If the price is set by retailers than sell 'em for $50!

Micro$oft will sell more units, and more units sold= more games sold, right? Of course!

The criticizing by other retailers just shows their greed. If one shop can get away with selling something for less, more power to them. It does not matter if they are making a profit or not, just having customers in the store may turn them on to another purchase.

Hell, grocery stores have been doing this for years.

The bit they aren't making much of is that Makro are supposedly at 'trade' outlet; that price is without VAT (which at 17.5% in the UK means you have to add £35).

IIRC you also need to be signed up with them and have a card, you can't just walk in off the street and enjoy this deal as it would first appear (mind you, if you know a trader who doesn't mind lending you his/her card etc etc?).

So the real price is £235, a saving on the regular price but not quite the 'awesome' deal some claimed.

If news of a new version of the XBox 360 appearing on May 1st are true (and that the core is to be dropped or cut heavily in price *Game are selling XBox 360 core units right now for £150* and the premium is to be cut in price to where the core is now) then try and hang on a while.

Good (real) deals are just around the corner if you can hang on a month or so.

Ooooh! Oooooh! There's a sale on marbles at Wal-Mart!!!




Who cares? Why is the price of a game NEWS??? If you want it; buy it.

this is news because some people on this planet like to save money, apparently you are so rich that it doesnt matter. But..um...thanks for posting ;)

It's news because there is a console war going on you might have heard of? And you might also know that price always has influence on who does better. But I don't feel like I have to justify what I add to the site anyway, especially when you decide to be a smart ass about it. Banned for a week, we've warned about this too many times.

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