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Sat 17/11/01 at 20:25
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is there a definate price of the x-box for the uk yet? and how much did the yanks have to pay for it?
Fri 23/11/01 at 01:23
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"Evil Ryu"
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same as PS2 was in Japan - the UK? £300 my friend
Wed 21/11/01 at 17:05
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"JiltedGaming.co.uk"
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Son Of Liberty wrote:
After all..they should have the priviallage,
> due to the XBOX being an American design and all.

no not really! you can go to germany and buy british made cars cheaper than over here, its just the stoopid economy and high prices we seem to put up with paying.
Tue 20/11/01 at 09:24
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"accidental superher"
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how do you make sure you win one??
Tue 20/11/01 at 00:22
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"Trout a la creme"
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They should have the option to have different pricing in different regions, but it doesn't make much sense considering that potential customers will notice the difference in prices.
Tue 20/11/01 at 00:02
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"Evil Ryu"
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Remember the PS2's price tag last November? It was $299. Why was it £299 here? Becuase the wages we get paid here is equivalent to the wages paid in the US and most other countries as well. That's why Microsoft never convert the price tags to whatever the number may be and then sell it to us for that amount. It wouldn't be fair to US gamers. After all..they should have the priviallage, due to the XBOX being an American design and all.

Still, the XBOX is still very expenesive, but I have made apolicy..Iam going to try very hard and win it. The new magazine is coming out soon, or perhaps it has allready been releases...I don't know. Nevertheless, I will make sure I win one. I just know there is bound to be a neat compo in one of those mas.

Wish me luck...
Mon 19/11/01 at 19:45
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New Jimmy wrote:
> The Xbox retails at 299 dollars +Tax in the UK that means a fair price would be
> about 220 pounds + tax. Which means a recommended retail price of 250 to 260
> pounds.

Which means were getting ripped off by Microsoft, it sucks!

Its not only MS who have done this even all the other console developers have yeah and you can also thank the high tax rates we have here but I still agree we get rippid off.
Mon 19/11/01 at 18:13
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"JiltedGaming.co.uk"
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thats what microsoft do isnt it, rip people off.

personally im gettin anoyed by these companies ripping us off. they have all done it:
atari, amiga, sega, nintendo, sony and especially phillips anf that cd32 thingy
Mon 19/11/01 at 04:25
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The Xbox retails at 299 dollars +Tax in the UK that means a fair price would be about 220 pounds + tax. Which means a recommended retail price of 250 to 260 pounds.

Which means were getting ripped off by Microsoft, it sucks!
Sun 18/11/01 at 15:55
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yeah the price of an xbox should be £299 if the amercian price of $299 dollar is converted I think it would be about £200 quid just show we live in a rip off britain. I was wondering if anybody knows if you imported a console would it work here and would the uk games work on it
Sat 17/11/01 at 23:50
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"Trout a la creme"
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The X-box was released here at a price of $299.99 , I will assume that it is not excempt from sales taxes so you can add on roughly 6% on to that which means people here can buy one for about $318. The games were selling at an average price point of about $50 plus sales tax, so thats about 37 quid a game. I couldn't see any peripherals (probably because they had run out).
They had a decent selection of launch games.
If that is helpful to anyone?

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