :: Welcome to Gamestation


Game are offering a host of offers
http://www.game.co.uk/lowdown.aspx?l...oy-_-pricedrop
Elite & Bioshock £309

Elite & Blue dragon £309

Elite & Blue dragon & Bioshock £329



Mart

 

Am I correct in saying that the only thing the Elite brings to the party is a fancy new colour and and HDMI port + cable. I ignored it on that basis since my amp is all out of HDMI inputs so I've just used the component inputs.

 

120Gb hard drive as well.

 

And should / may / have the improved heatsinkery even (rumoured but prolly deffo not) the 65ns chipset...


Mart