Nikkei: Xbox 360 price drops to $182 in Japan

Post by **froggyboy604** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:16 am

by Thomas Ricker, posted Sep 1st 2008 at 12:59AM

Japan's Nikkei is reporting what we've been hearing Stateside for weeks: Xbox 360 price cuts across the board. Expected to go official sometime later today, the Japanese Xbox 360 Arcade will drop to just ¥19,800 or about $182 (tax inclusive, presumably) in hopes of boosting sales. The new pricing represents a near 30% drop from its previous ¥27,800 (about $256) price and undercuts the Wii sold locally for ¥25,000. Nikkei's sources also claim that Microsoft will cut the prices on all three Xbox 360 models without going into specifics. If true then this bodes well for the US price cuts expected on September 7th.

Source:: http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/01/nikk ... -in-japan/

Resurgence · Post by **Resurgence** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:08 pm

Damn Japan, why can't the new consoles be that cheap down here? >_<

recycle · Post by **recycle** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:50 pm

Nice to see xbox prices coming down hopefully but I doubt I'll get one