Woolworths Dropping Xbox 360 To £130

Author	Hugo Jobling
Published	15th Sep 2008

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Never ones to sniff at any kind of Xbox 360 price drop in the UK - especially when the US and Japan have already seen one - we can't help but have our curiosities raised by Woolworths' purported upcoming price cuts. A scan of an as-yet-unreleased catalogue (sent to Engadget) indicates that it plans to drop its Xbox 360 prices by around £30 across the board.

That means that, at Woolworths at least, the Arcade SKU would sit at £129.99, the 60GB Xbox 360 at £159.99 and the Elite at £229.99. As it stands you can currently get a discontinued 20GB Xbox 360 for about £160, so it wouldn't be that surprising to see its replacement take a similar position once stock of the older model runs out.

When these cuts will come into effect, assuming the leak is a leak and not a (pretty pointless) hoax, is unclear. Common sense, though, would suggest that catalogues are probably swapped out on a monthly basis so we'll probably be looking at October. We'll probably see a few more stores follow suit as we get closer to Christmas, whether Microsoft wants to initiate that or not.

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Matt G Baish said on 15th September 2008

http://www.woolworths.co.uk/web/jsp/storelocator/index.jsp

There are plenty around - five in London alone - maybe you have some sort of `Woolies Blindness` - nasty! ... more

red said on 15th September 2008

There are many more than just 5 Woollies in London, Matt. Their Store Finder thing appears to only show 5 stores at a time. If you use postcode searches instead, it reveals many ... more

lifethroughalens said on 15th September 2008

Re Woollies- hey don't knock it, if you ever need a 7 year old DVD title, a measuring tape, some cable ties and an Easter egg....oh yes....all under one roof. Back of the net ... more