Australia 360 price cuts made official

360 News | Just a small cut.

Microsoft has officially confirmed that the Xbox 360 range will be receiving a price cut. The news comes from Microsoft marketing bigwig, Jeremy Hinton, who spilled the beans to IGN.

The Arcade console, which will come bundled with a 256MB memory unit and five Live Arcade games, will see a reduction of $50 and come in at $349, making it the cheapest current generation console on the market. The Pro edition will set punters back $499 (a saving of $80), and come with the usual 20GB hard drive and headset. The Elite package will also have the price lowered by $80 to come in at $649, and come with a 120GB hard drive, HDMI cable and a headset.

Of course, these are merely recommended retail prices - retailer prices will obviously differ.

Similarly, New Zealand will also receive price cuts, with the Arcade console costing $399, the Pro bundle $549, and the Elite $699.

The article also states that the Xbox 360 has currently sold roughly 410,000 units in Australia, compared to the Wii's 456,000 and the PS3's 285,000.

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29 Comments

RXWAG

3 years ago

sony to follow? one can only hope

seems to have been a long time coming but its going to appeal to a alot more, especially if stores like bigw run sales on the arcade like they are at the moment

Lord Haart

3 years ago

Nice. Very nice.

renegadesx

3 years ago

Well that officially makes the 360 Arcade cheaper than the Wii. Usually we should see Sony follow suit and announce a price drop however it doesn't look like we will see a PS3 price drop this year.

TheAnswer

3 years ago

I notice the article mentions the pro console comes with a headset, has this changed for Australia as I thought pro consoles came with the media remote instead of the headset?

Good news on the price cuts though, hopefully it will allow more people to experience the Xbox and prompt Nintendo and Sony to follow suite with similar price drops shortly.

Rabscallion

3 years ago

^ yes that is true, looks like they have now followed suit with america, who had been getting the headset since it first came out...

And yes i think it is very good news on pricecuts, hopng a few of my freinds pick up 360's as i will have more people to trade games with

ittekimasu

3 years ago

nice, might consider picking one up now

legend166

3 years ago

Yaaaaaaay.

Gizmocreative

3 years ago

just curious, does anyone know what the differences between the xbox 360 arcade and the next model up are?

at the big w price I might think of getting one. does it have hdmi output? and can the features be upgraded to be basically the same as the standard and premium consoles?

MrAndyPuppy

3 years ago

So possibly cheaper to pick one up in NZ:

New Zealand prices converted to Aussie:
399.00 NZD = 316.635 AUD - Arcade
549.00 NZD = 435.577 AUD - Pro
699.00 NZD = 554.587 AUD - Elite

Aussie prices converted to NZ:
349.00 AUD = 439.922 NZD - Arcade
449.00 AUD = 565.960 NZD - Pro
649.00 AUD = 818.204 NZD - Elite

1 NZD = 0.793570 AUD
or
1 AUD = 1.26013 NZD

So Pro is pretty on par, but arcade you can save $35, and Elite you can save around $100 by sourcing it from NZ.

eckymosis

3 years ago

^ That would be a good idea provided shipping costs don’t offset the possible savings. It will be good to see the specials on 360 Pro’s this Christmas. It could very well be that a $400 Pro might be possible or even bundle games with the $450 Pro. Great time to buy a 360 for those who have been contemplating it.

Gamesta

3 years ago

I would only buy an Elite and wouldn't buy one till it's no more than $300.So in other words, I probably won't get one till the next XBOX comes out lol.

TheAnswer

3 years ago

Gizmocreative wrote

The majority of the arcade consoles have HDMI, just make sure to check the manufacture date before buying an arcade console, manufacture dates after Oct 07 should guarantee a HDMI console. The differences between the arcade and the pro/elites are:

* Disc tray is plain whereas on Pro/Elite the disc tray has a chrome finish
* Standard Av cables only in the console whereas Pro/Elites get the HD/AV cables
* 256mb memory card included instead of a harddrive that the Pro/Elites get
* No added accessories such as the media remote or headset.
* No included ethernet cable (no loss, they are cheap as chips to buy)

You still get a wireless controller and the guts of the console will be the same as the Pro/Elite.

Fetidchimp

3 years ago

Yeah i'll be checking as i am going to get a new one but i only want it for the HDMI.

I would have to do that ridiculous license change over for xbla downloads wouldn't I? Godamit

Gizmocreative

3 years ago

so effectively EB games would have to price match the big w consoles? I might even return my copy of smash bros to get credit on this if this was the case. how awesome.

ohayes

3 years ago

Great news, 360 is a good console the cheaper the better for everyone

Macka

3 years ago

This is excellent news, I've been planning on getting a 360 soon.

I was surprised that the Pro was cut down to $450 though. I haven't really been checking prices but yesterday in a Target catalogue the Pro was $450 so when I read the article I was expecting it down to $400

Eggy

3 years ago

where did this $449 Pro come from? All the other articles I've read online say $499, as the previous RRP for the Pro was $579, and not $529

In reality though, we will probably be seeing retailers selling 360s at below RRP anyway and looking at the Toy sales going on right now, that looks to be the case.

TheAnswer

3 years ago

Macka wrote

Well the pro is $100 more then the arcade now which is about right considering you get a headset, harddrive and the hd/av cable with the pro model and not the arcade model.

Though I'm sure stores like K-Mart/Big W will have the pro at sub $430 with normal price cutting

Mr Waffle

3 years ago

I'd be impressed, except for that fact that I saw the Core or Arcade or whatever it is on sale for 27,800 yen (about $280) in Akihabara yesterday. Almost tempted to buy one just so I can play all the games stupid Bandai-namco have regionlocked but won't release outside of Japan...

Mojo

3 years ago

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legend166

3 years ago

Well, I hope this means it will be lower than $500.

Vervain

3 years ago

legend166 wrote

Well, I hope this means it will be lower than $500.

Because $349 and $499 isn't lower than $500. Try actually reading the article.

legend166

3 years ago

Don't be an ass.

$499 = $500 when we're talking about this.

My point was that I hope they price it $50 below retail like they have been doing, instead of just keeping the price at $500 and selling it for RRP.

Arcade doesn't count.

Dovey

3 years ago

Just to add that stores should have recieved a one time drop of elite bundles with Gears of War and Halo 3. They sell at the rrp as the elite by itself. My store is selling them for $644, but once they are sold they are sold

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