EMEAA July 24th UP!

[dunno001]

BHR-3 said:

fine i quess he didnt have to get all read the forum rules on me

was just under the assumption that all skus got about 50 taken off there price tag shortly after E3 i remember in 09 the elite and arcade were £199€249 and £159€199 that arcade was up from £129€179

even if not all of EU has the elite to 150 pound 180 euro they still have it pretty close and thats considering it comes with a HDD i was just trying to state why i dont think 3604gb wont have a big impact the prices was one reason i gave and the upcoming kenic bundle being a better value is the other

i dont agree with your prediction that the 360 4gb will get a price cut b/c it kinda already did its down from £159€199 to £149€179 and since it releases near sep when do you think they'll drop it again? ive rarely seen consoles get dropped in price soon after they release

also to note about prices from uk to us

360S £199=$311 $300 off by 11

3604gb £150=$233 $200 off by 33

PS3 120gb £250=$389 $300 off by 89

PS3 250gb £285=445 $350 off by 95

Wii £179=280 $200 off by 80

why is the 360 uk and even euro prices similar to US dollars when converting but for wii and ps3 there not?

Well, I can explain that part of the difference is that tax is both included, and higher, in Europe. VATs (value added taxes) of 20% are not unheard of over there, whereas the highest I've heard of in the US is Chicago at 11.5%. Here, at a paltry 5% tax (which is low nationwide), the 360s 250 GB would cost me $315, or $4 more than the pound price. So actually, we're paying more for the 360 than Europe. Assuming a 20% tax for Europe (some countries are more, some are less, I know), that puts the Wii at around a $33 overcharge to the US, and the PS3s at about $21-24 over, much closer to being in line.