http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/xbox-360-holiday-bundle-prices-slashed-with-dell-coupon-magic/

$169 Arcade ($200 with 20 gig hard drive deal) http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/13/microsofts-new-xbox-experience-storage-solution-free-memory/

$250 Premium

$330 Elite

OK, well I finally bought an Arcade. I really wasn't looking to get one but they dropped the price, include a game, are offering cheap hard drives, improved the experience, and are even offering a $30 off coupon (of course, shipping and taxes are free). I guess I'll spend $20 and get a hard drive. It looks like I'll buy The Orange Box for $20 this year and buy GTA4 as soon as I can get it for $20. I also plan to buy the 1st Geometry Wars. The only unreleased 360 games I'm highly interested in are the HD version of Street Fighter 2 and FF13. Other than that it will either be borrowing from friends, renting, or demos unless something amazing comes around.

This means I cannot get WiiFit or GH: WT this year :( I think it is worth it though as I'm more interested in GTA4 and the HD version of SFII, anyway.

So if you want Bioshock on the PS3 you can buy an Xbox 360 + Bioshock and save a further $40 from the combo.

$169 - 40 = $129, its $89 if you want Eternal Sonata as well as Bioshock!

So essentially for 1.5-2 games you can get another console. Thats an awesome deal!

Squilliam, what are you talking about?

You should know by now not to question Shatner logic.

http://news.punchjump.com/article.php?id=7303
Dell Inc. this week began offering Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 Pro Holiday Bundle and Tom Clancy's EndWar for $299 in a new online discount.

good deals...too bad i dont want a ps3 right now and have a 360 already....and live in the goddamn uk!

The PS3 and PSP are also on sale FYI.

I cannot believe this - I just put down money for another 360. After using this link ($158 before tax) and buying a $100 Dell gift card for $75, it cost me $145 after tax to have one shipped.

The 360 stays home, and since I'm at school ~2/3 of the time I don't get to play it all that much... I didn't think I'd mind, but I'd be crazy to pass this up. Hell, controllers retail at ~$50 ($35 on newegg), and the arcade comes with one. Essentially, I'm buying the console (hardware) alone for $100-110... I just don't see how anybody can pass that up. It's ridiculous.

To think, just a year ago I was committed to avoiding a 360 the entire gen - the hardware was a piece of crap, forced to pay for online play, the library uninterested me, the console was declining in sales (relative to PS3), and I hated the company behind it (Microsoft).

Now RRoD is gone, it's cooler, and quiet with HD installs. Sales deals bring the price to PS2-levels, some great Japanese games are on board / coming, it's pulling far ahead of the PS3, and the 08 lineup (GeoW2 in particular - I admit, previously I never gave a fair look into the series myself) helped draw attention to friends who showed little interest before. In a short time, I transformed from a Microsoft hater into their advertising bitch... you better believe the pressure is now being put on the fools who haven't picked one up yet!