Wallets, Rejoice: Xbox Price Cut Sets Sail!

As expected, prior to the commotion of E3, Microsoft has just confirmed suspected price cuts for the Xbox 360 Pro console. The company has lowered the retail price of the Xbox 360 20GB version to $299.99, and will be introducing a new 60GB version to Canada and the United States for the original $349.99 by early August.

Finally, a bit of good news for those looking to pick one up! Hit the jump for the full press release.

TORONTO, ON. “” July 13, 2008 “” Microsoft Corp. is giving consumers more gigabytes for their buck. The company today announced an Xbox 360 console with triple the storage space of the original console, but for the same price of $349 (CDN) estimated retail price (ERP).

Available in retail stores in Canada starting in early August, the upgraded Xbox 360 will include a 60GB hard drive for storing the growing wealth of digital entertainment available for the console, including music, movies, television shows and game content. In addition, Microsoft today dropped the price of its 20GB Xbox 360 console in Canada to just $299 (CDN) (ERP) while supplies last, a savings of $50.

“We know consumers need more and more space to store the amazing digital content Xbox 360 offers, and we’re giving it to them at no extra charge,” said Albert Penello, Xbox director of product management at Microsoft. “No one device offers the depth and breadth of entertainment that Xbox 360 can deliver, and now you’ll have three times the storage to manage all that great content.”

Xbox 360 is just one of three Xbox 360 gaming and entertainment systems Microsoft offers. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Arcade, which comes with a 256MB memory unit and five Xbox LIVE Arcade games, is a value for the whole family for $279 (CDN) (ERP), and the premium Xbox 360 Elite console is available with a 120GB hard drive for $449 (CDN) (ERP).