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Confirmed : Massive Xbox 360 and Wii price cuts set to spur retail war

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Published: Thursday 2nd October, 2008 | Author: Steven Williamson
Products: Xbox 360
Companies: Microsoft (All Microsoft content)
Platforms: Xbox 360
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A UK price war is about to begin, spurred on by retail chain, Sainsburys, who have this afternoon confirmed to HEXUS.gaming that there will be substantial price cuts on both its Xbox 360 and Wii consoles.

Speaking to the its customer service helpline, Sainsbury's confirmed that as from Friday 03rd October, running up until October 12th, the Xbox 360 Arcade version will be available for just £99.97(previously £129.97), with the 60GB model offered at just £139.97 (reduced from £169.97).

The company has no current deals on the Elite model.

Futhermore, the Wii will be reduced for the same period from £179.97 to £149.97!

You'll be hard pressed to find a better deal anywhere else. We guess you'll have to hurry up whilst stocks last.

Thanks to MCV for the tip-off.
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Re: News - Confirmed : Massive Xbox 360 and Wii price cuts to spur retail war
Posted by Fatboy40 - Fri 3rd Oct 2008, 12:23pm
Well, with Sainsbury's doing the 360 Arcade for £99 I just had to buy one along with a £6.99 HDMI cable :)

The store in Newbury only had the older model, no 'Jaspers' :(

Will borrow loads of games from by brother-in-law tonight. It'll play all my video files, it supports MPEG4 advanced simple profile (I hope I got that bit right) and H.264 (but not MKV files/containers) so I'm well chuffed :)Quote
Re: News - Confirmed : Massive Xbox 360 and Wii price cuts to spur retail war
Posted by martinm10 - Fri 3rd Oct 2008, 12:25pm
are there any plans to reduce the DS???Quote
Re: News - Confirmed : Massive Xbox 360 and Wii price cuts to spur retail war
Posted by Steven W - Fri 3rd Oct 2008, 12:54pm

Quote: Fatboy40
Has anyone been to a Sainsbury's today to see if this is genuine ?.

I'm tempted by the £99 Arcade, but can't imagine many stores stock it in the first place unless they're the larger ones ?.

Phoned a couple of stores, it's genuine.Quote
Re: News - Confirmed : Massive Xbox 360 and Wii price cuts to spur retail war
Posted by Fatboy40 - Fri 3rd Oct 2008, 1:10pm

Quote: Steven W
Phoned a couple of stores, it's genuine.

Read a couple of posts down ;)

My Mrs is pregnant so she's in bed by 9.30 and fast asleep so lots of Xboxin' for me. I'm more interested in using the media side side of the 360 though, looking forward to playing around with streaming stuff.Quote
Re: News - Confirmed : Massive Xbox 360 and Wii price cuts to spur retail war
Posted by looney - Fri 3rd Oct 2008, 3:04pm
I'm gonna wait until christmas, prices might come down even more, with bundle deals too.Quote

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