Rumor: Canada getting a $50 Xbox 360 price drop
by Dustin Burg 
{ Feb 20th 2008 at 11:00AM }
The FutureShop employee got his hands on an upcoming sales ad that lists all Xbox 360 models at $50 cheaper than normal retail. So, that puts the Pro system at $349 and the Elite at $449. Now the only question is whether or not this $50 Canadian discount is a one week, FutureShop only sale or a Microsoft backed price cut for all of Canada. Maybe announced today at GDC? And a country wide price cut wouldn't be all that crazy, seeing that the U.S. dollar and Canadian dollar are nearly equal and a $50 price drop would make the console's price the same. If you're a Canadian in the market for an Xbox 360, you should definitely hold off until Friday. Hopefully we'll know more by then as a $50 savings is nothing to take lightly.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
RedRabbit @ Feb 20th 2008 11:11AM
My guess is that it's a permanent price change. I work at a FutureShop and whenever it says "price drop", thats a permanent thing. If it was only for the week it would be considered a "sale"
Pretty good price though considering that makes it cheaper than the 40 gb PS3 now. They were the same price before.
DjDATZ @ Feb 20th 2008 11:11AM
Could be a GDC announcement...
I don't see it in my local flyer...I'll ask on the forums...
DjDATZ @ Feb 20th 2008 11:17AM
Xav? You see anything?
phil @ Feb 20th 2008 12:14PM
DjDATZ thasts cause futureshops flyer arnt released until friday.
I honneslty think its a price changes all accross canada and the usa, i just dont think any of the flyers have been seen in the usa yet....the dollars been close to par for years now like 90+, it was only when it hit par that everyone was going crazy, i really dont see microsoft making it the same price accross the bored. if thats the case, then vista and office will be going down in price as well as ALL of microsoft products, i just see this is a price drop to be made more public and hit more regions this afternoon at microsofts meeting...
Nascar Dog @ Feb 21st 2008 3:34PM
Microsoft Canada has updated their web site to show the $50.00 price drop on all consoles except for the Halo 3 Edition which now costs as much as an Elite.
http://www.xbox.com/en-CA/Hardware/compare101.htm