Rumor: Xbox 360 Elite Price Cut By Month's End

August 12, 2009 8:33 AM

Indications are rising that Microsoft intends to phase out the Xbox 360's $299 Pro model and lower the price of the now-$399 Elite unit, which packs a much larger hard drive.

Rumors picked up steam last week when Kotaku received photographs from GameStop employees of new Xbox 360 Arcade boxes listing the 120GB-packing Elite model and drive-less Arcade as the only available flavors of Xbox, with no Pro in sight.

Now Kotaku has a purported snapshot of a Meijer catalog due out August 30, showing the Elite with a "New Lower Price" of $299.99--the 60GB Pro's current price.

Rumblings of price cuts emerged from the ever-reliable Ars Technica mole earlier this year, with the source also claiming that Sony would drop the PlayStation 3 price and introduce the heavily rumored PS3 Slim model. While the site had no timeframe for said events, rumors indicate they may happen during GamesCom next week.

Alice O'Connor and Chris Faylor

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sniii

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August 12, 2009 8:41 AM

i hope they are just trying to get rid of stock so they can introduce a smaller/ slimmer / quieter / more reliable model by christmas.
- MOB712
  
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  August 12, 2009 9:05 AM
  
  Yea a smaller, slimmer, quieter more reliable model that barely has any features
  
  The arcade is bare bones as is
  - sniii
    
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    August 12, 2009 9:14 AM
    
    those are features.
    - Eric2025
      
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      August 12, 2009 4:30 PM
      
      Very nice features.
- SlingBlaze
  
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  August 12, 2009 11:32 AM
  
  Quieter? Use the install feature I have yet to hear mine (maybe its because i also have a jasper unit i dunno)
  Slimmer = Smaller? Unless you want it to have more curves?
  
  How do you know if its "more reliable". I think the models now are reliable, but who knows.
  - richcz3
    
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    August 12, 2009 1:45 PM
    
    They are much quiet and run real cool. I purchased an Arcade - next to my Pros it barely makes a sound and Arcades are virtually guaranteed to be Jasper model. They may be lowering the prices on the Elites, but it the chances they are made with Falcon boards is still there.
  - jtthe2nd
    
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    August 12, 2009 4:27 PM
    
    If they went to the trouble of putting out a slim model you would hope that a redesigned unit would take into account the problems of the original 360s and solve them. I can't imagine them releasing a 'slim' version without fixing the noise and RROD issues.
- Dr_Cube
  
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  August 12, 2009 5:34 PM
  
  That's probably a year or two away.