360 price drop Netherlands: Arcade € 199, Premium € 299 and Elite € 399!

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Cheetos1 said:

Legend11 said:
This is a pretty good sign. :) I can't wait until a $50 price drop in the U.S., the PS3 will get hammered. :) Hopefully they announce it before GTAIV's release, the meltdowns will be epic. :)

 Not a fanboy comment but didn't the X360 dropped 50$ before and didn't that changed much?

I am not sure when they did a pricedrop before though.

=p Oh in the Netherlands?  That probably would mean that the Belgian Uzbekistan Bart Smit will have those X360 pricedrops too ^^'';

The 360 saw one price drop of 50 Euros in August of 07... After the console was 1 1/2 years old. It also saw a pretty solid sales jump during that time though Halo 3 surely had a fair amount to do with the spike. Now, 8 months later, we're seeing another 70/50/50 Euro price drop on the consoles... Which is more of the price reduction schedule consoles should look at in their second and third years on market. Most importantly, this puts the 360 in the mass market price range... 200-300 Euros is pretty good when the PS3 starts at 400 Euros.

Anyway, the 360 should see a pretty significant sales jump because of this and it should continue through the GTA IV release... After that, I think Sony will probably be looking at another price drop and depending on whether that happens or not, it's anyone's game until early 2009 when Sony should be rolling out FFXIII and GT5. MS needs to really make an impact with Banjo, Gears 2, Fable, etc. this holiday season if they want to even compete in the European market in 2009.