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[Project Midway]

I'm happy because now I dont have to import from US because prices are so close together. But I'm unhappy because I was expecting HDD with every Xbox 360. 399 euros isnt really that bad. I know it feels lot more expensive for americans.

 

[Ruzbeh]

Xbox 1 launch price was €479.

It dropped to 299 euros a few weeks after that because it had to compete with the PS2. Do you think the X360 will drop in price when there is absolutely no competition for at least a few months?

 

[mr_sockochris]

£279 is a great price, probabily the best value launch ever considering what you're getting with it.

•Xbox 360 - £279
•20GB detachable hard drive
•Wireless controller
•Wireless Xbox Live headset
•High-definition AV cables
•Ethernet cable
•Xbox 360 Media Remote Control (limited time)
•Detachable faceplate
•Xbox Live Silver membership

Versus

•Xbox - £300
•10GB hard drive
•Controller
•crappy AV cables

Versus

•Playstation 2 - £300
•Controller
•Crappy AV cables


Considering what you get, I can't see how anyone can't be happy with the price. £279 for a launch machine, with a 20gb HD, with a wireless pad, with Component cables (not the crappy ones you usually get), with a remote control and with a headset IS good value in comparision to previous launches. The PS2 had none of that and launched at £300, the PSone and the Saturn had even less and were £350. Even the GC, that launched at £179, was closer to £250 once you bought memory cards and RGB SCART cables.

 

[fortified_concept]

Ummmm... just because MS was insane enough to sell Xbox1 (at first) for 479 euros, does it mean I should be happy 360 costs 400 euros? You MUST be kidding.

 

[fortified_concept]

More like $660...

Are you talking about imports? Cause there's no way in hell PS2 costed that much. Iirc I bought my first PS2 six months after the european launch and it costed 300-350 euros

 

[scarybore]

Even the GC, that launched at £179, was closer to £250 once you bought memory cards and RGB SCART cables.

Im pretty sure it launched at £129 actually, after initial plans for £179, but I agree with everything else you say. Excellent deal for the UK, im currently unemployed and im buying it, I just dont see the fuss.

 

[Kiriku]

Are you talking about imports? Cause there's no way in hell PS2 costed that much. Iirc I bought my first PS2 six months after the european launch and it costed 300-350 euros

The initial price for PS2 here in Sweden was equal to 480 euro...although it dropped a bit down to 430 euro during the following months.

 

[anthony]

The price over the states never has bearing what it ranslates into over here.

 

[Frankfurter]

£279 is a great price, probabily the best value launch ever considering what you're getting with it.

•Xbox 360 - £279
•20GB detachable hard drive[That(+ the wireless controller) is the only real reason to buy the 400€ pack]
•Wireless controller
•Wireless Xbox Live headset[I won't play live...]
•High-definition AV cables[If that's a cable with good quality, it's useful]
•Ethernet cable[Ehm? I have 3 or 4 unused ethernet cables here]
•Xbox 360 Media Remote Control (limited time)[don't need that, I bought a DVD-Player ~3 years ago...]
•Detachable faceplate
•Xbox Live Silver membership [doesn't cost anything and..., yeah you can't play online with Silver ]

 

[Yoshi]

400€ is a bad price, even when considering what you're getting with it.

•Xbox 360 - 400€
•20GB detachable hard drive
•Wireless controller
•Wireless Xbox Live headset
•High-definition AV cables
•Ethernet cable
•Xbox 360 Media Remote Control (limited time)
•Detachable faceplate
•Xbox Live Silver membership

Versus

•Dreamcast - 250€
•Controller
•Modem
•crappy AV cables

Versus

•GameCube - 200€
•Controller
•Crappy AV cables

If you want to have the full system with all it's capabilitys you need a HDD and MS forces you, to buy all these things you might find useless like Media Remote Control, Ethernet cable, Headset with it, as a Core System plus a HDD costs exactly the same amount of money as this full package. Therefore if I compare the prce to the GameCube's price, I don't really get why 360 has to cost two times as much as GameCube. Or N64. Or 150€ more than Dreamcast. PS2 had no competitor, Xbox's price was a big mistake corrected quickly and the early adopters got a sorry package containing 3 games so comparing to these prices isn't fair at all.

 

[JMPovoa]

Why are you comparing the Xbox 360's pricing with console's that flopped saleswise? ( i guess you think Xbox360 is following the same route? )

 

[Shompola]

Considering how TAX is raping most european countries, the prices are great. A lot of it has to do with the still rather weak USD I would believe.