MS increases Arcade 360 price in UK

[InsaneNutter]

Retailers have told Eurogamer that Microsoft will increase the price of the Arcade Xbox 360 bundle to £159.99 (from £129.99) starting 1st September. The five XBLA games will no longer be included in the bundle, either.

ShopTo boss Igor Cipolletta received confirmation from Microsoft this morning, as did a corroborating independent retail chain source.

We're also told that Microsoft will bump the price of individual Xbox 360 accessories by one or two pounds. Our independent retail source said this is being done to counteract the poor pound-to-Euro currency exchange rate.

Furthermore, the email from Microsoft to retailers mentioned only Arcade and Elite bundles. This strengthens rumours that the Premium Xbox 360 bundle is being discontinued.

 

[Titcher]

Bahh, I hope they still sell the things for £50 to clear them out for the xbox 3s.

 

[KillerWhiteMan]

Bahh, I hope they still sell the things for £50 to clear them out for the xbox 3s.

I really doubt that we will hear anything about the next gen of consoles for quite some time.

 

[Titcher]

2012 is the prospected date of the next generation of consoles. Still, I want an xbox 360 for £50 on the last wave of them.

 

[Nimrod]

Last wave will also the most stable, so your escape the red rings which the rest of us suffer!

 

[KillerWhiteMan]

Last wave will also the most stable, so your escape the red rings which the rest of us suffer!

Poor Nimrod. Sorry to hear about the red rings killing your 360. At least you still have another to play on.