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Xbox 360 Price Cut Rumor Round-Up: 20GB Cheaper to Make Room for 60GB Model

matt buchanan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:00:00 EDT

First, there was the leaked K-Mart circular revealing a sweet $50 price cut to the Xbox 360 Premium. Since then, the possibility has gotten firmer. Notably the Hollywood Reporter says that a "major retailer" and industry sources have informed them the cut will happen before E3 (though they call it the Pro). And usually reliable Ars Technica says the 20GB model is getting cheaped out to be replaced by that rumored 60GB model.

It all makes sense to us. Dropping prices will move the older units, while a 60GB model will better compete with the PS3 on specs, filling and rounding out that gap between the 20GB Premium and 120GB Elite. [Hollywood Reporter, Ars, Kotaku]

Xbox 360 Price Cut Leaked By K-Mart Weekly Circular

Jason Chen — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:54:16 EDT

A forum user High-Def Digest just posted a scan from next week's K-Mart weekly circular ad showing a price drop of $50 on the Xbox 360 Premium. The $299 price still includes a 20GB hard drive, and the timing of this supposed price drop matches up with whatever announcements Microsoft is going to have at E3—some of which which are rumored to either be a price drop or a newer version with slightly bigger storage. Kotaku points out that there's no price drop for either of the other two models, but with the Arcade sitting at $279, it seems more than likely that Microsoft will lower that as well. [High Def Digest via NeoGAF via Kotaku]

Amazon's specifically marking HDMI-loaded...

Matt Buchanan — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:44:55 EDT

Amazon's specifically marking HDMI-loaded Xbox 360 Premium systems, taking the "is it or isn't it?" guesswork (and fun) out of ordering. [Amazon via Destructoid]