MS increases Arcade 360 price in UK

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sami_630 on 18 August 2009

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.

Source : Eurogamer.net

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With the PS3 price cut, I think it could make the PS3 beat the X360 for several weeks.

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Xoj on 18 August 2009

OH so it wasn't a price cut.
i forgot it had a second price cut a year ago.
they are raising the price.

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pterodactyl on 18 August 2009

I doubt this price hike will be in effect for more than, say, three weeks.

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thx1139 on 18 August 2009

MS has to have something up thier sleeve. Doesnt make any sense to increase Arcade price.

Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.

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Pristine20 on 18 August 2009

talk about strange. First MW2 gets a price hike then this. It's gotta suck being a gamer in the UK right now.

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