Australia gets 360 price cut, same price as Wii
Hot on the heels of a North America price cut, Microsoft has just announced that Australia has officially taken part in the Xbox 360 price cutting too. Yesterday, Australia and New Zealand Xbox 360 territories saw a price drop on both console offerings seeing the Premium drop from $649 to $579 AUD and the Core get a price cut from $429 to $399 AUD. The adjusted console prices have ushered in a new comparison between the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii in Aussie-land, because both the 360 Core and the Wii now share the same $399 AUD price tag. Interesting, isn't it?Congrats Australia on the price cuts you've just experienced and now we just have to wait for all of Europe to hop in on the fun and announce their participation in the 360 price cutting too.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
DjDATZ @ Aug 15th 2007 11:49AM
Congrats!
Here in Canada, the Core is only $10 more than the Wii...
Tony @ Aug 15th 2007 12:03PM
It might help... supposedly the Wii sold more than the PS3 and 360 together lat month. Something crazy like that.
Trogdor @ Aug 15th 2007 12:37PM
The Wii has outsold both the PS3 and 360 combined for a while now. These price cuts should work towards slowing that though.
It seems like Sony is going to need to drop their price again, because considering the cheapest PS3 is $499 and with the 360 Core at $249 and so many cross-platform games the uneducated parents buying presents for kids would not even look twice at the PS3.
Tony @ Aug 15th 2007 1:22PM
I'm strictly talking about Australia. In previous months the PS3 was first in sales at least once.
MYPS3KilledMy360 @ Aug 15th 2007 4:49PM
buying a core is like becoming a man with no balls. MS iin some point and time is going to phase out the core soon then it will require you to need HDD eventually. why do this to your brothers from down under MS whats the use of live then if your memory card is too small to hold all the great arcade games or try out all the demos. the core contradics every thing MS stands for at this point and time. with a core your not able to experince everything the 360 has to offer. why buy it. i dont get it after seeing the elite i would immediatly kill off the core before its too late. what percent owns cores.
pavel @ Aug 15th 2007 6:54PM
Is this actually a price cut for the Pro console. Have'nt JBhifi in Australia has been selling the X360 console for $579 for about 8 months now. Come on MS give us a real price cut.
lachlan @ Aug 15th 2007 7:09PM
JB are always going to sell at a cut price to get business, that's how they roll. So when EB drops their (way too expensive) prices to the same leve JB had we could see a $500 premium system. ;)
a lot of my friends have been waiting for that kind of price and i'm getting sick of carting mine around so bring it on.
Australia always gets jacked on pricing.