UK 360 Arcade Bundle Price Hike Coming?
- Scribbled on August 17th, 2009 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Industry News, Microsoft Xbox 360
Games Industry Biz is reporting that Microsoft will follow Nintendo’s lead and raise the price of the Xbox 360 Arcade bundle in the United Kingdom.
Retailers have told Eurogamer that Microsoft will increase the price of the Arcade Xbox 360 bundle to GBP 159.99 (from GBP 129.99) starting September 1. 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.
Eurogamer was also told that Microsoft will increase the price of individual Xbox 360 accessories by one or two pounds. An independent retail source said this was 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, which also strengthens recent rumours the Premium Xbox 360 bundle is to be discontinued.
It’s kind of odd to call it the “Xbox 360 Arcade Bundle” when there’s no Arcade games bundled with it. Nintendo raised the Wii price by 19 pounds in March – is Sony next?
August 17th, 2009 at 10:58 am
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