It’s official, Microsoft announced today that the Xbox 360 will be getting a price cut this Friday, Sept 5. The new price shapes up like this:
* Xbox 360 Arcade - $199
* Xbox 360 - $299
* Xbox 360 Elite - $399
Hardcore gamers rejoice; the Xbox 360 is now the most affordable console. Take that Wii.
Read: Xbox 360 price cuts official as of Sept. 5: 60GB $299, Elite $399, Arcade $199.
Console mod guru Ben Heck took apart his Xbox 360 Elite recently and, lo and behold, it has some beefier cooling hardware than the original.
Many speculated that red ring issues and other crashes in the original Xbox 360 were due to heat or defective solder, so let’s hope that these changes help prevent the problems in the future.
Check out the picture:
The plastic heat pipe is the same as before, but the heatsinks got a pretty major upgrade.
See Ben Heck’s site for the full report.
