It seems we can put to rest the rumors about the Xbox 360 price cut; it has already begun in Europe.  A Dutch retailer is advertising what I presume to be the Xbox 360 arcade system for €199.

Just a few minutes ago GAMER.BLORGE.com reported on the rumored price cut and what that mean for the current models of the Xbox 360.

The price cuts were supposed to happen on 3/10/2007 (tomorrow as of this writing).  But according to ProductReviews, it appears they are happening a bit early or are at least advertising it for tomorrow.  Either way it seems the price cut is confirmed.

More rumors consist of a coming revision to the Xbox 360 that may include a larger hard drive, Blu-Ray drive and with a little luck, integrated WiFi.  So far Microsoft has remained silent on those issues.

A company just doesn’t cut prices for a reason, maybe it’s just trying to be more competitive but there’s probably more to it than that.

I suppose if we all find out that there isn’t a Xbox 360 revision coming, we’ll all be disappointed.  It would be disappointing to find that out.  Something is brewing inside Microsoft but what that is, no one knows.

Related:

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Entry was posted on Sunday, March 9th, 2008 at 4:35 pm under Xbox 360.

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