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January 13th, 2010, 06:05
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2010/01/500x_gamestopelite.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/9/2010/01/gamestopelite.jpg)On Monday, we wondered where all the 120GB hard disk drives for the Xbox 360 (http://kotaku.com/tag/xbox360/) had got to (http://kotaku.com/5445218/where-have-all-the-120gb-xbox-hdd-gone). This GameStop promotion may help explain what's going on.
It's offering a $50 GameStop gift voucher with every Xbox 360 Elite console sold. Out of the blue, not long after official price cuts and the holiday season. Considering almost everybody buys a few games or at least a second controller with their console, it's effectively a temporary $50 price cut.
Why the rush to get Elite consoles out the door? Well, if you look on GameStop's site (http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/productDetails.aspx?Product_ID=65031), the regular Elite bundle is "Currently Not Available Online". It's not available at Best Buy (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Xbox-360/Xbox-360-Hardware-Console/abcat0701001.c?id=abcat0701001), either (only the holiday bundle is). Same with Walmart (http://www.walmart.com/browse/Consoles/_/N-91cjZ1z0gls9Zaq90Zaqce/Ne-aq7g?ic=42_0&ref=125866.421651+500524.4293873225&waRef=125866.421651+500524.4293873225&catNavId=482412&fromPageCatId=482412&catNavId=482412).
Sounds to us like the previously limited edition, 250GB "Super Elite" Xbox 360 (http://kotaku.com/5348188/250gb-xbox-360-looking-more-likely) is about to replace the regular 120GB model of the Elite.
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It's offering a $50 GameStop gift voucher with every Xbox 360 Elite console sold. Out of the blue, not long after official price cuts and the holiday season. Considering almost everybody buys a few games or at least a second controller with their console, it's effectively a temporary $50 price cut.
Why the rush to get Elite consoles out the door? Well, if you look on GameStop's site (http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/productDetails.aspx?Product_ID=65031), the regular Elite bundle is "Currently Not Available Online". It's not available at Best Buy (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Xbox-360/Xbox-360-Hardware-Console/abcat0701001.c?id=abcat0701001), either (only the holiday bundle is). Same with Walmart (http://www.walmart.com/browse/Consoles/_/N-91cjZ1z0gls9Zaq90Zaqce/Ne-aq7g?ic=42_0&ref=125866.421651+500524.4293873225&waRef=125866.421651+500524.4293873225&catNavId=482412&fromPageCatId=482412&catNavId=482412).
Sounds to us like the previously limited edition, 250GB "Super Elite" Xbox 360 (http://kotaku.com/5348188/250gb-xbox-360-looking-more-likely) is about to replace the regular 120GB model of the Elite.
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More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/kotaku/full/~3/eCYcZkdGDvI/gamestop-looking-to-offload-all-its-xbox-360-elites)